Make sure your probiotics are gluten free. Gluten is notorious for causing inflammation in the body. If the probiotics are made in a factory that also produces products containing gluten, there could be cross contamination to the probiotics. The probiotics must have gluten free on the lable.
Thanks, I'm very careful about that though because my reactions to gluten are extreme, but specific, so I can say with certainty it's not gluten because it lacks the heartburn.
In fact I believe that it was a sudden onset of a trigger food - one I've been eating safe daily for over 3 years.
I could be wrong but I've set my sights on Garlic as the trigger, and it's only really seemed to get dramatically bad since I started taking probiotics. It might be unrelated but I'm not sure.
I've seasoned my food with garlic as a base on almost everything I eat for 3 years, through some of my best and worst times, and it's NEVER effected me.
Here I am at 2 am today throwing up and on the toilet because I had some cuts of meat with a bit of salt and garlic on them cooked in butter. IDK odd coincidence maybe?
SCD recommends avoiding probiotics with bifidus .....
"Before we get into the good stuff we have to touch on Bifidobacteria. It’s a hot topic in the SCD community for the reason that it can “take over” and cause health problems in some cases.
It is a beneficial bacteria, but the problem is, it’s just not a good neighbor at times. So, sometimes it can overgrow in and of itself.
So just to be on the safe side we usually recommend avoiding it in the beginning of the healing journey, but later on it can really help…"
http://scdlifestyle.com/2011/08/scd-probiotics-what-you-really-need-to-know/
" "The VSL#3 is illegal and I certainly don't recommend it.
I've consulted with a few people who have gone into massive flares after trying the VSL#3. Also I know lots who have had major problems with bifidum bacteria (especially when on SCD).
Perhaps it is because the SCD clears out the harmful microbes and bifidum takes over, overgrowing into huge numbers. The by-products of bifidum bacteria could be what sends people into flares - "
http://www.pecanbread.com/p/probiotics1.html
I wish I'd read this before I spent $40 on one containing bifidum yesterday morning because I had a coupon. I haven't been able to find a lot of specific info regarding good / bad strains for CD. All you see is acidophilus this and that.