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.

Dinner outdoors on the patio: grilled salmon with walnut-cilantro pesto, curried cauliflower, tomato, onion, and peppers, and a delicious spaghetti squash with parmesan and herbs!
mhs@20:02

Snacking all morning: pecans, figs, cheese, an apple, SCD yogurt.

Dinner, yesterday: sauteed spinach and ginger, grilled eggplant, grilled sea bass with butter, pepper, and fennel, cauliflower "mashed potatoes". Dessert: apple crisp.
mhs@11:12

Not All Carbohydrates Are Good
A Harvard Medical School article explores the changes needed to improve the USDA's "food pyramid" for proper health; certain aspects of the article carry additional weight for those wishing to achieve intestinal health through diet: "...The types of carbohydrates you eat are as important as the kinds of fat you eat when it comes to preventing diabetes, heart disease, and other chronic illnesses. Carbohydrates contribute about half of all calories in the average American diet. Most come from just seven sources: bread; soft drinks and sodas; cakes, cookies, quick breads, and doughnuts; sugars, syrups, and jams; white potatoes; ready-to-eat cereals; and milk. In other words, most of our carbohydrate calories come from sugars or highly refined grains..."
mhs@07:40

Saturday, March 30, 2002

Backyard bird watching this morning: a male Scott's Oriole, lots of Gambel's quail, a gila woodpecker, and an Anna's hummingbird feeding its babies in a tiny nest.
mhs@08:34

Breakfast: fruit, dccc with honey.

Dinner, yesterday: Caesar salad, sauteed collard greens with ginger, Lucy's garlic bread crisps with guacamole, grilled salmon with a honey-cayenne-chili "glaze". Dessert: macaroons, herbal tea.
mhs@07:53

Friday, March 29, 2002

Snacks: macaroons, almonds.

Lunch: the last of the chicken and cilantro, some lentils and Swiss chard.

Some guy named Gary wrote me about my consumption of dairy. He asked a bunch of questions and didn't leave a valid email address... I hate when that happens! :-) Anyway, I really don't consume "dairy" in the lactose-sense of the word. When I write "homemade yogurt" it is synonymous with SCD yogurt, which is "cooked" for 24+ hours and the lactose is predigested so it doesn't bother most people.
mhs@17:07

Breakfast: banana nut bread, Laura's apple crisp.
mhs@09:24

Thursday, March 28, 2002

Breakfast: an apple, homemade yogurt (time to make a new batch!), and some banana bread.
mhs@05:51

Wednesday, March 27, 2002

Dinner: chicken parmesana platter, tossed salad.

Lunch: leftover tossed salad, salmon. Macaroons and bananas for snacks.
mhs@19:18

Breakfast: an apple, homemade yogurt, banana nutbread. Three bathroom trips last night..was it the figs, the late dinner, excitement at work, or all of the above? What makes you get up during the night?
mhs@06:00

Tuesday, March 26, 2002

Dinner: grilled salmon, tossed salad; macaroon for dessert! Dried figs while cooking dinner.

Lunch: salad with tuna.
mhs@20:41

Breakfast: fruit, homemade yogurt, banana bread.
mhs@05:58

Monday, March 25, 2002

Dinner: tossed salad, SCD garlic bread, avocado, and an orange. Beforehand: a bit of yoga after a long work day.

Lunch: lentils with Swiss chard and lemon, curried chicken with cilantro. Snacks: bananas, Laura's SCD macaroons.
mhs@20:16

Breakfast: fruit, banana bread, homemade yogurt.
mhs@05:45

Sunday, March 24, 2002

Dinner: lentils with Swiss chard and lemon, curried chicken with cilantro, Lucy's garlic bread. Dessert: banana bread and some macaroons! Yes, Laura has created some awesome SCD-legal macaroons!

mhs@19:08

Lunch: leftover curried chicken, stringbeans and carrots in coconut milk, curried cauliflower and carrots. Dessert: homemade applesauce. BTW, "Granny Smith" green apples make the best applesauce--a wonderful mix of tartness and sweetness!
mhs@12:58

Go Fighting Whites!
mhs@11:49

Here's an excerpt from very well written explanation and review of BTVC on Amazon.com: "The Bible of the Controversial SCDiet", March 17, 2002 Reviewer: Mark Meloon
At the risk of infuriating the SCD fans, I feel it necessary to try to write a review that explains the controversy over this diet and how this book relates. First, it's important for me to state that I am no fan of alternative medicine and that IS what we're talking about here. The author (who holds a Masters in biochemistry) has developed a diet which claims to be able to cure inflammatory bowel diseases, a class of terrible autoimmune disorders in which the body's immune system attacks the intestines (in Crohn's, the entire digestive tract is a risk). The diet essentially requires one to carefully choose the specific carbohydrates they will eat (hence the name). The SCD has a substantial following and presence on the internet. And Gottschall actually prints her phone number in the book -- a testiment to how strongly she believes in the diet and her desire to help. The medicial community is well aware of the diet and has not endorsed or accepted the diet primarily because of the lack of well-constructed scientific studies. So I consider the diet controversal because there is considerable friction and downright animosity between the SCD followers and the medical community.

If you are interested in persuing this diet, then you really owe it to yourself, the author, and the SCD community to purchase this book. It is extremely readable and you will find yourself unable to put it down. Gottschall details her reasoning behind the diet (which is actually quite simple) and how it works. It's always useful when an author explains the theory behind any regimen because that knowledge helps you (a) decide whether the regimen is worth trying and (b) make decisions about foods not explicitly covered by the book. There is also a fairly comprehensive recipe section which you will find extemely valuable. I don't want to give away too many details of the diet here (read the book for details) but it's worth noting that the author emphasizes that this diet must be followed strictly for a minimum of two years. After you read her theory, you'll understand the rationale behind this strict adherence...".
mhs@11:39

Breakfast: fruit, organic peppermint tea.

Dinner, yesterday: grilled salmon with butter and pepper, tossed salad, sauteed stringbeans with garlic and sesame oil.
mhs@07:52

Saturday, March 23, 2002

Breakfast: fruit, homemade yogurt, dried figs, cheese.

Dinner, yesterday @ Cafe Terra Cotta: a delicious salad with some fried calamari on top! Laura and I had a wonderful dinner with Mom and Dad!

mhs@09:17

Friday, March 22, 2002

Breakfast: fruit, homemade yogurt, carrot-walnut muffin.
mhs@05:53

Thursday, March 21, 2002

Dinner @ PF Chang's: ground chicken and lettuce wraps, spicy eggplant, and hot fried catfish with a glass of Francis Coppola merlot. Delicious!

Lunch: tossed salad, leftover salmon and eggplant.
mhs@20:04

Ed in the Netherlands maintains a very informative web site on intestinal health, and more. The URL is www.newtreatments.org, and I highly recommend checking it out. He uses the SCD, too!
mhs@05:45

Wednesday, March 20, 2002

Dinner: grilled salmon with walnut-cilantro pesto, grilled eggplant, grilled zucchini.

Lunch: curried carrots and cauliflower with Indian spiced chicken.
mhs@20:05

Breakfast: homemade yogurt, an apple.

Light dinner after yoga: applesauce, dried figs, cheese.

Lunch: tossed salad.
mhs@05:49

Tuesday, March 19, 2002

Breakfast: homemade yogurt, applesauce, and a banana.
mhs@06:05

Monday, March 18, 2002

Here's a nice new testimonial to the SCD.
mhs@20:26

Dinner: curried cauliflower, eggplant, onion, and carrots; leftover Malaysian veggies.

Lunch: leftover Malaysian veggies with the "devil's chicken".

Breakfast: fruit, homemade yogurt.
mhs@20:25

Sunday, March 17, 2002

Dinner: a Malaysian feast of vegetables in coconut milk with a "devil's chicken" (I used half of the spices the recipe called for and the result was a very tasty chicken!).

Lunch: tossed salad, leftover turkey burger.

Breakfast: homemade yogurt, an apple, some dried figs, nuts.
mhs@19:28

Surprise, surprise..."Likelihood of Functional Abdominal Symptoms Raised With Antibiotic Use". After a course of antibiotics, patients have a threefold increased risk of functional bowel symptoms 4 months after treatment compared with patients who have not received antibiotics, UK researchers report.
mhs@16:10

Friday, March 15, 2002

Breakfast: fruit, homemade yogurt, orange-cranberry nut bread.
mhs@09:23

Thursday, March 14, 2002

Have you submitted your recipe????

mhs@20:38

Dinner: steamed artichokes with butter, grilled turkey burgers with onion, garlic, and pepper.

Lunch: insalata di uovo (tossed salad with a hard-boiled egg).
mhs@20:19

Breakfast: homemade yogurt, an apple.
mhs@05:40

Wednesday, March 13, 2002

Dinner: tossed salad, Swiss chard.

Lunch: chicken chimichanga. Bad move; it took 4 hours but the little bit of the wrapper I consumed has managed to bother me this evening.
mhs@19:32

Breakfast: fruit, homemade yogurt.

Dinner, after a very tiring yoga session: chicken soup, dried figs. Snack: Havarti cheese, orange-cranberry nut bread.

Lunch: tossed salad, leftover salmon.
mhs@05:50

Tuesday, March 12, 2002

Breakfast: fruit, SCD yogurt, dccc.
mhs@06:05

Monday, March 11, 2002

Dinner: chicken soup, orange-cranberry nut bread.

Lunch: leftover fish, tossed salad.

What's growing in your yard?
mhs@19:30

Breakfast: SCD yogurt, Braeburn apple, orange-cranberry nut bread.
mhs@05:47

Sunday, March 10, 2002

Dinner @ Presidio Grill: Caesar salad, broiled halibut with grilled mushrooms, Swiss chard, and eggplant. Delicious!
mhs@20:10

I'm reading an article in the March 2002 issue of Audubon about a place called the Edible Schoolyard. What a great way for kids to learn how to raise food that is good for them, learn about ecology, the environment, and teamwork!
mhs@11:25

Lunch: salmon, tossed salad, Swiss chard with ginger.

Breakfast: fruit, nuts, dccc with honey.
mhs@11:23

Saturday, March 09, 2002

Dinner: sauteed organic Swiss chard with ginger, grilled eggplant, grilled salmon with walnut-cilantro pesto.
mhs@19:42

Lunch: tossed salad, some roasted chicken, dried figs, and Havarti.
mhs@14:06

Breakfast: an apple, dccc with honey, Lois Lang's bread.

Dinner, yesterday: salmon, broccoli.

Lunch: tossed salad with carne asada and some salsa.

Breakfast: fruit, dccc with honey.

Dinner, Thursday @ Feast: salad of mixed greens and a carmelized onion vinaigrette, oxtail stew with carrots.

Lunch: roasted chicken and veggies, Lois Lang bread.
mhs@09:45

Thursday, March 07, 2002

Breakfast: fruit, homemade yogurt.

Dinner, yesterday @ PF Chang's: the sales team ordered and shared a pile of food!

Lunch: leftover roasted chicken with vegetables, Lois Lang's bread.
mhs@05:44

Wednesday, March 06, 2002

Breakfast: an apple, a banana, some homemade yogurt.
mhs@05:32

Tuesday, March 05, 2002

Starting in 1924, did Drs. Sidney and Valentine Haas (authors of The Management of Celiac Disease) have something to do with the popularity of bananas? Check this fruit history/chronology!
mhs@20:47

Dinner: sauteed spinach, Swiss chard, and beet greens with ginger and scallions. Delicious!

Lunch: veggie lasagna, tossed salad, curried cauliflower.

Breakfast: homemade yogurt, an apple, and a "sandwich" of Lois Lang's bread with some of Laura's bioflavinoid spread.
mhs@20:08

Monday, March 04, 2002

Dinner: veggie lasagna, roasted acorn squash with honey and butter.

Lunch: salad, cod cooked with basil and scallions @ Cafe Poca Cosa.
mhs@20:05

One and a half million hits!

Sometime over the weekend of March 2-3, 2002, a visitor to the homepage of SCDiet.org registered the 1.5 millionth hit! By many standards that is a small number; but we look at it as a meaningful message: more and more people are looking to diet as a means towards intestinal health!
mhs@05:57

Breakfast: fruit, SCD bread, homemade yogurt. I tried some of my homemade goat's milk yogurt, but it was a bit too flavorful for me this morning. I'll probably "drip" it and make some nice goat's milk cheese.
mhs@05:57

Sunday, March 03, 2002

Dinner: roasted chicken and veggies, roasted beets with sauteed beet tops with homemade balsamic vinegar, baked acorn squash with honey and butter (followed by a gorgeous sunset during our evening walk).
mhs@19:29

This Business 2.0 essay uses history of past revolutions (canals, steam engines, electricity, manufacturing) to provide one answer to the question, "Is the information revolution dead?".

Lunch: leftover curried cauliflower, tomato, and mushrooms; leftover salmon; leftover veggie lasagna. Delicious!!
mhs@13:03

Buying some "digital film" for your digital camera? Check DPReview.com for tons of information! Amazon quotes the following prices:

Viking 128MB @ $58
SanDisk 128MB @ $55
Viking's Ultra-versatile USB card reader @ $59
mhs@08:32

Breakfast: fruit, nuts, homemade yogurt, and Lois Lang's Luscious Bread. Off to the gym.
mhs@08:16

Saturday, March 02, 2002

Dinner: Laura made a wonderful SCD-legal veggie lasagna!! It is delicious, and at the rate we're eating it, there won't be any left on Monday!

Lunch: light lunch of Lois Lang's nut bread, fruit before seeing Lord Of The Rings.
mhs@19:13

Are you interested in the goat milk products in your store? Check out this link from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture on how they are made. Also, you may want to check out greenspun.com's LUSENET page. There is some interesting information on the DailyGoat link (and a nice photo of some goats doing their thing in Monument Valley, Utah).
mhs@08:07

Breakfast: an apple, homemade yogurt.
mhs@08:01

Snacking before breakfast: roasted almonds.

I just found this site while searching for goat's milk yogurt recipes: Ask Dr. Stoll (in Florida). His is not really an SCD site, but it does contain some useful information. Here's one article explaining why processed foods (esp. grains and sugars) are problematic for many people.
mhs@07:56

Dinner, yesterday: grilled salmon, sautee of cauliflower, tomato, onion, and ginger with curry, coriander, and cumin.

Lunch, yesterday: leftover steelhead, tossed salad, sauteed broccoli rabe.
mhs@07:33

Friday, March 01, 2002

Breakfast: an apple, homemade yogurt, and orange-cranberry nut bread.
mhs@05:29

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