Self Help Way To Treat Colitis and Other IBS Conditions, Second Edition by De Lamar Gibbons

DeLamar Gibbons, M.D., practiced medicine in rural Utah and Idaho for more than 25 years and later served as director of clinical research for The Saturday Evening Post. He is the author of many medical articles and books.

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My son Tom, now aged sixteen, had suffered from ulcerative colitis for almost three years. I often looked for advice and help on the internet, once it became apparent that the gastroenterologist's standard medicines, azothioprine and steroids, were not helping Tom. We were actually told by the specialist that diet made no difference!!! As I watched Tom grow taller and thinner by the month, we tried the specific carbohydrate diet. This did not help. I next took him to a naturopath, who prescribed slippery elm, which worked well for three months, then back to square one he went. Then I found the book, written by an American doctor, who himself had suffered from colitis, and had researched it, using all his scientific skills and understanding, until he found a solution. It was simply to remove from the diet all sugar, fruit and milk. This is an easy diet to shop and cook for. Basically, Tom can eat anything savoury. We never did buy junk food - he only eats freshly prepared meat, fish, chicken, vegetables, potatoes, rice, pasta, etc. Within days, as it says in the book, Tom felt better. The damaged gut began to heal. After three months, he was well enough to take some exams, and after spending three years in his room, misssing school and friends, he is now leading a normal life again! It feels like a miracle, and it is now six months since he started the diet. We are all meticulous about Tom's food. My daughter and I no longer eat sweets, cake or biscuits - well a little chocolate maybe, to help and support Tom in his recovery. Friends and family prayed for him, but it still feels like a wonderful miracle. Tom himself confessed to me that he thought he would never recover.