SCD, PREGNANCY, AND GESTATIONAL DIABETES TESTING
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Amy McKenna, who has blogged about pregnacy and the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, posted an article about her friend Emily's experience with the SCD and gestational diabetes testing:
EARLY ANTIBIOTIC USE AND IBD
Monday, May 31, 2010
Last week ibdcrohns.about.com cited a study showing that babies given antibiotics in their first year of life had a greater chance of developing ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease in childhood.
SCD WEBSITE FOR AUSTRALIANS & NEW ZEALANDERS
Thursday, May 20, 2010
For people living in Australia and New Zealand, there are two existing web resources:
(1) an informational website: http://scdoz.blogspot.com/
(2) a discussion group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scdoz/
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SCD ARCHIVES: HOW MUCH YOGURT SHOULD I EAT?
Monday, May 17, 2010
Elaine Gottschall's answers to many SCD questions may be found on breakingtheviciouscycle.info, scdiet.org, and older sites, such as healingcrow.com--which is no longer actively maintained but ...
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BEAN/LENTILS: "GAS-FREE SOAK" PREPARATION
Monday, May 10, 2010
After IBD symptoms have abated for several months, many beans and lentils are "legal" on the specific carbohydrate diet. To make the beans more digestible, the usual procedure is to let them soak ...
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ILLEGAL LIST: CARRAGEENAN
Monday, May 3, 2010
We recently ported over a copy of the legal/illegal list from the breaking the vicious cycle website.
Here's some more information on carrageenan, one of the illegals:
- Carrageenan is ... [read full article]
NEW FACEBOOK PAGE: NOMORECROHNS.COM
Friday, April 30, 2010
Erin, the creator of nomorecrohns.com has launched a Facebook page where she shares recipes and tips.
Definitely take a look--it's worth it just to see the recipe photographs!
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LATEST RESEARCH: BACTERIAL BALANCE AND IBD
Thursday, April 29, 2010
The latest feature article in Cell Host & Microbe supports the rationale behind the specific carbohydrate diet (SCD).
The science section of Breaking the Vicious Cycle (BTVC) describes intestinal flora ...
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SCD ARTICLE IN BINAH MAGAZINE
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Binah, a weekly magazine for Jewish woman, has published an article on the specific carbohydrate diet (SCD).
For the article, the writer interviewed Rochel Weiss of Digestive Wellness as well as a Aliza, a teenager suffering from Crohn's disease who was helped by the SCD.
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COOKING FOR YOUR CELIAC CHILD
Saturday, April 24, 2010
(In 1951, Dr. Haas published "The Management of Celiac Disease", a book that describes using the specific carbohydrate diet to treat celiac disease. At the time, ...
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