Re: SCD and/or HVV?

[Guest guest]

Hi Tom,

I was diagnois by the Doctors as having IBS when everything else

they wanted to test for was ruled out by sufficient test, crohns,

UC, gluten intolerence, etc. I did try HVV diet purchasing numerous

items through her and continued to get much worse. I have also did

the O Positve diet (my blood type) and spent an enormous amount of

money on supplements and drugs the Doctors wanted me to try. Getting

desperate that nothing was working, I kept researching and happened

upon BTVC. I have been on the diet since September, 2006. I have

made a tremendous amount of progress.In 2006 I was at the point

where I couldn't work some days (I was only part time) and my boss

would see how bad it was for me and allow me to go home. I couldn't

do social events with the stress adding to my problems. Now days I

go out and enjoy myself socializing and continue to get better. I

don't feel I am at the point where I could add illegals back in just

yet, but I am looking forward to the day I don't have to be quite so

strict and still be able to have good health.

Maybe I have been diagnois wrong with the IBS. I myself feel I have

candida yeast to deal with, but My Doctor won't even consider that

idea.

So, I continue with " SCD diet " because it works for me!!!!!

[Guest guest]

Hi Tom,

before I finally found SCD, I tried 's approach. It might

work for some people. However, it made my IBS symptoms much

worse. With SCD, I'm doing great. No more D.

Hannah

At 09:47 AM 2/9/2009, you wrote:

Greetings all,

In doing research on IBS, I've noticed some startling

contradictory plans between SCD and a high soluble fiber diet like the

one

described by Van Vorous, at helpforibs.com and in her book, IBS:

the

First Year. HVV appears to endorse lots of things BTVC makes

illegal (starches,

In particular) and argue against some staple of BTVC, such as fat, red

meat,

dairy, etc. I was surprised, and a bit dismayed, there could be

that much

disagreement. Is IBS different enough from UC or CD that it would warrant

such a different approach?

In the BTVC foreward, Dr Hoffman seems to reject such a difference, but

I'm curious if anyone

else has tried the HVV diet?

thanks!

Tom

[Guest guest]

At 11:47 AM 2/9/2009, you wrote:

Is IBS different enough from UC

or CD that it would warrant such a different approach? In the BTVC

foreward, Dr Hoffman seems to reject such a difference, but I'm curious

if anyone else has tried the HVV diet?

Not that specific diet, but yes, I did high fiber. It appeared to help --

I thought I did better with whole wheat pasta and brown rice. Then things

went downhill again in a hurry.

SCD works, and works well for IBS.

—

Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

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