Carolyn/Emotional Reactions

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Hi Carolyn,

I apologise for sending this post to you so late. I have been really,

really busy recently with other commitments.

My experiences with food are that I react to all foods that have any

additives, preservatives, sugars (including natural sugars) and starches and

dyes in them. For now, it seems my body is very sensitive to whatever I put

in it, including caffeine, fruit juices etc. So, I'll list what I do eat,

which is yoghurt (24 hr), nut flour, organic meats with no preservatives in

them (sometimes a bit of a challenge), fresh fish (cod and halibut) and a

few vegetables, such as zuchinni and cauliflower mash.

I don't have much variety in my diet, but I am just so relieved to be able

to think straight, and function normally.

I hope this helps,

SCD 7+ months

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Hi ,

Welcome to the group! I'm very interested in what foods set you off -

what foods causes you to become completely unreasonable, irrational,

angry, etc.

I've just started the diet 2 weeks ago for my IBS and I will put my

daughter (age 9) on it soon.

I have a theory that, for a large number of people, the wrong foods cause

a lot of emotional and mental illnesses. I think that as our society has

eaten more and more fake foods (foods with fake ingredients: crisco,

aspartame, margarine, olestra, etc.) that the mental health of our nation

has declined (but I am just guessing - I haven't researched if mental

health diagnosis' are increasing).

In addition to what people are eating (fake ingredients), what people are

NOT eating is also a factor. Poor nutrition may be the cause for a lot

of mental illness. For example: for years the best drug for bipolar

disorder was Lithium, which is a mineral. I was shocked when I realized

that a mineral was so powerful. That led me to think that maybe people

just weren't getting the right nutrients from food, or maybe they were

eating the right nutrients but they weren't able to absorb them.

I hope that you will share your experiences with us.

Carolyn

SCD - 2 weeks

>Primarily the reason I

>started the diet - recommended from a Naturopath- was because my

reactions

>to foods are mostly emotional/behavioural rather than physical. When I

eat

>the wrong foods, I become completely unreasonable, irrational, paranoid

and

>angry, almost rage and I look angry as well. And this can happen

within

>ten to fifteen minutes after ingesting the foods. as well as not being

able

>to think clearly, extremely tired, weight loss ect. Yet, when I eat the

>correct foods - SCD, I am completely okay and can think normally and

>rationally.

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