Two Ways to Get Started

Here are two straightforward options for starting dietary changes that may help with Crohn's. Within a week or two, we noticed significant changes in symptoms solely as a result of using the first option:

1. Purchase a copy of The Maker's Diet, by Jordan Rubin, and use the allowed food list for phase one of the diet. Use this for your shopping list for the next two weeks.

2. Go to Jordan and Steve's SCD Lifestyle blog and download their quick-start guide for making dietary changes based on Elaine Gottschall's book, Breaking the Vicious Cycle. We would suggest, however, eliminating the grape juice and dairy products.

Both options will allow you to focus on the short list of what is allowed in the diet than to keep track of the larger list of what is not allowed.

Peace be with you in the new year,

-Bridget