The Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) also helps people with celiac disease (gluten intolerance). In fact, it deals with all sorts of intestinal intolerances. The SCD limits the types of carbohydrates to those that are the easiest to digest (simple carbs). That is, carbs that contain only a single molecule. Therefore, table sugar (disaccharides) and starches (polysaccharides) are not allowed. These types of polysaccarides include grain flours, potatoes, rice and corn. Soy is also not allowed. Disaccharides include white table sugar, corn syrup and molasses just to name a few. Sugar alcohols and sucralose are also now allowed. The diet is pretty restrictive, but it aids in helping many different types of instestinal disorders.

If you think you are gluten intolerant, it's worth trying the SCD for a couple of weeks to see how you respond. Sometimes people may also have c.diff and not know it. In this case, SCD won't help much until that's taken care of first. If you suspect c.diff, you'll need to contact your doctor and get a prescription (I think Flagyl) to help. However, if you have a yeast infection, Flagyl may make it worse.