Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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I read about the SPECIFIC CARBOHIDRTATE DIET , by elaine gottschall , and she explain that bad bacteria damage the gut , creating the disease.

So at the end , to evitate IBD/IBS when have just to avoid sugars and carboidrathes ( except the ones which are containend is friuts and some vegetables ) and also avoid the food which causes leaky gut ( cereals,legumes,tomatoes,ect) ?

I'd like to see your opinion!

Stay Paleo

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pfw · Answer 1 · 2012-06-20 23:14:17Z UTC

Seems to work for me. Avoiding gluten, starch and fiber for a year (ie eating only meat) allowed me to stop my meds for Crohn's. That was 2009-2010. Since then, I've added vegetables and some starches back in, with no apparent negative effect on my Crohn's.

Not sure about SFA causing a bad bacteria overgrowth. Maybe there is something to that, but for me at least, a diet rich in animal fats had exactly the opposite effect. It's important to remember that with something like Crohn's (and probably any auto-immune disorder), you're looking at a very complex system going haywire in a way which is not easily reversible or studyable. High SFA might be really bad in the context of an otherwise standard diet, but benign or not damaging enough to be worrisome in the context of a strict paleo diet.

Kyev · Answer 2 · 2012-06-21 00:23:08Z UTC

In short, dysbiosis is what I believe to be the cause in many cases. This video sums it up well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbJuVvT6ALQ

I took an antibiotic (along with probiotic at the same time) about a year ago for an infected bug bite. My IBS improved quite noticeably during that time. Maintaining the balance though is a bit of a challenge. Diet & lifestyle & dysbiosis need to be addressed all together.

January · Answer 3 · 2012-06-20 23:01:40Z UTC

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Here's one that made me grind my teeth:

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/06/13/saturated-fats-change-gut-bacteria-and-may-raise-risk-for-inflammatory-bowel-disease/

answered Jun 20 at 23:01

January
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	Really interesting!.. but WTF , then what should we eat ?!?! – Matteo Jun 20 at 23:08
	It was diary fat, and in a mouse - not yet tested on humans. I'll like to see a human study before I make up my mind on this – julianne Jun 20 at 23:36
	If I don't eat dairy , but just meat , It doesn't change , right ? – Matteo Jun 20 at 23:46
	For that study, the "high fat diet" included significant carbohydrates, I think around 40-45% from memory. Also its unknown if there "milk fat" contained lactose, which is well known to feed all sorts of bacteria. It doesnt seem like a super well controlled/designed experiment, and id have to read the full abstract before coming to any conclusions too. – Jamie Jun 21 at 0:24
	it might make people annoyed, but some people have overgrowth of sulfer and protein consuming bacteria and a low-carb diet is not going to help them. – Bread-Eating Beelzebub Jun 21 at 5:16

Crowlover · Answer 4 · 2012-06-21 05:09:36Z UTC

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Its the only diet that helped my niece with her SIBO. Worked better than GAPS for her.

answered Jun 21 at 5:09

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