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The Specific Carbohydrate Diet (scd)


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Has anyone had success on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet?

After I was diagnosed with celiac disease about a month ago, my naturopath recommended it. I've read the book Breaking the Vicious Cycle. The diet is crazy restrictive, but I've already eliminated gluten, dairy, most grains, and most sugar, so I don't think it'd be too much different. I'm already basically just eating meats, vegetables and fruits.

I'm still not feeling super great after a month though. Still having a dull achy pain in my left side that I've had since February when I started to feel sick. I'm going to see a celiac specialist at the University of Chicago in August, because I want to know if this pain is something I should be concerned about, and if so, have the necessary tests done.

But my naturopath seems to think a dairy free version of the SCD would really help heal my gut, and likely make this pain go away. And I'm willing to try. I just want to feel normal again.

If you've had success on the diet, how long did it take to see an improvement? Weeks? Months? And how long did you have to stay on the diet? Six months? A year? Longer? When going off the diet, were you able to re-introduce grains and starches without a problem?

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