Guest guest Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 Terry, Good to 'hear your voice.' While this may not have been part of Elaine's thinking--or perhaps it was-- chocolate is a real trigger--as is coffee-- for acid reflux/ heartburn/GERD for many people. Esp with other gut stuff, not something anyone would want to trigger. Ruth On May 10, 2010, at 6:58 AM, BTVC-SCD wrote: 3.1.Why is Cocoa Illegal? (Repost)Posted by: " Terry Rumas " TERUM359@... terry.belleSun May 9, 2010 12:31 pm (PDT) Theobromine is related to caffeine, it is used as a bronchodilator--- my feeling that this is not why Elaine was against it. Perhaps all of the variables; starch, caffeine, theobromine and 'various trace materials' ( that bothers me more---what are they???????) all together made it too complex to ever recommend. Now that I am healed, I have tried chocolate ( ILLEGAL). It does NOT bother me. I experimented, cocoa powder (ILLEGAL) DID bother me. My theory is that the fat in the chocolate helped the digestion, whereas the plain powder didn't have any buffer in the gut. I would not have it every day, even though I am healed. I do NOT recommend this for anyone following the SCD, most especially newbies. I only tried it as I am 2.5 years out on SCD and have been symptom free, med free and in remission. It is very important to follow SCD exactly and as diligently as possible in order to obtain results that are positive. That's the way I became symptom free. And, everyone is different. Terry Proctosigmoiditis June '08 SCD July '08 med free since approx Fall'09 Total remission since I can't remember Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (50) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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