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Posted 4/14/2011 4:49 PM (GMT 0)
So I had posted about possibly giving SCD a try- well, after reading the book... it's not really for me, entirely. I think the best thing for me to do is take bits & pieces from it, lower grain/gluten intake, lower sugar intake, up fruit & veggie intake, etc. I plan to use some SCD recipes for snacky stuff. I am also awaiting a cookbook by Deepak Chopra, which sounds really good to- it's vegetarian, not much ingredients, etc. I guess there is a 30 day meal plan challenge also, which you can try.. I just can't convince myself that diet could be a cure. I'll still do my homemade kefir, which is SCD ok. Not much dairy aside from that. My local hlth. food store has a rally good selection of bulk stuff, including fruit juice sweetened candy- malted milk balls, etc. Which I've noticed seem to upset my gut much less than a regular candy bar. Soo..... I'm sorry, but I can't be the UC SCD guinea pig! hahaaa....
Posted 4/14/2011 4:57 PM (GMT 0)
I looked into the SCD as well. It seems too restrictive for me and from what I read, the beginning of the diet can cause weight loss. When I read it, I was down to 110lbs, looking like a skeleton so I didn't want anything to make my LOSE weight. Like you however, I did gleam some information from it and apply it when I am flaring. I tend to get more lax with it when in remission though.
Posted 4/14/2011 5:11 PM (GMT 0)
don't be apologetic. The SCD diet is difficult and is not for everyone. I was on it for just over a month but stopped it because I moved country and it just wasn't convenient anymore. I do plan to continue and do it again sometime in the future pending how my symptoms go. Initially I felt some benefit from the diet (decreased urgency) but the benefits slowly faded and after awhile I was pretty much in the same state I was prior to beginning the diet.
Posted 4/14/2011 5:13 PM (GMT 0)
I hear you on that, I have looked into it and being a vegetarian makes this diet almost impossible for me. I am not willing to introduce meats into my diet to try it. It's a choice I have made.
Posted 4/14/2011 5:57 PM (GMT 0)
right Niro- I rarely eat meat, & do not need to lose any weight. By actually doing SCD full-on, I'd basically be eating nothing but fruits & veggies, & yogurt & kefir. I suppose lots of nuts too. Which is really how I eat anyhow! I do plan to be more conscious of things like carrageenan, additives like that. I am not sure how saccharine made the legal list???? It's not legal in my eyes! I think I prefer Deepak Chopra's take, more of an eating mindset for life.

Posted 4/14/2011 6:32 PM (GMT 0)
there are many foods on SCD that i did not find to my liking. to my gut liking to be more precise.
my diet at this moment is far more restrictive than SCD diet and it a short list:

chicken meat.
turkey meat
pork
dutch cheese
ceddar cheese.
celery root.
beetroot
carrots
pimentos
quail eggs.
dry cottage cheese witha little bit of honey.
red wine
and once a week - some almond flour & apples pie.

and this is it.

I achieved remission with this list, and i do not need other medication except 500 mg mesalasine daily that my doctor told me to use.
Last summer i was in my doctors office and begging with tears in my eyes for remicade or at least prednison. Lucky for me she was more smart that i was at that moment.
This diet also has a verry good efect on my arthritis (i also have ankylosing spondylitis as an effect from UC).

so i prefer this list to other medication because i eat to live and not live to eat.

i felt offended about your thread title - diet nonsense - because for me it was the only good thing that happend to my life in the past 2 years.

what you do is your choice but try not to disrespect other people choices.

Best regards.
Posted 4/14/2011 6:45 PM (GMT 0)
Oh don't take it personally! I didn't mean "nonsense" in the sense that

a dietary change is nonsense, just that for me it all adds up to nonsense- heck, med nonsense, symptom nonsense, etc. It's just a term I use often to describe a particularly vexing issue.

Posted 4/14/2011 7:41 PM (GMT 0)
I tried the SCD diet when I was flared badly and it didn't help me at all. I got very skinny, probably mostly from the flare, not from the diet but I don't think the diet helped because I was unable to eat most things. I eat a lot of bread now when I am hungry, when I was on SCD, I just wouldn't eat or I would have to have a piece of fruit. Certain fruits aren't even recommended because they are high in sugar. I think I remember grapes are not a good choice and I love grapes. It was very difficult to follow the deit 100%. I believe even potatoes and beets are not allowed (not sure about this though, I was ono the diet 2 years ago or so). Potatoes are strachy and beets sugary.

I would try it again, restricting my diet doesn't worry me but if it doesn't help, why bother? When I was on the diet, I would have a bland piece of chicken with a veggie on the side for most meals. It sounds healthy but without the bread and grain, you never feel comfortably full. I couldn't even eat sushi because of the rice and the sauces...

Posted 4/14/2011 8:52 PM (GMT 0)
Works if I stick close to it. However once a flare happens it alone will not help.
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