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.

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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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Boy am I tired! I spent 4+ hours out in the sun today planting trees with the Tucson Audubon Society. I think I planted 8 .. or was it 6 .. I lost count! Anyway, it was good, hard work. Everyone ate sandwiches but I brought along some leftover turkey burgers, sauteed stringbeans with garlic, and lots of veggies and bananas (as well as plenty of water). I started out wearing my SCD t-shirt but the sun got too strong and I had to put on a long-sleeve shirt.
mhs@17:37

Breakfast: fruit, scd yogurt.

I'm off to plant some desert trees with the Tucson Audubon Society... wearing my SCD t-shirt!
mhs@06:29

Friday, April 13, 2001

Just in time for filing: the 1040.com form!
mhs@19:55

Dinner: leftover roasted chicken, sauteed green beans with garlic, and a tossed salad.
mhs@19:42

Lunch: tossed salad, leftover turkey burgers, leftover snap peas with ginger, and some awesome gazpacho.
mhs@12:42

Where do computers go when they die? PC makers ponder computer afterlife.
mhs@12:40

Breakfast: fruit, nuts, yogurt.

Dinner: grilled turkey burgers, tossed salad, sauteed green beans with garlic.
mhs@07:58

Thursday, April 12, 2001

Lunch: tossed salad, roasted chicken.

Breakfast: fruit, yogurt.

Dinner, yesterday: sauteed snap peas with ginger, tossed salad, roasted chicken.
mhs@14:47

Wednesday, April 11, 2001

Lunch: steak fajita burrito, extra lettuce and guacamole, without the "wrapper".
mhs@13:01

Breakfast: fruit, SCD yogurt.

Dinner, yesterday: leftover grilled salmon with a ginger and black bean sauce from Trader Joe's, steamed artichoke, and a tossed salad.

Lunch: leftover rib-eye, tossed salad.
mhs@09:37

Tuesday, April 10, 2001

Breakfast: fruit, SCD yogurt, figs.
mhs@08:53

Monday, April 09, 2001

Dinner: An SCD feast!

First plate: Laura's handmade guacamole with crudite.

Second plate: tossed salad.

Third plate: grilled rib-eye steak, sauteed organic baby spinach with garlic.

Dessert: a walk around the block and a small glass of Jerez (sherry).
mhs@20:14

Lunch: leftover grilled trout with capers, sauteed stringbeans with garlic.
mhs@12:12

Breakfast: fruit, SCD yogurt.
mhs@08:24

Sunday, April 08, 2001

Dinner: sauteed kale, grilled zucchini, and grilled trout with butter, pepper, and capers. Delicious!!
mhs@20:38

Why doctors don't like the SCD (copied from today's SCD listserve discussion):

Subject: SCD- from a Doctor's Point of View
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 04:58:33 -0400

Let me start by saying that I find many things disturbing about the practice of medicine today. It is too specialized, too commercialized, and too impersonal. Elaine’s contribution is not just the diet, it is the science behind it, and the fact that it seems to work in almost all cases.

So why doesn’t the medical community and doctors accept it?

I think that it might be helpful to try to understand SCD from a Doctor’s point of view.

As has been pointed out in the list, doctors have not been trained in nutrition. Clearly it’s importance has not been recognized. Besides from a solution point of view, SCD is "messy". It is much easier to pop a pill and control dosages of medicine than to stick to the demands of preparing the foods for the diet.

The track record for medicine over the last 150 years has been outstanding. I believe that life expectancy has more than doubled during that time. Medicines have played a key role, so why should a doctor change?

Many have experienced arrogance in their doctors. Perhaps it comes from the power of control over life or death of their patients. There is a political statement that may apply here. "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." On the flip side, if doctor’s were more involved with their patients emotionally it is likely that they would suffer more if their patient did not react to treatment or died.

Doctors are marketed to by drug companies that cite "scientific studies"; studies, performed in a controlled environment. However, no group of independent researchers or doctors have yet done a study on the SCD in a controlled environment. I hope to influence that.

Doctors get free samples of medications to hand out to their patients. Few doctors have ever seen Elaine’s book. Perhaps sending free copies of Elaine’s book to doctors might help.

Doctors are leaving medicine because of the cost of insurance. With the cost of malpractice suits rising, insurance companies are raising their rates to a point when it can become prohibitive to practice medicine. Why should a doctor take a chance on some "unproven" treatment, diet or otherwise, then be sued if it doesn’t work?

Most diets advertised and marketed are fads; some pseudo scientific scheme to enrich the advocate and help people lose weight. Why would a responsible doctor promote a diet; SCD is a diet.

If you find a doctor who despite all these concerns advocates SCD consider yourself lucky. On the other hand your doctor should be convinceable of the effects of SCD if your symptoms are significantly reduced or even better, if you are cured.

More important, forget what other people say, if it works for you or your loved ones, that really is the best of all.

Hope this helps.
Stan
mhs@11:04

Breakfast:apple, SCD yogurt.

Dinner: steamed artichokes, grilled salmon with walnut cilantro pesto, sauteed string beans with garlic.

Lunch: tossed salad, turkey burgers.
mhs@09:41

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