Can someone please explain this?

[Guest guest]

If SCD is suppose to help the body why is Body Ecology Diet stating that meat,

chicken, eggs and nuts make the body more acidic which could cause gut bugs and

other problems. A little confused, please help explain. Thank you.

Jeanne

The Body Ecology Diet uses the Acid/Alkaline Principle

(listed below) as one of it's 8 principles. For

information on the other principles see links listed

below.

From the Body Ecology Diet:

2. The Acid/Alkaline Principle: This is a commonly

understood principle in alternative

medicine/nutrition. The ideal situation is where the

blood is kept slightly on the alkaline side of the

normal range (7.4). This is thought to discourage the

growth of yeast, viruses, gut bugs, parasites and also

discourage the growth and spread of cancer. Acidity

also leads to conditions such as chronic fatigue,

allergies, and arthirtis. It is suggested that every

meal contain 20% acid-forming foods and 80%

alkaline-forming foods.

Foods recommended on Body Ecology Diet:

Acid-forming foods (20% of meal):

- animal foods (beef, poultry, eggs, fish, etc.)

- buckwheat

-organiz, unrefined oil

-stevia (sweetening herb)

Akaline-forming foods (80% of meal):

- land vegetables (most)

- ocean vegetables

-millet, quinoa, amaranth

- sea salt

- herbs and herb tea

- seeds 9except sesame)

- mineral water (plain or sparkling)

- lemons, limes, unsweetened cranberries, and black

currants

- cultured foods (raw organic apple cider vinegar, raw

cultured vegetables, kefir)

- soaked and sprouted almonds

Neutrals (not acidic or alkaline):

- butter (raw)

- ghee

Foods NOT recommended on Body Ecology Diet:

Acidic forming foods:

- sugar, candy, soft drinks

- flour products

- beans, soybean products, and tofu

- nuts and nut butter

- wine, beer, alcohol

- saccharin, nutrasweet, equal

- commercial refined vinegar

Alkaline-forming foods:

- fruits (except lemons, limes, unweetened

cranberries, black currants)

For more info check out:

1)

http://www.autismndi.com/news/display.asp?content=News&shownews=20040721140600

2) www.bodyecology.com

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[Guest guest]

> If SCD is suppose to help the body why is Body Ecology Diet stating that meat,

chicken,

eggs and nuts make the body more acidic which could cause gut bugs and other

problems. A little confused, please help explain. Thank you.

> Jeanne

>

The Boidy Ecology Diet ( BED ) diet is based on different principles.

FYI, BED includes foods that can be toxic like green coconut water. Elaine said

it can have

the same effect on the digestive sytem as unripe green apples; several people

who left

here to pursue that diet had some serious consequences for their children.

There are lists that discuss other diets as well as BED . These diets

contradict the basics of

SCD. Since the science of SCD is very effective and SCD has been found to

improve or

heal cases of autism, we have dedicated ourselves to its support in this group.

( Our FAQs qualify that we do not deal with other diets on the Pecanbread List.)

Carol F.

SCD 5 years, celiac

[Guest guest]

SCD has saved my son's colon so that's good enough for me.

Robbie

Can someone please explain this?

If SCD is suppose to help the body why is Body Ecology Diet stating that meat,

chicken, eggs and nuts make the body more acidic which could cause gut bugs and

other problems. A little confused, please help explain. Thank you.

Jeanne

The Body Ecology Diet uses the Acid/Alkaline Principle

(listed below) as one of it's 8 principles. For

information on the other principles see links listed

below.

>From the Body Ecology Diet:

2. The Acid/Alkaline Principle: This is a commonly

understood principle in alternative

medicine/nutrition. The ideal situation is where the

blood is kept slightly on the alkaline side of the

normal range (7.4). This is thought to discourage the

growth of yeast, viruses, gut bugs, parasites and also

discourage the growth and spread of cancer. Acidity

also leads to conditions such as chronic fatigue,

allergies, and arthirtis. It is suggested that every

meal contain 20% acid-forming foods and 80%

alkaline-forming foods.

Foods recommended on Body Ecology Diet:

Acid-forming foods (20% of meal):

- animal foods (beef, poultry, eggs, fish, etc.)

- buckwheat

-organiz, unrefined oil

-stevia (sweetening herb)

Akaline-forming foods (80% of meal):

- land vegetables (most)

- ocean vegetables

-millet, quinoa, amaranth

- sea salt

- herbs and herb tea

- seeds 9except sesame)

- mineral water (plain or sparkling)

- lemons, limes, unsweetened cranberries, and black

currants

- cultured foods (raw organic apple cider vinegar, raw

cultured vegetables, kefir)

- soaked and sprouted almonds

Neutrals (not acidic or alkaline):

- butter (raw)

- ghee

Foods NOT recommended on Body Ecology Diet:

Acidic forming foods:

- sugar, candy, soft drinks

- flour products

- beans, soybean products, and tofu

- nuts and nut butter

- wine, beer, alcohol

- saccharin, nutrasweet, equal

- commercial refined vinegar

Alkaline-forming foods:

- fruits (except lemons, limes, unweetened

cranberries, black currants)

For more info check out:

1)

http://www.autismndi.com/news/display.asp?content=News&shownews=20040721140600

2) www.bodyecology.com

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[Guest guest]

Gut bugs need a food source. Most (c.diff is exception) consume sugar as their

food source. You remove the food source and they die. Acid or alkaline is

irrelevant for the most part. I know an alkaline environment is better for

overall health but will not by itself kill gut bugs. You have to get rid of the

food source or somehow kill them all at once, which is almost impossible if you

continually feed them (you just create resistant strains that way).

If I were to keep my son's diet alkaline on SCD his gut would be a mess - even

legal carbs he does not tolerate well and I have to be very careful to not give

him too much or he gets yeasty and flares. I'm trying mineral water instead to

help make him more alkaline, but I'm not going to fret over it. He's very

healthy - he managed to make it through winter with only one cold so his immune

system is 10x better than last winter, where he had flu, rotavirus, several

bouts of croup, a couple other intestinal bugs, etc. Like night and day. I

know as his gut heals he'll tolerate more fruits, seeds and such and I can back

off the proteins more.

Robbie

Can someone please explain this?

If SCD is suppose to help the body why is Body Ecology Diet stating that meat,

chicken, eggs and nuts make the body more acidic which could cause gut bugs and

other problems. A little confused, please help explain. Thank you.

Jeanne

The Body Ecology Diet uses the Acid/Alkaline Principle

(listed below) as one of it's 8 principles. For

information on the other principles see links listed

below.

>From the Body Ecology Diet:

2. The Acid/Alkaline Principle: This is a commonly

understood principle in alternative

medicine/nutrition. The ideal situation is where the

blood is kept slightly on the alkaline side of the

normal range (7.4). This is thought to discourage the

growth of yeast, viruses, gut bugs, parasites and also

discourage the growth and spread of cancer. Acidity

also leads to conditions such as chronic fatigue,

allergies, and arthirtis. It is suggested that every

meal contain 20% acid-forming foods and 80%

alkaline-forming foods.

Foods recommended on Body Ecology Diet:

Acid-forming foods (20% of meal):

- animal foods (beef, poultry, eggs, fish, etc.)

- buckwheat

-organiz, unrefined oil

-stevia (sweetening herb)

Akaline-forming foods (80% of meal):

- land vegetables (most)

- ocean vegetables

-millet, quinoa, amaranth

- sea salt

- herbs and herb tea

- seeds 9except sesame)

- mineral water (plain or sparkling)

- lemons, limes, unsweetened cranberries, and black

currants

- cultured foods (raw organic apple cider vinegar, raw

cultured vegetables, kefir)

- soaked and sprouted almonds

Neutrals (not acidic or alkaline):

- butter (raw)

- ghee

Foods NOT recommended on Body Ecology Diet:

Acidic forming foods:

- sugar, candy, soft drinks

- flour products

- beans, soybean products, and tofu

- nuts and nut butter

- wine, beer, alcohol

- saccharin, nutrasweet, equal

- commercial refined vinegar

Alkaline-forming foods:

- fruits (except lemons, limes, unweetened

cranberries, black currants)

For more info check out:

1)

http://www.autismndi.com/news/display.asp?content=News&shownews=20040721140600

2) www.bodyecology.com

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[Guest guest]

| If I were to keep my son's diet alkaline on SCD his gut

would be a mess - even legal carbs he does not tolerate well

and I have to be very careful to not give him too much or he

gets yeasty and flares. I'm trying mineral water instead to

help make him more alkaline, but I'm not going to fret over

it. He's very healthy - he managed to make it through

winter with only one cold so his immune system is 10x better

than last winter, where he had flu, rotavirus, several bouts

of croup, a couple other intestinal bugs, etc. Like night

and day. I know as his gut heals he'll tolerate more

fruits, seeds and such and I can back off the proteins more.

|

| Robbie

|

|

Robbie,

What's a good mineral water brand? TIA.

Rhonda