Hurd diet

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As you may recall, I mentioned going on a diet as dictated by R. Hurd,

nutritionist.  This diet is supposed to help with such conditions as RA,

ulcerative colitis and Crohn's.  It begins with going on a very bland diet of

beans (white, pinto, kidney, etc. not green beans) and well-cooked vegetables

that are not cruciferous (so no broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, etc.). 

In the beginning, one cannot eat anything with sugar, no fruit or fruit juice,

no whole grain foods, nothing with salt, no coffee or tea, caffeinated or

decaffeinated, no dairy products.  You can eat eggs and very lean meat.  This

must be adhered to for at least two weeks.  The soluble fiber in the beans goes

soft on the intestines and gives them time to heal as well as ridding the body

of recirculated toxified bile.  After this time, one can begin other foods

slowly.  She refers to what she calls the 'white diet' - white rice, white

potatoes, white bread,

etc.  It seems odd to me to introduce these enriched and chemically bleached

kinds of foods but her logic is that they go easier on digestive system.  As

you begin to feel better, she reasons attempting to go off any NSAIDs being

used.

Her theory seems to make perfect logical sense as you read it, but she does

leave some rather large gaps.  I've begun eating the beans and I do feel better

but I'm not far enough along to say its a bloody miracle.  But we'll see.

Brad

  " I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief " Gerry

Spence

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Posted by: " Melynda Gamez " melyndagamez@...   melyndagamez

Mon Oct 20, 2008 1:48 pm (PDT)

hello vicki, i'm glad ur doing well. isn't AWESOME how just wAtching from a

window u can feel soo much.

i to sit everyday at the table just looking out the window watching the

birds,squirrels, dogs & cats..

my nephew loves to go outside & look at the birds, he loves them.....

about sitting for long periods of time, i too get STIFF & it's hard to get back

up..i wish u luck & hope u feel good.

god bless,melyndagamez 10/20/08 3:50p.m.cdt

[ ] My day

As I sat here this morning, watching the bunnies and squirrels playing outside

my window, my dogs running around just like my children did when they were

little, Listening to sounds of Fall, tractors out and about, the smells of

freshly harvested fields, and leaves turning colors. A sense of peace washed

over my body. Even the sick feeling from this mornings chemo took longer to set

in.  I wish I could have sat like that all day.

But of course sitting for extended periods is one of my triggers for a flare up

and the sick stomach from chemo is inevitable every Monday and Tuesday. I praise

God daily for those little things we all still have in our lives though. Those

are the moments that keep me going from day to day.

I am going to go lie down now and rest so I can maybe feel well enough to cook

and visit with my husband some tonite.

Vicki

Iowa