Modified Specific Carbohydrate Diet
Modified SCD is an expanded or modified version of the SCD.
About mSCD
Modified SCD is a diet that is derived from SCD but attempts to add back in a few select healthy whole foods to offer patients expanding options and to potentially feed a more diverse microbiome. Note that the definition of modified SCD is evolving. The specifics as to how the diet is modified could be as vague as the diet was not followed strictly (early uses of the term), to a very defined list of added foods allowed in specified amounts if tolerated.
mSCD Food Table
The food list provided is a simplistic overview of the basic requirements of the diet, offering a bird's eye view of restricted and allowed foods. It is not an all-inclusive list of the allowed and restricted foods, nor does it define all the rules of the diet.
This list should NOT be used as a guide to following the diet.
Details about the mSCD
The final stage of mSCD is described in the table. While mSCD does not have official stages, patients often begin with SCD (optionally following the stages described on pecanbread.com) and then proceed to mSCD after sustained remission.
The mSCD allows for introduction of other healthy foods outside the normal parameters of the diet after sustained remission (generally recommended to wait until 1 or 2 years of sustained remission). Because these food additions could be anything tolerated by the patient, they are not included in the food table.
Per Day: Maximum of 2 servings of any combination of rice/oats/sweet potato
Per Week: Minimum of 3 servings and maximum of 6 servings of any combination of rice/oats/sweet potato
Serving Size: 1 cup
Per Day: Maximum of 2 servings of any combination of rice/oats/sweet potato
Per Week: Minimum of 3 servings and maximum of 6 servings of any combination of rice/oats/sweet potato
Serving Size: 1 cup
Per Day: Maximum of 2 servings of any combination of rice/oats/sweet potato
Per Week: Minimum of 3 servings and maximum of 6 servings of any combination of rice/oats/sweet potato
Serving Size: 1 cup
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