Breaking The Vicious Cycle
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 By Elaine Gottschall
The Specific Carbohydrate Diet™
The Specific Carbohydrate Diet™ has helped many thousands
of people with various forms of bowel disease and other
ailments vastly improve their quality of life. In many cases
people consider themselves cured. It is a diet intended
mainly for Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, celiac disease,
diverticulitis, cystic fibrosis and chronic diarrhea. However
it is a very healthy, balanced and safe diet that has health
benefits for everyone. The foods that are allowed on the
Specific Carbohydrate Diet™ are based on the chemical
structure of these foods. Carbohydrates are classified by
their molecular structure.
The allowed carbohydrates are monosaccharides and have
a single molecule structure that allow them to be easily
absorbed by the intestine wall. Complex carbohydrates which
are disaccharides (double molecules) and polysaccharides
(chain molecules) are not allowed. Complex carbohydrates
that are not easily digested feed harmful bacteria in our
intestines causing them to overgrow producing by products
and inflaming the intestine wall. The diet works by starving
out these bacteria and restoring the balance of bacteria
in our gut.
The Specific Carbohydrate Diet™ is biologically correct
because it is species appropriate. The allowed foods are
mainly those that early man ate before agriculture began.
The diet we evolved to eat over millions of years was predominantly
one of meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, nuts, and low-sugar
fruits. Our modern diet including starches, grains, pasta,
legumes, and breads has only been consumed for a mere 10,000
years. In the last hundred years the increase in complex
sugars and chemical additives in the diet has led to a huge
increase in health problems ranging from severe bowel disorders
to obesity and brain function disorders. We have not adapted
to eat this modern diet as there has not been enough time
for natural selection to operate. It therefore makes sense
to eat the diet we evolved with.
The Specific Carbohydrate Diet™ was clinically tested
for over 50 years by Dr Haas and biochemist Elaine Gottschall
with convincing results.
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