Trying To Decide If Scd Is Right For Me

[Kylie]

Hello everyone,

I have recently heard about the SCD from the living without magazine and am trying to decide if it would be a good idea for me to try. I have been 100% (well probably 99.9% for accidental ingestion) gluten free for 3 years now; however, I still have celiac like symptoms. I know that there is no CC and I check food labels religiously, so wheat can't be sneaking into my diet. Most troubling, and what led me to consider the SCD, is that I am having recurrent yeast infections on my skin, called tinea versicolor. I have tried many medications to stop the spread, but I can't get them under control. I have heard that doing the SCD can help with your body's production of yeast and stop the overgrowth that is happening. Has anyone else had any symptoms like this that went away or got better when they did the SCD? If so, I would love to hear from you. Thanks!

[rinne]

Hi.

I have been on the SCD for the past six weeks, prior to that I had been gluten and dairy free for about two and a half years, it took me that long to realize that just going gluten free wasn't going to heal me.

In my case I knew that because every time I baked with the non-gluten flours I still felt like I was swallowing powdered glass. So I was avoiding the gluten substitute breads just as I had avoided wheat bread most of my life.

I had heard about the SCD but thought it was so restrictive that I would be afraid to try it, turns out I feel a whole lot less restricted because I can actually make food to eat which is truly delicious.

I don't seem to be able to do much dairy, at least not at this point, so I am restricting myself to the goat yogurt. I hope to include it again as I love cheese but it still causes bloating and C.

Sorry I can't help you with the rash, I have no experience of that.

I learned recently that from 1920 to the 1950's the SCD was the diet of choice for celiacs. I think it is great when people can heal just by excluding gluten but if not the SCD is a great choice.

[Lisa]

https://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/index.ph...c=54285&hl=

You can find more information here.