SCD Diet - Anyone in SFO Bay Area?
Sat, July 06, 2013 2:00 PM
Hi,
I am thinking of this diet for my son . I live in SFO Bay area, California. Is there anyone doing this diet for IBD, living in this area? Please acknowledge.
-Regards
rek
reknJoined Mar 12, 2012
Wed, July 24, 2013 7:15 PM
Reply posted for rekn.
Have you tried the diet yet? How is it going for you? I have done some research on it, but I am simply trying to eat healthy and I have started to make protein shakes on a daily basis (easier to digest raw fruits and veggies when they're broken down and blended). I feel as though SCD and Paleo diets, while they make sense in their own ways, are a bit extreme. By all means though, it never hurts to try something different!
Joined Jul 25, 2008
Sun, July 07, 2013 1:48 PM
Reply posted for rekn.
As I said, no harm in trying it. But whe you say that you have heard of "all those" who have had success with the SCD diet, you have no way of knowing how many that really is--that is, what percentage of those who have tried it have had "success"? And what is "success"? That could mean anything from mild improvementn to complete remisssion--and even in those cases you can't be sure that the diet is what was responsible for the improvement. Moreover, those who had little or no success with the diet are much less likely to go on line to talk about it. So if you want to try the diet, fine--but proceed with caution. It's a very difficult diet to adhere to, and it might cause weight loss and thus weakening because of the severe restrictions on starch intake. Also, there is considerable evidence that high consumption of animal products is not healthy--and this is exactly what the SCD diet prescribes.
kman484Joined Apr 15, 2013
Sat, July 06, 2013 7:14 PM
Reply posted for rekn.
I agree that many people did not see any success with SCD. But there are many people who has success stories with SCD . After seeing all those , I just wanted to talk to them, preferably with someone living close to me and had been successful with SCD. If there is anyone, please acknowledge. You can also email to rekhan08@gmail.com
-Regards,
Rekha
reknJoined Mar 12, 2012
Sat, July 06, 2013 2:41 PM
Reply posted for rekn.
Hi--I have Crohn's disease. I tried this diet several years ago, and it did not help--in some ways it made my condition worse, because the lack of starches caused weight loss. There is only anecdotal evidence of the diet's efficacy--usually in the form of testimonials from the diet's advocates. But there has never been a long-term, large-population study that attests to the diet's effectiveness. Moreover, the diet's creator, Elaine Gottschall, claimed in the first edition of her book that celiac disease is caused by starches in the diet--subsequent scientific study determined, however, that celiac disease is caused by a protein, gluten, and not by starches in general. So if Gottschall was so mistaken about this, what else did she get wrong? After all, her book is a long series of broad inferences without rigorous scientific support. You can certainly try the diet to see if it works for your son, but don't be disappointed if it doesn't work. You might also consider the dietary guidelines embodied in this article by Mark Bittman, the respected food writer for The New York TImes--much of what he says in this piece runs counter to the high-meat "wisdom" of the SCD approach-if you click no the links in the article, you'll see that much of contemporary science indicates that we are eating too much meat already: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/why-im-not-a-vegan/
kman484Joined Apr 15, 2013
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