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Posted 10/9/2009 12:08 AM (GMT 0)
Has anyone ever tried this diet?  I have had my husband on the diet for almost 6 years and he is in total remission.

His uncerative colitis was to the point of colon surgery.  He was taking 12 asacol a day, prednisone, and the enemas at night and still was bleeding. He went into remission within 6 months of starting this diet.

My daughter who is a registered dietician found this diet, (she had a friend on it who said it works).  And it does!!!! It was the answer to prayer.  The diet deals somehow with the breakdown of carbs and the flora in your colon.

The great thing about the diet is that it is a healthy diet, no gimmicks, herbs, supplements or anything crazy.  Just healthy eating.  So it won't hurt you.  Many people I have talked to have their entire family on the diet.  And there are many cookbooks out now that you can purchase that go with this diet.

The bad thing is that it takes time to get your kitchen adjusted and to learn how to cook the bread, and you have to give up some foods. But I have found many foods at Whole foods that meet the diet requirements. Take folic acid, probiotics and a Vit B complex supplement with the diet.

Try going to the website and reading about the diet.  it may help.

Posted 10/9/2009 12:10 AM (GMT 0)
I tried it. I spent a lot of money eating the way the book said I should and I didn't see any improvement. I can see it helping other people but unfortunately for me, at the time, it didn't help.

Does your husband take any drugs now?

Posted 10/9/2009 12:30 AM (GMT 0)

No, he doesn't take any drugs at all. He was able to scale back gradually, I think dropping a pill a every few months at a time, ie. 3 asacol 3x a day along with the diet till the bleeding stopped, then 2 asacol 2x a day, then 1 asacol 3x day.

 I'm so sorry that it didn't work for you.  I will tell you that I followed the diet to the letter when he began.  I even ground my own almonds for flour and followed the cookbook exactly.  Now I buy Bob's red mill almond flour and some other organic products.  I still make my own yogurt for his dairy items.  It's become second nature for us.  He occasionally will feel like he is getting a flareup and I will pull back on the hard foods that would hurt him

Posted 10/9/2009 1:37 PM (GMT 0)
it depends on you. there are some people who get remmison off of it, and if you are one then stick with it. for me the dairy will make me flare. i do still have meat from time to time though. the raw foods is vertauly the same except more extreme. Keep your husband on it, for me ive been doing this for 3 months, i flared recently so you see it depends. for some great for others it will not help, here are my improvements no urgecy no panic attatcks minumal pain controlled weight normal white t count i still see blood though. and i am still skinny which i will always be i just have to acept that that is who i am.
Posted 10/9/2009 1:44 PM (GMT 0)
I did the diet, it didn't work for me. It can't hurt to try it or live by it since it is healthy, but you're right about it being time consuming.

Sue
Posted 10/9/2009 3:59 PM (GMT 0)
Klien says meat causes uc but then i dont understand why this diet works for some. for me i can not eat red meat at all. i dont really think i can eat chicken either, the only meat i can eat is fish. im not sure about eggs.
Posted 10/9/2009 7:24 PM (GMT 0)
true i have been doing this for 3 months. i wouldent call it a cure though. the problem is when you start these diets is that if you go back eating they way you did before your colitis will be even worse. thats the back fall of doing scd or raw. for me i had to do it i was not receiving any medical help at the time and would have ended up in er. i was really quite ill in april with fevers and d and joint pain, my flare did last about 4 days and my body did start gettig better but i was still having urgency. i can really understand now why people want surgery. any way i found this form and found these guys,
Posted 10/9/2009 8:08 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Luvtoknit,

Thanks for posting about the SCD diet. It's a good reminder that there is a diet for those who have issues digesting their foods.

As for me, I don't have any problems breaking down and absorbing my food. My vicious cycle is the antibiotic cycle: antibiotics -> infection/inflammtion -> antibiotics. My colitis is just another antibiotic-induced inflammatory disease. The best course for people like me is to get the bacteria in our colon balanced and to only take antibiotics only if there is no other way to cure the infection/inflammation that we have at the moment.

I'm on the anti-inflammatory diet. It's a substitute for anti-inflammatory medicines and has helped get me into remission and stay there, but it doesn't cure the underlying issue, which for me is the vicious antibiotic cycle.
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