Re: SCD Question, Re Creatinine....

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Hi Caroline,

Would using bean flour help with the carbs ? We use a mixture of chestnut and

mungbean which i think is has more carbs.

Sharon.

>

> Hi All

>

> As you all know I have been a fairly fanatical SCD-er for 2 years. It was

> brill for 's gut along with her gut meds initially. Recently, testing

> has shown scarey levels of pretty violent bacterial overgrowths. As a

> microbiologist I have been fairly horrified.... We have eliminated Candida

> which was always on test results in the early days, but this bacterial

> overgrowth frightens me a bit.

>

> I always read whatever I can on anything and recently reading about Saras

> diet I have been quite interested in the reasoning behind that. Not totally

> wanting to dive in but kinda interested....

>

> had a General anaesthetic this summer to get dental work done and

> had her bloods done at the same time for being on her bowel meds. I was

> shocked by her low creatinine level. Her creatinine level is always low, on

our

> ref ranges, 55 ish is her reading which is slightly below the 60 bottom

> level. This time it was 25!! Many reckon the lack of carbs on SCD affects

> muscle tone. Our kids have low muscle tome usually anyway, but I am a bit

> concerned about this.....

>

> I would use SCD long term in a sec if it had totally helped our bowel

> issues, it has to a certain extent helped things but created new issues,

maybe,

> if that makes sense. I have decided after much deliberation to trial Saras

> diet.

>

> I wanted to ask you all about:-

>

> 1) creatinine levels if you know them, please post, and have used SCD long

> term and also

> 2) changes in gut flora from testing over the period you have been SCD.

>

> I dont post about this lightly. I have ALWAYS been fanatical about diet

> whether GFCF, LOD (low oxalate) or SCD. I am not one of these people that

> dips in and out of it, nor is which makes it easy, I guess. I have

only

> ever seen take not allowed things a couple of times in the almost

> 10 years we have been doing this, once at Mandi's, whilst at PECS summer

> school, we wanted to try relaxing a bit and see what happened, she nicked a

> big bowl of tortilla chips and chomped in, its the only time she has ever

> wanted to or been allowed to do this! Truly!!

>

> Thanks for helping with this, I think we are all questioning together no

> matter how long we have been journeying. We all have a valuable

> contribution from our unique little monsters!! (joke!)

>

> Excited about your responses (hopefully!!)

>

> Luv N Flowers

> Caroline

> xx

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