NickBel,

I think you would benefit from homemade milk kefir and water kefir. Consuming kefir is a great way to improve your gut flora and improve your digestive issues.

I come from IBS-D, SIBO, and anti-biotics, so my gut flora is as bad. I felt better within a few days after going Paleo, but I've heard cases from Cronh's patients who needed 3-6 months before they saw a better day on such a diet. One thing I do is home-made probiotic lactose-free goat yogurt. This helps the gut flora, and it's easier digestable than cow dairy. I also take a multi-probiotic once a day, like iFlora. I also try to eat very few carbs (so I don't feed the bad bacteria/yeast that are fed on sugar). I eat only 2 servings of fruit per day, and no more than 1 teaspoon of honey (other sweeteners are out of the question, since the sugars I have to eat must be "simple sugars", otherwise the bad gut flora can thrive on undigested complex carbs). Basically, that's it. Instead of having diarrhea 4-5 times a day as I used to, now I usually have it once a week. The gut requires 1-2 years to fully heal, so I'd gotta be patient.

Please note that no diet can help if you have a parasite (e.g. gardia), or mutated bacteria (e.g. C.Diff). These nasty microbes eat anything you eat (not just sugars), so no matter what food you cut down, they'd still find a way to thrive. For such cases, antibiotics is the way to go unfortunately. But don't worry, from the sound of it, your case doesn't seem to be as such. :)