Re: Differences bw Dr. Klein's Colitis & Crohn's diet and SCD?

[Guest guest]

I don't know this one but years ago I read a similar raw-foods diet. It

was pretty much all raw fruits and veggies and some nuts. I remember they

said not to worry about getting hungry, just eat a pound of dates if you

did. Oh, sure! I know where I'd be spending the next day or two if I did

that!

Oh goodness. Everything! Have you read the book? He advocates a raw vegan diet, mostly focusing on fruits. So no meat, no cheese, only occasional nuts.

[Guest guest]

I would never volunarily be on a vegan diet, but I was in effect, for

twenty years, when I couldn't handle any animal products whatever. Like

Marilyn, I just got sicker over time, but if I tried any I was dreadfully

and violently ill for the short term.

I can't live on fruits, vegetables and nuts. That was one thing I tried in my 25 years of searching for an answer. All it did was make me sicker.

[Guest guest]

I am with Marilyn. A restricted (1-2 cups of green veggies only) juice fast of 4 days made my symptoms worse. I then added on 11 more days of a water-only fast, thinking I could accelerate my healing. I am now back on SCD, wondering how long it is going to take me to get back to where I was. I did learn from my 15 days of misery: SCD IS the shortcut.

[Guest guest]

You do need to be careful with juice (or any other kind of) fasting. It's

great it helps some people. But, first you have to be strong

enough, in other words, fairly healthy. Second, I doubt this is a

good idea if you have blood sugar issues. For SCD types I think

this is a bit problematical; I eat fruit but I don't want to imagine what

all juice would do to me now. I did a juice fast at the doctor's

request, and that was 40 years ago. Even then it was a total wipe-out for

me, made me very ill and I caught the cold of the century. And I was

starving no matter how much juice I had and how often. At least it

didnt' put me in the hospital like Marilyn though I suspect it would

now.

I'm actually thinking about incorporating a couple days juice fast

into each month just because of how amazing it made me feel (lots of

energy, sleeping better and happy all the time! woo!)