Re: Mainly Veg diet and supplements-

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YAY GREEN SMOOTHIES!!! I was going to mention them on here but was concerned everyone would say they sounded like they'd be terrible for IBD. Have you read the book 'Green for Life?' I have a green smoothie every day as well. What your doing sounds a lot like Klein's diet plan for IBD. I tried that for a while, but I'm very skinny so it didn't work for me. I do think there is something everyone can take from your success though, even if that exact diet doesn't cut it. We're all so different!! Thanks for the info on what worked for you! I love to know what works for different people.AlyssaHi everyone! I have had severe crohn's for over 10 years and have had 2 resection surgeries. I have been on SCD 100% strict for 14 months. This diet has made me feel so much better BUT. . I think this is only step one for me in my quest for good health. I had a colonoscopy a few months ago which showed worstening unlcers. My doc wants me on meds, but I asked him to give me alittle more time. Anyway I saw a doctor from NJ who treats all kinds of conditions with a mainly veg based diet. I started the plan he put me on and immediatly my bowel movements decreased to once a day, and for the first time ever they have been well formed. His name in Dr. Fuhrman you can google him to get to his website. I bought his two EAT FOR HEALTH books, and that came with a free newsletter so I got the one about IBD.This is what I do--Green juice every morning on an empty stomach (any mix of green leafy veggies, apples, and carrots for sweetness)-Green smoothie everyday, I LOVE THESE!! Blend avacado with spinach, banana, apples, whatever you like. -Soup made of cooked veggies, and greens than pureed.-Frozen fruit pureed so it is like a sorbet.I take a freeda multi, DHA fish oil from Dr. Fuhrmans site, GLA forte which is borage seed oil, vitamin C, sublingual B12, and SCD legal acidophilus capsules.Dr. Fuhrman does do phone consultations. All of the veggies in the pureed/ juiced state have made me feel great, look great, lose weight, I AM SO HAPPY!! The SCD was a great start but I really feel that we all need mainly veggies, fruits, raw seeds and nuts as the majority of our diets.I cut out honey, cut down on meat, fish, eggs, and oil. I was just eating too much meat, too many almond flour deserts and my body was not getting the plant based nutrients in needed. Keep in mind I did eat alot of veggies before, but know I eat tons. Hope this helps!

[Guest guest]

The key here is that everything you are eating is pureed or juiced and is

thus easy to digest. It's also (so far as I can determine), SCD-legal,

except, possibly, for the sublingual B12.

>> The SCD was a great start but I really feel that we all need

mainly veggies, fruits, raw seeds and nuts as the majority of our diets.

I cut out honey, cut down on meat, fish, eggs, and oil. I was just eating

too much meat, too many almond flour deserts and my body was not getting

the plant based nutrients in needed. Keep in mind I did eat alot of

veggies before, but know I eat tons. Hope this helps! <<

If I ate apples and carrots, even juiced, on a daily basis, I would be

deathly ill.

All those veggies, raw seeds and etc. would turn my digestion upside down

and inside out.

I can't do honey, and I rarely do nut flour deserts. So that was never

part of SCD for me.

My system requires meats, fish, butter, cheese, and very small amounts of

fruit. I eat significant quantities of both cooked and raw vegetables.

It's all a matter of balances.

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Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

At 07:38 PM 4/1/2009, you wrote:

YAY GREEN SMOOTHIES!!! I was

going to mention them on here but was concerned everyone would say they

sounded like they'd be terrible for IBD. Have you read the book 'Green

for Life?' I have a green smoothie every day as well.

They're not necessarily bad for IBD as long as you watch the combinations

you eat.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

You dont have to juice apples and carrots you can just juice grean leafy veggies.

[Guest guest]

You dont have to juice apples and carrots you can just juice grean leafy veggies.