Re: meat

[Guest guest]

Generally speaking, meat takes less time time than any other food to

be processed. This can be witnessed in the difference of the length

of the intestines in meat eaters. Meat eaters have far less intestine

and appear lithe and thinner than plant eaters. (picture a cheetah,

lion, wolf compared to a rhino, hippo, zebra (etc.)

However, that being said, like all other foods, some people cannot

tolerate meat at all. It simply makes them ill.

We are very big meat eaters in our house (and seem to require large

amounts of it). However, I do know people that cannot tolerate even

the smallest amounts or they feel sick to their stomach. I know a

couple of people who cannot tolerate chicken but can tolerate beef,

pork and fish.

Like everything else in SCD, it is a personal trial that will tell you

which direction you need to go.

Kind regards,

KimS celiac family SCD 2003-2004

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> My son will be starting the SCD tomorrow. I am concerned about meat

digestion. I have heard that meat takes longer to digest and remains

in the intestine for a period of time. Do yeast and bacteria feed on

meats? What happens in the intestine in the breakdown of meats?

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> Thank you,

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[Guest guest]

Dear ,

It is my experience, that meat is the only thing that we truly have tolerated

well in this house. Even Elaine and Dr. Haas expressed that meat digestion and

the digestion of proteins are usually not the issue with those of us with GI

problems and problems with malabsorption. It is the digestion of complex

carbohydrates that causes this problem. When the vicious cycle is put into

check, it is amazing how fast the human gut can digest meat. What causes the

delay of digestion in some of us...is when the gut remains sick....and the

vicious cycle is allowed to remain.

When the gut heals, it secrets enzymes like it was suppose to (assuming that

pancreatic function is normal). By the bodies innate ability to produce the

proper enzymes, Meat is broken down into amino acids and smaller fractions, and

is absorbed by the blood stream for metabolism and catabolism. Once the gut

gets back into balance eating SCD....the bad guys can't eat anything

much....they starve to death...or they are crowded out or put back into check by

the good guys (thanks to legal probiotics, yogurt and the use of acidophilus).

It is my understanding from being at Pecan Bread, that when the other bad gut

guys die...yeast can not live...it depends on the bad gut guys for it's

survival. No bad gut guys...no yeast (or less yeast!) YEAH!

This imbalance is put into check starting with the SCD introduction diet, which

causes a " die off " reaction of bad gut guys (in most of us)....the complete

process can take up to one year to two...depending on how sick and out of

balanced your intestines are...each month coming closer and closer to returned

health and a gut in better balance.

Hope this helps, Antoinette and entire family of five

(celiac/malabsorption/leaky gut/add/adhd/asd/and more) SCD 2/06

meat

My son will be starting the SCD tomorrow. I am concerned about meat

digestion. I have heard that meat takes longer to digest and remains in the

intestine for a period of time. Do yeast and bacteria feed on meats? What

happens in the intestine in the breakdown of meats?

Thank you,