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The most prescribed diet in the world for colitis and diverticulitis patients is the Mayo Clinic Diet. The Mayo Clinic diet is called a “rest diet” and does not even claim to heal or cure colitis or any other disease. It has been tried over a million times and to date there is not a single case of someone healing from the use of that diet. Doubt this? Here are the facts in their own words: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/ulcerative-colitis/DS00598/DSECTION=lifestyle-and-home-remedies Modern doctors and medical universities readily admit that colitis has an unknown cause and can’t be cured. Here is some proof from the medical community: http://colitis.emedtv.com/ulcerative-colitis/ulcerative-colitis.html http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_colitis_curable
You may wonder why I am painting this bleak picture of your odds of getting well. I am not. I am telling you that if you are using allopathic medicine or doctors to cure your colitis… THEY are shouting at you that you will have this for life and you cannot get better. I point this out because so many people think that eventually if they keep taking medications and listening to their doctor, they will get better and stop having attacks. Ask your doctor. This is not the case.

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To help people understand why I thought a solution was possible, I use an analogy of someone with hay fever.
Let’s say that Mary has hay fever but she doesn’t stop working outdoors in her landscaping business. Instead Mary works mowing, weed whacking and handling plants loaded with pollen for a living. We can all predict that Mary will not get better but is almost certain to get worse. She is aggravating her

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