Re: DMPS vs DMSA gastro effects? and diets

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> Please excuse my ignorance, but what is SCD?

Specific carbohydrate diet

if interested lots of info can be found with a google search

I'm afraid special diets

> are a frustrating proposition for me --

I know it is a frustrating task to figure out which diet is suitable.

The SCD looked too complicated for my reduced cognitive function a

year ago but I'm glad I finally tried it.

J

I'm already doing a lot to

> control my diet, plus I am vegetarian, and with all the diet

> restrictions various people suggest, i would be quite likely to starve

> if i followed most of them. I stay away from sugar 99.9% of the time,

> no alchohol or caffeine, and i have to give up most nuts and dried

> fruits (which I love) because i am high in copper, and soy is no

> longer allowed due to thyroid! Beans are a must -- i have eaten them

> for many years with no problems. They are not any better or worse for

> me on DMSA than anything else. I eat lots of plain organic yogurt from

> a very good source, usually twice a day. I don't eat rice, quinoa is

> my thing, i like it more and it's higher protein. I eat some cheese

> and eggs, but i've heard plenty of people who tell me not to eat those

> either! Then there's gluten...

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> So, if all my protein sources are being removed, there's no chance.

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> Sorry, i'm a bit frustrated by all this...

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> thanks,

> NJ

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