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Posted 7/6/2010 6:21 AM (GMT 0)
So those of you who tried it... Is there a regime to follow or can I just avoid the illegal food/stick with the legal foods? Im wondering if I NEED to buy the book? I was gonna start the special beginners diet on monday. Im wondering if I can hold off buying the book for a few weeks and just start the diet?
Posted 7/6/2010 7:56 AM (GMT 0)
There's not much in the book that you can't find on the internet. As long as you're clear about the intro and the legals/illegals, that's pretty much all you need. There are tons of (better) recipes on the web anyway.
Posted 7/6/2010 8:58 AM (GMT 0)
Awesome! thanks mate. That £16 in my pocket then!

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Posted 7/6/2010 10:20 AM (GMT 0)
No worries. Good luck and keep us posted.
Posted 7/7/2010 1:08 PM (GMT 0)
Go to www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/ for a list of all the illegal/legal foods...
Posted 7/8/2010 6:06 PM (GMT 0)
I disagree. I think the book's very helpful in that it educates you on WHY the diet is effective. The SCD is extremely limited and it can be hard to stick with it. The more you understand about the science behind it, the more likely you'll be committed to giving it a fair shot. There's actually quite a bit of info packed into a relatively small book. I read, reread and highlighted mine.
Posted 7/8/2010 7:06 PM (GMT 0)
I bought the book too, but I think there's more than enough information out there on the internet, a lot of which is pretty repetitive. If you do stay with the diet, I'd join the yahoo listserve. We're not on the diet strictly (but stay fairly close). I still read the list everyday and find it pretty informative at times. It's more important that the book IMO because it's moderated and they'll always be there to answer the many questions you will have (ie. at one point I desperately needed to know what type of pomegranate juice was legal. A few minutes after posting my question, I had the authoritative answer). Good luck!
Posted 7/8/2010 7:30 PM (GMT 0)
I bought the book and I'm glad I did.  It was an informative read about the how and why behind the diet.  There's a ton of info on the internet, but sometimes I like my info all together in a book that I can pick up, put down, read it on the go when I'm not sitting at my computer. 

Maybe you can find it used somewhere and save a few bucks.

Good luck!

Posted 7/8/2010 7:37 PM (GMT 0)
I checked it out from the library...
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