Specific Carbohydrate Diet

I tried it and it did not help me very much but I definitely recommend giving it a shot. There is nothing to lose. I would try it again if I were flaring badly and didn't respond to drugs.

     I more or less follow a low carb diet.  I did have half a bagel yesterday morning with low fat cream cheese and WOW did it do a number on me!  Must have gone to the pot a dozen times before noon with some blood and a lot of mucus and urgency.  Today, not so bad, some urgency issues but only two bowel movements and a tad of blood.

You might like to check out the dietary therapy link in my sig - lots of good SCD discussions there, though they're more Crohn's than UC focussed.

Feel free to pop over to the Crohn's forum if you want specific advice on following the diet. We do have a little group of SCD devotees on our forum.

All the best,

Ivy.

     Thanks for the responces.  Over all, I really didn't think it did much.  I believe it would help people with celiac disease.  My GI doctor thinks UC is not diet related at all and I tend to believe him to a point but we all know what foods bother us and everyone seems to be different.  By the way,  it seems like more and more people are joining this forum.  The GI specialist I saw last month over at the Univ of PA Hospital said 1/4 of the U.S. population has UC or Crohns....unreal!   Wonder if it is environmental..if we are polluting ourselves.  I wouldn't be surprised.

I just bought the book as well and am curious about what I might find in it. I did look at the list of foods and now for a fact that some of the foods do not agree with me. Raw foods for example are not good for my gut during a flare. I think UC is diet related, at least for aggravating symptoms. I'm learning that everybody's body is different and people get the disease for different reasons. I'm finding more of a success following a Chinese Medicine diet mostly consisting of organic meat, squash, and small amounts of white rice.

I'd have a hard time following a no-carb diet and foods like nuts, fruits, and fruit juices are big no nos for me now. But try it. I like the concept and simplifying the carb aspect of the diet could play a big role. I attribute the gas that I feel during this flare-up to the undigested rice and millet bread, which are my only two forms of carbs. It's forever an experiment, I swear...good luck

Christine1946 said...
I more or less follow a low carb diet. I did have half a bagel yesterday morning with low fat cream cheese and WOW did it do a number on me! Must have gone to the pot a dozen times before noon with some blood and a lot of mucus and urgency. Today, not so bad, some urgency issues but only two bowel movements and a tad of blood.

I followed the SCD as well, it didn't really help until I removed almost all carbs. WOW, what a difference. My symptoms disappeared on a very low carb diet within 2 weeks, and stayed at bay for years as long as I was on the diet. But if I ate even a small helping of carbs, the symptoms would come back.