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By March of 1995, I'd had Ulcerative Colitis for a dozen years
and was completely resigned to living my life from bathroom
to bathroom where I would helplessly watch my life sustaining
blood swirl the bowl as it flushed down the toilet.
I'd heard
of, but was reluctant to even read "Breaking the Vicious Cycle",
having been convinced by doctors that diet had no effect on
UC, the demon that controlled my existence. I finally read
Elaine Gottschall's book to pacify a well-meaning friend and
after reading it, frankly, my reluctance deepened. The diet
outlined in the book was so radically opposed to all I knew,
that I was convinced that to try it would only hasten my death.
As fate
would have it, my cousin knew someone who had tried this diet
and convinced me to call her. I spoke to someone who sounded
even sicker than I was and she spoke of a "cure" and of a
"miracle" and of complete "remission". Who could resist?
I began
the SCD diet on April 1st 1995 and my first helping of home-made
yogurt soothed and comforted my burning, diseased gut and
completely changed the course of my life.
I could
write a book about the experience, but suffice it to say that
I would go to any lengths to tell anyone who will listen about
the "Specific Carbohydrate Diet". My small contribution has
been to open a listserver format online that currently has
about 350 members where diet information and support is available
and exchanged.
It is
my hope that one day doctors hand out copies of this book
to newly diagnosed IBD patients in the same way they would
hand a prescription of insulin to a diabetic.
Rachel Turet
Long Island, April 2000
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Rachel's story