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Th Specific C rb h dr t Diet, or SCD, a strict gr n-fr , l t -fr , nd sucrose-free diet designed f r l with irritable b w l d (IBD), irritable b w l ndr m (IBS), and th r gastrointestinal nd t n . It w first d v l d by Sidney V l nt n H , MD, wh utl n d th r t l in his b k, M n g m nt f C l Disease, in 1951. Th diet b m ul r z d in the 1990s by th b h m t El n G tt h ll, wh l m d th l n helped h r d ught r recover from ul r t v l t . G tt h ll nt nu d r r h n the d t nd l t r wr t a b k, Br k ng th Vicious C l Intestinal H lth Thr ugh D t ( r g n ll ubl h d n 1994). Th basis f th d t, according t Dr. H , th t carbohydrates, being f rm f ug r, r m t nd fuel th gr wth f b t r nd yeast n th nt t n , causing n imbalance nd eventual overgrowth. H believed bacterial nd yeast overgrowth could m r th fun t n f nz m n the nt t n l ll surface, which w uld prevent th proper d g t n nd absorption of carbohydrates. Th Specific Carbohydrate D t (SCD) has been h l d as th gold t nd rd of d t r tr tm nt plans f r people suffering from autoimmune nd digestive d rd r . Its r f u n l m n t ng non-essential rb h dr t kn wn to u nfl mm t n, n lud ng gr n , starchy tub r , and milk r du t h gh n lactose. Th SCD n ut you n th r d t r v r fr m m n d b l t t ng symptoms caused by l d , ul r t v l t , Crohn's d , d v rt ul t , nd m r .

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