scd diet update.

ok ya'll.  I was feeling pretty good yesterday, symptoms pretty mild, still watery d., but no blood and pain....I was feeling so good, i decided to cheat bad.  I had a big mac, an order of fries and a coke and within a few hours, i was in terrible pain, bleeding and running to the toilet.  That confirms to me that no matter what the doc says, diet plays a huge role.  I got back on track today, fasted most of the day with only water, and symptoms have drastically reduced, blood is gone again, no pain or urgency.  If you have not tried this diet, please do, it is hard if you are used to a lot of bad carbs, but i think for many it can hold great hope.  The intro diet is very restrictive, but i think it really does work.

Hellokitty said...
Im trying someting a bit more extreme called raw foods diet. Paul Nison and David Klien have tried this diet. I feel great today colon is normal. I wouldent even risk cheating with Mc Ds. I once had an allergic reaction to a quater pounder with cheese, I ate one about 3 years ago and my skin felt it was on fire. I started getting red sploches on me. I had to run for cold water and put it on me. Mc Ds is dangours.


For me at the moment i go once to twice a day. No blood no mucus all poo is well formed all of the water is retained. No urgecyes. i chose raw foods over SCD as Im allergic to many animal products.

i had looked at that as well, but for me, it is too restrictive.  I seem to be handling meats quite well.  I am glad it is working for you.  How long have ;you been on this diet.  Were you in a flair when you began it. 

This diet is the greatest thing for my UC, and I'm in remission. Lucasj, you see the correlation between complex carbs and your UC. It's spot on to what Elaine Gottschall's theories are. Our guts can't process complex carbohydrates which subsequently lead to all these problems. I know from experience that going off the diet causes major problems for me(bleeding, mucus, watery D). My only concern at this point is to gain back the 10 lbs I've lost, and I'll work with kidney beans to do that!!

ive only been on the raw foods diet for 2 weeks. It is really strict and you have to watch your weight all the time. But saying that I do eat salmon so Im not 100% raw foods. Saying this I got a little mucus last night at 2 am in the morning. It was 1/2 a pennys worth. I feel fine again this morring. The thing is it takes your colon months to sort out. I cant say if it works yet because ive only been doing it for 2 weeks. There is alot of great raw foods out there that are soo good. zippy if you eat oatmeal, and spelt and rice I think you may have problems. The majour problems with the UC appeartly are the grains. Rice is not diegestable for humans its only digestable for birds.

    What...no bagels allowed?

Hellokitty said...
is there a good web page about the scd diet. i would defintaly like to learn more about it.

The official Web site is:

http://www.scdiet.org

The general concensus is you should try the diet strictly for at least a month to determine its effect for you personally. If you cheat before you've given the diet a fair shot, you'll never get the full benefit.

I am not surprised at all that a big mac, fries and a coke made you go to the bathroom. I am surprised it didn't put you in the hospital!
I don't exactly count that as proof towards the success of the SCD diet...

Just an observation here (and I'm NOT being mean), but when one types "SCD Diet," that actually turns into "Specific Carbohydrate Diet Diet." :) It just makes me giggle.