medication

[Guest guest]

Hi Robin,

Thought this link about methadone may answer your questions.

I found it interesting.

http://www.masmith.inspired.net.au/pain/endpain2.htm

Laurie

[Guest guest]

Robin,

yes, methadone can be used for pain management. It's known for being

used to detox heroin addicts, but it is also a very good, low cost pain

med. I'm taking it, though I'm on a much lower dose than the guy in your

complex is. I'm taking 15mg twice a day and 10 mgs once a day (ie. 15mg

at breakfast, 10 mg at lunch, and 15 mgs in the evening), plus 5mgs of

oxycodone prn (max. 6 a day). It works very good for me, but everyone

is different.

Kimber

--

Kimber

Vallejo, CA

hominid2@...

Note: All advice given is personal opinion, not equal to that of a licensed

physician or health care professional.

[Guest guest]

I am having a colonoscopy in December and during my customary appt, my doctor

was alarmed to find out that I am not on any medication. I went off asacol

after doing so well on the diet. I have been symptom free for several months

now. I am very comfortable with this. My doctor said that being on some

medication (Lialda, Asacol) helps prevent colon cancer. He said even if I am

not experiencing any symptoms, the risk is still there. I do not plan on going

back on any medication but wanted to see if anyone has any opinions/facts about

this. Have any of you encountered similar advice or warnings?

Thank you,

Sara

[Guest guest]

> I am having a colonoscopy in December and during my customary appt,

> my doctor was alarmed to find out that I am not on any medication.

> I went off asacol after doing so well on the diet. I have been

> symptom free for several months now. I am very comfortable with

> this. My doctor said that being on some medication (Lialda, Asacol)

> helps prevent colon cancer. He said even if I am not experiencing

> any symptoms, the risk is still there. I do not plan on going back

> on any medication but wanted to see if anyone has any opinions/facts

> about this. Have any of you encountered similar advice or warnings?

LOL.

Did you ask him if he is on Lialda or Asacol to prevent colon cancer?

Mara

[Guest guest]

Yes, my doctor told me the same thing. There are two main mechanisms for colon

cancer. One is polyps, which is genetic. The other is the chronic inflammation

from IBD, which can be microscopic even if there are no symptoms. Medication,

which decreases the chronic inflammation, would also decreases the risk of colon

cancer. However, when talking about risk, you can not say who (in the same group

of people with a condition) is at more risk than anyone else. There are also no

studies on people who are on SCD and this risk.It remains a personal choice to

stop meds, as most doctors would not be able to recommend that.

PJ

>

> > I am having a colonoscopy in December and during my customary appt,

> > my doctor was alarmed to find out that I am not on any medication.

> > I went off asacol after doing so well on the diet. I have been

> > symptom free for several months now. I am very comfortable with

> > this. My doctor said that being on some medication (Lialda, Asacol)

> > helps prevent colon cancer. He said even if I am not experiencing

> > any symptoms, the risk is still there. I do not plan on going back

> > on any medication but wanted to see if anyone has any opinions/facts

> > about this. Have any of you encountered similar advice or warnings?

>

> LOL.

>

>

> Did you ask him if he is on Lialda or Asacol to prevent colon cancer?

>

>

> Mara

>

[Guest guest]

I also wanted to add that he said nothing about what the actual risk was, and

how much the medication reduced that risk. It would be interesting to look at

the actual studies.

PJ

> >

> > > I am having a colonoscopy in December and during my customary appt,

> > > my doctor was alarmed to find out that I am not on any medication.

> > > I went off asacol after doing so well on the diet. I have been

> > > symptom free for several months now. I am very comfortable with

> > > this. My doctor said that being on some medication (Lialda, Asacol)

> > > helps prevent colon cancer. He said even if I am not experiencing

> > > any symptoms, the risk is still there. I do not plan on going back

> > > on any medication but wanted to see if anyone has any opinions/facts

> > > about this. Have any of you encountered similar advice or warnings?

> >

> > LOL.

> >

> >

> > Did you ask him if he is on Lialda or Asacol to prevent colon cancer?

> >

> >

> > Mara

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Don't forget that Doctors(in all countries) receive funding one way or another from drug companies, so they are unlikely to recommend stopping drugs, the same way they believe diet plays no part in IBS and it associated conditions.

jena

husband crohns 12 mths

scd 11 mths

minimal meds

 

Yes, my doctor told me the same thing. There are two main mechanisms for colon cancer. One is polyps, which is genetic. The other is the chronic inflammation from IBD, which can be microscopic even if there are no symptoms. Medication, which decreases the chronic inflammation, would also decreases the risk of colon cancer. However, when talking about risk, you can not say who (in the same group of people with a condition) is at more risk than anyone else. There are also no studies on people who are on SCD and this risk.It remains a personal choice to stop meds, as most doctors would not be able to recommend that.

PJ

> > > I am having a colonoscopy in December and during my customary appt, > > my doctor was alarmed to find out that I am not on any medication. > > I went off asacol after doing so well on the diet. I have been

> > symptom free for several months now. I am very comfortable with > > this. My doctor said that being on some medication (Lialda, Asacol) > > helps prevent colon cancer. He said even if I am not experiencing

> > any symptoms, the risk is still there. I do not plan on going back > > on any medication but wanted to see if anyone has any opinions/facts > > about this. Have any of you encountered similar advice or warnings?

> > LOL.> > > Did you ask him if he is on Lialda or Asacol to prevent colon cancer?> > > Mara>

[Guest guest]

My doctor said that being on some medication (Lialda, Asacol) helps prevent colon cancer. I know I may be biased, but that sounds rather stupid to me! Seems like if you aren't having symptoms, you shouldn't have to worry much about colon cancer, and even if you did, IMO, meds would only make it worse since you'd be adding strange chemicals to your body. Peace =)Alyssa 15 yoUC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)No meds!

[Guest guest]

Did you ask him if he is on Lialda or Asacol to prevent colon cancer?You know Mara, that is an extremely good question =) Peace =)Alyssa 15 yoUC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)No meds!

[Guest guest]

My doc hasn't said anything about it but I have read several studies that

supported your doctor's statement. The ones that I can remember found that

people taking their meds regularly and over a long period of time had a lower

risk of colon cancer. ::shrugs:: I know that most of us here are in a higher

risk group for getting it. It's one of the reasons I make sure to go in for a

colonoscopy every 2 years now. I do think that there's a lot to be said for

diet and decreasing your cancer risk. Does SCD decrease the risk enough for our

particular group? I don't know. Everyone is going to have a different opinion

about this (mine is that there seems to be too much meat & dairy to be

considered an anti-cancer diet though the lack of sugar is DEFINITELY a good

step in the right direction). I think it has to be something you research and

decide for yourself what you think will work for you and whether or not taking

meds will benefit your health.

SCD is a great tool for healing but unlike a lot of other very blessed people in

this group, it hasn't gotten me to the point where I can get off meds so

(fortunately??) the pills/cancer question isn't something I really have to deal

with. My doc puts me on Lialda but he also listens to me when I talk to him

about my concerns or ideas and supports my choice to be on the diet. I trust

him. I'm not going to scoff at his medical opinion just because I don't want to

be on medication. Obviously we're both coming at this horrid disease from

different angles but ultimately we both want the same thing - me healthy!

Anyway...I'm sure you have a lot of other responses by now. I hope that they

help you make a decision that makes you happy and congratulations for being able

to get off meds. That's quite an accomplishment!

Stacey

>

> I am having a colonoscopy in December and during my customary appt, my doctor

was alarmed to find out that I am not on any medication. I went off asacol

after doing so well on the diet. I have been symptom free for several months

now. I am very comfortable with this. My doctor said that being on some

medication (Lialda, Asacol) helps prevent colon cancer. He said even if I am

not experiencing any symptoms, the risk is still there. I do not plan on going

back on any medication but wanted to see if anyone has any opinions/facts about

this. Have any of you encountered similar advice or warnings?

>

> Thank you,

> Sara

>

[Guest guest]

I'd like to know what the risk is, and how much medication reduces the risk. If

you start with a risk of 1% and reduce it to .001%, then that is significant. If

you start with a risk of 1% and lower it to .5%, then that is also significant-

but not as much. It is also impossible to predict individual risk.

I would like to think we are lowering our risk on SCD by getting rid of

inflammation-causing bacteria in the guts, and reducing our intake of certain

carbs and processed foods, but without clinical trials we can not prove this in

the larger scientific sense.

The goal of SCD is healing- with medication or without-. It remains a personal

choice. I just wish we had more information to help make that choice, but with

drug companies controlling much of research- it's hard to get. Doctors have to

go with what is available to them- or risk a lawsuit.

PJ

> >

> > I am having a colonoscopy in December and during my customary appt, my

doctor was alarmed to find out that I am not on any medication. I went off

asacol after doing so well on the diet. I have been symptom free for several

months now. I am very comfortable with this. My doctor said that being on some

medication (Lialda, Asacol) helps prevent colon cancer. He said even if I am

not experiencing any symptoms, the risk is still there. I do not plan on going

back on any medication but wanted to see if anyone has any opinions/facts about

this. Have any of you encountered similar advice or warnings?

> >

> > Thank you,

> > Sara

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Stacey,

What you wrote resonated with me.

I am very meat and dairy (yogurt mostly some aged goat/sheeps cheeses)

and I really worry about the cancer connection. I mean this isn't on my mind

24/7.. but since surgery I really have to watch certain carb intake.

I am so thankful for this amazing diet..

If it were up to me though I'd be a raw foodist vegan (within SCD maybe with a

couple of extras)

I am so happy SCD'ers can have elaborate salads and such.. I hope I get to the

point that it isn't just two bites for me and I am done..

I wish I didn't have to eat to live.. It would be such an easier life. LOL.

Anyway, thanks for writing what you wrote..

Jodi

[Guest guest]

At 09:42 PM 11/16/2009, you wrote:

>> My doc hasn't said

anything about it but I have read several studies that supported your

doctor's statement. The ones that I can remember found that people taking

their meds regularly and over a long period of time had a lower risk of

colon cancer. ::shrugs:: I know that most of us here are in a higher risk

group for getting it. It's one of the reasons I make sure to go in for a

colonoscopy every 2 years now. I do think that there's a lot to be said

for diet and decreasing your cancer risk. Does SCD decrease the risk

enough for our particular group? I don't know. Everyone is going to have

a different opinion about this (mine is that there seems to be too much

meat & dairy to be considered an anti-cancer diet though the lack of

sugar is DEFINITELY a good step in the right direction). I think it has

to be something you research and decide for yourself what you think will

work for you and whether or not taking meds will benefit your health.

<<

Well, I've had uterine cancer (surgery April 2008, last labs negative),

and one of the first places uterine cancer is likely to spread is to the

colon, if it's spreading.

So far, my oncologist has said absolutely nothing about

" preventive " medicine " lowering my risks. "

I've seen studies which support your statement, and studies which say

it's a bunch of hogwash spread by Big Pharma.

What I do know is this:

My grandmother died of complications from diverticulitis.

My mother had severe diverticulitis, which accounted for one of her three

emergency room visits in the last 10 months of her life.

I have been SCD for 8 years. I had a colonoscopy last January, and the

result was absolutely clear -- no sign of disease process, no sign of

diverticulitis. Come back in ten years.

This suggests that SCD was a major factor in breaking the generational

cycle of gut disorders.

Moreover, before my cancer surgery, I was told, " It not if you have

wound separation, it's how much. It's not if you have infection, it's how

much. It's not if you have (long list of things), it's how

much.... " Upshot of it was -- I had no infection. No wound

separation. None of the other dire things which are apparently

" normal " for my type of surgery. In fact, one of the surgeons

had a different set of interns in with him every time I saw him, so they

could see how an incision of my type OUGHT to heal, instead of the way it

usually heals.

Something to consider.

Also something to consider -- most meat and dairy these days is factory

farm raised. If you read Weston-Price, you'll see why that's pretty

unhealthy -- although eating SCD without all the grains and processed

crap sure cuts down on the dangers of even factory farm food -- and many

people have gotten well on SCD using just what they found in their local

groceries.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

Jodi- have you read " Life without bread " and " Good Calories Bad Calories " ? Both

books discuss the role of excess carbs in " diseases of modern civilization " and

point to hyperinsulinemia as a cancer- causing condition.

Unfortunately- we've all been given a condition that causes worry- but none of

us know an individual's risk. None of us can say for sure what our genetic risk

for anything is. The best any of us can do is get periodic colonoscopy screens,

and try to live as healthy a lifestyle as possible. There is much we can do on

SCD- eat a healthy choice of foods, exercise- as possible, don't smoke, drink

too much (impossible on SCD). I do believe SCD cuts down on a lot of causes of

" diseases of modern civilization " .

In the long run- everyone eats to live. Like I said before-in my dreams- LOL.

Last week I ate " spaghetti " . Last night I ate " rice " . They were just dreams!!

It's funny to realize I'm dreaming about illegal food. In real life I wouldn't

touch the stuff.

PJ

>

> Stacey,

>

> What you wrote resonated with me.

> I am very meat and dairy (yogurt mostly some aged goat/sheeps cheeses)

> and I really worry about the cancer connection. I mean this isn't on my mind

24/7.. but since surgery I really have to watch certain carb intake.

>

> I am so thankful for this amazing diet..

> If it were up to me though I'd be a raw foodist vegan (within SCD maybe with a

couple of extras)

>

> I am so happy SCD'ers can have elaborate salads and such.. I hope I get to the

point that it isn't just two bites for me and I am done..

>

> I wish I didn't have to eat to live.. It would be such an easier life. LOL.

>

> Anyway, thanks for writing what you wrote..

>

> Jodi

>

[Guest guest]

Hey PJ..

Yeah.. I have read both books.. Also like Nutrition and Physical degeneration by

WAPF.

I don't get enough a variety of veggies and live veggies.

Fruit isn't such a concern as I believe most fruit is problematic today due to

everything being so unripe.. It's picked in a ripe state which like changes the

whole chemical structure. But I do feel that over the long term.. not like

months or a year or so.. it is vital to get veggie and raw veggie intake.

I don't know if I will ever have this.

Maybe my fatigue is more of a complex sleep issue as opposed to what I eat.. we

shall see.

I also cannot eat much fish now since I have very high mercury levels.

I just don't think my body was meant for this time on Earth..

Jodi

> >

> > Stacey,

> >

> > What you wrote resonated with me.

> > I am very meat and dairy (yogurt mostly some aged goat/sheeps cheeses)

> > and I really worry about the cancer connection. I mean this isn't on my

mind 24/7.. but since surgery I really have to watch certain carb intake.

> >

> > I am so thankful for this amazing diet..

> > If it were up to me though I'd be a raw foodist vegan (within SCD maybe with

a couple of extras)

> >

> > I am so happy SCD'ers can have elaborate salads and such.. I hope I get to

the point that it isn't just two bites for me and I am done..

> >

> > I wish I didn't have to eat to live.. It would be such an easier life.

LOL.

> >

> > Anyway, thanks for writing what you wrote..

> >

> > Jodi

> >

>

[Guest guest]

At 07:34 AM 11/17/2009, you wrote:

Last week I ate

" spaghetti " . Last night I ate " rice " . They were just

dreams!! It's funny to realize I'm dreaming about illegal food. In real

life I wouldn't touch the stuff.

PJ,

Has it occurred to you that maybe the bad bacteria in your gut are trying

to get you to provide them a feast? After all, there is a brain/gut

connection! (I'm more apt to dream about ch-c-l-t-....)

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

Yes, that's probably what's happening...but they won't succeed!!

PJ

> >Last week I ate " spaghetti " . Last night I ate

> > " rice " . They were just dreams!! It's funny to

> >realize I'm dreaming about illegal food. In real

> >life I wouldn't touch the stuff.

>

> PJ,

>

> Has it occurred to you that maybe the bad

> bacteria in your gut are trying to get you to

> provide them a feast? After all, there is a

> brain/gut connection! (I'm more apt to dream about ch-c-l-t-....)

>

>

> — Marilyn

> New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

> Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

> Darn Good SCD Cook

> No Human Children

> Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

>

[Guest guest]

Well you ARE meant to be here! I hope you can add more veggies in over time. I'm

working on that too.

PJ

> > >

> > > Stacey,

> > >

> > > What you wrote resonated with me.

> > > I am very meat and dairy (yogurt mostly some aged goat/sheeps cheeses)

> > > and I really worry about the cancer connection. I mean this isn't on my

mind 24/7.. but since surgery I really have to watch certain carb intake.

> > >

> > > I am so thankful for this amazing diet..

> > > If it were up to me though I'd be a raw foodist vegan (within SCD maybe

with a couple of extras)

> > >

> > > I am so happy SCD'ers can have elaborate salads and such.. I hope I get to

the point that it isn't just two bites for me and I am done..

> > >

> > > I wish I didn't have to eat to live.. It would be such an easier life.

LOL.

> > >

> > > Anyway, thanks for writing what you wrote..

> > >

> > > Jodi

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

It’s a cr@pshoot when getting a body! Plus, we all grew up

in a toxic environment – science is just now finding out about the detrimental

effects of chronic toxin over-load has on our systems. I surmise that is one

component of modern diseases, including our own. And yes, genetics also has a

role. The double whammy I call it.

Carol

From:

BTVC-SCD [mailto:BTVC-SCD ] On Behalf Of Jodi

I just don't think my body was meant for this time on Earth..

[Guest guest]

Jodi,

I'm thankful for the diet too and I'm certainly don't recommend anyone go off

of it. I just wanted to clarify for others, I'm not telling people that they're

going to get cancer if they don't stop eating meat or cooked foods. Heck, I

know how good meat tastes and I know how hard it is to be vegetarian on SCD!

You have to do what works for your own body I just figured I'd give an

alternative view just in case there was someone like me reading this thread and

thinking the same thing.

I definitely lean more toward the raw vegan lifestyle (while still on SCD). I

simply don't feel healthy when I'm bogging my system down with meat, heavy

almond breads, butter etc. Makes me feel heavy and kind of toxic. That's just

how my body responds. I'm sure a lot of people on this board will disagree with

me but hey, everyone has their own opinion about it based on the research

they've done and the experiences they've had, right? This is just mine and this

is what my body tells me . If meat works for you, go for it. I'm glad that

someone out there feels similarly. Something I found interesting the other day

was when someone mentioned how SCD cleared up that brain fog feeling that they

always on the SAD...I realized that that's how I felt about eating raw. SCD

didn't take away the fog for me unfortunately but making my diet lean more

towards raw food (again, while still SCD) did.

Thank you, Jodi, for responding. I hope that you get to the point where you're

able to comfortably eat more raw food too! In the meantime, stay healthy and

keep healing!

Stacey

>

> Stacey,

>

> What you wrote resonated with me.

> I am very meat and dairy (yogurt mostly some aged goat/sheeps cheeses)

> and I really worry about the cancer connection. I mean this isn't on my mind

24/7.. but since surgery I really have to watch certain carb intake.

>

> I am so thankful for this amazing diet..

> If it were up to me though I'd be a raw foodist vegan (within SCD maybe with a

couple of extras)

>

> I am so happy SCD'ers can have elaborate salads and such.. I hope I get to the

point that it isn't just two bites for me and I am done..

>

> I wish I didn't have to eat to live.. It would be such an easier life. LOL.

>

> Anyway, thanks for writing what you wrote..

>

> Jodi

>

[Guest guest]

My cancer had nothing to do with my gut (that I know of), it was

breast. It was 31 years ago, a pre-menopausal one and an aggressive

one (as I found out years later). About ten years afterwards on of my

doctors told me I was very lucky to still be here. Now, it so

happened that about two years before my surgery, I saw an

alternative-minded doctor who found out about my hypoglycemia, put me on

an 8-week cleansing diet (quite rough, the first two weeks) and a spare

junk-food-free and healthy diet for the hypoglycemia. I felt much much

better on it. My sister, younger than I am, also found out she has

hypoglycemia about this same time. Fast forward to now. Of course

my diet is even sparer now with SCD but that's fine. I'm used to

following limited diets after all this time (I saw this doc in

1975). My weight is normal. My sister has not paid much

attention to all this and is overweight and insulin resistant. Over

the years, the more I have read and researched, the more I have become

convinced that it was probably cleaning up my act and my diet that helped

me to stick around after a cancer that was supposed to kill me; perhaps

if I had done so a few years earlier I wouldn't have developed it at

all. It just makes sense to me that a healthy diet is going to go a

long ways toward preventing a lot of the modern civilization

diseases. If a magic wand was waved over me and suddenly I could

eat anything I wanted, including junk food, with no consequences, I

really don't think I would do it at this point.

I second the recommendation for " Life without Bread " , and also

" The Paleo Diet " for the historical and biochemical reasons

behind SCD and other healthy. limited carb diets.

Jodi- have you read " Life without bread " and " Good

Calories Bad Calories " ? Both books discuss the role of excess carbs

in " diseases of modern civilization " and point to

hyperinsulinemia as a cancer- causing condition. Unfortunately- we've all been given a condition that causes worry-

but none of us know an individual's risk. None of us can say for sure

what our genetic risk for anything is. The best any of us can do is get

periodic colonoscopy screens, and try to live as healthy a lifestyle as

possible. There is much we can do on SCD- eat a healthy choice of foods,

exercise- as possible, don't smoke, drink too much (impossible on SCD). I

do believe SCD cuts down on a lot of causes of " diseases of modern

civilization " .

In the long run- everyone eats to live. Like I said before-in my

dreams- LOL. Last week I ate " spaghetti " . Last night I ate

" rice " . They were just dreams!! It's funny to realize I'm

dreaming about illegal food. In real life I wouldn't touch the

stuff.

PJ

[Guest guest]

Yes, it IS a crapshoot when we get our bodies. I think there's another

factor, too. My siblings and I all have fairly disastrous health

problems, but different ones. When we look at family history, our

parents were not at all healthy in the couple of years before each of us

were born. I suspect this has a lot to do with things, too,

although of course we can't discount genetics either. or the toxins in

food and environment.

It's a cr@pshoot when getting a body! Plus, we all grew up in a

toxic

environment - science is just now finding out about the detrimental

effects

of chronic toxin over-load has on our systems. I surmise that is one

component of modern diseases, including our own. And yes, genetics

also has

a role. The double whammy I call it.

Carol

[Guest guest]

How many carbs a day is bad, according to these books? My mom eats very healthy

(lots of veggies, fruits, and nuts), and is pretty close to SCD (her main

non-SCD foods are steel cut oats and some packaged products like almond milk).

Her carb levels are generally pretty high though, although they're from healthy

sources like bananas and squash. Do the authors of these books think that's bad?

I dream about SAD food all the time. For a long time, I spent my dreams chowing

down on grandma's cherry mash. Lately, it's been peanut butter cups. The odd

things we SCDers dream about :-).

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

>

> Jodi- have you read " Life without bread " and " Good Calories Bad Calories " ?

Both books discuss the role of excess carbs in " diseases of modern civilization "

and point to hyperinsulinemia as a cancer- causing condition.

> Unfortunately- we've all been given a condition that causes worry- but none of

us know an individual's risk. None of us can say for sure what our genetic risk

for anything is. The best any of us can do is get periodic colonoscopy screens,

and try to live as healthy a lifestyle as possible. There is much we can do on

SCD- eat a healthy choice of foods, exercise- as possible, don't smoke, drink

too much (impossible on SCD). I do believe SCD cuts down on a lot of causes of

" diseases of modern civilization " .

> In the long run- everyone eats to live. Like I said before-in my dreams- LOL.

Last week I ate " spaghetti " . Last night I ate " rice " . They were just dreams!!

It's funny to realize I'm dreaming about illegal food. In real life I wouldn't

touch the stuff.

>

>

> PJ

[Guest guest]

According to " Life Without Bread " , they count a " carb unit " as 12 grams of carbs

and say ideal is about 6 units. However, for people who are older, or have any

medical issues, they suggest starting with 9 units and then gradually going down

instead of a drastic restriction.

After 2 days on fit day, I was amazed at how quickly the carbs add up.I was

eating a lot like your mom before SCD.I was also surprised at how easy it was to

get enough fiber, as I thought I was not. Prior to SCD, I must have eaten a lot

of fiber.

I expected to be dreaming of really yummy illegals. Can't believe I dreamed of

rice! Yes, we have crazy dreams.

PJ

> >

> > Jodi- have you read " Life without bread " and " Good Calories Bad Calories " ?

Both books discuss the role of excess carbs in " diseases of modern civilization "

and point to hyperinsulinemia as a cancer- causing condition.

> > Unfortunately- we've all been given a condition that causes worry- but none

of us know an individual's risk. None of us can say for sure what our genetic

risk for anything is. The best any of us can do is get periodic colonoscopy

screens, and try to live as healthy a lifestyle as possible. There is much we

can do on SCD- eat a healthy choice of foods, exercise- as possible, don't

smoke, drink too much (impossible on SCD). I do believe SCD cuts down on a lot

of causes of " diseases of modern civilization " .

> > In the long run- everyone eats to live. Like I said before-in my dreams-

LOL. Last week I ate " spaghetti " . Last night I ate " rice " . They were just

dreams!! It's funny to realize I'm dreaming about illegal food. In real life I

wouldn't touch the stuff.

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I wish I didn't have to eat to live.. It would be such an easier life. LOL.Lol I have thought this so many times =) Peace =)Alyssa 15 yoUC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)No meds!