Major Problem

[Guest guest]

I am at my wits end. I started on March 1 last yr weighing 89lbs. One month ago

I weighed 120lbs and was coming along slowly but surely. I had a bout of joint

pain so I was taken to the doctor. He decided to be the expert and put me on

15mg of prednisone and a battery of other tablets. No I weigh 102lbs. I don't

know where its all gone. My problem is that after five years my mother still

doesnt believe I have Crohn's, she insists that someone 'did' this to me. She

forced me to take the medication despite me telling her it was making matters

worse and now I am running to the toilet twenty times a day. I am confused, she

needs someone to explain the ins and outs of this illness as she doesnt believe

that someone with Crohn's can be that sick. When I adhere to the diet I feel

much better but she says I'm not improving. Please help me!!

I am requesting that someone gives her a call sometimes between 6:30 to 7:30pm

or 8 am to 10 am anytime soon,as soon as possible to explain this illness and

give her the encouragement that the SCD can work. She say food cant do anything.

I'm confused.

Llemar Nicholson

Jamaica

20 years old

CD 5.5 YRS SCD 1yr

[Guest guest]

At 11:51 AM 5/19/2009, you wrote:

I am requesting that someone

gives her a call sometimes between 6:30 to 7:30pm or 8 am to 10 am

anytime soon,as soon as possible to explain this illness and give her the

encouragement that the SCD can work. She say food cant do anything. I'm

confused.

Llemar,

Anyone of the people familiar with Crohn's and the effect diet can have

would probably be willing to help you out. The problem is, none of us can

afford a lengthy long-distance phone call to Jamaica.

What you need to do is to assemble information on what Crohn's Disease

is.

You might find some useful information on the Pecanbread.Com website,

such as the following:

HOW DOES IT WORK?

The SCD diet excludes and removes ALL starches and complex sugars.

This removal helps kill major yeast and bacterial overgrowth.

Malabsorption decreases, rebalancing gut flora and encouraging healing.

Feeding SCD yogurt or probiotics repopulates the gut with " good

bugs " that keep yeast and bad bacteria in check. Digestion

normalizes. Behavior, cognitive and language development begin to

improve. We have seen how well it works for many, many children.

When the diseased intestines are inflamed by the effects of *dysbiosis,

they cannot break down molecules that are too large to be transported

across the small intestinal surface into the bloodstream. Instead of

entering the bloodstream, undigested starch and sugar molecules serve as

a continual source of food for bacteria and fungus. The mission of the

Specific Carbohydrate Diet is removal of all sources of those

carbohydrates with a molecular structure that is too large for entry into

the bloodstream.

Removal of starches and complex sugars corrects dysbiosis and is followed

by a decrease in intestinal inflammation so the gastrointestinal tract

can heal.

The SCD priority is to deal with the CAUSE of the gluten and casein

intolerance rather than just treating the symptoms. SCD looks at things

from an advanced scientific perspective and takes things a step further

than some other diets because SCD deals with the structure of the gut

wall first, not just the gluten and dairy culprits.

When the gut wall is severely damaged, instead of just patching up and

supplementing piecemeal, SCD works to repair the underlying damage, It

targets what the body is ABLE to digest. It is selective about the food

and its components and where and how that food gets digested. Major

problems are attributed to carbohydrates in combination with pathogenic

bacteria, yeast and parasites.

http://www.pecanbread.com/new/scdscience2.html#kids gives a

children's explanation of how the diet works.

Hope this helps!

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

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