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Healing the Gut? Specific Carbohydrate Diet?

post #1 of 13
Thread Starter 
I was certain there was a healing the gut tribe or info on it around here, but I cant find it now.

Is there anyone here who is on or has tried the SCDiet? I have ulcerative colitis and Im ready to try something diet-wise to treat it.
post #2 of 13
Thread Starter 
No one? Seriously?
post #3 of 13
I'm sure I saw a healing the gut thread too... maybe in the allergies subforum? Why don't you do an advanced search to look for the thread.
post #4 of 13
I was on the SCD for two years to deal with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis, in conjunction with medication. My goal was to reduce my dependency on meds, and I was successful at doing that. I am now only taking mesalamine (Asacol), where I had been steroid-dependent for awhile, and for awhile taking immunomodulators. I have been in remission for two full years, and for a whole year on just the Asacol. I started weaning myself very slowly from the SCD in December, because it's expensive to eat that way strictly. Anyway, I've successfully reintroduced starchy vegetables, rice, oats, and soaked wheat flour in small quantities and am doing fine. I can also consume very tiny quantities of sugars without incident. I am fully prepared to go back on the SCD if necessary, but right now I'm doing fine on a low-starch, low-sugar, whole-foods diet. I don't plan to stop the Asacol.

I'd be happy to talk to you about what it was like, if you like. I have to warn you, though, that I am and have always been skeptical about the actual validity of Gottschell's assertions about WHY the diet works. So I am not a "true believer," so to speak. I have my own set of theories about why it works.
post #5 of 13
http://www.mothering.com/discussions...ht=healing+gut

http://www.mothering.com/discussions...ht=healing+gut

the second link is the "cheat sheet" but the first thread is closed. Good luck! I was looking for it today too.
post #6 of 13
Thread Starter 
Thanks a whole bunch guys! I have UC too and am on asacol. Want to start the diet to prevent having to go on the heavy meds like pred. I was on prednisolone in may and it started screwing with my head and stuff, so I weened myself swiftly off them as soon as the bleeding stopped. On asacol now (just started), no bleeding but knew I hadnt cleared all of the inflammation. All the other symptoms were there, albeit mildly.

Thanks. Ill check out that cheat sheet.

gen
post #7 of 13
Thread Starter 
also...To those of you who tried it...

... Is there a regime to follow or can I just avoid the illegal food/stick with the legal foods? Im wondering if I NEED to buy the book? I was gonna start the special beginners diet on monday. Im wondering if I can hold off buying the book for a few weeks and just start the diet? sticking to the recipes and legal foods.

gen
post #8 of 13
Hi there... I have been on SCD since February. I think that you will find relief immediately on the diet. I also thing you can do the diet however you like. I mean I never did the soaking and cooking of the carrots for hours and hours. My symptoms were moderate (I guess as these things go though they seemed bad to me) and so I have had great success with just eating the foods on the legal list (don't skip the intro diet).

I think the healing aspects of the diet are mostly just time - staying on the diet pretty strictly for a long period of time (years), and adding in things like cod liver oil, bone broth, probiotics when your body is ready.

I did not buy the book. I have bookmark links to the website, the database, pecanbread, etc... I am going to try and provide you links but have never done that and so may fail.

Good Luck

I'm curious Llyra, what are your theories?

www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/index.htm

http://www.pecanbread.com/new/home1.html

http://scddatabase.com/db/
post #9 of 13
Thread Starter 
Thank you sooo much. Im wondering about the yoghurt tho. Did you buy a yoghurt maker? Im looking into it. kind of getting overwhelmed already.... but thats nothing new for me, lol. Just how easy is it to make the yoghurt?
post #10 of 13
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Thank you sooo much. Im wondering about the yoghurt tho. Did you buy a yoghurt maker? Im looking into it. kind of getting overwhelmed already.... but thats nothing new for me, lol. Just how easy is it to make the yoghurt?
Making yogurt seemed overwhelming to me at first, too, but after the first time, it was no big deal. I make some literally every single day now, since between the five of us we easily eat more than a quart a day. It's no big deal.

Myself, I have a yogurt maker. It's easier that way, for me. I heat the milk until it's bubbling, and then turn off the stove and let the milk cool. The yogurt maker has a thermometer that tells you when it's reached the ideal temp. Then I dump in a cupful of commercial plain organic yogurt, and then pour it in the yogurt maker and turn it on. Then it needs to chill in the fridge before it's ready to eat. Don't stir it or shake it while it's still warm, and you'll get a better firmer texture.

I don't use commercial starters. They cost too much, and I'm always running out. The commercial organic yogurt is not SCD legal on its own, but the incubation period digests any sugars that are still left in the yogurt, so the resulting product is fine.
post #11 of 13
What kind of yogurt maker do you use? I am just now researching it and genifer, if you look in the nutrition forum or the pecan bread forum you will see my most recent inquiries about SCD yogurt. I am diary intolerant and so I will be making goat yogurt and it is a bit more complicated but I am game.

I was overwhelmed when I first went on the SCD diet too. It has actually taken me 5 months to be ready to take on the yogurt challange. I would take it one step at a time and go as slow as you need too. Remember that you are making life changes that take time, not a quick fix toget on the diet so you can be better (although this does come into play). I know that if I let myself get tooo overwhelmed I would sabotage myself so I just went without the yogurt until now....
post #12 of 13
Llyra, I just saw your post on the other forum where I asked the question about yogurt maker.... thanks so much for your advice.
post #13 of 13
Thread Starter 
So Raven, just so Im understanding you clearly, you went without the yogurt during the introduction part of the diet? I was looking at that as the main ingredient in how I was planning on doing it. I could live off yoghurt bc its so kind on my tummy.

Also, how do you survive without chocolate?
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