Guest guest Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 Hi ! I'm a 50 year old male with UC for the past 30 years. After a few rough years, flair-ups have been few and far between. I take a lot of Asacol and a low dose 6-MP. Over the past year I have had to go on Prednisone 3 cycles and am now tapering down. Something tells me that now would be a great time to try the SCD. Any encouragement would be appreciated. Two questions. For (Jewish) religious reasons I am required to eat a few servings of bread (containing any of the 5 grains) over the Sabbath. Are there any suggestions of how to accomplish this without outright cheating? Would it make any difference if the bread servings were spelt or oats? I have developed a habit of taking one serving of Metamucil daily to keep the system moving in all situations. From the literature it seems like this stuff is highly illegal. Do I go cold turkey or is there any similar alternative? Please let me know. Thanks. Moshe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 " moshebrodsky " wrote: > Two questions. > For (Jewish) religious reasons I am required to eat a few servings of > bread (containing any of the 5 grains) over the Sabbath. Are there > any suggestions of how to accomplish this without outright cheating? > Would it make any difference if the bread servings were spelt or > oats? Hi Moshe. I'm not religious, but I tried following Orthodox Judaism as I child, many years ago. I seem to recall that any dietary rule can be ignored if it has a negative impact on a person's health, because being healthy is more important than adhering to the rules. For instance, when I was still religious, if I were ill on Yom Kippur, I had to keep taking whatever medications were required, and thus not fully " fast " on that day. Many years later, I developed allergies to many foods, including yeast. It made no sense for me to eat breads leavened with yeast, because they would make me ill. So I had to forego a lot of traditional foods, such as challah. Changing your bread to spelt or oats would still not work for SCD, because no grains are allowed on this diet. If you really want to eat bread on the Sabbath, you might try to make a grain-free bread, with blanched almond flour or whatever ingredients you prefer. Bread recipes can be found in " Breaking the Vicious Cycle " and in various grain-free SCD recipe books, as well as online at sites such as http://www.scdrecipe.com/home/ http://www.scdiet.com/ You might even be able to figure out how to twist grain-free batter into something resembling a challah :-) . > I have developed a habit of taking one serving of Metamucil daily to > keep the system moving in all situations. From the literature it > seems like this stuff is highly illegal. Do I go cold turkey or is > there any similar alternative? I went cold turkey off Metamucil just before starting on SCD in March. I drank pure prune juice, diluted with equal quantitities of water, during the first few weeks, until I was able to start eating almond butter. I would have stewed prunes, as is recommended for this diet, but I was particularly weak at the beginning of the diet, so prune juice was easier for me. Once I started eating nut butters and then nut flours, I had no more problems with C. > > Please let me know. Thanks. > > Moshe > Hope this helps. Ellen in Toronto SCD 7.5 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 There's a small SCD kosher list that will provide help with the first. It's not very active, but you might hear a variety of responses. To join: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/KosherSCD/ Regards, Mara Schiffren > Hi ! > I'm a 50 year old male with UC for the past 30 years. After a few > rough years, flair-ups have been few and far between. I take a lot of > Asacol and a low dose 6-MP. Over the past year I have had to go on > Prednisone 3 cycles and am now tapering down. Something tells me that > now would be a great time to try the SCD. Any encouragement would be > appreciated. > > Two questions. > For (Jewish) religious reasons I am required to eat a few servings of > bread (containing any of the 5 grains) over the Sabbath. Are there > any suggestions of how to accomplish this without outright cheating? > Would it make any difference if the bread servings were spelt or > oats? > I have developed a habit of taking one serving of Metamucil daily to > keep the system moving in all situations. From the literature it > seems like this stuff is highly illegal. Do I go cold turkey or is > there any similar alternative? > > Please let me know. Thanks. > > Moshe > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 And for the second question, Miralax is legal and available OTC.Take care,Kim H. husband, , CD 1999SCD 2002 > Two questions. > For (Jewish) religious reasons I am required to eat a few servings of > bread (containing any of the 5 grains) over the Sabbath. Are there > any suggestions of how to accomplish this without outright cheating? > Would it make any difference if the bread servings were spelt or > oats? > I have developed a habit of taking one serving of Metamucil daily to > keep the system moving in all situations. From the literature it > seems like this stuff is highly illegal. Do I go cold turkey or is > there any similar alternative? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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