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.

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

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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.
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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

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