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

[Guest guest]

What are the main differences (if there is any) between Dr. Klein’s Self Healing Colitis & Crohn's diet and our SCD ?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. It's VERY different. I was on his diet in January 2009, and it put me in the hospital. Not to say it doesn't work for many people, but it definitely didn't work for me. The only similarities between the diets is that neither allow grains, and both encourage natural, unprocessed foods. Peace =)Alyssa 16 yo UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Azathioprine 50 mg 1x per dayPrednisone 30 mg 1x per day

[Guest guest]

It's great that it worked for him though.

 

The vegan approach and three day juice fast as an 'into' would have killed me.  He also mentioned food combining from the website.  He claims 100% cure guaranteed ;-).  There is no 'cure' except staying with what works if you are lucky enough oto find somethign that will work!

 

Debbie 40 cd

 

What are the main differences (if there is any) between Dr. Klein’s Self Healing Colitis & Crohn's diet and our SCD ?

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. It's VERY different. I was on his diet in January 2009, and it put me in the hospital. Not to say it doesn't work for many people, but it definitely didn't work for me. The only similarities between the diets is that neither allow grains, and both encourage natural, unprocessed foods.

Peace =)

Alyssa 16 yo 

UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008

SCD June 2009 (restarted)Azathioprine 50 mg 1x per day

Prednisone 30 mg 1x per day

[Guest guest]

At 09:46 AM 4/17/2010, you wrote:

What are the main differences

(if there is any) between Dr. Klein’s Self Healing Colitis &

Crohn's diet and our SCD ?

I don't know what else he advocates, but I do know he advocates a vegan

diet.

Funny thing, over the years, more people than not come to SCD who have

been vegan, and then become ill, including my own mentor.

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.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

I just got Dr. Klein's book but I haven't read through it yet so I can't really

say too much about it. I will say though that doing a juice fast during a flare

has helped me far more than the intro did on multiple occasions. Intro helped

during some flares but the super bad ones I had recently refused to be

controlled by it and only a juice fast helped me get healthy enough to go back

onto intro. 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!). And surprisingly not at all

hungry! The body is an amazingly complex machine, eh?

Stacey

>

> It's great that it worked for him though.

>

> The vegan approach and three day juice fast as an 'into' would have killed

> me. He also mentioned food combining from the website. He claims 100% cure

> guaranteed ;-). There is no 'cure' except staying with what works if you

> are lucky enough oto find somethign that will work!

>

> Debbie 40 cd

[Guest guest]

At 12:06 AM 4/18/2010, you wrote:

I will say though that doing a

juice fast during a flare has helped me far more than the intro did on

multiple occasions.

Uh-huh. And there are plenty of people for whom a juice fast would land

them in the hospital. Including me.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

Yep. We each have to find what works with our body on this diet. I would have

(and did on one occasion) ended up in the hospital WITHOUT doing the juice fast.

Stacey

> >I will say though that doing a juice fast during

> >a flare has helped me far more than the intro did on multiple occasions.

>

> Uh-huh. And there are plenty of people for whom a

> juice fast would land them in the hospital. Including me.

>

>

>

> — Marilyn

> New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

> Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

> Darn Good SCD Cook

> No Human Children

> Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

> Babette the Foundling Beagle

>