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Posted 1/7/2011 3:57 AM (GMT 0)
Has anyone ever tried the diet the Dr. Klein suggest in his book Self Healing Colitis & Crohn's? I just purchased the book and am thinking about trying it, but wanted to check out some other opinions on it. I'm not into perscription meds and am trying to heal naturally. I'm doing ok right now on VSL#3 and slippery elm, but am still seeing some blood even though my stools are normal for the first time in almost 2 years.
Posted 1/7/2011 12:39 PM (GMT 0)
I bought the book too.  I thought it was an interesting read, but I think he goes a bit off the deep end.  It's great the diet worked for him and supposedly for others as well, but I would have a really hard time with it, I am not a meat loving carnivore by any means, but I also don't think a vegan diet is for me.  The one thing I did take from the book and try was the juice fast, which did bring about a change in my symptoms, for the better.  Then after gradually adding back some other solid foods, I felt like I could better see results of individual foods I put back in my diet.  I lost about 10 lbs doing this, however, and I was pretty skinny to begin with.

I would be interested to hear if anyone else here has read this book or tried anything from it, and what other experiences have been.  Every body is so different with this disease, or so it seems, and I guess different things work for different people.

 

Posted 1/7/2011 12:59 PM (GMT 0)
     Not familiar with Dr. Klein's diet but I can tell you what diet NOT to follow and that is the Atkins.  While following the Atkins, or is it Adkins, my symptoms first appeared...downhill ever since and that was in 98.  Had a total colectomy with end ileo last June.
Posted 1/7/2011 1:03 PM (GMT 0)
I think you really need to get in touch with the author do do this. He uses juice fasts, and you really need to get in touch with him at first to do it. You can end up giving your self worse symtems if you do not. I have tried the raw diet it did benifit me but the thing was is i could never stop the bleeding. I didnt know about candida when i started it. and i was eating like banana smooties in the morring, whole melons lots and lots of fruit. when i gave up the fruit the bleeding stopped. So i guess it was the surgar.

If you do want to speak to someone who says they had success with David then do? her name is healthybun i dont know if she is still on line but she was on the web page of www.rawfoodsupport.com she could tell you about it if your really want to try it. She has crohns.

hope this helps. I would defintaly research and think about what to do before you jumb in. you really have to follow it thoughly and do the fasts, and dont do that alone. be careful and research what you do before you do it

Post Edited (Hellokitty) : 1/7/2011 6:13:28 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 1/7/2011 1:17 PM (GMT 0)
I've read and researched the Klein diet and it would make me much worse because my colon doesn't like fruit juice and almost all fruit at this time. Juice fasts are very popular in Hollywood when actresses want to lose weight fast. They call it "detoxing". Be careful.
Posted 1/8/2011 2:22 AM (GMT 0)
I'm glad I got some other opinions on it. From what I've read so far I do see certain aspects of it that would help, but I don't think I could follow it completely. I am not sure I'd want to do this diet for the rest of my life either. I thank you for your comments. I will likely take a few things from it, but I don't need to lose a bunch of weight from where I am now. I've already lost quite a bit in the last 2 months.
Posted 1/8/2011 2:30 AM (GMT 0)
I think diet is something that one must trial and error- it's a very individual thing.  Someone posted for example that Atkins is the one defintiely "not" to try- but for me, even though I dearly miss cereal, bread, and sweets, a very low carb diet reduces my symptoms compared to a diet moderate (Specific Carb) or high (standard American diet) carb diet.  Ditto for the various elimination diets- one has to simply trial and error them at least for a few weeks I'd think.  However, whatever diet one finds works best, I'd strongly recommend shifting to real food and eliminating processed food as much as practical, both for IBD-dampening and for general health purposes.

 

Posted 1/9/2011 1:06 AM (GMT 0)
Interesting topic, the Atkins diet was awesome for me. Notice that the more meat I eat (and the less carbs) the better I do. Perhaps I am full of neanderthal genes (me and OZZY). It seems the less food I eat the worse I get. Odd.
Posted 1/9/2011 2:22 AM (GMT 0)
I'm fructose intolerant. So no Klein's diet for me.
Posted 1/11/2011 6:49 PM (GMT 0)
Dr. Klein, number one is not a "Dr." check his credentials. His book and approach is far from scientifically sound. I followed his approach for nearly 6 months, and was "counseled" over the phone by home at the time. I lost weight and did not recover at all. I have since been on the the SCD/Paleo diet and have gained weight and energy.

Please do as much research on diet, not just specific to UC, but healthy diets.

undergroundwellness.com
draxe.com

Books:

Paleo Solution - Robb Wolf
Primal Blueprint - Mark Sisson

One truth I have found that helps me no matter what is drinking green juices!
Posted 1/11/2011 7:13 PM (GMT 0)
I researched and rejected it when I was at my sickest. An inflamed gut is not going to react well to raw fruits and vegetables. Juicing can be difficult, expensive and messy. Lean meats and eggs are a great source of protein and are among my "safe" foods. Too many things did not ring true with what I instinctively felt my body needed.
Posted 1/16/2011 5:59 PM (GMT 0)
I started on the Dr. Klein's diet a year ago, and my symptoms improved within a week. I kept to the diet for about a month, but I have changed to a diet that includes some starches and beans and such, and I have been feeling quite well. I doubt the diet will work for everyone, but for me it changed my life. At first I couldn't really digest vegetables well, but then my body slowly started to adapt.
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