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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Lunch: roasted chicken, tossed salad, cheese, and a banana.
mhs@12:32

Breakfast: fruit, dry curd cottage cheese with TJ's raw, unblended southwest mezquite honey.

Look what we found in our front yard this morning! :-) These only bloom for one night a year..and all three of them bloomed on the same night this year. They are pollenated by bats.

mhs@08:12

Friday, May 25, 2001

Dinner: grill-roasted organic free range chicken with veggies, tossed salad, and a glass of wine.
mhs@19:45

LinuxGram.com recently gave the retail market shares in the US during the first 2001 Quarter (Source: PC Data). Guess who is first?
Mandrake - 33.8%
Redhat - 30.7%
Suse - 23.8%
FreeBSD - 5.6%
Caldera - 2.5%
Corel - 2.3%
Turbolinux - 1.2%

mhs@17:27

I hate to admit it, but I had almost forgotten about scdrecipe.com! It is a truly awe-inspiring site! Not only is it beatiful (both technically and aesthetically), but the recipes and rating system are just great! You must check it out!
mhs@17:24

Lunch: roasted chicken, tossed salad, black bean soup, and some wild rice. Yes, I'm still experimenting with wild rice (see Dinner, May 22, 2001). While I have no problems to report, wild rice is not SCD-legal and I do not suggest trying this until you have been in remission for a long, long time.
mhs@13:51

Breakfast: fruit, nuts, cheese; a nice long walk before it gets too hot.

Laura and I are celebrating!
mhs@08:34

Thursday, May 24, 2001

Dinner: grilled tuna and leeks, sauteed Swiss chard.

Snack: fruit shake.

Lunch: TJ's chicken masala, tossed salad.

Breakfast: fruit, nuts, cheese.
mhs@21:05

Wednesday, May 23, 2001

Lunch: roasted chicken, tossed salad.

Breakfast: fruit, nuts, cheese.
mhs@14:28

Tuesday, May 22, 2001

Dinner: OK, a little experimentation here (which should not be attempted by the newbies. Be warned. So there!). A local nutritionist suggested an addition to my diet in wild rice. Wild rice is not actually rice, but grass... so we cooked some up this evening and tried it out. Delicious - I had forgotten how much I loved the wild rice stuffing my mom used to make!!! Along with the wild rice we feasted upon: tossed salad, roasted golden beets, and grilled swordfish. Stay tuned to learn of any negative reactions to the wild rice.
mhs@18:32

Lunch: homemade black bean soup, leftover veggies and turkey burgers.
mhs@12:44

An article in today's Wall Street Journal (page B11) indicates that scientists from two independant studies have identified a gene linked to Crohn's disease. The article goes on to say "Crohn's disease appears to be caused by a mix of both inherited and environmental factors. One theory holds that the disease results from a faulty response to normal microbes found in the intestines, leading to an exaggerated immune response against the body's own tissue. The alterations in the Nod2 protein may explain part of what leads that immune response astray in some patients." These findings (especially the faulty response to normal microbes) concur with the research by Dr. Haas and Elaine Gottschall and their SCD. The full findings will appear in a coming issue of Nature.

More related links:
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/3204.672
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/DailyNews/crohnsgene010521.html
http://www.msnbc.com/news/576303.asp
http://www.health-news.co.uk/dsp_loggedout_story.cfm?FORMStoryID=48768
http://www.nature.com/nsu/010524/010524-6.html
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/1728.80126
mhs@08:12

Breakfast, after a short jog/run: fruit, nuts, cheese.
mhs@07:45

Monday, May 21, 2001

As a long-time fan of Loobylu.com, I just noticed: tile-able loobylu desktop wallpaper!
mhs@20:46

DID YOU KNOW..
that you can purchase a custom bag of M&M's in the color of your choice??!?!
mhs@20:38

Dinner: Same as lunch, plus a tossed salad.
I finished making my black bean soup, but it just doesn't smell as good as the first batch did. And upon a taste, it lacks the depth of flavor. I think I the ratio of vegetables to beans was too high.
mhs@20:23

Lunch: leftover grilled turkey burgers with broccoli and zucchini, stringbeans.

Breakfast: fruit, nuts.
mhs@14:03

Sunday, May 20, 2001

Dinner: grilled salmon, steamed artichokes, and sauteed zucchini and broccoli with garlic.
mhs@20:10

Lunch: tossed salad, turkey burger cheeseburger.

Just before lunch a momma Gambel's Quail and 5 babies ran through our backyard (only 4 babies visible here; yes, I know it's difficult to find them in the photo).

Breakfast: fruit, nuts, cheese.
mhs@14:11

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