Is there anyone in the DC area?

[Guest guest]

I have Crohn's disease and would like to try the SCD, but it all seems

so overwhelming. Is there anyone in the DC area who is on the diet who

would be willing to talk to me? Also, I have 2 small children, work

full time and do not have a lot of time to cook. Is there any way to

be on the diet without having to cook a great deal (just boil chicken,

fish and vegetables, eat plain yogurt from Whole Foods and not bother

with baking, etc.?) I would love some help. Right now I am on

prenisone and will probably be beginning Remicade infusions soon...

Alison White

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Alison, I'm a single mother with two kids, work full time at a high pressure

job, and commute. I don't know if this would work for you, but I cook big

batches of easy stuff like a huge pot of chicken soup from a whole chicken on

the weekends, then freeze meals from that. I'm actually finding it relaxing to

do some cooking, even though I'm so busy. Also, maybe you can get friends,

family, or even hire someone to help you cook batches of food.

(I'm in Georgia and pretty new to SCD.)

amindyt wrote:

I have Crohn's disease and would like to try the SCD, but it all seems

so overwhelming. Is there anyone in the DC area who is on the diet who

would be willing to talk to me? Also, I have 2 small children, work

full time and do not have a lot of time to cook. Is there any way to

be on the diet without having to cook a great deal (just boil chicken,

fish and vegetables, eat plain yogurt from Whole Foods and not bother

with baking, etc.?) I would love some help. Right now I am on

prenisone and will probably be beginning Remicade infusions soon...

Alison White

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Hi Alison,

I'm about an hour from DC (north), my husband and I are self-employed

(www.Cochran.com) -- which is stressful -- we have two

children 5 and 8, and we're all SCD. My husband has been on it for

Crohn's since 1996. Son #1 has Aspberger's and began the diet about a

year ago -- he gained 3 years worth of gross and fine motor skills in

the first 3 months and is, for all practical purposes, recovered. Son

#2 is ADHD and we have to use low-salicilate fruits and veggies for

that little guy. All of us, also, follow the Fiengold protocol, with

no artificial colors or flavors, no preservatives made from

petroleum, no artificial sweeteners.

I have a couple strategies:

1. I try to never cook just one meal. For dinner, I at least double

whatever I'm cooking. That usually will give us either 2 days of

lunches or another dinner -- I can freeze it or just keep it in the

fridge for the day after next. Every once in a while I THINK I've

doubled dinner and it all gets eaten -- I think that's the price of

living with 3 males, 2 or them growing.

2. I plan a cooking day about every other month, either a Saturday

where I'll let the boys veg while I cook, or I'll take a day from

work to help fill up the freezer. On those days, I have all my

ingredients on hand and I do assembly line cooking, like if 3 recipes

call for wilted onions, I'll cook all of them at once. I also make

things that are partially cooked, like a half dozen lasagnas in

freezer-to-oven pans -- that's six dinners all by itself and maybe

some lunches. At the end of the day, my freezer is noticeably more full.

3. I bake bread one evening about once every week or every other

week. I do six loaves, mixing 3 at a time but baking them all at

once. That's the most my oven will hold comfortably. It's quick

bread, so it's very fast to mix up, but it takes a while to cook, to

cool, to slice and to put in freezer bags. My 8-year-old is learning

to bake bread, and he's going to do 6 loaves once a week all summer,

which should set us up well for fall. FYI, if I let them, my guys

will eat about a loaf a day.

4. Yogurt is another evening about every other week. I do about 2

gallons of milk (cow or goat) and about half a gallon of cream (for

fabulous dessert options). I start at dinner time, preparing the milk

on the stove, and by the time the kids are in bed, it has cooled

enough to put in the oven with an extra light bulb (your temp may

vary -- make sure you have a thermometer!)

5. I have a big freezer.

Good luck, Alison. Email me offline and we can talk if you want.

Cochran

teresa.cochran@...

[Guest guest]

,

I got a little hope from your e mail we came to sed after being on feingold

and gf and cf for aver a year without much progress in sensitives. My son cant

handle much stage two on feingold and we still avoid all artificial colors and

flavors. He is hiper sensitive to all chemicals.

My son is also on the spectrum and we are really struggling with his limited

food tolerance. He is still so picky self limits a lot.

We started scd last July but went to raw fruit to fast and restart in November

and are making progress on what he is sensitive to but it is so slow.

My question is i have trouble finding food that he doesn't react to . i find

a great recipe and it always has something he cant handle and I never know how

to replace it.

I hope it was OK for me to but in on this one but I am despret for help. i

know that this is the way to go but i am really stuck an what to make him.

any hope would go a long way . he also has major sensory issues.

Thanks

Cochran wrote:

Hi Alison,

I'm about an hour from DC (north), my husband and I are self-employed

(www.Cochran.com) -- which is stressful -- we have two

children 5 and 8, and we're all SCD. My husband has been on it for

Crohn's since 1996. Son #1 has Aspberger's and began the diet about a

year ago -- he gained 3 years worth of gross and fine motor skills in

the first 3 months and is, for all practical purposes, recovered. Son

#2 is ADHD and we have to use low-salicilate fruits and veggies for

that little guy. All of us, also, follow the Fiengold protocol, with

no artificial colors or flavors, no preservatives made from

petroleum, no artificial sweeteners.

I have a couple strategies:

1. I try to never cook just one meal. For dinner, I at least double

whatever I'm cooking. That usually will give us either 2 days of

lunches or another dinner -- I can freeze it or just keep it in the

fridge for the day after next. Every once in a while I THINK I've

doubled dinner and it all gets eaten -- I think that's the price of

living with 3 males, 2 or them growing.

2. I plan a cooking day about every other month, either a Saturday

where I'll let the boys veg while I cook, or I'll take a day from

work to help fill up the freezer. On those days, I have all my

ingredients on hand and I do assembly line cooking, like if 3 recipes

call for wilted onions, I'll cook all of them at once. I also make

things that are partially cooked, like a half dozen lasagnas in

freezer-to-oven pans -- that's six dinners all by itself and maybe

some lunches. At the end of the day, my freezer is noticeably more full.

3. I bake bread one evening about once every week or every other

week. I do six loaves, mixing 3 at a time but baking them all at

once. That's the most my oven will hold comfortably. It's quick

bread, so it's very fast to mix up, but it takes a while to cook, to

cool, to slice and to put in freezer bags. My 8-year-old is learning

to bake bread, and he's going to do 6 loaves once a week all summer,

which should set us up well for fall. FYI, if I let them, my guys

will eat about a loaf a day.

4. Yogurt is another evening about every other week. I do about 2

gallons of milk (cow or goat) and about half a gallon of cream (for

fabulous dessert options). I start at dinner time, preparing the milk

on the stove, and by the time the kids are in bed, it has cooled

enough to put in the oven with an extra light bulb (your temp may

vary -- make sure you have a thermometer!)

5. I have a big freezer.

Good luck, Alison. Email me offline and we can talk if you want.

Cochran

teresa.cochran@...

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[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group Alison,

<< ...I have 2 small children, work

> full time and do not have a lot of time to cook. Is there any way to

> be on the diet without having to cook a great deal (just boil chicken,

> fish and vegetables, eat plain yogurt from Whole Foods and not bother

> with baking, etc.?)

I normally eat very simple: cooked vegetables, meats etc... I don't

normally do baking. I also use legal cheeses, canned salmon, eggs

etc... For myself I prefer foods that are quick and easy to do.

You would have to make the SCD yogurt yourself though. Commercial

yogurt is full of lactose and other illegals which will feed the

harmful microbes you are trying to starve with SCD. To save time I

make large batches of yogurt, instead of small batches evry couple of

days.

There are some great links which will help with getting started on the

diet:

http://pecanbread.com/new/scdfoods1.html#transition

http://pecanbread.com/new/scdfoods1.html#intro

http://pecanbread.com/new/success1.html

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/beginners_guide/beginners.htm

http://pecanbread.com/new/scdfoods1.html#menu

http://pecanbread.com/new/scdfoods1.html#beyond

(Some of the above links are geared towards getting children started on

the diet but still contain great info.)

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 23yrs

mom of and

[Guest guest]

I am in the DC area. We have been on the diet since January for Crohns

disease.

Janet

Is there anyone in the DC area?

I have Crohn's disease and would like to try the SCD, but it all seems

so overwhelming. Is there anyone in the DC area who is on the diet who

would be willing to talk to me? Also, I have 2 small children, work

full time and do not have a lot of time to cook. Is there any way to

be on the diet without having to cook a great deal (just boil chicken,

fish and vegetables, eat plain yogurt from Whole Foods and not bother

with baking, etc.?) I would love some help. Right now I am on

prenisone and will probably be beginning Remicade infusions soon...

Alison White

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Alison,

Please feel free to contact me. Hope we can help.

Janet, Daughter 15 Crohns Asacol, 10 mg prednisone

SCD 1/07

Is there anyone in the DC area?

I have Crohn's disease and would like to try the SCD, but it all seems

so overwhelming. Is there anyone in the DC area who is on the diet who

would be willing to talk to me?

Alison White

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>

> When I respond to a question, do I trim everything? Even their

question?

Well, speaking for myself only, not for the moderators or anyone else,

I like to see the basic question a person is responding to left in

when they reply to a post because sometimes the original question was

days ago and I don't remember what it was referring to.

, mom to

[Guest guest]

Hi Janet,

<< When I respond to a question, do I trim everything? Even their

question? >>

I highlight the petinent parts of the question and delete the rest....

like I did with your email

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 23yrs

mom of and