Understanding Glutens effect on the Brain.

[Guest guest]

Aloha

I wasn't sure if this was off the track - but thought this info helpful to

families making the

shift from GF/DF to SCD. Having a strong background in understanding the

effects of

gluten on the brain can be very helpful in implementing the SCDiet. My children

and I are

switching over from GF/DF to SCD and I am finding the kids making the switch

fairly well

as they have a basic understanding of how food effects them especially gluten.

They are

pretty open to further improving their BM habits and see it as a natural

progression. My

eldest with epilepsy takes her health very seriously and welcomes any

improvement to her

condition. They are looking forward to the intro of yoghurt! We have been

dairy /soy /

lactose/casein free for quite some time! I would like to share this website as

it gives great

insight as to how gluten can effect the brain.

DrGluten.com

For those who are making the switch - like us - remember all your hard work and

research being GF/DF is going to set you up very well in implementing the

SCDiet!

Approaching SCD with the same determination - yet accepting the changes and

challenges

involved in SCD - will reap positive results.

Margit

Beginning SCD, 3 Kids Epilepsy, Celiac Gene, GI Probs

GF/DF 3years

[Guest guest]

Hi Margit,

Thank you very much for the info. I want to clarify to new members of our list

that SCD is also GF. Children who do SCD also receive the benefits to the brain

from the removal of gluten.

What is really exciting is that SCD children get the additional relief from the

removal of bacterial toxins. The latest research shows that a type of bacterial

toxins called endotoxin causes major damage to the brain. Endotoxin has several

other names: LPS and lipopolysaccharide.

We have made a special website about LPS and autism.

http://microbialinfluence.com

The section about how the bacterial toxin, LPS, affect the brain is on this

webpage:

http://microbialinfluence.com/Brain.html

If you have any trouble understanding any of the articles, then just ask for

help. We are here to help the poets on this list.

Mimi

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi Margit,

>

> Thank you very much for the info. I want to clarify to new members of our list

that SCD

is also GF. Children who do SCD also receive the benefits to the brain from the

removal of

gluten.

>

> What is really exciting is that SCD children get the additional relief from

the removal of

bacterial toxins. The latest research shows that a type of bacterial toxins

called endotoxin

causes major damage to the brain. Endotoxin has several other names: LPS and

lipopolysaccharide.

>

Aloha Mimi!!

Absolutely! My children and I are so excited to have found SCD to address the

very

bacterial toxins you speak of! I spent sometime investigating the benefits of

SCD and was

thrilled to see it was going to address our GLUTEN issues and the issue of LPS.

We have

been on this journey for 10 years and have been GF for 3 years. Taking the

leap into SCD

seems less daunting knowing there are still GI symptoms as well as brain

dysfunction that

may be more accurately addressed by this diet.

The articles you posted hold a wealth of information so poignant for those who

are still

having problems on fanatical GF/CF. Before I discovered pecanbread.com I had

not heard

of SCD. In the three weeks I have spent reading this board, reading BTVC, and

reorgaanising my kitchen! I have learned so much. For this I am very grateful

and hope to

bring what I am learning to others in my community unaware of SCD.

The Gluten Free/ Dairy Free diet saved us at a time where nothing else was

making a

difference. In fact our going GF/DF was viewed very unusual even three years

ago! I

anticipate the SCDiet is going to again impact our lives phenomenally! In fact

it already

has!

My eldest daughter has been ravaged with digestive problems from 4 months of

age. At 5

she was diagnosed with a partial seizure disorder. I had a feeling they were

connected. I

have struggled since then to have anyone validate the connection between her

bowel

problems and her siezure disorder. Finding the GLUTEN connection I realise for

us was

the first piece in a rather large puzzle. Discovering the carbohydrate

connection to

bacterial toxins in the bowel is of course very exciting - we are perhaps a few

steps closer

to understanding how to manage the bodies we have been blessed with!

I am a newbie to SCD and I come here with the utmost respect for those who

provide much

needed support and research for families like my own. I bring with me

perseverance,

compassion and the ability to make changes and learn. I know if I apply the

knowledge so

diligently collected by so many great minds another peice of my families puzzle

will be

placed. With each success we will be better equipped to search for and place the

pieces

presented to us in the future.

Margit

GF/DF 3 years, 3kids, GI Probs, Celiac Gene, Epilepsy

Transitioning to SCD!