What is the Cleveland Clinic specific carbohydrate diet?
                                
                                
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                                First developed in the 1920s to treat celiac disease, the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) is a restrictive eating plan that eliminates certain hard-to-digest carbohydrates to promote intestinal healing. The Cleveland Clinic acknowledges the potential benefits of the SCD for managing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other digestive disorders.