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| Patient Heal Thyself: A Remarkable Health Program Combining Ancient Wisdom With Groundbreaking Clinical Research | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jordan S. Rubin, Gary Gordon
Publisher: Freedom Publishing Company (IL)
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (44 reviews)
Sales Rank: 21650
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 1893910245
Dewey Decimal Number: 615.535
EAN: 9781893910249
ASIN: 1893910245
Publication Date: December 2002
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Product Description
Author Jordan Rubin, N.M.D., C.N.C., survived terminal Crohn?s disease. This story of his experience with alternative medicine and the cure that he eventually discovered in homeostatic soil organisms and the Maker?s Diet gives hope to everyone with an incurable disease. ?No matter what health challenges plague you today, there is hope for an answer.? So says Jordan Rubin in the introduction to this truly unique book. After all, he knows: Once at death?s door, he turned his life around. This book details how you too can make lasting changes in your life. In these pages, you will learn the health secrets that allowed our ancestors to live long, diseasefree lives. You will learn how to regain your health if you?ve lost it or how to maintain the excellent health that you currently enjoy and even slow premature aging. If you?re looking for an optimal health plan for you and your family that is validated by history, science and our Creator, then buckle up; you?re in for a wild ride!
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 Didn't give this book/diet a chance for years...so glad I did November 20, 2008
I'd heard of the maker's diet several years ago but am not particularly religious at all and it just didn't resonate with me. As my symptoms became more debilitating I eventually tried the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. I do competitive bodybuilding and so am VERY accustomed to strict year round dieting...but I still struggled with the Specific Carb Diet as it just seemed to exclude everything and anything that could possibly ever be triggering of symptoms. It took me several months after trying that diet, and being put on steroids and sleeping pills on top of high doses of anti-inflamatories, before I decided to give another go at healing myself outside of traditional medicine.
My current trainer at the time actually recommended the book in addition to his own plan for finding out what my trigger foods were. I didn't get the book for months, and we made small improvements such that I was off my medicine but having symptoms that were teetering on the verge of a major flare up. I got the book because I was desperate not to go back on medication for the rest of my life. I began reading it page for page but then started to flare up pretty seriously. So I skipped immediately to the specific dietary recommendations and those tailored to my diagnosis (severe ulcerative colitis) and just dove in with his recommendations. Now I don't know about anyone else, but this what happened for me:
Within days of incorporating a few foods and excluding a few others that he thought were most important...my symptoms abated. Within a week or so however, they worsened BIG TIME. Far worse than what I had been experiencing with my trainer. I knew how long I could experience my symptoms before they would become a medical emergency, so I waited it out. After 2-3 weeks of what felt like a major backslide, my symptoms nearly stopped. Nearly. But I know this takes time and it could be several years before they really go away...but for the first time I feel confident that I can actually manage this MYSELF...and that they will, eventually, stop altogether.
I don't use many supplements unless I really believe in them. I did NOT buy any of his garden of life products (such as the HSO's). What literally did the trick it seemed, along with following the guidelines in general...was that unprocessed/unrefined organic coconut oil. It was actually the item I put off buying at first because I just thought I could take it or leave it. But for me....it's the clincher. On 2 Tbsp's a day, my symptoms dramatically decreased after that flare up. It was when I doubled it to 4 Tbsp's a day that they damn near stopped. I don't know what all it's components are...or how it does whatever it does...and really, I don't care right now. I can function again without colitis dictating my work and social life. So don't feel like you have to necessarily buy any "crazy" stuff. Maybe I'd heal sooner if I invested in some of his products, but maybe not. Right now, his basic plan and recommendations are giving me exactly what I wanted: independence from medicine. Comfortable! independence.
Excellent Book For Anyone Living With Chrohn's Disease May 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I paid 35 cents plus shipping and the book came like it is brand new condition. It is an outdated version but I had no intentions of paying the price for the updated one. Anyone living with chrohn's as myself should read it. I get the Chrohn's newsletters and keep up with anything that comes out for Chrohn's. Anyone with Chrohn's knows there is never enough information we can get on this dreadful disease. If anyone does purchase this book the author does have his own website. Do not hesitate to purchase used books from this company, there better than good in shipping and price on there books.
 good book December 31, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My husband bought this book and is in the process of reading it now. He says its been great so far, very informative. He is a Crohn's patient and is considering trying these methods in order to reduce his daily steroid intake.
Would recommend this book. Received shipment quickly.
 "Patient Heal Thyself" by Jordan Rubin October 9, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Patient Heal Thyself" is the story of Jordan Rubin's recovery from Crohn's disease and how improving his diet played a role. It is a great guide to understanding how to attain better health. This book contains a lot of information on diet that is not mentioned in other books such as fermented foods and the good organisms found in soil. It is a good book to read to help bolster your knowledge of health and diet. I applaud the author on his writing achievement; however, I found it disturbing when he promotes his own company's supplements in this book.
"Patient Heal Thyself" is a good read and has much to teach, if you can get past the promotion for Jordan Rubin's products.
 not for everyone August 9, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
like the successor to this book "the maker's diet" this book assumes everyone has the same biological issues as the author. Mercola's book is better.
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