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  1. AliB
    Coo, when my digestion got really bad I was getting palps a lot - one thing I noticed was I would get them about the same time late in the evening when sat at the PC. I would go very clammy with it too for a few minutes and sometimes feel a bit light-headed too, and wondered whether it might have had anything to do with when the last food I ate got to a...
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    So weird isn't it - there's you, can't cope with carbs and can't put weight on - there's me, can't cope with carbs but can't get the weight off! How daft is that! There must be something going on that defines the difference. I was a skinny child, a tubby adolescent, slimmer in my later teens then around 9.5 stone when I married. I put a stone on after...
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    Well, I just looked through 'Bloodsugar101' - I hadn't come across it before - and what do you know? The low-carb diet regime recommended for diabetics on there is virtually identical to the SCD (but then I knew that was the best thing for me as a diabetic anyway let alone the food intolerance issues!). Now that the SCD is improving both my digestion...
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    Yoekie, I would say that is a pretty wise decision. I decided to follow the SCD just a few weeks after going gluten-free because I could see that my body couldn't cope with the gluten-free carbs either and there was very little I could eat. As the SCD removed the foods I couldn't cope with it was an obvious progression for me. I know that carbs have...
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    Jaime - this isn't about 'promoting' the diet without 'Medical facts' or 'Medical knowledge', it is about common sense. In my experience and many others' the Medical Profession rarely considers nutrition or lack of it of any great importance. Even those who are Celiac often spend years trying to get some kind of diagnosis because 'intolerance' whether to...
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    Mmmm. I think I am going to have to invest in those books! You are so right about diet and its effects on us. People just do not have any idea of what they are doing to themselves. We have become so reliant on doctors that we think if something happens we can just go along and the doc will fix it. Unfortunately that rarely happens as most medications...
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    Quite a few of us are on the Specific Carb Diet (SCD). It removes all processed foods, grains, starches, sugar and most dairy, all of which can be troublesome for some people and concentrates on good, wholesome, pure foods - meat, fish, poultry, fruit, veg, nuts, honey and plain live yogurt. Have a look at 'breaking the vicious cycle' and ' Pecanbread...
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    For goodness sake! Geoff has been taking Benadryl and is now taking Reactine, both of which are anti-histamines! You take anti-histamines for a histamine reaction!!! The fact that he is getting hives MAY suggest gut damage and 'Leaky Gut'. He is at a loss as to what might be causing it and has asked for additional suggestions. This is like Big Brother...
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    Hi Geoff - you didn't say whether you are already gluten-free or have tried it. Many do find that they are also intolerant of other foods and dairy can also be problematic for many. That is where following an elimination-type diet may help to pinpoint what it is that is triggering your reaction. It would seem that you are getting some kind of histamine...
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    Although I have not had a major problem with 'brain-fog', my husband did. When I went gluten-free after my digestion collapsed last Jan, he (not wanting to be left out! ) decided to do it with me. After a few weeks it was quite clear to me that the gluten-free diet was having a quite radical effect not only on his brain-fog but also his Fibromyalgia...
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    I spent years suffering with weight issues, constant fatigue and hypos before finally succumbing to the dreaded diabetes 11 years ago when I was 40. I was told by a Practitioner years ago that I should be eating a low-carb diet and although the only 2 times in my life I really felt well, had energy and stable blood sugar was when I was following that...
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    How right you are - name any symptom and you can pretty much guarantee that someone with Celiac has or had it. We manifest with different symptoms because we are all different, and yet our gluten intolerance connects us all. Funny thing is, although few would deign to even harbour the teeniest notion of the possibility that Celiac and many other diseases...
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    Some recommend doing colon cleanse - personally I think it is down to individual decision. There seems to be no doubt that some do seem to retain plaque within the colon and that it can make a good harbour for pathogens - any retention of fecal waste can apparently draw toxins back into the body too. It is widely recognised that we need to eliminate regularly...
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    Ok, my use of the word 'quite' was not quite clear enough. Some of the good bacteria do indeed colonise, but there are others like Lactobacillus Bulgaricus and Streptococcus Thermophilus that are indeed transient. They colonise for a short period and are then moved out of the gut. They need to be replenished through ingestion, either from yogurt or probiotics...
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    Not sure if this would be any good Dawn - I picked up the recipe on Youtube - I didn't keep the link but just copied the ingredients onto my SCD file on the PC, but you could try popping 'SCD bread' into the search engine in Youtube to see if it comes up, anyway the recipe is as follows. SCD Bread
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    If eggs aren't a problem and don't seem to give you any reaction then there is no reason not to eat them. Yes they are predominantly fat and protein. If the stool test said that your gut bacteria was at 0 then taking probiotics and yogurt for 2 weeks would not make much difference. It needs to be taken pretty much continuously - the good bacteria are...
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    There is two or three things I am wondering about here. You may be getting glutened but it is also possible that you may have developed intolerances and reactions to other foods which is very common - have you tried an elimination diet? Could Candida and Leaky Gut be an issue? If certain food molecules are passing through into the bloodstream that...
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    Bit like when you cut gluten out your gut probably didn't settle until a few days later - probably the same thing with the rice - it will take a few days to work through and out. Many find that they get a lot of gas and bloating with different carbs - I have a theory that it has something to do with rogue microbes in our gut. They feed off gluten and...
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    Yes, you can use cows milk yogurt as the starter with your goats milk. The 24-hour culturing not only increases the amount of bacteria, but also ensures that most, if not all of the lactose is pre-digested and the casein is turned into a more digestible form. Most commercial yogurts are only cultured for 6 - 8 hours. The small amount of cows yogurt should...
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    Hypos are hypoglycemic episodes. Hyper-glycemia is high blood sugar, Hypo- is low. What typically happens in an carb-sensitive person is that too much carb pushes the blood sugar up very rapidly, the pancreas responds by dumping a load of insulin into the bloodstream to bring it back down, then it tends to go too low and not too long after eating, the person...
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    That's interesting about the thiamin (B1). I looked it up and one of the things I picked up on was the 'burning feet syndrome' apparently linked with deficiency. I had that for years. Along with the RLS it drove me mad and I would have to sleep with my feet hanging out of the bed all the time because they were so hot. They didn't particularly feel hot...
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    Although you may not be diabetic (best to get tested if you are at all concerned - do you need to drink a lot?), you may be pre-diabetic - in other words, your body does not process carbs (sugar, grains and starches) very effectively. I had a problem with carbs (I used to get Hypos a lot) for years before I finally became diabetic as I turned 40. The...
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    Gas, bloating, white tongue and halitosis can all be indicative of systemic Candida. Certain foods, definitely carbs (sugar, grains and starches), can feed the little beggars.
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    That's interesting Mia - your test showing undigested starch - I think (although I have not been tested) that may be my problem too - I still find nuts difficult to digest. I tend to have some in the evening and end up going to bed with my 'pounding' thing going on which is a sure sign of digestive distress. There is another possibility too, that your...
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    Hi GFLady. Welcome to the thread. The SCD is such a ray of hope to those of us who don't get better just on gluten-free. We are all here to support each other in our 'journey'. I hope you enjoy the ride! Ali.
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