Food is the best medicine

In the late 1960's Henry G. Bieler published his first book, "Food Is Your Best Medicine". A brilliant medical doctor, he had formulated a dietary approach for treating and preventing illness.

I was in a downward spiral and getting weaker, having lost 20 pounds in 3 months. My mother had heard of a new method for treating IBD and sent me the book that was to begin my quest to find a cure for my disease.

Temps perdu

I was born at the turning point of the mid-century. Two great things were happening: a new miracle drug, penicillin, was coming into widespread use and a book about the Specific Carbohydrate Diet was published.

I was exposed to the drug almost from birth. Every sniffle, sore throat and earache elicited a little green box of pills to be taken every four hours for two weeks. The resulting stomache aches and diarrhea were collateral damage. Doctor's orders must be obeyed.

In my end is my beginning

If I were writing a novel, I would save this part for the climax, building suspense and providing a satisfying denoument. Yet it would be unkind to delay this most important information. If you gain nothing else from my story, know that there is a cure, you can do it yourself, and it costs nothing more than the food you need to live. So here it is:

"Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health through Diet"

by Elaine Gottschall

http://books.google.com/books?id=R-5ZwrIcudUC

Read this book. Buy it or borrow it from your library as I did. It saved my life.

Welcome

Hello to my fellow sufferers, their families and friends, and physicians,

Anyone who has had to deal with the horrible effects of Inflammatory Bowel Disease will know why I'm posting this on the internet. As difficult as this is for me, I want to share my story. If it will help even one single person, it will be worth it.

Having endured the symptoms of Crohn's and colitis for most of my life, I have finally found relief.