Re: Cheesecake vs. knuckle broth

[Guest guest]

At 11:55 PM 4/28/2010, you wrote:

I read the BTVC book today - the

initial diet seems so different than GAPS. I'm not a master at retention

right now, but SCD doesn't appear to even mention bone broth.

SCD doesn't mention " bone broth " as such, but the SCD chicken

broth is a good starter.

GAPs is based on SCD, but because C-M had her basis in autism, she

automatically asks people to start dairy free.

The intro diet does not have to include yogurt and cheesecake if you

don't choose. My own intro was roast beef, roast pork, soft boiled eggs

with butter, and steamed, peeled zucchini with either butter or shredded

cheddar. The object of the intro diet is basic, easy-to-digest (for you)

foods which will clear the deck and allow healing to begin.

And GAPS also stresses eat all

the fat in homemade stock where as I just read in a recent post here to

skim fat

Many people have trouble with the fat in the initial stages of the diet,

but find that they can eat it later. Then you only skim the fat off the

broth if you want to. In addition, so many people come to SCD convinced

that healthy fats are unhealthy, and have been eating low-fat for years.

Thus, it's better to re-introduce the fat gradually, so your system can

develop the digestive fluids and handle the fat. The other thing to

consider is that some people's systems are so compromised that they will

never be able to handle the fat, so encouraging them to eat it might

sabotage their healing.

Aside from drinking bone broth

with egg yolk and kobucha, I haven't taken the plunge yet (I'm not going

to admit what I was eating while reading the book...) but SDC seems like

a much easier way to begin.

SCD has its issues when you're getting started. (Adjusting to making

EVERYTHING!) The point is, you can get started, and then gradually

tighten your controls, such as adding organic and/or pastured meats,

cheese, dairy, and eggs, eliminating chemicals in your environment, and

so forth. When I began, I used standard food from my local grocery. Now

I'm using mostly organic and/or pastured, as much as I can afford or

find. But, for instance, I'll typically buy conventional avocados because

I'm removing that thick skin, and conventional avocados are (right now)

$1.25 less per avocado than organic. Since we often go through as much as

six avocados a week, that adds up fast!

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

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