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	• Patient Heal Thyself: A Remarkable Health Program Combining Ancient Wisdom With Groundbreaking Clinical ... Jordan S. Rubin, Gary Gordon Freedom Publishing Company (IL), 2002 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 49 reviews view larger image
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Didn't give this book/diet a chance for years...so glad I did

I'd heard of the maker's diet several years ago but am not particularly religious at all and it just didn't resonate with me. As my symptoms became more debilitating I eventually tried the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. I do competitive bodybuilding and so am VERY accustomed to strict year round dieting...but I still struggled with the Specific Carb Diet as it just seemed to exclude everything and anything that could possibly ever be triggering of symptoms. It took me several months after trying that diet, and being put on steroids and sleeping pills on top of high doses of anti-inflamatories, before I decided to give another go at healing myself outside of traditional medicine.

My current trainer at the time actually recommended the book in addition to his own plan for finding out what my trigger foods were. I didn't get the book for months, and we made small improvements such that I was off my medicine but having symptoms that were teetering on the verge of a major flare up. I got the book because I was desperate not to go back on medication for the rest of my life. I began reading it page for page but then started to flare up pretty seriously. So I skipped immediately to the specific dietary recommendations and those tailored to my diagnosis (severe ulcerative colitis) and just dove in with his recommendations. Now I don't know about anyone else, but this what happened for me:

Within days of incorporating a few foods and excluding a few others that he thought were most important...my symptoms abated. Within a week or so however, they worsened BIG TIME. Far worse than what I had been experiencing with my trainer. I knew how long I could experience my symptoms before they would become a medical emergency, so I waited it out. After 2-3 weeks of what felt like a major backslide, my symptoms nearly stopped. Nearly. But I know this takes time and it could be several years before they really go away...but for the first time I feel confident that I can actually manage this MYSELF...and that they will, eventually, stop altogether.

I don't use many supplements unless I really believe in them. I did NOT buy any of his garden of life products (such as the HSO's). What literally did the trick it seemed, along with following the guidelines in general...was that unprocessed/unrefined organic coconut oil. It was actually the item I put off buying at first because I just thought I could take it or leave it. But for me....it's the clincher. On 2 Tbsp's a day, my symptoms dramatically decreased after that flare up. It was when I doubled it to 4 Tbsp's a day that they damn near stopped. I don't know what all it's components are...or how it does whatever it does...and really, I don't care right now. I can function again without colitis dictating my work and social life. So don't feel like you have to necessarily buy any "crazy" stuff. Maybe I'd heal sooner if I invested in some of his products, but maybe not. Right now, his basic plan and recommendations are giving me exactly what I wanted: independence from medicine. Comfortable! independence.

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An amazing true story about healing

This was an amazing story about how a young man healed himself from severe illness. He accomplishes healing himself by going back to the basic nutrients and foods that God tells us to consume in the bible.

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Good Combo Book with...

..."Restoring Your Digestive Health" also by Jordan Rubin. This book lays out how certain products of his Garden of Life line were developed, why they were created, and how and when to use them. Unfortunately it is a bit out of date as more products have been developed since then ~ but it's still a good foundation read.

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I was not impressed with the first book. I donated this one without reading it.

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Patient Heal Thyself: A Remarkable Health Program Combining Ancient Wisdom With Groundbreaking Clinical Research

Patient Heal Thyself: A Remarkable Health Program Combining Ancient Wisdom With Groundbreaking Clinical Research
People who have stomach issues will greatly be helped by this book I feel. I have given it to a couple of people so that can help themselves.

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Author Jordan Rubin, N.M.D., C.N.C., survived terminal Crohn?s disease. This story of his experience with alternative medicine and the cure that he eventually discovered in homeostatic soil organisms and the Maker?s Diet gives hope to everyone with an incurable disease. ?No matter what health challenges plague you today, there is hope for an answer.? So says Jordan Rubin in the introduction to this truly unique book. After all, he knows: Once at death?s door, he turned his life around. This book details how you too can make lasting changes in your life. In these pages, you will learn the health secrets that allowed our ancestors to live long, diseasefree lives. You will learn how to regain your health if you?ve lost it or how to maintain the excellent health that you currently enjoy and even slow premature aging. If you?re looking for an optimal health plan for you and your family that is validated by history, science and our Creator, then buckle up; you?re in for a wild ride!

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