Great support for Specific Carbohydrate Diet

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	• Healing Foods: Cooking for Celiacs, Colitis, Crohn's and IBS Elephant Publishing Elephant Publishing, 2008 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 28 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Wonderful recipes

My husband was diagnosed with Crohns about 3 weeks ago. I ordered this beautiful book, "Healing Foods" as well as Elaine's BTVC to get us started. We started on the SCD less than two weeks ago and it has changed our lives. My husband is a new person. My 5 year old with ADHD has calmed down and I have lost some weight! It is a miracle! I have made the bread, yogurt, french cream, lasagna, and many sauces! They are delicious and no one notices a difference. I was struggling with Thanksgiving, but was able to pull together some beautiful and delicious dishes with my new found knowledge! Great book to get you motivated to cook healthy!

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Great support for Specific Carbohydrate Diet

After many tests, my husband and I were both diagnosed with IBS. We believe it all began with contaminated water, but don't know this for sure. For over 2 years we barely "managed" our symptoms with IBS-friendly cookbooks. Then, I read the book, Restoring Your Digestive Health: How the Guts and Glory Program Can Transfom Your Life, by Rubin and Brasco and also Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health Through Diet, by Elaine Gottschall. This is not an easy path, but we found success by faithfully following the steps Rubin and Brasco recommend for 4-6 months. This cookbook, along with Prasad's Recipes for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet: The Grain-Free, Lactose-Free, Sugar-Free Solution to IBD, Celiac Disease, Autism, Cystic Fibrosis, and Other Health Conditions (Healthy Living Cookbooks)T were extremely helpful. Many of the recipes I continue to make, even though we are symptom free!

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Crohns Disease

I Purchased this book because I am going to try something new along with my medical regiment. The recipes in the book look excellent, however I did not see it anywhere on the description that you must also purchase the book Breaking the vicious cycle. I will update this review after a while of being on the diet.

The MOST practical. Simply the Best

I have USED this book every day for over a year. I've been through most of the recipes in it and it's never off the bench top. I got a few cookbooks when my daughter started the specific carbohydrate diet. This one has the edge because it covers absolutely everything: the introductory diet, yoghurt making, snacks, breakfasts, lunches, dinners, packed lunches (Children at my daughters' school are envious of their SCD lunches). This book also gives substitutes for staples like rice, mashed potatoes, so that you don't feel you have half a meal in front of you - you have a full, normal, tasty meal.

Friends were shocked when I said I was taking my daughter off complex carbs. I think they expected her to be miserable or fade away but she has positively thrived on this food. This diet is not nearly so brutal as I thought it would be and that is mainly because of the imagination and intelligence that have gone into devising these recipes.

I could not have kept my daughter inspired without this book. Most of the recipes are idiot-proof and turn out great. I'd say the best ones are the sticky date pudding (right up there with the best of the non-SCD ones I've had), the lemon tarts, the homemade lemonade (We live on it), the fruit roll ups (Children at my three daughters' school are asking for the recipe), the homemade baked beans (You never, ever want to have the canned version again), the spice crusted salmon (It's difficult to find recipes for salmon that aren't bland). Pretty much all the meat and fish recipes turn out well (Chicken tagine is a big family favourite). The crusty onion rolls are sensational and my daughter was pleased that she could have burgers and rolls like everyone else. My daughter has lived off the good morning breakfast bars and the coconut and date rolls; they take just minutes to prepare. Also, the pancakes turn out well once you master the knack - you can cook two at a time in a frying pan with a lot of butter and over a really low heat. Most importantly, the pumpernickel bread always turns out well and toasts nicely, so my daughter can take a sandwich to school like everyone else (It does hold together well). My daughter started the SCD in the summer holidays and I was dreading the start of school and the lumch boxes but it has not been that hard.

A year ago I said to my daughter, "Please try this diet and I promise you will look forward to every meal." At the time I said that, I really didn't know how I was going to deliver because I'm not that great in the kitchen. I have followed this book heavily (and Raman Prasad's) and I have proved to her that giving up pasta, bread,rice, potatoes doesn't mean she can't eat like a king.

I would advise anyone to get at least a decent blender. A food dehydrator is useful too (for the roll ups and dried fruit) but not essential.

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Looks great, but a couple caveats for some

The pictures are great and the recipes look like they will provide a yummy way to follow the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD). It's refreshing to have an SCD cookbook that doesn't rely on almonds or almond flour in almost every recipe! A couple of caveats though-if you are dairy-free or casein-free on top of following SCD as we are, this cookbook might not be as useful as you'd like because a very large percentage of the recipes contain SCD yogurt, butter, or French cream. In addition, many recipes have a large number of ingredients. For those with significant or widespread food allergies due to compromised digestive systems, this may reduce the number of recipes that are useful.

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A year in the making, Sandra Ramacher has released Healing Foods: Cooking for Celiacs, Colitis, Crohns and IBS, a visually stunning and intelligently written cookbook. It is specifically designed to please and inspire all those who suffer from these debilitating intestinal diseases, as well as those who already live happier lives thanks to the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (TM). This book strictly adheres to the diet prescribed by Elaine Gottschall in her revolutionary book Breaking The Vicious Cycle. The Specific Carbohydrate Diet is a strict grain-free, lactose-free, and sucrose-free dietary regimen intended for those suffering from Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, celiac disease, diverticulitis, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

The SCDiet has proven to be highly successful for many who suffer from various bowel disorders as well as the many related problems which actually stem from imbalances in the intestinal tract. The diet was first proposed by Dr. Sydney Haas and brought to public attention by Elaine Gottschall, a biochemist who researched the diet to help heal her daughter who was suffering from severe ulcerative colitis. Her book Breaking The Vicious Cycle has sold over 1 million copies and relieved suffering for countless thousands.

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