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Merika

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Hi,

It's been awhile since I've been here - big hi to everyone :)

I'm thinking of trying the SCD to get rid of food allergies and feel better. I've heard great things about it from people with digestive trouble, but not so much from people who have celiac. I've heard it can be too rich (nuts, fats, etc) to digest easily. I've also heard it's really great.

I'm going to get the book tomorrow. I've read some stuff online. But I'd like to hear from actual celiacs (!) what they thought of it. So if you've tried it, please write!!

Merika

gluten-free since jan 04

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Hi,

It's been awhile since I've been here - big hi to everyone :)

I'm thinking of trying the SCD to get rid of food allergies and feel better. I've heard great things about it from people with digestive trouble, but not so much from people who have celiac. I've heard it can be too rich (nuts, fats, etc) to digest easily. I've also heard it's really great.

I'm going to get the book tomorrow. I've read some stuff online. But I'd like to hear from actual celiacs (!) what they thought of it. So if you've tried it, please write!!

Merika

gluten-free since jan 04

I tried the SCD, actually before figuring out I was Celiac. Personally, I had great results with it. Within a week, most of my digestive troubles had vanished. You almost have to like nuts to be able to stick with the diet, as you will be using primarily nut flour in any baking you do on the SCD. Bean flour is allowed after the gut has healed a bit.

The main problem is staying on the diet for an extended amount of time. It's not that you necessarily have to spend a lot of money at the grocery store (you can just do plain meat and veggies, salads, etc) but there is extra prep involved, as there are very few prepared items that you will be able to consume on the SCD.

There is an active SCD community that has really worked hard to come up with tasty recipes.

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Once I get back my latest food allergy results, I will probably do the SCD for a month as a way to clean my system out and get back to a base level.

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