Carol Frilegh
I am 77 an undiagnosed Celiac, since March 2000. I had chronic sinus infections and fluctuating weight, lost 86 pounds, got pneumonia, and needed antibiotic and Prednisone. I also got MCS and Latex Allergy.
Unable to eat without pain, I started The Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD).
Things began to improve at once. I am not cured but SCD has been effective in managing the Celiac
and helped improve my damaged immune system.
It is a bit stricter than the gluten-free casein-free diet, but
Blogs by this Author
What's Your Operating System?
- By Carol Frilegh
- Published 02/25/2008
Remember DOS? It was the most commonly used operating system for the PC back in the 1980's. Since it is now as extinct as the Dodo, we can amend the acronym for our Celiac Diet in order to ask, "Wha...
Celiac Makes Strange Bedfellows
- By Carol Frilegh
- Published 02/18/2008
Remember that Billy Joel song, "In the Middle of the Night?" I have had a very unwelcome night visitor many times in the past few years. It is the typical dermatitis that goes hand in hand with Celia...
I Had My Cakes and Ate Them Too
- By Carol Frilegh
- Published 02/14/2008
I've been rice-free for eight years and suspected rice as a problem just as I discovered I was a Celiac. However it apparently is not and in fact I show almost no sensitivity to it when compared to nu...
Snacks for "Yaks" - Specific Carbohydrate Diet Ideas
- By Carol Frilegh
- Published 01/16/2008
Are you anything like I was, addicted to starchy foods most of my adult life? I could make an entire box of Wheat Thins disappear faster than David Copperfield. Bars lost money when I dove into their ...
It's the Dairy, Harry!
- By Carol Frilegh
- Published 01/14/2008
An introductory diet lasting two or three days precedes fuller implementation of The Specific Carbohydrate Diet. One of the suggested foods on the"intro diet" is a cheesecake made with dry curd cottag...
Laundry List - "Hold the Starch"
- By Carol Frilegh
- Published 01/14/2008
It's been eight years since I have had Arrowroot, buckwheat,
corn/maize, potato flour, rice, rice bran, rice flour, sago, tapioca,
soy, soy bran, or soy flour.
All are gluten free! Yet, all are...
There Are Nuts In My Soup
- By Carol Frilegh
- Published 01/12/2008
Latest Dietary Guidelines from the U.S. Department of Agriculture endorse eating three to five servings of nuts (20 to 30 pecan halves equals one serving), seeds or legumes each day in order to mainta...
Outnumbered - Celiac Disease and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
- By Carol Frilegh
- Published 01/11/2008
Do you buy lottery tickets, bet on the horses, frequent casinos, or take your vacation in LasVegas?Over seven decades, I've won once at roulette, once on the slots and asked someone at the racetrack t...
What A Swell Party This Is!
- By Carol Frilegh
- Published 01/6/2008
Do you wear paper cuts like medals of honor, because being a Celiac means not licking glue strips on envelopes? This morning I moistened the sealer on an envelope with a wet cloth and was soon reelin...
"Sugar, Ah, Honey, Honey"
- By Carol Frilegh
- Published 01/6/2008
"Sugar, Ah,Honey, Honey" is the title of the hit song of 1969 by a garage band called, "The Archies." Their lyric includes this lovely analogy, "Like the summer sunshine pour your sweetness over me."W...