Self Healing Colitis & Crohns: The Complete Wholistic Guide to Healing the Gut & Staying Well Paperback – October 26, 2014

I was so much doubtful while ordering this book because the first thought that came to my *logical* mind is: so many people are suffering from this UC and Crohns and if the author claims that this works 100%, why is this book not very very popular and why only 74 reviews, why not 74 thousand? In any case meds were not working for me so trying this diet, I had nothing to loose. I have UC since last 8 years and I have been on prednisone but this year prednisone also stopped working. I studied the book completely and tried vegan healing protocol strictly for 2 months and guess what all my UC symptoms disappeared completely. Now I am the happiest person on earth as I am completely off all meds, eating vegan food and following post vegan healing protocol. Also during this journey certain events unfolded exactly as predicted by Dr Klein (Yes I took phone consultation with him). In our first consultation he told me certain things such as,(1) It will take 1 to 2 months time period to see improvement: I am 95% symptoms free after 2 months. (Caveat: healing time varies from person to person, the past medical history etc so please don't take 2 months timeline as a standard for everyone, there are people for whom it took 4 or 6 months too)(2) Initially due to detox the symptoms will get little worse before you notice any improvement: After being on diet for 2 weeks my bowel movements doubled, I had so much weight loss, my energy was down and I was having horrible stomach pain(3) He said for certain time period you loose weight then it becomes constant and then it increases slowly: When I started this I was 135 lb, I went down to 110 lb and then I notice improvements in my symptoms. Around this time my weight became constant for a month and now I have started gaining it slowly.Dr Klein knows what he is talking about in this book and protocol taught in this book is I think THE WAY to cure UC and Crohns. During this amazing journey Dr Klein put me in contact with so many amazing people who have healed before and talking with those people helped me stayed on course. I also took consultation from high carb health guys (just search high carb health in youtube) and that was also pretty useful.After going through this journey, I got the answer of my doubts.Q: Why is Dr Klein or this book is not very popular?A: For two reasons(1) Doing this diet requires courage and determination. I think majority of people lack this especially in a society that is completely brain washed by main stream medical science, confusing information on nutrition and our dear doctors. There is just so much fear induced by society in our brains that most of us don't have courage to stop meds and accept natural way of healing. Also the world is now full of so much misinformation on nutrition: even if you talk about giving up meat, people ask *but from where are you going to get your protein?* I really feel we as humans are so dumb and we are our own worst enemies!(2) Pharma industry never wants this kind of research to gain popularity as it means hundreds of billions of $ revenue loss. Humira alone costs more then 10 thousand $ a year and we have 200 thousand people getting diagnosed every year (on top of current UC and crohns patients). You do your math to find out revenue loss for pharma companies if everyone goes on natural healing route.I am on post healing protocol and will update after 6 months or so. But any of my fellow UC/Crohn brothers and sisters please try this out, it is totally worth it. The book has been so much enlightening that I recommend it for any health person not having a single health issue. It will open up your perspective on health, nutrition and disease.UPDATE (March, 2020)I finished 6 months being symptoms free and now it is 10 months that I stopped taking all meds. This diet just WORKS. Also check highcarbhealth.com, those guys teach the same protocol. There have been numerous other people who are benefiting. I am in contact with a lady in Idaho who also became symptoms free following this diet. For her it took around 6 months so the time period varies from person to person but if you stick to it, it is guaranteed to work!

I have suffered from colitis and crohns for 7 years. THIS BOOK changed my life in 7 DAYS! I also suffer from celiac, and will not belabor the pain, physical and emotional struggles of having these 3 diseases. I have refused treatment w/ modern prescriptions and went the so-called "natural" route for 5 years. I only became moderately better in beginning, only to experience flareups that became progressively worse. I had spent every dime I had on traditional doctors, natural doctors, vitamins, remedies, to no avail. In desperation I found this book. Having already been vegetarian for 4 yrs and vegan for 8 mos, the transition was not so hard, except for giving up the decaf coffee and salt. As soon as I let go of these things, on day 7, my world turned around! My bowels were normal after 7 years of dysfunction! I replaced my coffee with warm, pure water in the morning. I replaced my grapefruit or gluten free toast with ripe bananas and date smoothies for breakfast and enjoy the lunch and dinner guidelines for the healing phase. I am in DAY 8, after being sick for 2,555 days, not one day without pain and problems, and I am eating without pain, and can feel my body detoxing all the garbage I put in it, hoping to fix my body. Dr. Klein's analysis is brilliant and true. MY BODY HAS BEEN TRYING TO FIX MY BODY all along! I just had to stop interrupting it. I know several people suffering w/ C&C and am urging them to get off the Big Pharm merry-go-round that just keeps them sicker, promotes disease, and makes a lot of people rich in the process. The anti-inflammatories don't work. Eating a diet of meat, scrambled eggs, toast and mashed potatoes certainly won't work. Please, please, please, if you are sick with an inflammatory bowel condition, or just want vital health to be yours, buy this book! It has literally changed my life in a short time. I know because of years of damage from celiac and C&C, I have a way to go and the cravings for the offending foods are tough sometimes, but I know after a few days this is a healthier way to live. Dense, water rich, ripe foods, raw, tasty, nourishing. I never believed I could give up salt, but after a day or two, I actually started tasting the food. Beyond anything else, I, like many C&C sufferers reached the point where I would do anything to get better. I am grateful for this book and carry it with me every day so I can re-read the foods and plan for the healing stage I am in. I can't wait until I am in post-healing! Thank you Dr. Klein for your revolutionary work in this area.

My name is Collette and I just bought this book from Amazon with the help of my friend Ron, and I can see it is a very good and informative book.However, I don't quite trust the author, as I bought a book from him years ago from his company. The book turned out to be a misprint, and therefore not readable in a portion of it. I called Mr. Klein and politely explained the problem, asking that he send me a good copy...surprisingly, he was indignant and a bit angry and refused. So -- let's get this straight -- he made a profit on the money I sent, and I was left with a defective book. As a book seller, I give him ZERO points for integrity and honesty -- he took no responsibility and the responsibility should have been his to give me a readable book for my money. I lost respect for him as a fair man with sound business principles. This he wasn't. However, the book he wrote is good so I will give it four stars, but I no longer trust the man himself (we had corresponded for a time about the live food diet and had even met in person once). However, this incident ended our acquaintanceship of several years time, and I haven't spoken to him since.