Kickas.org Forums Treatments, Drugs and Alternatives NSD and diet-related; Question that I am sure has been asked

Hello all!

I have been playing around with the NSD for awhile, but am ready to make it serious. I have a few questions before I start. The first question I have is fruit and sugur OK? I noticed in the sample daily diet it included a chocolate bar and fruit. My understanding of NSD is fruit is a starch, is that true for this diet?

Also, is it possible to just do the diet without the enemas? That is one of the frietening things about the diet. I had one before I delivered my son and it was the most painful thing I went through during labor. Not looking forward to it at all. Please forward me any information you can.

Thanks for everything.


Allison

Hi Allison,

I eat all kinds of fruit... I do not have an issue with sugar at the levels I eat. If you are sensitive to sugar it may point to a candidas overgrowth (I experienced once). If you are like most of us on NSD/LSD, you just need to avoid starchy fruit like bananas and under ripe fruit. I eat plenty of apples, pears, raisons, dried cranberries, blueberries, cherries, blackberries, raspberries, kiwi, pineapple, lemon/limes (juice), honeydew, cantaloupe, watermelon, grapes etc.....

Not sure where it talks about enemas as required... but not required if you do not care for them. AS is an individual disease and you will need to learn what works for you and what you feel comfortable with doing. I did well with No Starch and never having this performed.

I wanted to move from No Starch to Low Starch... so I did have a series of colonics performed in which I had friendly bacteria infused and killed off some of the kp. Not painful at all in my experience. Not sure I would have the success I am having today with Low Starch if I had not had this done. Previously could only be this pain/inflamation free when I was No Starch. But today I have rice every day and hardly notice most of the time now. Going to get back to the gym in near future it appears with how well I am doing... will be the first since commencing diet 2 yrs ago.

Can not tell you how much I believe in this diet... I seem to be getting better with this disease rather than very slowly slipping as I was when on medications for 6 yrs (azulfadine and NSAID's)... as measured by having to slowly give up athletic events slowly over time.

Hope that helps,

Tim

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>> Also, is it possible to just do the diet without the enemas? (...) I had one before I
>> delivered my son and it was the most painful thing I went through during labor.

I do the LSD (Low Starch Diet) and have never taken an enema in my life. I have not had much of a desire to do them either. I have heard great things about "coffee enemas", and although the reported pain relief makes me very curious... im still not so keen to "go there". Perhaps a top down enema ?? : laxatives, psyllium husks, and drinking lots of water ... I am sure that would be less hassle then enemas.

I am sure that when done correctly an enema should not be painful... I think most of us NSD'ers have never ever had an enema. Though john certainly will have.

"So long and thanks for all the fish" - Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy

No problem Allison - enemas are ocasionally mentioned here, but sure, a few people here use them regularly for cleansing. They are NOT compulsory.
As zark suggests, fruit or epsom salts could have a less invasive action.
The idea of a cleanse of some kind is important so a water fast, an apple fast or a fruit fast is a good idea at some stage. It is just very convenient to use the cleanse at the very start of a restrictive diet as it makes a natural change-over event in one's head...
(as well as geting rid of the old toxins and debris of the old diet)
A clean slate.

There is a difference between carbohydrates and starches - we all eat cabohydrates to some degree, but we avoid ALL starches where possible. Starches are long chain sugars and not the simple ones of fruit and honey. Sucrose (normal table sugar) has its own problems, but it is a slightly larger molecule similar to lactose and maltose so it can possibly feed unwanted bacteria if we cannot digest it all.

Ted

I've got Crohn’s disease...
...and he's got mine...
Spike Milligan

Thanks for your help everyone. I am going to give it a try. Already took out all of the junk food. I'll keep posting to let you know how I am doing. Thanks again.


Allison