Hi JHendrix, Truthfully, I didn't know about SCD: the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. But, at this moment I opened up SCD lifestyle. Being that my "illness" isn't Crohns or IBD or UC, I lived greatly out of the loop of medical experiences/frustrations and hopeful solutions that I imagine most of the non-FAP/Gardners Syndrome J-Pouch community (which is at least 99.9% of the community) know. I've read and learned a ton over the past years, especially over the past 10 months. I've considered AGEs and FODMAPs and read about Celiac, although I don't believe that I would be diagnosed with Celiac and wouldn't return to gluten just for being evaluated. Thinking about FODMAPS and the argument that there is no Gluten Intolerance but a reaction to FODMAPS and that IBD is an issue purely about FODMAPS, I flit my hand as if shooing away a fly. Why? because most of my issues disappeared without removing most FODMAPS. And after reading about high sulfur content vegetables (Onions/Garlic) for balancing out the AGEs in heat chained proteins and about the need for sulfur with vegetable protein for building cell membranes etc (I'm not vegetarian, but understand that not everyone eats animal protein all the time or enough for subsistence; actually most humans don't eat animal protein regularly, but they need protein, fat and cholesterol for maintaining their bodily structures amongst many other things... and the sulfur in the onions and garlic can't hurt...) So, maybe it is something else... And has anyone studied what forms more AGEs in the human body; excess sugar or heat altered protein? What causes breast cancer; genetic propensity or too much sugar in the diet considering that diabetic women have a 300% greater risk of developing Breast Cancer than non diabetic women. But, the "medicine" or public "health" continues telling women to decrease fat intake for decreasing risk of breast cancer... Has anyone removed excess glucose from a human test body in order to see if it wasn't refined carbs afterall? The same thing goes for Diabetes related heart disease, since the numbers reflect that of Breast Cancer and still "they" are talking about saturated fat and cholesterol...
I'm sorry if it seems if I'm running on a tangent or raving... But, I believe I have a point: a society that has suddenly become extremely dependent upon refined carbs (especially economically from both sides: very lucrative and very inexpensive), like an alcoholic or a co-dependent family member, will not allow itself to truly consider refined carbs as an issue, even if it is killing the loved-ones, draining the family bank account and destroying the community... not even a supposedly un-biased scientific community... I remember talking with a J-Poucher who complained about severe issues of Pouchitis, but wasn't willing to remove alcohol from their periods of rest and "relaxation"...