Has anyone read the book "Life Without Bread"? The author is an Austrian doctor, Lutz, who for decades has cured various diseases through a very low carb diet.
http://www.scdiet.org/7archives/lutz/lutz7.html
In his book he has a section on Crohn's, in which he states that patients suffering from Crohn's disease were treated by a low-carbohydrate diet. After a quarter of year most patients (85 percent) showed remarkable improvement in their health. After half a year, more than 60 percent were asymptomatic, after one year more than 70 percent and after one and a half year about 85 percent. This is in contrast with ulcerose colitis, which Is shown in the lowest line, improvement of which runs much slowlier on the same diet and often is interrupted by relapses.
Crohn's disease generally thought of being incurable can so be shown to be very well accessable to dietary measures.
The diet basically entails the following:
Restrict all utilizable carbohydrates to 72 grams per day
Allowed Foods:
-Fish
-Any type of animal meat
-Cheese, plain yoghurt, cream cheese, sour cream
-All kinds of animal fats
-Salads, leaves and stems of vegetables (asparagus, lettuce, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage , broccoli), cucumbers, avocados, tomatoes (in moderate amounts)
-Nuts (in moderate amounts)
Restricted Foods:
-All carbohydrate containing foods (breads, pasta, cereals, grains, potatoe)
-Sweet fruits
-Sweetened Food of all kinds
-Dried Fruits
Has anyone tried this? It seems very restrictive, even more than SCD? I want to try it but it's so hard to stay away from all grains, fruits,.... I'm already on a very strict diet :confused2:
http://www.scdiet.org/7archives/lutz/lutz7.html
In his book he has a section on Crohn's, in which he states that patients suffering from Crohn's disease were treated by a low-carbohydrate diet. After a quarter of year most patients (85 percent) showed remarkable improvement in their health. After half a year, more than 60 percent were asymptomatic, after one year more than 70 percent and after one and a half year about 85 percent. This is in contrast with ulcerose colitis, which Is shown in the lowest line, improvement of which runs much slowlier on the same diet and often is interrupted by relapses.
Crohn's disease generally thought of being incurable can so be shown to be very well accessable to dietary measures.
The diet basically entails the following:
Restrict all utilizable carbohydrates to 72 grams per day
Allowed Foods:
-Fish
-Any type of animal meat
-Cheese, plain yoghurt, cream cheese, sour cream
-All kinds of animal fats
-Salads, leaves and stems of vegetables (asparagus, lettuce, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage , broccoli), cucumbers, avocados, tomatoes (in moderate amounts)
-Nuts (in moderate amounts)
Restricted Foods:
-All carbohydrate containing foods (breads, pasta, cereals, grains, potatoe)
-Sweet fruits
-Sweetened Food of all kinds
-Dried Fruits
Has anyone tried this? It seems very restrictive, even more than SCD? I want to try it but it's so hard to stay away from all grains, fruits,.... I'm already on a very strict diet :confused2: