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The following are excerpted reviews of Elaine's books. Click each title to view its full text.

 

Breaking The Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health Through Diet

"..The Specific Carbohydrate Diet eliminates all simple sugars. As discussed under IBS, many people are unable to split disaccharide sugars (lactose, sucrose, maltose, and isomaltose) into single molecule sugars. This may explain, in part, why the diet is so successful. The Specific Carbohydrate Diet also eliminates grains, which generally cause inflammation of the intestines in people with IBD. Leo Galland, MD, has found that the Specific Carbohydrate Diet works well for people with IBD."

Breaking The Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health Through Diet

"..Intestinal disorders are becoming endemic, and worse, the conventional medical wisdom has little to offer. Anyone with any of these disorders would be prudent to give this diet serious attention."