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Specific carbohydrate diet (SCD) is a restrictive diet created by Sidney V. Haas (1870–1964) and later popularized by Elaine Gottschall, the mother of one of Haas's patients.[1] The diet is claimed to treat inflammatory bowel disease and various other gastrointestinal and systemic diseases.

History

The Specific Carbohydrate Diet was developed by Sidney V. Haas (1870–1964) as a treatment for celiac disease and inflammatory bowel disease, and described in his medical textbook The Management of Celiac Disease.[2] The diet was later popularized by biochemist Elaine Gottschall, M.Sc., the mother of one of Haas's patients, whose 1987 book Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health Through Diet outlines the diet and provides guidelines and recipes.[3]

The diet is described in Gottschall's 1987 lay book Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health Through Diet and in supporting websites, in which it is claimed to treat Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis, celiac disease, cystic fibrosis, chronic diarrhea and autism.[1]

Details and effectiveness

The Specific Carbohydrate Diet limits the use of complex carbohydrates (disaccharides and polysaccharides). Monosaccharides are allowed, and various foods including fish, aged cheese and honey are included. Prohibited foods include cereal grains, potatoes and lactose-containing dairy products.

Some people with Crohn's disease show improvement by observing an elimination diet very similar to SCD, with four clinical trials showing weak support of reduced gastrointestinal symptoms in celiac disease patients, though none of these clinical trials were strict SCD.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Brown, Amy C; Roy, M (2010). "Does evidence exist to include dietary therapy in the treatment of Crohn's disease?". Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 4 (2): 191–215. doi:10.1586/egh.10.11. Four clinical trials with relatively weak methodology and a conference proceeding support using the SCD to reduce GI symptoms in CD patients {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |name-list-format= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Haas, Sidney Valentine; Haas, Merrill P. (2011). The Management of Celiac Disease. Literary Licensing. ISBN 1-258-19621-2.
  3. ^ Gottschall, Elaine (2004). Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health Through Diet. Kirkton Press.

Further reading

  • Brown, Amy C; Rampertab, S Devi; Mullin, Gerard E (2011). "Existing dietary guidelines for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis". Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 5 (3): 411–425. doi:10.1586/egh.11.29. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |name-list-format= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
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