Specific Carbohydrate Diet 5/15

[Guest guest]

Would you share this diet with the group?

Thank you, Elite in Idaho, USA

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chintz_teacozy [teacups]

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 6:12 PM

 

Specific Carbohydrate Diet

 

Brenda-Lee, I am interested in more information about the Specific

Carbohydrate diet. When you have time, would you give more details?

 

Thank you,

LaDonna

 

> I respectfully suggest that you take a look at the Specific

Carbohydrate diet and try to match it with those things he can eat

and those you prefer he eat (ie no meats or dairy).

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Well, since you and the " boss " both asked I will answer here on the forum.

 

Elaine Gotts**** (I can't ever remember and I lent the book to my cousin who has

IBS and Crohn's Disease) wrote a book a couple of decades ago which put together

the previous research on Celiac's Disease prior to the development of

laproscopic biopsy.

 

Much of the research prior to this time identified Celiac's as a generalized

intolerance to most carbohydrates but especially to those which were grain based

including corn, wheat, rye, oats all legumes and even grass seeds like

buckwheat.

 

People who currently use this diet report great improvement BUT they must be

incredibly stricted with themselves. I was on their forum for awhile and had

email conversations with Elaine but I found most of the members to be incredibly

rude about people who chose to infringe the strict guidelines of the diet and so

I removed myself. There is also a webpage with recipes and some of them are

great - based on nut flours. The real drawback was in the stressing of fats

from dairy products and in the use of saccharine to replace sugars.

 

The theory behind the SCD diet seems sound, just put into disrepute by those who

favour the description of Celiac's as an intolerance to wheat-based gluten.

 

I am really tired tonight and feeling slightly off because of some emotional

issues here, but if this isn't enough info I will do what i can tomorrow to

share further.

 

BL

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

This is interesting, Brenda-Lee. One question ~ you wrote:

 

>>>Much of the research prior to this time identified Celiac's as a

generalized intolerance to most carbohydrates but especially to those which

were grain based including corn, wheat, rye, oats all legumes and even grass

seeds like buckwheat.

 

Are you saying that all legumes would need to be avoided also? That's why

the use of nut flours? This is very restricted! Sometimes, no matter how

well my dh keeps on program, he still has problems. It looks like Celiac

may go deeper than the general medical profession chooses to admit. Thanks

for the information about this book. . .I'll see if the library has it

available. Would you mind sharing the URL for their online group?

 

I hope you are feeling abit better soon and you have a " rosey " day tomorrow.

 

God bless you,

LaDonna