The Coburn Blog

The CCFA finally posted a news article about The Specific Carbohydrate Diet the other day.. Of course, I have a couple of gripes about this:

http://www.ccfa.org/about/news/scd

First off, I know people with Crohns Disease, who eat nothing but froot loops all day, because they don’t think they can tollerate anything else. You mean to tell me, Ms Gordon, that you can find a doctor that would tell me a bowl of froot loops, is more nutritous then fresh fruits and vegetables?? I DON’T think so!!

Secondly, I highly doubt eating some fresh fruit, like a banana or some cantelope or watermelon, is going to make me any worse then I already am. common, I don’t believe that for a second either!

I mean, do you know how many people there are on Atkins out there in the world? who aren’t getting ANY carbohydrates at all just to loose weight? You can’t tell me SCD is any less-safe then Atkins, you can’t tell me that for a second. SCD is much different then Atkins, I get my carbohydrates by eating nutt flours, fruits, and vegetables. If I start loosing weight, all I have to do, is eat a bowl of apples, honey, and butter mixture, and that one dish alone has over 1,000 calories in it per serving, so don’t tell me SCD don’t have enough calories in it, I don’t believe that for a second either. Thats more calories then a chocolate bar.

The one thing I do agree with in that article though, is about the need for research. It would be nice to have clinical trials, proving what Elaine spent her life doing since the 1950’s. I would be willing to participate my time in these clinical trials, because thanks to SCD, I haven’t had diarrhea ONCE in 4 years, so I’d be willing to prove my testimony!

My story, however, is similar to the guy who has improved, but still suffers with Fistulas every now and then. That wasn’t me who she was talking about, but that has been my experience with it also. I think about it this way; if it wasn’t for SCD, it would be MUCH worse then a couple of Fistulas. If it wasn’t for SCD, I would have had my gall bladder removed along time ago. I know that for a fact, because before I started SCD, I was scheduled to have it removed, and then after I started SCD for the initial 3 weeks, my gall bladder problems went away. I mean, the x-ray tech at KCH even confirmed I had a bad gall bladder, but after I went on SCD, not only did my gall bladder clear up completely, but I haven’t had any problems with it since, and that was almost 5 years ago, so you can’t tell me SCD isn’t doing me some good.

Sure, I still have Fistulas, and I still have 9 areas within my colon that are still infected, but like my GI said, they aren’t any worse, or better, then they were 10 years ago, so what harm has SCD been on me, I ask? I don’t see any. Remicade and imuran haven’t done any better I can guarantee you that much, so I don’t see the harm.

One thing is for certain though, its not making me any worse.. I’ve been continuing to take my Imuran 50mg 2/day every day just as my doctor prescribes. I took Remicade for a year, and asside from a slight gain in weight, I saw no improvement.. So, their saying SCD could make that worse? I don’t buy it for a second! The only thing that could make me worse, is if I wasn’t getting my 5 major food groups in everyday, which I am, probably more so then most americans in the world today. How many people do you know who actually get all their 5 food groups in everyday? not many that I know of.

Take my step-daughter Angie for example, all she eats is fast food, chocolate, ummm romain noodles, mac-n-cheese, junk food like that, so, if I understand this article right, there saying SCD could be more harmful then a diet like that? LOL I don’t think so.. lol Thats what I think is most funny about this article. Why don’t they just come right out and say what their really trying to say there, that doctors get a portion of money from the pharmaceutical companies every time they write a prescription to a patient, so there not going to recommend anything that takes money away from their own pockets…

I mean, doctors are people too, don’t get me wrong, we all have our own opinion, and each of us has a right to our own opinion, doctors and patients alike, I am not disputing that. My doctors have been great, and they have more education and experience then I do, thats for sure, and they have been great friends of mine since the very beginning, but what I am saying, is this article is not entirely true, and SCD could only improve a persons condition, not worsen, I do not agree with that at all, and I don’t think I should be criticized, for having a sound, justified opinion on this issue. After all, she is right, there are much worse diets to worry about out there. So what if SCD doesn’t cure me, medicine hasn’t either, that isn’t the point. The point is, to “try”. Better to be passionate about something then sitting around doing nothing at all about it.

Reading this article makes me want to go to the fridge now and have some yummy almond flour bread, yummmieee!!!!