New to LDN, have some questions

[Guest guest]

Try an upscale grocery store. There are many with an entire aisle now of

gluten-free foods.

Yes, you will have to give up the bread that you know, but there are delicious

other types of bread available and with an open mind, you may find that you like

them even more. Seriously, give them a try. Just buy it already made and enjoy.

If you try to eat the same as always, but cut out the breads that you love and

other flour and sugar items, it will seem like deprivation. Make an effort to

replace those items with something else equally as delicious, and it will not

seem like a " diet " .

I did not realize that I was gluten intolerant until I realized how good I felt

on an Atkins diet, which cuts out all carbs in the beginning. I felt great after

the first day or two of thinking that I was suffering :-) Then add in veggies,

fruits and even great items like potatoes, sweet potatoes and rice, if you do

not need to lose weight.

A gluten free diet can be delicious and soooo much more healthy for your body.

Not everybody is gluten intolerant, but I honestly believe that there is a much

higher proportion of people with auto-immune diseases who are, than in the

general population. Hence, the emphasis on it on these LDN lists, that deal with

auto-immune problems.

Francie

> But I'm having trouble avoiding gluten - does this mean no bread? Because I'm

avoiding wheat, oat, barley and spelt - but also sugar, so that eliminates white

bread too. What's left?

>

> Also, I take LDN between 9-10, but sometimes I wake up around 2 and can't go

back to sleep for a while. Does that reduce the effectiveness if I'm awake part

of the night?

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> Thanks in advance for any insight!

>

[Guest guest]

At 04:29 AM 3/3/2010, you wrote:

But I'm having trouble avoiding

gluten - does this mean no bread? Because I'm avoiding wheat, oat, barley

and spelt - but also sugar, so that eliminates white bread too. What's

left?

Check out Breaking the Vicious Cycle, by Elaine Gottschall. This

is a starch-free, gluten-free, though not necessarily low-card diet which

was developed almost 60 years ago by Dr. Sidney Valentine Haas.

There's websites at

www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info and

www.pecanbread.com (where the diet has been found useful for children

with autism). There is also a support group, BTVC-SCD, here on ,

which is where I originally learned about LDN, because the Specific

Carbohydrate Diet and LDN work very well together.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

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