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> First, discuss this diet with a practitioner to decide if it is recipes
the right choice
for you.
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> What works for some people may not work for you.
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> Any medication you are currently taking should continue as normal.
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> This diet should consist of a variety of foods including vegetables, fruits, cheeses, nuts, and some animal products.
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> With chronic intestinal disorders, malabsorption is common- vitamin
supplements may be needed.
And How It Can Help
* Supplements should be free of sugar, starch, and yeast.
> Because of malabsorption, a calcium supplement may also be needed.
>> This diet is not intended to cure intestinal disorders, but rather it is used to alleviate symptoms.

Breaking the Vicious CycleIntestinal Health Through Diet

by Elaine Gottschall B.A., M.Sc.
Lucys Specific Carbohydrate
Diet Cookbook by Lucy Rosset
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Kortney Richardson

Intestinal Disorders

How the Diet

>
It focuses on wellWorks

balanced dietary intake that

is specific about the starches
and sugars allowed.
> It may be effective in
reducing and possibly
eliminating symptoms (gas,
cramps, diarrhea) of
intestinal and digestive
disorders.
> Glucose (a single sugar)
requires no digestion and is
therefore more readily
absorbed by the intestines
than complex sugars (starch,
sucrose, lactose).
> This diet is composed
mainly of meats, fruits,
vegetable, oils, nuts and
honey; it excludes grains and
most dairy products.
> For people with intestinal
disorders, sugars that need
digesting are harder to
process and may not be
absorbed by the body.
> Used to treat Crohns
disease, ulcerative colitis,
celiac disease, diverticulitis,

Foods to Avoid
Processed meats or canned meats
Grains- wheat, barley, corn, rye, oats,
rice, buckwheat, millet, triticale, bulgur, s
pelt, cerreals, breads
Potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, parsnips,
okra, chick peas, bean sprouts, soybeans,
mungbeans, fava beans, garbanzo beans,
turnips
Amaranth, quinoa, or chestnut flour
Wheat germ, seaweeds

Recipes
Pumpkin Cookies
3 cups nut flour
1 cup mashed, cooked, drained
pumpkin
cup butter
1 egg
cup honey
1 tsp. baking soda
tsp. salt
tsp. cinnamon
tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup raisins
Mix dry ingredients and raisins-set
aside. Mix egg, butter, honey, and
vanilla in blender. Add pumpkin to
egg mixture and blend. Add wet
ingredients to dry mixture. Drop
mixture by rounded teaspoons 2
inches apart on lightly greased cookie
sheet. Bake for 15 mins. at 375F
until lightly brown. Allow to cool.

Sandwich Rolls
1 cup un-creamed cottage cheese (dry
curd)
cup melted butter
honey
1 tsp. baking soda
3 eggs
2 cups almond flour
Mix first four ingredients briefly in food
processor and beat until fluffy-should
be similar to whipped cream. Add eggs
and beat briefly. Remove from
processor and add almond flour. Stir in
thoroughly with a mixing spoon. Put
large teaspoons of batter on greased
baking sheet and run a wet hand over
each roll. Bake at 350F for 15 mins.
Makes 12 rolls.

> All recipes are from Breaking the

Vicious Cycle by Elaine Gottschall B.A.,
M.Sc.