Re: From GFCF to SCD, was Re: New to group

July 13, 2006

Lorilyn,

No inflammation was intended. It's just been my experience that many of the

kids who end up here have ended up with their gut in worse shape after doing

GF/CF, even if they may have improved from removing the offending food.

Many end up with more food sensitivities, are more self-limiting in their eating

habits, and have more imbalance in gut flora, etc. I didn't say for ALL.... I

just said for MANY... and I said " worse in the long run " , because that's what

the parents report to us here.

Don't you wish you could have started with SCD? I in no way meant to discount

all the hard work you've done for the last ten years.

Patti

From GFCF to SCD, was Re: New to group

Wow, talk about inflammatory remarks, on a list where many came from GFCF

before SCD! I would assume that the kids made worse by GFCF were kids who ate

an imbalanced, high carb version of it. I tell people that GFCF removes certain

proteins that are especially troublesome when maldigested, while SCD is said to

actually correct the maldigestion. My son has been GFCF and then some, for

nearly 10 years, but it is the " with no end in sight " part of that diet that has

us trying SCD a second time. In other words, he certainly got better with GFCF,

but I want him better still.

Lorilyn, in Temecula

Now on SCD attempt #2 Day 9, after a disastrous 3 week SCD trial of a high

egg/nut/oxalate version in April 2005;

still GFCF so far, since August 1996

Welcome to the list. Consider yourself lucky that you didn't actually do the

GF/CF diet before SCD. For many kids, it has actually made things worse in the

long run.

You might think of SCD as " this crazy diet " right now... but before long,

you'll be thinking of the " Standard American Diet " of processed, refined

starches and sugars, damaged fats, chemicals and additives as a VERY crazy diet,

compared to the oh-so-sane common sense of SCD.

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