Re: Re: Elaine Gottschall Discusses Detoxification

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No, I don't have the actual reference to Elaine saying to wait 1 year SCD prior

to starting chelation therapy(correct me if I am wrong) lol I have read it a

couple times on this list though.

I have also read here that SCD detoxifies over time. But unlike chelation

therapy, it does not mobilize a massive amount of metals at once. In my book,

that means that SCD is an extremely SAFE way to chelate.

But for those that are doing additional chelation therapies, waiting a year

after starting SCD would be recommended. There is no point taking a chelation

agent that pulls the metals into the bloodstream, just to have them enter back

into the bloodstream through a holey intestine.

However, all of her comments on chelation and healing the intestine say the

same thing, in so many words. The metals are absorbed in the first place, a big

part of it, is the eroded intestine. To mobilize metals before the intestine has

had a chance at some healing sounds risky, imo. 1 year before adding foods back,

maybe I had that confused, but I think the 1 year rule applies to her

description about detoxification mechanisms as well.

Just to be clear, also....

I am not advocating the use of chelation therapy. I just know alot of mums here

are using chelation therapy, they are being recommended by so many of the DAN

doctors, and in my opinion, it is better to go wading into that pool slowly then

dumping all the metals as quick as possible.

Summer

carolfrilegh c.frilegh@...> wrote:

>

> IMO, the key is finding the individual catalysts, the problems that contribute

to the

" cause " of the present state. All areas need to be analyzed and worked on

simultaneously.

In my way of thinking, Elaine is excruciatingly right. However, the individual

puzzle of

what came first, the chicken or the egg has to be solved by each person. There

are a

number of ways to detoxify, and it is helpful to pick one after the body startes

moving to a

state of health, and one understands more of what affects them. If you have only

been on

SCD 1 week (at least at the time of this pecanbread post), you have plenty of

time to think

and research it. I believe (please correct me if I am wrong) Elaine recommended

being on

the diet for 1 year before attempting any detoxification procedures.

I don't recall reading or hearing this but do know Elaine said not to take back

restricted

foods until one year AFTER all symptoms have disappeared.

Do you have the actual refernce as I would like to read it?

I also know a doctor in Kentucky dsicovered SCD detoxes as effectively as

chelation.

Detoxification starts during the die off period which can occur very soon for

some and

take longer for others.

Carol F.

SCD 5 years, celiac

For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

_Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

websites:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

and

http://www.pecanbread.com