The diet I am on is called the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, based on Elaine Gottschall's book "Breaking the Vicious Cycle". Essentially, it is a diet of monosaccarides. My understanding of the diet is this: It is easiest for the body to digest monosaccarides (foods already broken down to one sugar). Disaccarides (like refined sugar) and polysaccarides (everything else) need to be broken down by the intestines. When your body gets screwed up, it can have trouble breaking down these more complex sugars. Therefore, the diet consists of only monosaccarides: meat, chicken, fish, eggs, most cheeses, fruit, vegetables, some beans and nuts. I'm supposed to avoid all sugar (except honey), dairy (except homemade yogurt) and all breads, grains and starches. I have been on the diet "officially" for 6 days and much to my surprise I am seeing some improvement!! I was really skeptical at first. The title of the book seemed a bit sketchy to me, and I was really scared to give up all my "safe" foods like crackers and rice. However, I started slow with homemade apple sauce and boiled eggs and now I'm eating raw fruit, chicken and cheese with no problems! Yay! The diet claims to help chronic D. I never had that - my worst symptom was severe nausea which led to severe weight loss. So I'm really happy to be eating again
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Since I've started the diet my appetite has come back with a vengance!!! If you'd like more info, feel free to e-mail me at edrushka###yahoo.com
