What is the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD)? SCD is a healthy diet that relies on foods that have only simple carbohydrates. This includes many fresh vegetables, fruit, protein, and honey. Eating simple carbohydrates, as opposed to complex carbohydrates, affects the balance of your intestinal bacteria as well as other aspects of your microbiome. The goal of the diet is to starve out bad bacteria in the gut so that your intestines can heal. Certain carbohydrates are not fully digested and…
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