SCD diet

I have just read about this deit. Most of things that are restricted are things I eat and the the things that you are allowed to have I don't. Has any one done this and achived remmission with it. I am wondering as it contains meat and I havent eaten meat for years except for at Christmas. And making yourgart is that dairy. Can you do this without milk

I did SCD for 9 months a couple of years ago. I treated it as a religion--just like the book tells you to--adhering to it so closely and fanatically that I ended up blindly thinking it was helping me when it clearly wasn't. I restarted the diet three or four times, going 'back to the basics' to detox my body...My weight dropped 50-60 pounds, despite eating as much of the 'legal' foods as I could possibly cram in my mouth. I got so light I was running the risk of organ failure. My immune system gave up, I would openly bleed from small cuts for hours, I lost clumps of hair, and I was STILL having to run to the bathroom every half hour. It flat out didn't work for me, and nearly killed me.

That said, I think the diet must work for some people--there are too many success stories. I've talked directly with people over at SCD bakery and on the SCD mailing lists and people can really improve on the diet. Just be prepared to lose weight in the beginning, till you get into the midst of the diet. If your UC stabliizes enough you can regain it. Just try and recognize early if the diet is not going to work for you--if you're losing a ton of weight and still have too many symptoms of UC after 4 or 5 months, then STOP SCD.


As for the yogurt, yes it's dairy but it's lactose-free, as proper SCD yogurt creation removes all lactose. It was the best thing about the diet, and I'll still occasionally get cravings for it. It's pretty awesome when you make it with half and half.

Goodluck!

I do want to point you out to various resources.

pecanbread.com

healingcrow.com

scdiet.com

All find the message board that Gottschall had going for a while.  I read that for inspiration.  Stay away from the yogurt and nut flours for a while, until diarrhea is gone.  Supplement with a good probiotic instead. 

All good resources with valuable info about the diet. 

2nd go around with the diet.  In remission right now.  Started to flare after straying far from the diet.  Darn, I want pizza and chinese food so bad

 

Kitty,
You can adjust the SCD to your preferences. The point (as I understand it) is to avoid ALL long chain complex sugars and carbohydrates. I'm med free and on the diet since '97.

Just as every drug does not help each person in the same way, the SCD does not help every IBD sufferer the same way. MuI GI doc has one Chronie who found that taking fish oil was enough without major diet change. I needed to go the whole way on the diet and can now tolerate a tiny amount of illegal foods.

Dietary cholesterol has less effect on blood cholesterol levels than most people think. My cholesterol was high when I ate the Standard American Diet of low fat, but high carb sugary junkfood. After I got sick and started the SCD - eating eggs, butter, meats, olive oil, fish oils - my cholesterol was low. When compared with previous levels, the lab tech said, "Whatever you're doing... keep doing it!"

SCD didn't help at all until I cut out the fruit as well. As soon as I went virtually carb-free (basically strict Atkins), all my symptoms disappeared immediately. If I eat carbs (a guy has to cheat every once in a while), my D and even blood come back within days.

Wish I understood why though (suspect some type of bacterial infection) ... I'd LOVE to eat normal food regularly someday.