April 2010

Steve’s SCD Healing Journal: Week 14 – Don’t Lose The Forest Among the Trees!

Well, fittingly, after coming off a nice new high last week, my digestive healing is on a bit of a bull pullback (stock trading talk for down swing in the middle of an up swing). The main problem has been bowel movements. Not really any other problems, just the fact that they are not very high quality and I’ve had a couple mini constipation cycles (2-3days).

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The Specific Carbohydrate Diet Cures GERD?

I came across a great series of 6 articles that explains how and why GERD happens. I think it should be essential reading for anyone on the SCD diet because it explains in very simple terms how and why many people on the typical standard American diet (SAD) have acid reflux and how doctors treat the symptoms with medicine handed to them from the evil pharmaceutical empire. It also helps that the author backs everything up with legit sources and studies.

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Steve’s SCD Healing Journal: Week 13 – 90 Day Milestone!

This past week was pretty epic, I added a few new foods and didn’t cheat at all LOL, no really but I did officially pass 90 days on the SCD diet! It’s been an interesting 90 days, I learned much more about myself and body than I ever could have imagined. Physically and Mentally this diet has been a great blessing when I stick to it. It’s because of that I will continue on for at least another 100 days (I like to chunk big goals down) and then reevaluate my situation.

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Phenols and Salicylates: What They Are and Why it Matters

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Phenol is nothing more that a natural chemical made up of a benzene ring with one or more hydroxyl (OH) groups attached to it (science talk for how it is put together). It is found in many of the foods we eat like fruits, veggies, and nuts and can also be man made for use in common non-food applications such as toothpaste, hair dyes, medicine, and disinfectants. It is important to remember that most foods have some level of phenols in them (there are many subgroups, compounds, and close chemical relatives) and that they are natural and can even be beneficial to the body, as is the case with antioxidants in fruit.

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Steve’s SCD Healing Journal: Week 12 – Standing Outside the Fire!

In the last week I think I’ve really turned a corner. Not a physical corner but a mental corner. Understanding that I’m not alone, and that I’m not the first person to act this way or have these problems really helps. It’s one of those realizations that should be simple and yet it was extremely hard for me. It is really easy for me to get stuck inside my head and start thinking that my experience is some how blazing a trail. This is a trail that many people have gone down before and so while we are all unique we also not that unique.

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