#1 - Why Follow The "SCD"?

Intestinal Health through Diet

"The Specific Carbohydrate Diet"

(Recommended diet for Acid Reflux, IBS, Crohn's, UC, Diverticulitis,

Celiac Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Chronic Diarrhea, Autism & the many problems

stemming from imbalances in the intestinal tract.)

from

BREAKING THE VICIOUS CYCLE

by

Elaine Gottschall, B.A., M.Sc. 

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Articles on this page serve to remind us that our medical, pharmaceutical, and food industries are no longer acting in our best interest. The only way to regain/maintain good health is to maximize digestion and elimination by consuming a balanced, whole, natural foods diet . . . and, of course, ORGANIC is always the best.

The SCD is such a plan.

The owner of this site does not endorse or recommend the supplements 

in the articles on this page, as they may not be SCD compliant.

( * Articles are SCD specific. All others are for educational purposes only. )

* HEALTH COMMUNITY IS REDISCOVERING THE AMAZING BENEFITS OF SCD     * THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE SCDiet     * FOREWORD BY RONALD L. HOFFMAN, M.D.     * AN AWAKENING - 2003     * THE ROOT OF ILLNESS     * YOUR 3 CHOICES OF TREATMENT FOR INDIGESTION, ACID REFLUX, CHRONIC DIARRHEA, CONSTIPATION, & INFLAMATORY BOWEL DISEASES     * GET CULTURED     * DO I REALLY NEED A DIAGNOSIS 'NAME'?     * WE BAND OF MOTHERS - Autism & SCD     * GLUTEN FREE DIET & MALNUTRITION     * THE REST OF THE 'CELIAC' STORY     * DOCTOR RECOMMENDS SCD FOR HEAVY METAL TOXICITY     * (SCD) YOGURT BENEFITS     * THERE IS A SOLUTION . . . THE SPECIFIC CARBOHYDRATE DIET!     * DOES CANDIDA ALBICANS TRIGGER THE ONSET OF CELIAC DISEASE?     * CELIAC DISCUSSION BETWEEN KAY STENCE & ELAINE GOTTSCHALL (AUTHOR OF BREAKING THE VICIOUS CYCLE)     * WHICH DO YOU DO: "LIVE TO EAT" OR "EAT TO LIVE?"     * A MESSAGE ESPECIALLY FOR CELIACS     * HEAL FROM THE INSIDE     * ELAINE GOTTSCHALL'S VIDEOS (How & why the SCD works)     * HEALTHY CRAVINGS     * SCD IS BIOLOGICALLY CORRECT     * SCD SUCCESS STORIES (from SCD listserve)     * DETOXIFICATION & SCD     * FOODS THAT TRIGGER DEADLY INFLAMMATION & HEALTHY FOODS TO EAT INSTEAD     * 146 REASONS WHY SUGAR IS RUINING YOUR HEALTH     THE DO'S & DON'TS OF EATING IN PEACE     THE CHICKEN WHICH SHOULD BE BANNED     CANCER'S FAVORITE FOOD - FOUND IN EVERYTHING YOU EAT     FRUIT LOOPS CONTAMINATED     WHICH INFANT FORMULAS CONTAIN HIDDEN TOXIC CHEMICALS?     NEVER FEED YOUR CHILD USING THIS . . .     PROBIOTICS RELIEVE INFANT COLIC     GIRLS NOW BEGIN PUBERTY AT AGE 9! (Steroids in processed foods, etc.)     RAIDS ARE INCREASING ON FARMS & PRIVATE FOOD-SUPPLY CLUBS     REAL CONTRACEPTIVE CHOICES: ALTERNATIVES . . .     WEAN OFF PROCESSED FOODS IN 7 STEPS     WILL ANYONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND ACTUALLY BUY INTO THESE 3 NEW VACCINES?     HOW TO AVOID FLU & VIRUSES (From a nurse)     BE YOUR OWN HEALTH ADVOCATE     GENES HAVE "NO CLINICAL RELEVANCE" IN PREDICTING DISEASE, SCIENTISTS ADMIT     ABC 7 I-TEAM INVESTIGATES: ORGANIC FOODS     WHY ECONOMICS DRIVES MOST FOOD OPTIONS YOU HAVE     FOOD, INC (Excellent video!!!)     THE FOOD INDUSTRY CHALLENGES THAT OBAMA NEEDS TO ADDRESS     HOW SCHOOLS UNWITTINGLY PROMOTE LEARNING DISABILITIES AND ILLNESSES . . .     AMERICANS OVERFED, UNDERNOURISHED     THE SILENT EPIDEMIC THAT'S BECOMING A NATIONAL SECURITY DISASTER (Childhood obesity)     SECRETS TO PERSONAL SUCCESS & PERSONAL GROWTH (Change diet to change life)     DOTING DOWNSIDES     WARNING SIGNS OF GOOD HEALTH     TWENTY THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CAFFEINE     NATURAL REMEDIES FOR YOU (yeast/Candida/fungal infection/bacterial overgrowth and other intestinal disorders/diseases)     YEAST INFECTION DIET     ANTIBIOTICS CAUSE HEALTH PROBLEMS & CANDIDA OVERGROWTH     GOOD BACTERIA     VITAMINWATER REVEALED AS NON-HEALTHY BEVERAGE BY COCO-COLA'S OWN LAWYERS     DROWNING IN SODA: AMERICA'S HEALTH PROBLEMS MADE FAR WORSE BY MASSIVE SODA CONSUMPTION     SHOCKING SUGAR CONTENT OF COMMON FOOD PRODUCTS!     "SWEET MISERY: A POISONED WORLD" (PLEASE watch this Video!)     IMPACT OF FOOD ON MOOD     FATS, SUGARS & YOUR BODY     JUNK FOOD ANALYSIS . . . SHOCKING!     ARE THERE NATURAL APPETITE SUPPRESSANTS?     THE HIDDEN DANGERS OF TAKING MORE THAN ONE MEDICATION AT ONCE     PRESCRIPTION DRUGS CAN DELIVER HIGH DOSES OF PHTHALATES (Asacol linked to reproductive abnormalities)     LICENSED PHARMACIST REVEALS DANGERS OF DRUGS     COULD THIS BE THE KEY FACTOR SPIKING THE RISE IN DEMENTIA & ALZHEIMER'S?     I'LL HAVE A HAPPY MEAL WITH A SIDE ORDER OF STATINS, PLEASE     STUDIES PROVE THAT THESE DRUGS MAKE YOUR BRAIN STOP WORKING     ACETAMINOPHEN: THE KILLER PAINKILLER     DEFECTIVE DRUGS & SIDE EFFECTS     COMMON PAIN MEDICATION FUELS CANCER GROWTH     THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION (Advertising deception)     THE TRUE STORY OF CIPRO (and overuse of antibiotics)     THE END OF ANTIBIOTICS . . .     THE RISKS OF LONG-TERM ORAL STEROID USE     PREDNISONE SIDE EFFECTS     ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM SOMETHING YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT?     GRIM STATISTICS     ARE HOUSEHOLD CLEANERS LINKED TO BREAST CANCER? (includes natural cleaning agents)     WHY YOU WANT TO AVOID USING CHEMICAL DISINFECTANTS     *** CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE *** (Becoming Common)     10 TIPS TO KEEP YOU SAFE FROM AN MRSA INFECTION     THE PRICE OF PROGRESS & WHAT WE CAN DO     PAINFUL DIBILITATING DISEASE (RA) MORE DEVASTATING THAN PREVIOUSLY RECOGNIZED (recommendations)     A SINGLE MEAL CAN LEAD TO GOOD (OR BAD) HEALTH     GET ON A MISSION OF NUTRITION (Video)     HOW DOES DIGESTION WORK & HOW CAN I IMPROVE MINE? (Animated graphics)     RECOGNIZING 12 COMMON DIGESTIVE DISORDERS     THE LONG HOLLOW TUBE: A PRIMER ON THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM     THE GUT IS THE HEART OF THE ISSUE     ACID REFLUX: WHEN DRUGS CAN MEAN SWAPPING ONE DRUG FOR ANOTHER     PRESCRIPTION STOMACH ACID DRUGS LEAD TO MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY     WHY YOU SHOULD GET OFF PRESCRIPTION ACID-REDUCING DRUGS ASAP!     COMMON REFLUX DRUGS ARE CAUSING HIP FRACTURES     GERD WITHOUT HEARTBURN?     POPULAR HEARTBURN DRUGS LINKED TO HIP FRACTURES     DON'T PUSH YOUR BELLY'S BUTTONS     THE HIDDEN DANGERS OF HEARTBURN     LEARN THE IMPORTANCE OF WINNING THE CANDIDA BATTLE (Causes Cancer)     MOUTHWASH LINKED TO ORAL CANCER, EROSION OF TOOTH ENAMEL     ANN RICHARDS DIES FROM ESOPHAGEAL CANCER     ESOPHAGEAL CANCER SURGERY     3 MILLION AMERICANS COULD HAVE BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS (PRECURSOR TO CANCER)     RESEARCH LINKS TOO MUCH FOLIC ACID TO CERTAIN CANCERS     FIGHT TUMOR RE-SEEDING WITH NATURAL REMEDIES     CANCER IS NOT A DISEASE     YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM CAN KEEP CANCER DORMANT     PROCESSED MEAT UNSAFE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION     ANTIOXIDANTS IN FOOD STOP BOTH CANCER & HEART DISEASE     FOOD INDUSTRY DENIES LINKS BETWEEN FOODS, NUTRITION & HEALTH; BAD SCIENCE MEETS AGGRESSIVE MARKETING     WHY CANCER COMES BACK     FOUR FACTORS IN SKIN CANCER RISK THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW     BEATING CANCER     DOUSING THE FIRES     CANCER IS NOW AMERICA'S TOP KILLER     ONE THIRD OF CANCERS LINKED TO DIET     PROCESSED MEATS TIED TO STOMACH CANCER     REVERSE DAMAGE FROM PROCESSED FOOD, SUGAR & MORE     WHAT IS CHRONIC INFLAMMATION?     FDA FINDS LEAD IN ALL LIPSTICKS TESTED     MEDITERRANEAN DIET MAY BE THE SECRET TO LONGEVITY     PLANNING TO LOSE WEIGHT THIS YEAR? SUPPLEMENT WITH HONEY     WHY BANANAS ARE GOOD FOR YOU (Used in yogurt smoothies)     BENEFITS OF HONEY (Recommended sweetener on SCD)     AFFORDABLE NUTRITION     LACTOSE INTOLERANCE IS BAD FOR BONES     FROZEN YOGURT IS NOT HEALTH FOOD     BENEFITS OF PROBIOTICS     WHY DO I NEED YOGURT?     THE CRITICAL ROLE OF WHEAT IN HUMAN DISEASE     MEMORY/LEARNING: EATING TO LEARN: HOW GRAINS IMPACT OUR ABILIITY TO FOCUS, COMPREHEND, REMEMBER, PREDICT AND SURVIVE     IS GLUTEN FROM GRAINS MAKING YOU SICK?     *** DISEASE NAMES ARE MISLEADING & MISINFORM PATIENTS ABOUT DISEASE PREVENTION ***     THE ROOT CAUSE OF ACNE YOUR DOCTOR WILL NEVER TELL YOU ABOUT       THE HIDDEN CONNECTION BETWEEN ACNE & GLUTEN     FOOD CRAVINGS, OBESITY & GLUTEN CONSUMPTION     DEPRESSION, OSTEOPOROSIS CORRELATION MISREPORTED BY JUNK SCIENCE MEDIA, ILL-INFORMED HEALTH RESEARCHERS     TOP 20 THINGS MORE DANGEROUS TO CHILDREN THAN LEAD PAINT IN MATTEL TOYS     SHERRI TENPENNY WARNS PARENTS ABOUT SAFETY OF VACCINES     COULD IGNORING THIS RESEARCH CAUSE YOUR CHILD TO GET AUTISM?     THE GULLIBLE JENNIFER GARNER FLU SHOT CAMPAIGN     MERCURY DOES NOT BELONG IN LIGHT BULBS OR VACCINES     VACCINATIONS: THE HIDDEN TRUTH     ANTIBIOTICS MAY NOT HELP SINUS INFECTIONS     ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT INFECTIONS - MRSA Infection     ARE ANTIBIOTICS MAKING HUMANS & ANIMALS SICK?     PSYCHIATRIC DANGERS OF PREDNISONE     HOW TO AVOID ANTIBIOTICS     USE ACCUTANE FOR ACNE & RISK BOWEL DISEASE     "TOWN OF ALLOPATH" (Video)     THE CURE FOR HEART DISEASE     A DECLARATION OF WAR (heart disease cure)     CHRONIC INFLAMMATION & ITS ROOTS IN THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM     WHAT ARE THE FOODS THAT CAUSE INFLAMMATION?     WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT INFLAMMATION CAN QUIETLY KILL YOU     *** WHY TREATING YOUR SYMPTOMS IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER ***     HIDDEN CAUSE OF ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS     PHARMACEUTICAL ROULETTE     HOW I CURED DIABETES IN 5 STEPS . . .     IS DIABETES CAUSED BY PHARMACEUTICALS?     SICKO - New Film     EXPOSING THE HUNDRED-YEAR LIES     HOW TO CUT NATIONAL HEALTH CARE COSTS BY 90%     EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON YOUR DIGESTIVE TRACT     THE PH NUTRITION GUIDE TO ACID/ALKALKINE BALANCE     BODY POLLUTION     VALUE OF VEGETABLES & FRUITS     DETOXIFICATION & CRUCIFEROUS VEGGIES     TOP 10 THINGS FOOD COMPANIES DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW     FAST FOOD NATION (Book Review & Movie)     PESTICIDES & BRAIN CANCER     DANGERS OF ''TOXINS" IN PROCESSED FOODS     CONSUMER HEALTH WARNING!     CAN CHINESE FOOD CAUSE CANCER? (Hidden MSG sources & dangers)     INULIN: FRIEND OR FOE?     SEVEN DANGEROUS FOOD INGREDIENTS     MOST COMMON SOURCE OF CALORIES IN U.S. IS LOADED WITH MERCURY     DINING OUT'S EFFECTS ON HEALTH     LEPTIN: HOW DIABETES & OBESITY ARE LINKED     YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT     SURPRISING DANGERS OF SALT     IF FOOD PRODUCTS WERE HONESTLY LABELED (Cartoons)     TARGETING TEENS FOR GASTRIC BANDS (weight loss)     TEENS REMAIN DANGEROUSLY IGNORANT OF DESTRUCTIVE HEALTH EFFECTS OF JUNK FOOD     AMERICA'S "YOUNG" WEIGHT PROBLEMS     THE OVERNIGHT OBESITY CURE & HFCS     PARENTS: THE WEAKEST LINK IN THE CHILDHOOD OBESITY EPIDEMIC     HOW TO RESET YOUR METABOLISM TO LOSE WEIGHT & KEEP IT OFF FOR LIFE     THE PROBLEM WITH AMERICAN FOOD     SUGAR ADDICTS (Cartoon)     WHICH SWEETENER & HOW MUCH?     BREAKING THE SUGAR HABIT     49 WAYS SUGAR CAN RUIN YOUR HEALTH     A GUT FEELING     THE LITTLE-KNOWN SECRETS ABOUT BLEACHED FLOUR     DANGEROUS GRAINS     "BREAD-UCATION"     BREAK-THE-BREAD-TRAP (Unhealthy grains)     FINALLY WE KNOW WHY COOKING GRAINS CAN POISON YOUR FOOD     U.S. RICE SUPPLY CONTAMINATED - 8/06     DELI DANGERS     FDA APPROVES A SPRAY ON VIRUS TO KEEP PROCESSED MEATS "SAFE"     WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MILK?     WHY SOY CAN DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH     THE TRUTH ABOUT UNFERMENTED SOY AND IT'S HARMFUL EFFECTS     DITCH THE SOY BURGERS     THE DARK SIDE OF SOY     (IF MY PETS SHOULDN'T EAT IT, SHOULD I?) WORST PET FOOD INGREDIENTS     SOY FOODS HAVE DOWNSIDE FOR HEALTH OF INFANTS & ADULTS     FAST FOOD MILKSHAKE INGREDIENTS - YIKES!     CARRAGEENAN & THE ACCEPTANCE OF FOOD ADDITIVE TOXICITY     DANGERS OF BISPHENOL (Chemical in canned foods)     FOOD ADDITIVES     BEWARE OF UMAMI (MSG)!!!     INTERVIEW WITH DR. RUSSELL BLAYLOCK ON DEVASTATING HEALTH EFFECTS OF MSG, ASPARTAME & EXCITOTOXINS     COLLECTED REPORTS OF ADVERSE REACTIONS CAUSED BY 'MSG'     'MSG' IS SOMETIMES HIDDEN IN FOOD WITH LABELS THAT SAY "NO ADDED MSG," "NO MSG ADDED," & "NO MSG"     CAN CHRONIC PAIN COME FROM FOOD ADDITIVES?     CAFFEINE DURING PREGNANCY CAN DAMAGE YOUR BABY     DANGEOUS PRESERVATIVE IN SOFT DRINKS     BEWARE OF BENZENE IN YOUR BEVERAGES     WHAT'S IN THOSE POPS?     SHOCKING! THIS 'TEQUILA' SWEETENER IS FAR WORSE THAN HFCS     GOT AN ANT PROBLEM? USE ASPARTAME!     ASPARTAME, A BITTER SWEETENER     ASPARTAME - MORE DANGEROUS THAN HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP     HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP CONTAMINATED WITH TOXIC MERCURY     THE DANGERS OF HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP     DUKE UNIVERSITY STUDY LINKS SPLENDA TO WEIGHT GAIN & HEALTH PROBLEMS     SUCRALOSE & ASPARTAME - Citizens For Health     SPLENDA     E COLOURS - INTRODUCTION     IF YOU HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF THIS - YOU HAVE A 65% HIGHTER RISK OF ALZHEIMER'S     A HEALTHY DIET CUTS ALZHEIMER'S RISK BY 40%     PREDICTING DEMENTIA RISK     DOES YOUR CHILD HAVE ADHD?     ASTHMA (And Bronchial Problems)     MORE THAN SKIN DEEP     GMOs TO BLAME FOR PROBLEMS IN PLANTS & ANIMALS     INCIDENCE OF CANDIDA IN PSORIASIS     ALLERGIES: CAUSES & SOLUTIONS     ALLERGY AVOIDANCE DIET     FOOD ADDITIVES & ASTHMA - SULFITES     FOOD ALLERGY OR FOOD INTOLERANCE?     GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD ALTERS DIGESTIVE SYSTEMS!       THIS SUPERMARKET "HEALTH FOOD" KILLED BABY RATS IN 3 WEEKS!     SEEDS OF DECEPTION (GMO food dangers)     CAMPAIGN MOBILIZES HEALTH CONSCIOUS SHOPPERS TO NON-GMO BRANDS (List)     SPILLING THE BEANS (On GMO Foods)     NEW "DISCOVERY" -- Gene Theory Flawed (GM Foods)     NON-GMO SHOPPING GUIDE     LATEST GMO RESEARCH: DECREASED FERTILITY, IMMUNOLOGICAL ALTERATIONS & ALLERGIES     BE AWARE OF GMO FOODS!     ABOUT GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS     SECRETS IN YOUR FOOD     FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE GM CROP BLIGHT     AVOIDING DANGEROUS FOODS (GM FOODS)     PANCREAS & DIABETES     TYPE 2 DIABETES CONTROLLED BY CAVEMAN DIET     DEADLY DIABETES DECEPTION     DIABETES IS NOT A DISEASE OF BLOOD SUGAR     DO I NEED TO EAT DAIRY PRODUCTS IN ORDER TO PREVENT OSTEOPOROSIS?     VIRUSES & INFECTIONS CAUSE HEART ATTACKS     THE SILENT EPIDEMIC     WHY TAKE AN OSTEOPOROSIS DRUG THAT KILLS YOUR BONES?     UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY OF CHOLESTEROL     HOW TO UNCLOG YOUR ARTERIES WITHOUT SURGERY OR DRUGS     STATISTICS RELATED TO HEART DISEASE     IS SATURATED FAT REALLY AS BAD AS THEY SAY IT IS?     THE TRUTH ABOUT SATURATED FAT     NEW WAR ON TRANS FATS     A DIET SOLUTION BASED ON EVOLUTION     WHAT'S WRONG WITH POLITICALLY CORRECT NUTRITION?     CAVEMAN CUISINE     DISCOVER A NEW CAREER HELPING OTHERS GET HEALTHY     FEEDING YOUR PET TREATS COULD BE HARMFUL (Check out dog food ingredients!!!)     MICROWAVES HEAT FOOD UNEVENLY, LEAVING COLD SPOTS WHERE BACTERIA CAN THRIVE

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This website is maintained by Kay Stence in Kingsland, Texas.

Information published on this Web site is intended to support the book

BREAKING THE VICIOUS CYCLE by Elaine Gottschall and is for information

purposes only. It is not the intention of this site to diagnose, prescribe, or replace

medical care. Your doctor or nutrition expert should be consulted before

undertaking a radical change of diet.

 © 2006