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I notice Mastic gum on this list. I thought Mastic, and all gums were illegal on SCD?
@ Brian and Maureen – All gums are illegal on SCD you are both correct. Mastic gum is a medicinal compound and not a food or additive. It is a supplement that has been very successful in history healing gut problems and we’ve seen it help several of our clients. It’s not for everyone, nor should it be taken just because you saw it here or somewhere else. But this site is about healing and if something works we are going to let people know about it.
We still advocate the strict avoidance of all other gums in all food products and supplements. Thanks for your concern.
I saw you have mastic gum listed above, but it is listed as illegal on Elaine’s website. Is there a reason why you have included it?
http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/legal/legal_illegal_d-n.htm
I noticed that there was a response to the mastic gum question, but a question still remains…..you say it is not for everyone. How do you distinguish between who can take it and who shouldn’t? You say you have seen it help people – Is this just trial and error, or are there certain common characteristics among people who mastic gum works well for?
@Shannon – fair enough
It can be powerful so I want people to respect it. We’ve seen it work specifically for cases of gastritis and GERD / Heartburn in which people were initially sensitive to HCL even thought they know they have low acid levels. It would probably be a good idea to try if you have ulcers but I don’t have any experience to report on.
As for your trial and error question, take each piece of info you learn and stack them up for or against the benefits of a treatment – this helps you to make a decision to act one way or the other. Please understand that even prescription drugs of all kinds are really trial and error. Know one knows the outcome of any treatment with certainty, we can only use patterns, trends and science to eliminate risk and choose things that have worked for others like us.
Thanks Steve
Steven,
Although I have never had my HCL levels, tested, I believe I happen to be one of those people. I have GERD, probably Candida, and have at times found undigested food in my stool, all which leads me to believe I have low stomach acid.
Should I continue to take HCL while I experiment with Mastic Gum or simply take the mastic gum? Can you take mastic AND DGL together?
Thanks in advance.
-jared
I was wondering if you guys could do a podcast and give us a rundown of all of these recommendations. There are so many listed here and no specific info, so its a little overwhelming. I’m most interested in the “complete support for healing” section and was wondering if you guys take all these?
@ Nate – Thanks for the idea, we hope to start covering supplements and drugs more. Just so you know we have thoroughly covered about 80% of all the products listed on this page in complete depth in our digestive troubleshooting class so you might want to start there.
Thanks Steven, I might check out the class. any way you can provide a little information on the Super K supplement here in the comments?
Have you heard of Weston A Price? He’s a dentist who traveled the world searching for good teeth because he wanted to know why everyone in America had awful teeth. He took amazing notes and photographs as he studied many indigenous groups of people who all had amazing teeth, bone structure and health. He found a common substance that linked them but couldn’t identify it, so he called it factor x. Well Chris Masterjohn and several other people have connected the dots and believe factor x is actually vitamin K2. It’s extremely important for many aspects of good health and very likely that most of us don’t get enough. Check out this wealth of knowledge on it. http://www.westonaprice.org/fat-soluble-activators/x-factor-is-vitamin-k2
Do you have any recommendations on a multi-vitamin? I know Freeda has SCD multi-vitamins, but my doc (who fully supports my SCD) doesn’t want me to take that one because it has Folic Acid. The one he recommends, however, is Pure Encapsulations multi t/d and it has “corn dextrose fermentation” in it. Is that legal? I know corn and dextrose are not, but does the fermentation process make them legal? Thanks for the help, love the blog and the Intro Diet help!
@Adam – Great question, I like the GI Pro Health Multivitamin which is SCD legal and the Pure Encapsulations 950 Multi’s. The fermentation makes it okay. Freeda multi-vitamin is filled with substandard ingredients that might actually hurt your health. Your doctor is right.
Hi Jordan and Steve,
I’ve been doing pretty well restarting the SCD after being off of it for 10 years. I’m still feeling fatigued, though my digestive symptoms have dramatically improved. I went to see a naturopath, thinking it would be helpful. She recommended Metagenics. I don’t know why, but I worry about the new supplements that are being pushed as much as I worry about standard drugs. Was wondering if you had heard much about this company.
Love, love, love your blog. It has helped me so much!
Hi Roseann, thanks for all the kind words! I haven’t heard much about Metagenics, but you might talk to your Doctor about getting some blood work to see how well your hormones and adrenal function are doing. I’m not a doctor, but I’ve seen that with gut health being damaged, there’s usually a hormone problem lingering in there too.
Let us know how it goes,
Jordan
Hi Steve! Wondering if you can tell me more about the Freeda SCD vitamins, and if you know about their quality in general, since I have been taking them(not the SCD one yet, but others). Also, on a separate topic, do you have any opinions on the low FODMAP diet? My doctor told me about it and it is very different from SCD. I use SCD as a guideline, but I cannot eat dairy and do eat soy.
Hey GW, this article will help clear up the FODMAP question:
http://scdlifestyle.com/2012/09/fodmap-diet-a-fad-diet-or-helpful-for-everyone/
Freeda Vitamins are OK, in our opinion there are much better options out there, like Life Extension for example.
In good health,
Jordan
Hello
I have Crohns Disease. Since I have been diagnosed in September 2012, I have given up nuts, cruciferous, leafy green veggies and fermented veggies (they irritate my gut). I am extremely constipated and it triggers pain in my abdomen. I have a deep feeling that my diet lacks of Magnesium. I used to take a supplement called Fibroplex plus (Metagenics), but I don’t know if that would be appropriate now. What kind of Magnesium would you recommend ? Should it be Magnesium Glycinate (I can see this is the brand you recommend above)
@Nathalie – Yes we like Magneisum Glycinate and Malate for gut related and also Mag Threonate for brain. Sounds like you should check your stomach acid levels and get some advanced gut testing done to check for pathogens.
I don’t see any Freeda products on here. Is there a reason why?
Honestly, in our experience using them we feel that there’s higher quality products out there that are also SCD legal.
In good health,
Jordan
I see coconut aminos on here. I’ve been dying to try them, but after noticing that “coconut sap” was an ingredient, I have been afraid to try, as some say that it may be basically sugar to our bodies. Any insight? Is it really SCD legal?
I see that you have removed Pepzin GI from your Resources page. I was just about to order some…what are your current thoughts on this product? I have long standing IBS with C.
Thanks guys! You two are doing a tremendous job!!
best to you,
Susan
Hi Susan, that’s so weird there must have been something wrong with the page, it’s still there:
http://scdlifestyle.com/recommended-products/
Jordan
Thanks, Jordan…those computer gremlins,,,Now I see it again.
Hi, I noticed you don’t have any salt with iodine and no dextrose. Have you found one? Thanks
Hi guys, I have UC which has been in a flare for about a year now. I noticed that the digestive enzymes you have listed here are from pure encapsulation. How do these differ from the digestive enzymes that are offered by GI pro health? I just noticed a price difference and was wondering if the more expensive ones are worth the extra cost. Also, I am on prednisone right now, and because I am small framed, my bone density test showed that I am low. I am supposed to be taking calcium, but the ones I was taking I just noticed they have corn starch in them. do you know of any scd approved calcium supplements I can take? I didn’t notice any on the GI pro health site. Oh, and one more question. I have leaky gut so I am currently avoiding all four horsemen. Because of that, I need some good probiotics. I am thinking of starting the Scdophilus 3+, but I noticed in another post that you said to start off with one cap a day and slowly increase the dose. I was just wondering what you mean by slowly? Increase every 2 or 4 days, or more like every week? And I was just curious why we need to start off slowly. Will I have gut problems if I start off with a higher dose? I would also like to take something to help with the leaky gut, but I’m not sure which of the three listed products above you recommend for that. I don’t usually get any kind of GERD or heartburn, just lower intestine issues with diarrhea.
Good morning guys! I haven’t officially started the diet but I have switched to grass fed beed, organic chicken, been drinking the chicken broth for breakfast with the Welch’s jello. I feel so much better with unheard amounts of energy just in the past 3 days of switching!!! Your books leave me with the confidence that I can be successful now! (Tried and quit before healing 3 years ago) I wanted to wait till after my Dr appt tomorrow to begin because I remember the fatigue and other negatives from the Intor Diet and wanted to be at my best for the appt. I am unsure about how to approach my new GI Specialist with the info of the SCD Diet. Any pointers? I was hoping to read about it but seemed to have missed it in the books. Thanks in advance for getting back with me. I need a bit more hand-holding to get through this visit!