Self Help Way To Treat Colitis and Other IBS Conditions, Second Edition by DeLamar Gibbons Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Self Help Way To Treat Colitis and Other IBS Conditions, Second Edition
Book Review: Gibbons is my hero, I owe him the world
Summary: 5 Stars
I found this book when feeling much despair in the treatment of my daughter who was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. I cannot recommend this book enough to anyone who has any IBD inflammatory bowel disease or IBS inflammatory bowel syndrome. We were offered surgery, (colon removal,) or heavy duty medications for our elementary age girl. She had been sick for several (7) months with bloody diarrhea. Some medications helped for a short period of time,(prednisone and mesalamine,) but it was only weeks before they didn't help. It finally occurred to me that we needed to look closer at fructose when she became quite ill after Halloween weekend. She had consumed soda pop, orange juice, and way too much candy. At first we stopped the fructose for about 5 days, we saw some improvement. But to fully implement this treatment we needed to stop milk as well, (she still got to eat cheeses and yogurts). We also reduced wheat products, only giving low fiber types like white bread in small doses and switching to gutten free whenever we could. Also we had already stopped the polyols, sugar alcohol artificial sweetners. Some artificial sweetners are okay and are quite helpful, such as aspartame. This was early in December 2009. I have since found out that this is called a FODMAP diet. Getting information on this diet appears somewhat limited, but it's out there and in this book. Nine days after full implementation of this method with our daughter and the blood in her stools stopped. Fifteen days after implementing this method and my daughter told me her bowel movements are back to the way they were 8 months ago prior to all of this starting, aka normal. She is not taking any medications. She is getting supplements of iron for her residual anemia and she takes a child size dose of basic, inexpensive probiotics. She also gets some vitamins. At first we weren't sure that this would be a lasting effect, maybe just a remission. But after looking long and hard for information on this I really truly believe that this is the answer I intended. We did not get information on this from our paid experts. We were told that diet has nothing to do with it. We were serving her medications with fruit juice several times a day!
Our daughter is well, eating well, playing well, and her energy is returning to previous levels. Nothing could make us happier. She's not suffering, just having to pay attention to what she eats along with help from her parents. We have made sure she has her special treats for her special occasions at school and with friends.
It is my understanding that fructose malabsorption is common and that is not abnormal for many to have sensitivities to consuming large loads or doses of sugar in whatever form it may come in. I will now always be a proponent of this concept. My grandmother died of ulcerative colitis in 1980. She was the best cook of all the chewy gooey sweets. I think of her often this time of year, the holidays...De Lamar Gibbons MD is my #1, all time hero. We owe him much graditute.
Book Review: Excellent Resource and Guide
Summary: 5 Stars
Although this book is short and relatively concise, it gave me the information I needed to really get my UC under control. Since I really started to methodically identify my trigger foods and cut fructose out of my diet, I haven't had a serious flare-up in almost 5 years. I've been able to completely cut out taking immunosuppresors and steriods as a part of my maintenance routine. I've reccomended this book time and time again to others. They've all reported that they've had much greater sucesss in controling their IBD condition (including UC, Crohn's, and Celiac disease) after reading this book. Buy this book, it's a great resource!Book Review: Gave me my life back!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I had been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis about a year before finding this wonderful book. At that point I was barely able to leave the house due to the awful symptoms of this disease. A week and a half after changing my diet as suggested I was able to go camping with no problems! The changes in diet outlined in this book are easy to try and don't cost extra. Just try it for two weeks, it could make a difference in your life, too.Book Review: Good, bad, and ugly
Summary: 3 Stars
This is the best, most complete overview of the mechanics of fructose intolerance and how it affects bowel health that I have found in years of reading, but there are disappointing gaps in the author's practical advice, and some downright bizarre statements about weight loss. If you have found that the conventional high-fiber diet for IBS is not helping (or even making your IBS worse), read this book. This may be the key to your problems. Unfortunately, after convincingly establishing that fructose intolerance is at the root of much bowel distress, the author gives only spotty practical advice about what to eat and what to avoid. For example, he repeatedly warns against eating "wheat fiber," but says nothing whatsoever about oat or rice fiber. Are they safer? Just as bad? He mentions "waffle syrup made of corn" several times as a source of fructose. Is he implying that pure maple syrup is safe? Maple syrup is very high in fructose I believe, but anyone reading this book might assume that as long as the syrup is not derived from corn it is harmless. And his weight loss advice is just strange. He rails against ketogenic diets as unhealthy and counterproductive to weight loss, then gives you his version to try! While the bulk of his argument is a revision of the unexamined conventional wisdom on "healthy" eating that he believes is all wrong for IBS sufferers, his weight loss advice is a hodge-podge of exactly the same kind of lazy conventional wisdom. I suspect this reflects the fact that serious bowel disorders (his area of expertise) are more likely to result in weight loss and emaciation than obesity, so his weight loss diet is kind of a careless afterthought.
In the end, I recommend this book for its detailed discussion of fructose intolerance and its role in bowel disease, but if you decide to take the low-fructose approach to healing, look for another list of "eat this, avoid that" foods. As for weight loss, any low carb approach will be low fructose. Find the one you can live with.
Book Review: This diet works!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been taking medication for proctitis for some time now. My symptoms would not go away. I had asked my doctor which foods to avoid and basically he said to avoid anything that doesn't seem to work for me. I finally went on line for some reading material and found this book. After a week on this diet, I started seeing results. I am now symptom free and it has only been 3 weeks. The great thing about this diet is that I don't have to make special recipes. I just have to avoid specific things. It is very easy to follow. Thank you as this book has gave me my life back again.