SCD Stages
Can I eat everything that’s on the legal list right away?
It is imperative to follow the diet in stages. Begin the diet similar to how one would introduce foods to an infant just starting to eat solids. Jumping to advanced foods can inhibit healing and make one feel worse than before starting the diet. Give every stage sufficient time until you feel your body is liking the foods and is ready to continue. Introduce one new food at a time and give it at least 24 hours to determine whether you are ready for it and your body is liking it. The most important thing is to go slowly, adding new things gradually in small amounts and recording the results in a food diary. The stages below is just an example of how one should introduce foods on the diet, however, it may vary depending on one’s symptoms. Smaller frequent meals are always best for max absorbtion and digestion.
Intro
Fruits
Legal Juice or Gelatin Only
Grape Juice (100% grape, any color, not frozen, not with calcium)
Apple Cider (non-alcoholic cider only, brown, refrigerated; commercial apple JUICE IS NOT legal)
Vegetables
Peeled & well cooked
Carrot (cooked for 4 hours and pureed for moderate to severe symptoms)
Meats
Roast/Boiled or Broiled
Chicken, Beef, Turkey, Lean Pork, Lean Game Meats, (NO Ham or Bacon)
Eggs
Any Style
When cooking,keep fats to a minimum because they are harder to digest
Stage 1
Fruits
Peeled, deseeded & well cooked
Homemade Applesauce, Homemade Pear sauce
Vegetables
Peeled, deseeded & well cooked
Artichoke-french, Asparagus, Cucumber, Garlic, Green Beans, Mushroom, Peppers, Pumpkin and other winter squash varieties, (excluding spaghetti squash), Watercress
Meats
Baked
Nuts
Homemade Nut Milk (see note above chart)>
Blanched Almond Milk, Pecan Milk, Homemade Zucchini, Nut Milk Yogurt
Eggs
Any Style
Stage 2
Fruits
Peeled, deseeded & well cooked
Apricot, Avocado (cooked), Peach, Pineapple, Plum, Tomato RawAvocado
Vegetables
Peeled, deseeded & well cooked
Artichoke-french, Asparagus, Cucumber, Garlic, Green Beans, Mushroom, Peppers, Pumpkin and other winter squash varieties (excluding spaghetti squash), watercress
Meats
Baked
Nuts
Nut Butters
Blanched Almond Pecan
Homemade Nut Milk
Coconut Milk, Blanched Cashew Milk, Blanched Hazelnut Milk, Macadamia Nut Milk
Stage 3
Fruits
Peeled, deseeded & well cooked
Blueberry, Blackberry, Cantaloupe, Cherry, Date, Elderberry, Fig, Gooseberry, Grapefruit, Kiwi, Kumquat, Lemon, Lime, Mango, Orange, Papaya, Passion Fruit, Strawberry, Tangerine, Watermelon, Dried Fruit and Raisins, (well cooked in water and soft. Note : raisins are more advanced than other dried fruits)
Vegetables
Peeled (as appropriate) & cooked
Beet, Bok Choy, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celeriac, GoosCelery*(see note)eberry, Chinese Cabbage, Collards, Eggplant, Kale, Leek, Lettuce, Lima Beans-Fresh, Olive, Onion, Parsley, Pea, Peppers, Rhubarb, Shallots, Snow Peas, Spaghetti Squash*, Sugar Snap Peas, Swiss Chard, Watercress
Meats
Pan Fried
Crisp-fried pork or LEGAL bacon can be added
Nuts
Nut Flour
Pecan Flour, Blanched Almond Flour (Pecan flour and Blanched Almond Flour are the easiest to digest)
Nut Butters
Blanched Cashew Butter, Blanched Hazelnut Butter, Macadamia Nut Butter Milk
Stage 4
Fruits
Raw, peeled * (see note above the chart)
Apple Apricot Avocado Cantaloupe Cherry Date Elderberry Fig Gooseberry Grapefruit Grapes* (see note) Kiwi Fruit Kumquat Lemon Lime Mango Orange Papaya Passion Fruit Peach Pear Persimmon Pineapple Pomegranate Plum Tangerine Tomato Watermelon
Vegetables
Raw
Bok Choy Broccoli Cabbage Carrot Cauliflower Celeriac Celery Chinese Cabbage Collard Cucumber Daikon Radish Kale Leek Lettuce Mushroom Olive Onion Peppers Radish Rhubarb Shallots Snow Peas Sugar Snap Peas Spinach Swiss Chard Watercress
Meats
Battered/Deep Fried
Nuts
Nut Flour
Blanched Almond, Pecan, Nut Pieces, Shredded Coconut
Beans
Cooked (prepared according to BTVC)
Haricot Beans, Lentils, Lima Beans, Navy Beans, Split Peas
Stage 5
Fruits
Raw
Apple, Apricot, Blueberry, Blackberry, Cherry, Date, Elderberry, Fig, Gooseberry, Grapes, Olive, Peach, Pear, Persimmon, Plum, Raisin, Strawberry, Tomato, Dried Fruits, (All dried fruits that have not been cooked in water should be eaten sparingly.) Raisins (try cautiously)
Meats
Dried Jerky
Nuts
Whole Nuts (chewed well)
Blanched almond, Pecan, Blanched Hazelnut, Cashew, Macadamia Nut, Walnu, Shredded Coconut
Beans
Cooked(prepared according to BTVC)
Black beans, Kidney Beans