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Title: Why Doesn't My Doctor Know This?: Conquering Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Crohn's Disease and Colitis
ISBN: 160037316X
Author:
David Dahlman
Publicate Date: 2008-02-01
Publish: 2008-02-01
List Price: $17.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: The most helpful book I have seen for Crohn's
I bought several books on Crohn's disease from Amazon and I found this to be the most useful.
It will outline a decent diet with supplements for you to take for 3 months (or more.) It greatly lessened my pain.
If you have the money to buy the supplements for this diet, I would recommend it. If you are not going to follow the diet and buy the supplements, this book would not be for you.
The author knows what he is talking about. I have been on this regime for a little over three months and feel 90% better. It will be interesting to see what happens when I add more food items to my diet, which I plan to do next month.
The above reviewer says that the supplements would cost over $800, maybe I did not buy them all but I would say it is over $200 a month with the expensive probiotics.
When I originally went to my gastroenterologist, I told him that it felt as if I had swallowed a cactus, now my intestines just feel a bit tired. I will settle for that.
I hope you feel better. I know how bad this can be.
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2: Great Book!
This is a great book! For any IBS sufferers out there this program works! I've only been on the protocol for about two weeks, but I've had a significant improvement in my IBS. Much better than just getting pills from a traditional doctor and "covering up" symptoms.
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3: why doesn't my doctor know this
This book offers a different viewpoint from conventional thinking about IBS - encouraging to know that IBS can be cured. However, the treatment plans outlined need to be followed up by clinical studies.
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4: Good pointers for identifying diet and intolerances which may be bothering you
I believe David Dahlman has a genuine interest in helping individuals who suffer from digestive illnesses. Dahlman's own clinic and his popular website are frequented by those looking for solutions to their illnesses. Those that he has helped are very supportive of his techniques. His book is a culmination of the material that he shares with his patients. I found his book to be well written and a pretty easy read. Although Dahlman is a chiropractor physician, rather than a medical doctor, he writes about many traditional suggestions in his important Step-by-Step Thought Process chapter which you may in fact also learn from a good traditional physician who cares like Dahlman does. Many of his steps center on diet and intolerances that sufferers may not be aware of and also of bacteria levels in your gut that become out of whack. Bacteria levels are a popular mainstream target of investigation right now. He has good pointers for identifying and avoiding intolerances. One major area that he stays away from, in the traditional sense, is the prescribing of medicines and his apparent negative view of the pharmaceutical industry. He believes that the pharmaceutical industry is guessing at ways to mask the symptoms of IBS, without getting to the cause. A true statement, since right now nobody has identified the cause of IBS; however, the pharmaceutical industry in my opinion is just as interested in helping individuals who suffer from digestive illnesses just like Dahlman. Dahlman writes two very useful chapters, Alternative Medicine Techniques to Avoid and Laboratory Tests, both chapters which many IBS sufferers should read so that they may understand the reasons that these techniques and tests may not have provided the results that they were looking for. In summary, I recommend this book and hope that it provides some relief for your symptoms.
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5: Lots of good ideas
This book made lots of sense for the problems that we have. It is well written and very easy to read and understand.
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