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  1. Ms Jan
    It could also be due to other food intolerances, fx dairy, soy, night shades or others - or perhaps chemical additives; many people have gluten like reactions to some of these. So if this might be likely for you, try to think of what you've eaten when you react like this, perhaps keep a food diary. Or more radically, try an elimination diet, where you start...
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    Yes, I generally also use the blender rather than the juicer, partly because it's easier, and partly as you say, because of the pulp that I like to have in the juice. I've always managed with rather cheap blenders, and so far none broke down on me - I've changed them only due to moving place/country etc. The trick is to put sufficient water in with the vegetables...
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    Whereas I make other vegetables sauteed or steamed, I tend to eat most leafy greens raw, and without any dressing, maybe max a bit of olive oil and lemon. Feel that I get the most benefits from them that way. But like it has been suggested, a quick frying or raw in the blender with water, or in a juicer, works out very well too. (Just had a great pulpy...
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    Hi Ali, Yes, I also think in some ways the total break down of my system has turned out to be a blessing, because at least I was forced to figure out what was wrong with me, and not just to keep on struggling and juggling health issues as I had hitherto done all my life. Only I wish it hadn't taken me 5 years to figure out I had celiac and a lot of damage...
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    Hi Bea, Thanks. Good idea to just stay with the flax seeds initially. Even though they aren't SCD-legal, I think I might try them and see how I react. And thanks for the info on nattokinase. Will wait a bit with it since I'm wary of trying new supplements before I've stabilized a bit more. But I googled it and it does sound interesting and something...
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    Hi Bea, Now, I'm jumping in here as well. Think your approach of 'back to basics' makes a lot of sense. The SCD worked for me - and I don't think I could have improved as much as I have, without being totally committed to it. But hat's simply because my problems must have fitted into the SCD scale (still do as I'm still on it and probably will have to...
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    Hi Bea, Yes, it sounds like something else/more than candida is going on if you can't even have grape fruit. don't know too much about fructose intolerance, except that it's pretty serious for those who have it with potential organ side effects, so perhaps it'd be worth having checked. And brown rice to me is a killer, so it's interesting you have no problems...
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    Hi Michelle, Thanks! Yes, grape fruit was my main fruit the first many months. I'd either peel it and eat it as an orange, or more often, blend it with water for a pulpy and very fresh juice. Sometimes I'd add cucumber or other greens for a really healthy cocktail. Strangely, despite its sweetness I've always also been able to digest pineapple...
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    Just read up a bit further back, and - Michelle, as to an SCD-legal olive leaf extract, I'm not sure. But personally, I'm taking the Vitamin Shoppe's liquid one, and though I'm so hypersensitive to everything, this one agrees perfectly with me (tried one once where the extract was alcohol-based and that was a disaster). - Chaty-Cady, as to enzymes...
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    Hi Woolygimp, Whether the SCD will work for you or not, is difficult to gauge. I guess the reason you're looking into it is that other diets/eliminations are not working sufficiently, and in that case probably you could be helped by the SCD. I think it depends less on what your symptoms are; than what causes them (I'm not typical either, having no bowel...
  11. Ms Jan
    For kids (adults) with ADD/ADHD it might be worth also checking out the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD), which was specifically created for autistic children. Here are some links: Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link
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    Hi there, What a sad - and wrong! - thing to conclude that the discussion of other potential ways of helping the healing process must mean that the SCD isn't working in and of itself. I haven't posted much lately, but that is exactly because I am so much better - and after six years of being physically debilitated I'm pretty busy catching up with...
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    Not wanting to second guess your doctors, but it just might be more complex than what the diagnosis make it sound like. So keep it up for a couple of months at least, and then see. My own experience was that when after 5 years of debilitating symptoms I was finally diagnosed celiac - based on symptoms and medical history - I ought have recovered on a gluten...
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    Hi Jesse, Just take it one step at a time. It seems daunting at first, but soon it becomes a habit and second nature just like brushing your teeth and contact lenses etc ... I've done the SCD for 7.5 months now with very good results without the yogurt or any other fermented foods. Instead I take probiotics daily. Since I don't do well with the...
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    Michelle, I did find the illegal ingredients listed - but often in not very visible places (like one bottle of multivitamins seemed to have all ingredients listed on the outside, and stated gluten, yeast free etc - then on the back of the label they also listed corn starch ...). And then there were a few technical words I hadn't recognized but which turned...
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    ARCHIVED Gaps Diet

    Ms Jan replied to ann72601's topic in Food Intolerance & Leaky Gut

    The GAPS diet is almost similar to the SCD - upon which it is also based. In fact, the only differences I've been able to identify is a slightly more restricted approach to dairy, a few specific legal/illegal foods, and a more clear recommendation to ingest fats. I'm following the SCD in a moderated manner which makes it similar to the GAPS, however I...
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    Hi Emily, I've been on the SCD for 7 mths now with very good effects. I cut out all dairy, also all SCD legal ones, but I tried the yogurt twice about 5 mths into the diet, and reacted with a string of bad symptoms, like headaches, brain fogs etc. So I just cut it out again and only ingest probiotics by capsules. I've been on a very limited version...
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    Liz, Like the others, I also went through a strong adjustment process in the early weeks of doing the SCD - with three days of strong D that I normally never have. Later I realized it was just my system adjusting. Also, to keep my weight stable I ingested tons of oil in the beginning, literally spoon fulls of coconut oil, olive oil, omega 3 mixed oils...
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    Liz, What about broiling some skin-less pieces of chicken? You can do batches of those so you have them ready for a few days worth of lunches. Together with chunks of cucumber (or other vegetables), a handful of nuts and a bit of oil/salt and you have a ready lunch pack. a cup of apple sauce or a banana can be added for the sweet cravings ... If your...
  20. Ms Jan
    Jason, Go to the bottom of the first link, and you'll find some rather detailed explanations on Threelac. The second one contains FAQ. Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link
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    As far as I remember, one or more of the strains are bred on lactose, yet it's supposed to be lactose/casein free, but I'm not totally sure. I took it for a long while, and though I'm very sensitive and ingest no dairy whatsoever (can't even have fermented yogurt), I've been okay with it. And it has worked quite well. Otherwise, if you're looking for a good...
  22. Ms Jan
    The many bowel movements when you eat fruit could simply be due to the high water content in fruit which make fruit a very rapidly digested food, which therefore tend to create bm. In itself it's not a bad thing, as 3 bm a day is considered the most healthy norm. I don't know too much about fructose intolerance, but clearly with an irritated gut, ingesting...
  23. Ms Jan
    Hi Minton, Sounds to me like it could be something external: soap, bath shampoo/salts, dish washing liquid, washing detergents, carpet cleaners, chemical scents such as cleaning detergents or air refresheners, scented candles or something else like it. Or perhaps something you had touched and then unknowingly ingested. try to figure out if any external...
  24. Ms Jan
    Bea, I'm heavy on the migraines ... in fact, debilitating headaches together with vomiting and brainfog have been my main symptoms. strangely I have no other digestive issues (something that always causes confusion for medical dr's). any sweets except for fresh fruits - it takes just half a teaspoon of honey or even less - and I'm down with a headache...
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    Ali, It's great to hear of your progress . Your mention of chocolate made me think of my own 'healing culprit' which I know is my intakte of coffee and tea. Even though I've managed to cut back, and only have organic coffee as well as only green teas, I still know I get too much caffeine and probably a lot of other stuff that's difficult for my guts...
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