SCD and the KISS of Success

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" KISS " stands for " Keep It Simple Stupid. "

My SCD advice is make " KISS " stand for " Keep It Smart SCD. "

Of course, we are not stupid but starting a new diet sure can be

overwhelming even for a person in good health. And, it's no secret

that there can be a lot of anxiety around implementing SCD for the

first time especially if a previous diet was not what you hoped.

What often happens at the beginning is adults and parents panic

thinking they or their kids will be deprived. They fight this anxiety

by challenging SCD. This manifests in asking approval for a variety of

exotic or commercially prepared foods. It can be just curiosity but I

think it's trying to challenge the intelligence of SCD, not the

integrity.

I have found that in six years on SCD I have developed a split

personality--- one I call " Ms. Basic. "

The alter ego is " Madame Greedy Gourmet. "

I will qualify that I have no small children to look after but two with

permanent fur coats and am a stay at home split personality :-)

Ms. Basic prefers balanced meals with animal protein, fresh fruits and

vegetables (preferably organic) nice salads, yogurt, a little honey and

some nuts, cheese or dried fruit for between meals. She sits herself

down at the table, enjoys her meals and gets on with her life and feels

pretty good. She also doesn't give a lot of thought to how different

she is from others and how unfortunate that the only part if a bagel or

donut she can have is the hole.

Greedy Gourmet is busy experimenting with cookbooks, adapting recipes,

overindulging in advanced foods, reading labels in frantic searching

for remote store bought products that may be SCD legal to stuff the

cupboards ( as if the enemy were at the outskirts of the city). Greedy

Gourmet gets flares and wonders why. Greedy also gets big belly bloat

and little pockets if depression because selection, preparation and

consumption of food becomes the daily priority which predominates and

occupies her ongoing thoughts.

My message to beginners is this:

You have work ahead introducing the most basic of foods. Buy the best

quality of food you can afford, prepare it well and expect that the

first few weeks and months will likely see either you or your child

being picky, going through die off and frequently challenging your

decision to hold fast to SCD. It is SO worth toughing it out in my

experience!

Six years have shown me emphatically that I will not run out of variety

or options to ENJOY being on SCD most of the time for the duration as I

plan to be mostly SCD indefinitely.

So if I can't use a bunch of stuff like all the Canadian Hershey candy

just recalled because there is soy lethicin in it contaminated with

salmonella, so what? Wrong kind of KISSES. If the imported pickled

snails or whatever have a questionable ingredient, won't life go on

without them?

Even after 2690 days of SCD already in the bank, my best lifestyle

choice will be to be Ms. Basic most of the time.

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Carol F.

Celiac, MCS, Latex Allergy, EMS

SCD 6 years