Um, I am just beginning SCD, but I went at it with my food 'sensitivities' in mind.

I went for testing a number of years ago, and am trying like mad to remember.


My suggestion for you is to go to a good and thorough clinic and get tested so you have the list right in front of you. (Mine is in storage...gr-r-r.)

Then follow the program like clockwork, dropping all of your own sensitivities, as well.

Later, you can experiment taking things back...a bit at a time.


Are you using coconut as a substitute for milk, etc.?

How about almonds, raw cashews, or other things?

Perhaps if you dropped all coconut for a day or so you'd soon know more.


This business of eating 'socially' is a tough nut to crack.

I've run into many who won't budge on their 'preferences'.

It's a real pain in my relationships, sometimes. But, I have lots of relationship experience...and have learned to change my own preferences at the drop of a hat.

I went on the modified SCD with ease.

(Don't tell anyone that I go through a 'bread fit' where I need a deviled egg sandwich every once in a while. Maybe it is better to begin this kind of program with self-tolerance...ease into it.)

I know that my improvements were instantaneous.

Get yourself tested by a clinic that knows what it is doing. Mine was $200, but a long time ago. They also told me that I could bring in a sample of anything I wanted tested, in a clean jar. Someone else told me that a new plastic zip-lock bag is sterile.


My best,

Fledgling

Cooked coconut flour/oil is an anti-food. Wish I could put it more elegantly, but the richness of the oil is turned into an irritating gut bomb when the fats are broken under heat. I'd stick with the oil swishing orally, some topical application especially around thyroid, and lay off ANY cooked coconut, OK? You can wipe out allergic reactions with pure Vitamin C, ascorbic acid, as found in Emergen-C. Steady on and avoid any diet extremes, please. Thanks.

I have sprue as a result of celiac disease and leaky gut syndrome. Several years ago I read about the benefits of coconut oil and started using it, but the high amount of oil did not agree with me and worsened the sprue. I stopped taking it but I can tolerate quite a bit of dried coconut and occasionally the frozen coconut dessert. I've also used the SCD with good results and have been able to add some foods back to my diet. Foods that I know i'm allergic to I completely avoid (casein, hot peppers)

Recently I was advised to take Benadryl for food allergies and have read that some celiacs get relief from food allergy symptoms with it. But there was a product recall and the adult benedryl won't be available again until March.

Hi,

There are virtually no syndromes and/or diseases that are not reversible. If you are interested in taking control of your own health [and I sincerely hope you are], the following will give you all the information you need:

Any of the discourses by Luigi Cornaro (available free online);

Any of the books by Horace Fletcher (available free online);

Any of the writings of Arnold Ehret.

Just like virtually everything else in life, it is all ultimately up to YOU.

You have all my best wishes for a successful journey and resolution,

David