SCD help

So I've been trying the SCD to try to improve my colitis. For the most part Im not missing any of the foods I've cut out except condiments. I've made some SCD ketchup which is ok, but I cant put ketchup on everything. I had a steak yesterday and had nothing to put on it. No marinade (soy) no steak or barbeque sauce (sugar). I need some recipes for sauces in general not just steak. I had turkey today and man was it dry. Also some quick snack ideas would be great as well.

And if anyone has a idea as to when I should notice any benefits from being on the SCD it would be very helpful.

There are a ton of books with recipes:

Breaking the Vicious Cycle
Lucy's SCD Cookbook by Lucy Rosset
Adventures in the Family Kitchen by Raman Prasad
Recipes for the Specific Cardohydrate Diet by Raman Prasad
Eat Well, Feel Well by Kendall Conrad
Grain-Free Gourmet by Jodi Badger & Jenny Lass

Some of the recipes can also be found on the web too:

www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info
www.scdrecipe.com
www.pecanbread.com
www.lucyskitchen.com

Hope it works for you!

I've never been one to put sauce on steak but if you can eat dairy you could make a cheese sauce for veggies using milk and cheese (no flour of course). I make my own mayo, super easy in a blender. Just an egg yolk, little lemon jice and drizzle olive oil or other oil. Presto, mayo is done. I use a Cuisinart, shorter, easier to scoop it out.

You can also make a meat sauce by doing a "reduction" which basically means cooking it down until it's less watery. It would look like a gravy when done.

The book I like is "The Carbohydrates Addicts Cookbook" by Dr's Heller/Heller. They have several sauces: Hollandaise, Cheese, Cream, Roasted Green Pepper, Horseradish and several more. I got the book out of the library and am waiting for my amazon copy to arrive any day. Lots of recipes I like in there. I eat all day long but have lost 4 lbs cutting out carbs.

Brad
I just noticed the second part to your question: when should you see results. For more people to respond you might consider joining the Yahoo group: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/BTVC-SCD/

My answer is: this is the second time I'm trying SCD. 5 years ago I tried it but didn't see any improvement. This time I started off removing just gluten and bleeding stopped within 2 days. I was chuffed as they say in merry old England.(That's a good thing lol).

I looked around for a diet that sounded right and settled on trying SCD again. This time when certain allowed SCD foods disagreed with me I removed them. I think I'm older and wiser and don't go by the "book" when it comes to my health. I have found that listening to what MY body needs is more important than what works for everyone else.

Long story short: I had very fast improvement for bleeding when I removed gluten (bread, etc). To get more improvement (less diarhhea, less urgency) I had to stop dairy, sugars including fruit and juices, grains, all starches including starchy veggies like potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, etc.

The book "Life Without Bread" talks about many diseases related to carbohydrates. One of the authors is a German doctor who has treated many many UC and Crohn's patients by removing bread and carbs from their diet. Apparently UC is one of the hardest diseases to get into remission. Crohn's people responded faster to his diet. Some UC people respond fast (me? but it took 2 tries remember) and others it's a slow recovery, possibly over a years time.

I would say keep a food journal. If a food bothers you remove it. You can live on meat and veggies (the right ones) and be healthy. Listen to your gut, follow your instincts (unless your instinct tells you to eat donuts and drink coffee-that would kill me).

Good luck. Don't give up. It is possible to get better. But everyone is different and what works for me may not for you.
I just know there are a whole lot of people who have benefitted from the SCD diet and "Life Without Bread" even though the diets are not the same.

Good luck on your diet

Denise

I've been on the diet around a month now. I think I started around Jan 20th. No blood since starting the diet other thatn when I reduced my prednisone, but the urgency to go and very loose to watery stools are still a problem.

For those of you who dont know what the SCD is remove milk, sugar, bread and that seems to be the basic idea. the books general idea is to remove complex sugars from the diet as single sugars are easily absorbed by the intestinal wall, and leave less "food" for harmful bacteria.

I cant really tell if its helping or not to begin with I thought it was. I was going less it was more formed. I felt good enough to taper my prednisone some more so I went from 10mg to 5mg and had a miniflare (slight traces of blood) went back up to 7.5mg but still havent gotten any more solidarity to my stool, that was about 3 weeks ago

kim
I don't know whether it is the gluten, the yeast or what. All I know is when I stopped eating gluten products the bleeding stopped. Since that is the bodies signal that something is very wrong I just listened to it. Then removed other grains, sugar, dairy and starchy veggies also.
The second part is what helped with the D. Now I have to guard against C which in my book is soooo much better.

Brad
Your bleeding stopped is GOOD, which I'm sure you know
The urgency (when it happens to me) means my colon is still unhappy with something I ate.
about ketchup: I made my own from tomato puree with no additives, just cooked it down until thick. Made BBQ sauce with just that and honey. Colon hated it.
Keep up your detective work. I find that I tolerate nuts very well and they provide the fiber needed for better BM. I also take Miralax to help with the C. Colon not used to working like that after so many years damaged.

Best of luck,

Denise

yes eating nuts, mostly in the form of sunflower seeds or SCD legal peanutbutter. Not very often tho. Had 1/2 bag of pistachios somewhere along the way.

all the sauces I make with Honey end up the same they turn out resembling the taste of sweet n sour sauce.