The Stages of SCD

The Stages of SCD

Beyond the Intro Diet

This chart is a guide to introducing foods after the Intro Diet.
As with all things, individual tolerance to foods will vary.
This guide is to reinforce the need for gradual introduction of new foods into the diet.

Never feed a child a food which has previously caused an anaphylactic reaction.
Introduce ONE new food at a time- a two to four day interval is a great (but not mandatory) guideline for introducing new foods. This will make it possible determine whether each new food can be tolerated.
This chart is based on the healing process that is taking place.
It is not based on a timeline. Some people may be able to add new foods more quickly than others.
This list of foods is not all inclusive.
Please check pecanbread.com for a list of legal/illegal foods.
Oil/butter may be used to prevent sticking when preparing pancakes. After the intro diet oil/butter can also be used when cooking meat or vegetables. Early in the diet, try to use fats sparingly to aid in healing. Foods should not be fried early in the diet as the extra fat is more difficult to digest.
Oil/butter may be used in any recipe that calls for it. The suggestion to avoid frying foods early in the diet was made due the difficulty
that kids on our list were having with deep fried foods.
In Breaking the Vicious Cycle, Elaine allowed bacon cured with sugar to be eaten once a week when fried very crisp. However, for children on the autism spectrum we strongly advise that bacon not be used unless it is (1.) sugar and nitrate free and (2) if honey-cured, that the honey is pure honey.

Substitutes for bacon are crisply-fried legal prosciutto or crisply fried additive-free side pork. Side pork, which looks like a dull-colored bacon, can be found at many meat counters.

* Note: For those with strictures (narrowed ileums) certain foods may aggravate the narrowed portions of the ileum. These foods include raw grapes, lots of raisins, spaghetti squash, celery, vegetable and fruit peels, whole nuts (nut flour or nut butter seems to be okay). Please also see Obstructions and Resections.

7. In BTVC, Elaine cautioned against using homemade nut milks before 3 months into the diet so that people would not use too much of the same nuts. If nut milk and nuts butter and/or flours are not used in excess and are balanced with other foods, then the nut milks can be cautiously added after the intro diet. The nut milk should have all pulp/fiber removed; it should be diluted and the total amount of one type of nut should be balanced with other foods/food groups.

8. Homemade juiced fruits and/or vegetables can be added in stage 1. The homemade juices should have all pulp removed and be diluted by at least 50% when first introduced.

Again, this chart was created in an effort to help parents remember to introduce foods slowly and feed only well-tolerated foods.

Recipes for the Intro Diet and the Stages (1-5) may be found in the recipe section of this website.

The following web pages will also help you:
SCD Protocol.
The Intro Diet
Beyond the Intro Diet
Transitioning a Child to the SCD
Common Mistakes
Food Journal
If you experience problems then the following web pages may be helpful:
SCD and Yeast
Overcoming Difficulties
Help for Constipation

Intro FRUITS Legal Juice or Gelatin Only Grape Juice (100% grape, any color, not frozen, not with calcium) Link to the legal juices Apple Cider (non-alcoholic cider only, brown, refrigerated; commercial apple JUICE IS NOT legal)	Stage 1 FRUITS Peeled, deseeded & well cooked Homemade Applesauce Homemade Pearsauce Raw Banana (very ripe with spots)	Stage 2 FRUITS Peeled, deseeded & well cooked Apricot Avocado (cooked) Peach Pineapple Plum Tomato Raw Avocado	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)	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	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)
VEGETABLES Peeled & well cooked Carrot (cooked for 4 hours and pureed for moderate to severe symptoms)	VEGETABLES Peeled, deseeded & well cooked (although not required, pureed is a great way to start) Acorn Squash Buttercup Squash Butternut Squash Spinach Zucchini (and other summer squash)	VEGETABLES Peeled, deseeded & well cooked Artichoke-french Asparagus Cucumber Garlic Green Beans Mushroom Peppers Pumpkin and other winter squash varieties (excluding spaghetti squash) Watercress	VEGETABLES Peeled (as appropriate) & cooked Beet Bok Choy Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Cabbage Cauliflower Celeriac Celery(see note) 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	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 Roast/Boiled or Broiled Chicken Beef Turkey Lean Pork Lean Game Meats (NO Ham or Bacon)	MEATS Roast/Boiled or Broiled	MEATS Baked	MEATS Pan Fried Crisp-fried pork or LEGAL bacon can be added	MEATS Battered/Deep Fried	MEATS Dried Jerky
	NUTS Homemade Nut Milk (see note above chart) Blanched Almond Milk Pecan Milk Homemade Nut Milk yogurt	NUTS Nut Butters Blanched Almond Pecan Homemade Nut Milk Coconut Milk Blanched Cashew Milk Blanched Hazelnut Milk Macadamia Nut Milk	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	NUTS Nut Flour Blanched Hazelnut Flour Cashew Flour Macadamia Nut Flour Walnut Flour Coconut flour Nut Pieces Blanched Almond Pecan Nut Pieces Shredded Coconut	NUTS Whole Nuts (chewed well) Blanched almond Pecan Blanched Hazelnut Cashew Macadamia Nut Walnut Shredded Coconut
EGGS Any Style When cooking, keep fats to a minimum because they are harder to digest	EGGS Any Style			BEANS Cooked (prepared according to BTVC) Haricot Beans Lentils Lima Beans Navy Beans Split Peas	BEANS Cooked (prepared according to BTVC) Black beans Kidney Beans