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Properly Introducing New Foods on SCD
Introducing new foods isn’t hard or complicated if you follow this 3 day rule designed after 5000 case studies and the latest research.
SCD Diet Tips
Specific Carbohydrate Diet tips and tricks. Helping people use the SCD Diet to heal digestive disease.
Gain Weight and Heal Faster on SCD: In One Hour a Week
Gaining weight is on the minds of many who attempt the specific carbohydrate diet… healing faster is on everyone’s. A much debated and usually misunderstood piece of healing is working out.
Cheryl Cravino Beats Up Crohn’s
Our Specific Carbohydrate Diet friend of the week is Cheryl Cravino who has beat up her Crohn’s and is now medication and symptom free. Her story is one that I can relate to and I think others as well. Not receiving the care we need from traditional medicine a chance meeting offers an alternative that almost everyone refuses to accept. Diet matters. Now Cheryl is returning the favor by telling her story.
Ditch Your SCD Training Wheels by Creating a Food Safe Zone
All the greatest skills and procedures utilize foundational skills. These simple steps form the support structure for more complex skills. We don’t live in a bubble; real life is stressful and always changing. Getting the simple steps right is the most important step for success. This is the biggest pitfall for a person who “jumps head first” into the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. The foundation is missing.
The Four Dark Horsemen of SCD (What to Do When the Diet Isn’t Working)
We’re confident that SCD works for most people. In fact, we’re convinced that if diet modification isn’t working for you – you’re probably only one or two tweaks away from becoming another SCD success story. To make it easier for you we’ve identified four common SCD tweaks that allow the diet to work for 95% of us.
Specific Carbohydrate Diet Friends Spotlight: Fernpixel
This week we have a special guest, Fernpixel who graciously poured her heart and soul out to answer our questions. She has been blogging about SCD and her battles with ulcerative colitis for almost 3 years! Not only that, she has been producing videos on all kinds of topics related to her progress and SCD for 2 years. She has a unique ability to share her message and SCD in a very truthful but fun and positive light. I’ve watched many of her videos and I really love her witty humor and her ability to make cooking fun.
Specific Carbohydrate Diet Friends Spotlight: Sherry from SCDforLife
This week are pleased to interview Sherry from SCDforLife. She may be a relative new comer to online SCD community, but she is no stranger to SCD, she’s been using it to keep her Crohn’s in remission for 10 years! Her blog is a good mix of recipes and SCD insights.
Spotlight: Erin from NoMoreCrohns
In our spotlight this week we are extremely pleased to introduce Erin from NoMoreCrohns.com. On top of beat Crohn’s, being a mom, running one of the best SCD sites, she also published a year of bi-monthly SCD magazines called I Want to Thrive! She is an inspiration for us all!
Specific Carbohydrate Diet Friends Spotlight: Paul from EatingSCD
This week we are really pleased to introduce Paul from EatingSCD. His posts and blog were a used by both of us as we got started on the diet, and we consider him one of the godfathers or SCD blogging.
Specific Carbohydrate Diet Friends Spotlight: Amy from RoboRanch
This week we are extremely happy to have interviewed Amy from Roboranch. She is an amazing woman who blogs not only about her battles with Crohn’s and SCD but about her kids, her city and general musing on life. It is a wonderful source of all things fun and exciting if you live in Ann Arbor, MI.
Specific Carbohydrate Diet Friends Spotlight: Kat from Kat’s Food Blog
Our spotlight this week is one we have secretly been crossing our fingers for since we started this effort. We have the distinct pleasure of having Kat Garson from “Kat’s Food Blog”! I know that both of us have spent a good chunk of our SCD lives reading everything she puts up, so this really is a cool deal for us. Kat took the time to share some of her incredible insights and blew our minds.
Specific Carbohydrate Diet Friends Spotlight: Susan “The SCD Girl”
This week we are very lucky to have interviewed Susan… “The SCD Girl”. Her blog details her life beating Rheumatoid Arthritis and helping to curb her son’s symptoms of Autism, all using the SCD diet. She is a real person, and writes like a real person, and that’s my favorite part about her and her life. Check out her amazing story and get to know someone that has had an incredible journey.
Naomi from Milk for the Morning Cake
This week we are really excited to spotlight Naomi who runs a blog called Milk for the Morning Cake. This is a really cool honor for us because we have both spent hours on her site during our journey healing on the SCD Diet. Naomi is an incredible person; she is a Homeopath and Nutritionist who gets it, from her own experience with Celiac Disease and not getting any better on a gluten free diet… not to mention she is an unreal SCD cook.
Interview with a Specific Carbohydrate Diet Veteran: Carol Frilegh
Carol Frilegh, an SCD veteran, had the honor of becoming friends with Elaine. She’s a featured writer on Celiac.com spreading the word about SCD.
Mrs. Ed from Mrs. Ed’s Research and Recipes
This week we are pleased to spotlight Tracee (Mrs. Ed) who runs a blog called Mrs Ed’s Research and Recipes. Her blog details her amazing journey in motherhood which she sums up saying, “We are a household dealing with autism, food allergies, Celiacs disease, Crohn’s disease, chronic constipation, severely picky eating and snoring…” Her story inspires me anytime I feel like giving up…
Specific Carbohydrate Diet Friends Spotlight: Arden Eats
This week we are pleased to spotlight Arden D. who runs a blog called Ardeneats. Her blog is an amazing resource for How-to cooking videos and offers many life lessons that are hard earned on SCD. I’ve watched and used many of her videos and I think you should check them out too. I want to highlight two of my favorite posts that I think are of extremely high value for all SCD’ers.
The Top Three Ways to Manage the SCD Diet at Work
I was really shy when I first started the diet and hid the fact that I was eating the SCD diet… but over time I learned a few things that made it easier to get by and now I have no trouble sticking to the diet and following a normal work life. In fact, sometimes people at work even pull me aside because they want to learn more about how I got to be so healthy. Here are the top three ways to manage the SCD diet at work.
The SCD Secret to Success: How to Properly Introduce New Foods
During the first six months on the diet I was so afraid of going backwards that I very rarely took the initiative to try something new. I just kept eating the same boring meals over and over again and relished my new found health… turns out that gets old after a while. Since then I have experimented with adding new foods more often, like pieces of a puzzle, in order to make some really incredible SCD legal meals. But in the beginning, it was a very rocky road that took me off course in a matter of a few hours. I wanted to share my SCD secret to success and show you what I found was the best way to properly introduce new foods to make sure I know how my body feels about it.
How to Eat at Restaurants on The Specific Carbohydrate Diet
In order to ease your dining experience, I wanted to put together some useful ideas that have helped me eat at restaurants while on SCD.
24-Hour Yogurt Is The Difference Maker, Don’t Eat It At Your Own Risk!
When I first read about SCD legal yogurt, I was immediately put off. But it is the difference maker. If you tolerate dairy, eating it is a must.
5 Easy Ways to Add Calories to the Specific Carbohydrate Diet
A common fear of many people who follow the Specific Carbohydrate Diet is that they won’t be able to get enough calories to gain/maintain weight on the diet. I never thought it would be a problem for me however I was surprised after starting the diet to learn how much I needed to eat.
The Number 1 Most Important Mindset to Starting the SCD Diet Right
This mindset shift is the Number 1 most important mindset to starting the SCD Diet right. Here it is: I no longer live to eat, I eat to live!
SCD Legal Spices: Frontier Simply Organic… Spice Up Your Life!
I’m always on the look out for SCD legal products that can be easily purchased and integrated into my everyday life. Lately, I’ve been looking to spice my diet up a bit (pun intended). So I’ve been doing some research on different spices that I can find in my local grocery and health food stores. One company that I’ve come across and have bought several products from is Frontier Spices.
How to Make SCD Legal Carrots Faster and More Nutritious at the Same Time!
Carrots take 3 to 4 hours of boiling before they are fully cooked, but not only is it healthier to steam veggies but the best part is it’s faster!