Re: more info on the starch free diet

[Guest guest]

What SCD book.  It has been deleted from the site, but I am curious. Dolores

From: Sauve <moniquesauve@...>

Subject: rheumatic more info on the starch free diet

rheumatic

Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 5:26 PM

 

here is the SCD book for free:

http://www.scribd. com/doc/11844050 /Breaking- the-Vicious- Cycle-by- the-late-

Elaine-Gottschal l

[Guest guest]

the book is the specific carbohydrate diet:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/

The allowed carbohydrates are monosaccharides and have a single molecule

structure that allow them to be easily absorbed by the intestine wall.

Complex carbohydrates which are disaccharides (double molecules) and

polysaccharides (chain molecules) are not allowed. Complex carbohydrates

that are not easily digested feed harmful bacteria in our intestines

causing them to overgrow producing by products and inflaming the

intestine wall. The diet works by starving out these bacteria and

restoring the balance of bacteria in our gut.

The Specific Carbohydrate Diet^ is biologically correct because it

is species appropriate. The allowed foods are mainly those that early

man ate before agriculture began. The diet we evolved to eat over

millions of years was predominantly one of meat, fish, eggs, vegetables,

nuts, low-sugar fruits. Our modern diet including starches, grains,

pasta, legumes, and breads has only been consumed for a mere 10,000

years. In the last hundred years the increase in complex sugars and

chemical additives in the diet has led to a huge increase in health

problems ranging from severe bowel disorders to obesity and brain

function disorders. We have not adapted to eat this modern diet as there

has not been enough time for natural selection to operate. It therefore

makes sense to eat the diet we evolved with.

too bad they took the book down. well most libraries should have it

anyway. it's an interesting read re the bacteria in our guts and

balancing them.

monique