How to start a diet
People often ask me what is the best way to start a gut-healing diet. “From your weakest point,” I answer with a smile. It depends if your current weak link is your body, suffering distress that dictates immediate relief, or…
Gut Harmony
Teen Crohn's, SCD and Beyond
Gut Harmony
Teen Crohn's, SCD and Beyond
Tali Guday
Teens and diets
Restricted diets are difficult. Raising teens is not for the faint at heart. Add a medical condition that causes the need for a restricted diet, and you are stuck in an endless struggle to juggle and balance these three challenges.…
Milestones in our timeline
2010-2012 Despite our doubts and despite the doctor’s cautions, we decided to try a strange diet to manage our son’s Crohns. Concerns about giving our son harsh medications from a young age had led us to the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. In…
Gentle colonoscopy prep
This prep is SCD compliant. A colonoscopy can be the butt of many jokes, funny and dreadful at the same time. It is not a procedure that is reserved for older adults – thousands of kids, some very young, undergo this test…
Nutritional Analysis – SCD Diet
Back in 2013 we were asked to record our teen’s complete food intake over 4 random days. The information was used for a small analytical study at Seattle Children’s Hospital. We were pleased to learn that despite the fact that…