Specific Carbohydrate Diet - Update
After a lifetime of searching for answers to my life-time of ill health I decided to be quiet & rest, trusting this particular path was the turning point. Nearly 1-1/2 years have passed since I discovered, then began, the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. I am glad to continue a good report.
About 6 months ago I began cutting back on my supplementation. It took an irritating affliction of hemorrhoids to inspire me to cut off my multivitamins, which cleared up my problems within a couple weeks. At that success I realized I was too irritable and edgy. I was likely taking too much of everything, which indicated my body was doing what it was made to do: digest and process nutritional food! Wow! Yay! Today the only supplements I am taking are: Vitamin K-2; D3, 2 HCL tablets with each meal (hydrochloric acid-to aid digestion).
With hope rising I noticed my interest in life had also increased. Curiosity grew in me a bit more each week with questions filling my mind, overflowing into my conversations. I found myself searching through drawers, looking into closets, dragging out boxes just to see what was in them. This treasure hunting began to reawaken interests that I had laid down years ago. I found beautiful fabrics I had ‘saved’ for a special garment, or photographs I had forgotten I had taken. these discoveries catalyzed nemories . . . I had not been reminiscing for a long time. It was like the story of Rip Van Winkle, I was waking up!
The more I ‘woke up’ the more I pursued activities I used to love, such as working in my studio in graphics & sound production; reading a number of new books-on a variety of subjects, while reading through some old favorites; moving my sewing room back into our main house, re-organizing in the process; updating software programs, installing them & cleaning out old files; reconnecting with special people that just seemed to have dropped out of my life. All the while my brain began functioning more quickly & creatively, yet I was more calm & functioned more efficiently. My capacity for appreciation & joy increased as well as less stress, more satisfaction, thus I slept better.
For the first 6 months my weight dropped off another 10 lbs, which caused a little concern. I hadn’t been down to 113 lbs since I was anorexic just after graduation from high school. But, around the 8th month my weight started creeping back up & has been holding between 117 & 120, which I think is about the right weight for someone slim and 5’ 2-1/2” tall. Through all this I have continued with the Silver Sneakers workout program, which is quite a thorough workout with the skilled trainer/instructor here in Olympia. My balance is very good with a strong core, great flexibility, good muscle tone & great community at the work-outs. Nice!
What am I eating? Check out the last post: “Discovery: “The Specific Carbohydrate Diet,” as I am eating the same diet. Elaine Gotschall, the author of “Breaking The Vicious Cycle,” suggests staying on this diet for 2 years, but other testimonies have stated being cured in 6 months. So, when I have recently eaten a bit of organic rice in a dish specially prepared for us. I ate it, enjoyed it very much & had no negative results. I suspect that I am cured of the upper-gut bacterial overgrowth & probably can eat some bread, grains, & perhaps even a bit of sugar. However, I feel better than at any other time of my life, so as of today I will continue on this limited but delicious, whole food, non-processed way of eating.
Enjoy!
