I Call My Sugar Honey: How Whipped is This Girl?

Sunday, December 4, 2011

How Whipped is This Girl?

If you’ve read most of my posts, you probably think my husband sounds a little nuts/food-obsessed and I sound like his kitchen servant. But pre-SCD, he spent almost two years either fasting or living on bananas and mashed potatoes. Watching him get to eat real food again is similar to the time my parents hosted a Russian friend back in the '90s and I watched her walk into Safeway for the first time and start crying in the bread aisle. Seeing someone get so happy about such a basic thing as good food that the majority of Americans take for granted is such a high - especially when you are the one making the food and the one enjoying it is your own loverboy. And before you think I’m a totally subservient, wifey-type, you should know that he does all of the dishes.

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Mister LullDecember 5, 2011 at 9:52 AM
You should also know that I am eternally grateful, and never miss the opportunity to show appreciation for someone so wonderful sharing her culinary gifts with the likes of me. <3!
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Please keep it sweet!

How we became an SCD family

In 2009, my husband was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. As it turns out, he was originally diagnosed by me, who has a BA in Fine Arts, access to WebMD and sometimes watches House and not, as you might assume, by his doctor, who has a medical degree and probably finds House fans annoying. She told him he needed more fiber in his diet...

He finally convinced his doc to run some tests and has been under the care of a gastroenterologist for the last few years. He's been on a handful of different medications which have gone from making him crazy to nauseated and are apparently doing some unpleasant things to his liver but aren't actually doing much to put his CD in remission. Shortly after he was diagnosed, we attended a CCFA conference and heard about the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. We half-heartedly tried it at the time but it was hard to stick to and his doctor suggested that he try to cut out gluten instead since that was less restrictive. After a year of that and about a million flare-ups, he realized that he would have to get serious about his diet if he wanted to feel better. Now he's back on the SCD and, as the person who does most of the cooking in our house, so am I for the most part.

The good news is that I love to cook. This is probably obvious since I have a blog about cooking and only food-nerds like me actually write about what they cook for other food-nerds like you who like to read about food in your spare time. So I generally find this diet to be an exciting challenge rather than a burden and I hope that some of my ideas and recipes are helpful to you.

Disclaimer which seems like a good idea: This blog is not intended to be a substitute for medical advice (remember how I mentioned that my degree is in art?) and is also not affiliated with or endorsed by any other SCD book or website. If you have questions about foods that are legal on this diet, check out the book, Breaking the Vicious Cycle by Elaine Gottschall or the website, www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/.

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