A Regimen for Remission
This log tracks my regimen of attitude, exercise, stress management, and SCD foods. Since I started this regimen in 1997, I've been able to keep my Crohn's in a drug-free remission.

Monkey-see,
monkey-don't
Even though I may have experimented beyond the SCD from time to time, one must remember that everyone is different. Follow the intro diet for 3-5 days, and stick with the SCD until you are completely symptom free for at least one year before experimenting.

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Ready to get your shit together? Got the intestinal fortitude? Yearning for a nirvana of peristalsis? Buy Breaking The Vicious Cycle! Written by Elaine Gottschall B.A., M.Sc., the book includes guidelines for dietary relief and sustainable remission of Crohns, Ulcerative Colitis, and other IBDs.

Feel free to contact me if you still have questions.

"Dot-com bust" or not, there is no denying the power of the Internet. If it weren't for the web I would never have learned about the SCD, the regimen that has kept my Crohn's in remission for 4+ years, drug free. The web remains a wonderful, powerful way for people to communicate, share, support, heal, and grow!

mhs@08:22

Here's a short interview with Ev, the founder of Blogger/Pyra. And yes, Laura and I did donate to the Server Fund (but it sounds as though they really needed a Salary Fund).
mhs@06:55

Breakfast: fruit, SCD yogurt.
mhs@06:38

So Dubya wants to drill for oil in the Arctic National Preserves. To quote his father, that "wouldn't be prudent". Have you contacted your local representatives yet?
mhs@06:38

Tuesday, February 27, 2001

Dinner: leftover grilled Moroccan style grilled chicken, tossed salad.

We've been staying up late and getting up early for a few weeks now. I sure am tired! Exams, new responsibilities at work... I am ready for a vacation!
mhs@21:06

Lunch: sauteed carrots, organic kale and spinach with onions, and leftover grilled chicken, Moroccan style.
mhs@12:54

THE RAIN IN SPAIN FALLS WHEREVER THE GOVERNMENT WANTS

Tens of thousands of demonstrators, including musicians and children, took to the streets of Barcelona yesterday to protest a massive $23 billion water diversion project in Spain. The plan, which is now before the country's parliament for final approval, would divert the Ebro River in the northeast and involve the construction of 120 dams to bring water to the dry southeastern parts of the country. Activists say the project would benefit developers and the electricity industry at the expense of the environment. They estimate that yesterday's protest drew 300,000, while police say 80,000 attended. More than 400,000 protested the plan last October in the city of Zaragoza; a third protest is scheduled for next month in Madrid. From: New Jersey Online, Associated Press, 25 Feb 2001
mhs@10:31

Breakfast: fruit, SCD yogurt.

My AOL account informs me that they have access to the key information in my Durian Family Tree -- just what I've always wanted! ;-)

Dinner, yesterday: Moroccan-style marinated chicken breasts on the grill, grilled zucchini.
mhs@06:41

Monday, February 26, 2001

Lunch @ Sinbad's on University: the Aladin (a delicious middle-eastern dish of lamb, tomato, peppers, onion and spices).
mhs@15:19

Breakfast: fruit, SCD yogurt.
mhs@06:42

Sunday, February 25, 2001

Dessert: Peres amb Vi Negre, from Coleman Andrews' Catalan Cuisine. For the non-Catala-parlants, that's pears poached in red wine, honey, cinnamon, and peppercorns. Quite exciting, actually!
mhs@20:29

Dinner: grilled trout with pepper and butter, tossed salad, and sauteed carrots.

Lunch: tossed salad, roasted chicken, a banana, pepper jack cheese.

Breakfast: fruit, cheese, dccc, SCD yogurt.
mhs@20:20

Saturday, February 24, 2001

Dinner: pan-seared Tilapia (a farm-raised fish in the Cichlid family?!), sauteed organic kale and Swiss chard, tossed salad.
Lunch: roasted chicken, steamed yellow squash.
Breakfast: fruit, SCD yogurt, figs.
mhs@20:21

I am back from a week in San Jose. Sorry, no time to update Flog but here is a quick summation of my SCD munchings away from home while staying in a dumpy motel on The Alameda:
Breakfast: fruit (apples and bananas), pecans (from Trader Joe's), organic Thompson raisins (from Trader Joe's). Lunch: there is a wonderful Cuban place on Race Street where I had a lovely garlic chicken one day; spinach and mushroom quiche with tossed salad from Cafe Rosalena another day; grilled Pacific red snapper from the Race Street Kitchen (awesome selection of fresh fish!). Dinner: I bought a bag of washed baby spinach, a bottle of oil & vinegar dressing, and a roasted chicken and dined on that for two nights; Ram took me out to a neat Cal-Mex place called Aqui one night; and I had a chicken burrito another night.

It looks as though the near future holds many more days in San Jose and I hope I can update Flog in a more timely manner if that happens!
mhs@20:18

Sunday, February 18, 2001

Cold Marble Photo is one very weird but intriguing website. Great photos for the most part...I wonder if they've found infrared black and white film to be as interesting as I have for their subject matter?
mhs@19:51

Dinner: roasted veggies, sauteed spinach with garlic, and chicken tandoori on the grill! The last of the really great homemade meals for awhile..I'm off to San Jose for the week at Gandiva HQ.
mhs@19:48

Lunch: leftover steak, tossed salad, celery with SCD-legal peanut butter, cheese.

Breakfast: SCD yogurt, fruit, nuts, cheese.
mhs@11:56

Saturday, February 17, 2001

Here's a photo from February 6th, courtesy of my new digital camera!

Check out the rest of Mike's photo gallery!
mhs@21:53

Dinner: grilled trout with butter and pepper, cauliflower "mashed potatoes", tossed salad.
mhs@21:12

Posting from Mandrake 7.2, running KDE2, listening to Philip Glass on my xMMS MP3 player, via my new HP 3250i CD-RW. Kewl!
mhs@19:03

Lunch: leftover steak, tossed salad.
mhs@19:01

Breakfast: SCD yogurt, an apple, pecans, banana and raisins.

Dinner, yesterday: steak fajita salad @ Keaton's. They weren't up to their usual standards, oh well.
mhs@10:02

(snipped from alt.os.linux.mandrake..)
Excluding stability, here are the top 10 reasons you should want to try Linux over MS-Windows 2000.... (drum roll, please)

10. Curiosity
9. You can play xbill on Linux.
8. Unix users truly prefer Linux to Windows.
7. Easier to prototype solutions on Linux due to lego-like connectibility of utilities.
6. The GUIs like KDE and GNOME have MUCH better eye-candy than has Windows.
5. Backlash from MS's anti-linux propaganda ("if they're concerned about Linux, it must be good.")
4. Customizabiliy and embedability. (don't need a feature? Don't load it. Minimal system fits on a floppy)
3. Free as in gratis (costs nothing)
2. Free as in libertas (open source)
...and the number one reason you should want to try Linux over MS-W2K...
1. That really cute penguin mascot, Tux.
mhs@09:57

Friday, February 16, 2001

Lunch: at Pipian's: Caesar salad, Chilean sea bass with a chipotle sauce (hot!), steamed veggies. I had a beer with my meal, too; beer is not SCD legal so don't do what I do--do as Elaine says!
mhs@13:45

Breakfast: an apple, dccc, scd yogurt.
mhs@08:10

Thursday, February 15, 2001

Here's a letter to The Washington Post requesting an article on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, which is designed to correct bacterial imbalances that result in intestinal diseases like Crohn's, colitis, and Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
mhs@20:40

Dinner: grilled steak, tossed salad. Awesome!
mhs@20:37

Lunch: an awful tossed salad with some awful grilled chicken from "Kiss My Knish". No, I won't be going there again!

Breakfast: SCD yogurt, an apple, a banana.
mhs@14:46

Wednesday, February 14, 2001

Happy Valentine's Day! Chocolate? No thanks, I'm breaking the vicious cycle! I'll stick with homemade pecan, raisin, and coconut cookies!

Dinner: grilled trout with butter and pepper, tossed salad, and steamed artichokes.

Lunch: tossed salad, leftover roasted chicken.

Breakfast: fruit, SCD yogurt.
mhs@19:14

Tuesday, February 13, 2001

Big Crohn's Colitis Foundation of America / National Institute for Health / Elected Officials campaign going on! Please check out this link and send this letter to everyone you know so we can spread the good word about the Specific Carbohydrate Diet! If anyone told you "diet has nothing to do with it" they're wrong!!!
mhs@21:09

Dinner: a full hour of yoga followed by tossed salad, white bean soup, and some leftover roasted chicken. Perfect for a stormy Tucson evening!
mhs@21:06

Lunch: tossed salad, roasted chicken, celery with peanut butter.
mhs@16:34

One of the reasons I like apples in the morning (I prefer Braeburn or Gala and despise those mealy, tough-skinned "Red Delicious"--exactly who said they are "America's favorite"?!) is they keep me regular. Apple in, doodie out. Short and sweet. Apples at other times of the day do not necessarily cause an immediate bm, but loosen things up just the same. Anyway, I'm writing this because at midnight I woke up with the sweats, went to the bathroom for 15 minutes, eliminated everything (nothing left this morning!), and then did it again 15 minutes later. Hmmmm... must've been that apple cider! That, and a lot of stress.

Breakfast: an apple, fresh, homemade organic SCD yogurt. My third batch so far--and it is wonderful! I've got 2 liters of delicious eating!
mhs@06:34

Monday, February 12, 2001

Dinner: tossed salad, leftover chicken and fish, and asparagus in a citrus sauce. Beforehand: a glass of warm, spiced apple cider with a bit of merlot.
mhs@20:23

Lunch: leftover salmon with walnut and cilantro pesto, asparagus, and a tossed salad. Snack: pecans and raisins.
mhs@12:34

It is sooooo nice to get mail like this (this one coming from a visitor to scdiet.org):

Fortunately I do not suffer from intestinal disease but I have friends and acquaintances who do and I have recommended Elaine Gottschall's book to them and am glad to know of this website, both of which are excellent. Congratulations on your ability to get the word out and on your creative use of the Internet to do so. I have given and/or recommended the book to many people: a woman on a bus who happened to mention her problem; a close friend with HIV; a client with intestinal disease; another client with two autistic daughters; a good friend who is an open-minded medical doctor. And that's just the few I can recall! I'm glad to have a website to send people to in the future, in addition to recommending the book. Thanks for making a difference and good luck in your work.
no_response_necessary: True
sign_me_up_for_newsletter: Yes
mhs@06:38

Breakfast: an apple, dccc, figs.
mhs@06:36

Sunday, February 11, 2001

Dinner: grilled salmon with TJ's walnut & cilantro pesto, tossed salad, and asparagus in a citrus and pine nut sauce. Dessert: monster cookies!

Lunch: leftover turkey burgers, sauteed veggies, cheese, sulphur-free pineapple rings from TJ's.
mhs@18:54

Breakfast: fruit, dccc with honey, nuts, cheese...whatever fancies me on this lovely Sunday morning. I should be doing work or updating other areas of glassbird.com, but instead I am adding stuff to scdiet.org.
mhs@08:33

Saturday, February 10, 2001

Dinner: grilled swordfish, sauteed veggies. Dessert: monster cookies.
mhs@20:53

Lunch: roasted chicken, tossed salad, sauteed Swiss chard with garlic and onions.
mhs@13:00

Breakfast: fruit, dry curd cottage cheese, and MONSTER COOKIES!!!!! Yes, Laura made monster cookies! :-)
mhs@08:18

Friday, February 09, 2001

Dinner: roasted chicken, beets, and steamed artichokes. And a nice glass of Italian wine of San Giovese and Merlot grapes.
mhs@20:36

Lunch: tossed salad, roasted chicken, some cheddar cheese.

In these tough times, if good ideas can still get funding, can bad ideas still get funding? I always thought there was no such thing as a bad idea!
mhs@12:36

It snowed in Tucson yesterday. Stay tuned for some photos.
mhs@06:42

Breakfast: an apple and dry curd cottage cheese with Trader Joe's 100% Desert Mesquite Honey (because it's raw, wild, and unblended joy to the mouth!).

Dinner, yesterday: roasted chicken, sauteed Swiss chard with onions and garlic, sauteed carrots.
mhs@06:31

Thursday, February 08, 2001

Lunch: leftover grilled turkey burgers, sauteed carrots, and roasted beets.
mhs@13:00

Breakfast: fruit, nuts.
mhs@06:31

Wednesday, February 07, 2001

Dinner: online in the SCD Chat room: tossed salad, roasted beets with sauteed beet greens, and grilled turkey burgers with ginger and garam masala.
mhs@18:58

Lunch: tuna salad on a bed of greens, tomato, and onion (from Time Market on University).

It's a windy, dusty, exciting day here in the old pueblo..the weather is a-changing! Large, billowing white clouds are rolling in on all sides, and they are getting more and more gray as the hours pass. Another winter storm is brewing!
mhs@12:57

Breakfast: fruit, SCD yogurt.

Dinner, yesterday: leftover Mexican food before yoga, leftover trout with cheese and veggies afterwards.
mhs@06:32

Tuesday, February 06, 2001

Lunch: chicken cattiatore, carrots, celery.

Snacks: pecans and raisins.
mhs@12:23

A minor piece of Internet trivia: Saint Isidore of Seville is often referred to as the patron saint of the Internet. (And you thought it was Al Gore!) The Vatican hasn't made its final decision yet.
mhs@09:45

Breakfast: fruit, nuts, SCD yogurt.
mhs@07:59

Monday, February 05, 2001

Dinner: shredded beef salad in a tostada (without the tostada shell, of course!), grilled green onions @ La Parilla Suiza.
mhs@20:44

Lunch: chicken cacciatore, nuts, raisins, and a banana.
mhs@16:57

Awww, man!!! Ev's all alone! But Blogger will continue, or so he writes.
mhs@16:53

Breakfast: fruit, SCD yogurt, nuts.
mhs@06:43

Live SCDiet Chat: Wed 2/7 @ 9PM EST

John Chalmers and I are hosting a Live SCDiet Chat event Wednesday, February 7 at 9:00 pm EST (GMT - 5). We will be getting acquainted with the live chat site and hosting general discussions/questions regarding the SCD.

If the chat occurs during your dinner hour, just bring your plate and utensils over to the computer and join us.

The chat site can accomodate about 50 participants so if you cannot get on, just wait a short while and try again.

To join the chat, just visit www.scdiet.com and click the live chat button. See you online Wednesday evening!
mhs@06:39

Sunday, February 04, 2001

Dinner: delicious chicken cattiatore! Dessert: SCD yogurt. I happen to prefer the yogurt from my first batch. It might be the type of milk I used this time (which was unhomogenized) which gave the yogurt a "lumpier" consistency and a less tart taste. That said.. it's still quite good!
mhs@20:12

Breakfast: fruit, nuts, cheese. The yogurt is finished, and is cooling in the refrigerator. I look forward to enjoying it after my trip to the gym.

Be sure to check out the new "SCD Quick Reference" Microsoft Excel workbook, courtesy of Ellen on the SCD Listserve.

Support, and "tough love" for an SCD newbie: check out the newest archive in our Success Stories and Testimonials section.
mhs@09:50

Saturday, February 03, 2001

Dinner: What a feast! We cooked up: Pla pao ubon, sauteed carrots, brocolli with garlic, and stuffed portabella mushrooms! In case you don't have a Thai dictionary handy, the pla pao ubon is fish with basil and lemongrass. In our case, it was trout, stuffed with garlic, lemongrass, basil, and some fresh pepper; wrapped in banana leaf, and then re-wrapped in foil (like a burrito). Cooked 3-4 minutes per side on the grill.... oooh it was so nice!
mhs@21:07

Lunch: tossed salad, leftover grilled turkey sausages.
mhs@16:57

Rock and roll! I am running my work laptop from home, connected to the high-speed line, without having to manually replace all of my TCP/IP settings! Way cool. How did I do this? I'm using a little utility called NetSwitcher. You type the information into the program once, it does the rest.

Breakfast: fruit, figs, cheese, nuts.. I'll be grazing all day.
mhs@08:13

Friday, February 02, 2001

"Gee, I could have been on the SCD!"

Hmm.. a new advertising campaign slogan?
mhs@21:02

I'm making my second batch of SCD yogurt! I'm sticking with the organic/free range whole milk because it made such a wonderful yogurt the first time. This time I'm trying Straus Family Creamery Organic Whole Milk, which isn't even homogonized. Check out the picture of (and a link to) the beautiful Straus farm on the cool California coast:

So here are Mike's quick steps to make 1 liter of SCD-legal yogurt:

• Take one liter of milk out of the fridge and pour it into the top portion of a double-boiler, cover;
• Put about one inch of hot water in the bottom of the double-boiler, place top portion on top (duh) and turn on the gas (high heat);
• Approximately 10-15 minutes later, the milk will be at 180 degrees Fahrenheit (I live in Arizona, at an altitude of 2800 feet or so; your times may vary). Keep the milk there for 2 minutes, then remove the top portion of the double boiler from the heat and put it in the refrigerator to cool (covered);
• Approximately 60 minutes later, the milk will be at 108-112 degrees Fahrenheit (the maximum temperature to add the starter bacteria). Remove from the refridgerator and add one package of bacteria/starter mix to about 1 Cup of the warm milk;
• Add the rest of the milk, stir, and place in the Yogourmet Multi yogurt maker;
• Cover it, plug it in, and wait 24 hours before enjoying!

  If only you could smell how great it tastes!
  mhs@20:01

Dinner: sauteed organic collard greens and spinach, grilled turkey sausages from Wild Oats.
mhs@19:56

Lunch @ Pipians' on 4th Ave., pork and chicken tamale (without the tamale), navy bean soup.
mhs@13:07

Breakfast: fruit!
mhs@08:28

Thursday, February 01, 2001

I sold over 120 copies of this book from my websites during the final quarter of 2000. If you haven't already done so, check it out!
mhs@20:15

Dinner: grilled salmon with walnut and cilantro pesto, cauliflower "mashed potatoes, and a tossed salad.

Lunch: a tossed salad and burger from Carl's Jr. (without the bun, of course).
mhs@20:10

Breakfast: fruit. It's time to make more yogurt!

Dinner, yesterday: with Marv and Betsy @ Char's Exotic Thai Cuisine. A feast of delicacies including pla chu chi, chicken, onions and ginger, shimp in a red curry sauce, a bit of pad Thai, yum yai, and more. Delicious!
mhs@06:41

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