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Please Note: I do not list people's full names or city for privacy reasons – these diseases are very personal and can get people discriminated against (at work, for example).

"I have better health now, then before I got the disease!"

Basically I'm calling because when I read this book I was in bed and I weighed about 129 pounds. And I had lost 45 pounds leading up to that and was just so weak and couldn't move. I kind of felt like my entire life was going to be about that. And I knew that there were some answers out there, if I could just find them, that would help me get back on my feet. I had resisted taking Prednisone for a very long time and had gotten just so sick that it was starting to compromise greatly the quality of my life. My wife was pregnant. It was just not a good time for me not to be a hundred percent. I don't think there ever is a good time not to be a hundred percent. But - so, you know - Jini's book was like a friend.
And as I stopped there... and laid there - I should say - and read this book, it gave me not only comfort and strength to feel that I could get through this, it gave me knowledge and it gave me tools. Some of the simple things I did immediately and it truly helped me to get out of that bed.
And it helped me mentally because so much of this dis-ease, as she calls it and others call it, is mental. Now I know a lot of people might have a hard time with that but I know from dealing with this for six years and now being back to the weight that I was, having better health than I had before I got the disease, that getting yourself in check mentally is something that she really emphasizes. As well as supplements, as well as nutrition.
And this idea that one size doesn't fit all. And that's what western medicine wants to do. Western medicine wants to give you something to deal with the symptoms. But really it's about going inside. And Jini's book and her teachings literally guide you through that, give you lots and lots of choices because it is an individual experience. One thing does not fit all.
As a result of me reading her books and re-reading her books and giving her books to people that come to me - I just can't tell you how much comfort and how much knowledge that I have gained from her. And now I seem to be a little bit of a magnet for people going through this, or who have just been diagnosed. And it brings me nothing but joy to kind of spread the knowledge and to point them in her direction.
To this day - I signed up for all these chat rooms and all these things when I was first diagnosed. And I have systematically gotten rid of it all. I, you know - I no longer search the internet for quick-fixes like I did in those early months. There is no quick fix. It's a personal journey.
And Jini Patel Thompson is the person to take you on that journey. And I so appreciate her and I so appreciate her teachings. And, you know, I've been inspired by her and it's my pleasure to give this testimonial. I wish I could give my phone number out to people to call me because I care that much and I know she does. So that's it. Good luck.
- Jim P., California

"My colon has been in remission for six years now"

I was diagnosed with a colon lesion in 2002, after a whole year of being in so much pain. They couldn't see what was wrong with me because I was pregnant at the time. So when my daughter was two months old I had my colonoscopy and they found out that I did have Crohn's ulceration in my ileum.
It was the early stages but they said I had to go on steroids, and I said 'no' because I want to breastfeed - and I wanted to check the alternatives. I ran into Jini's web site with my mom's help and read her testimonials. I bought Listen To Your Gut and bought The IBD Remission Diet, loved the books, did the six week elemental diet. And took Jini's book advice and took supplements, probiotics, and even chatted with Jini online to check if what I was doing was right. And my colon has been in remission ever since.
It's a great site, it's a great book. She knows what's she's saying. It worked for me, so I hope it works for you guys too.
- Michelle J., Australia

"They haven't found any Crohn's"
Jini & the team have certainly put in a huge amount of effort to produce the books. Finally somewhere to get information that doctors couldn't (but should) provide. My attitude towards my own health has already changed. Knowing that there is hope of leading a normal life where I am in control and not the Crohn's. Diet, positive thinking and visualization has made a huge difference on my general well being. I was diagnosed with Crohn's at age 16 and have now had it for 14 years. I have had 3 bowel resections, the first due to the Crohn's, the second was a stricture and the third was a twisted bowel when I was pregnant with my first child.
I am now drug free and follow a (not so strict) Low Fructose diet, which has made a world of difference. I am now at the stage where my symptoms are more of a severe irritable bowel (so the doctors diagnose) as they haven't found any Crohn's since I was first sick.
- Deanne W., Australia

"I've recommended your book to many, many people"

I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis probably two, two and half years ago and was put on drugs and all kinds of things that worked a little bit but were very - had horrible side effects. And as soon as I went off them the colitis seemed to all come back.
After reading the material from Listen To Your Gut and following the suggestions in the book, I have had no recurrences whatsoever. Absolutely just normal functions and it's just remarkable! I've recommended the book to many, many people and cannot recommend it too highly.
- Maureen D., British Columbia

"My son is graduating from College tomorrow!"
Our family is indebted to you that much and more. You are definitely one of my very favorite people in the whole world. Why? Well our youngest son, J., was diagnosed as having ulcerative colitis when he was 18. We never did get enthused with the typical drug treatments prescribed (I was always a bit skeptical of traditional medicine) mostly because they made him feel worse. We tried some of the same "cures" you tried for your problems such as Elaine Gottschall's recipes complete with almond flour from CA. My wife spent many hours baking for him, but eventually he said the almond flour was not agreeing with him. I told him we still had a couple of other options. One was the fruit and vegetable diet that David Klein had used to cure himself and the other was the IBD Remission Diet from your book of the same title.
We decided to start out with your shakes in the fall of 2006. I was not sure he would find them an acceptable substitute for his regular diet but he was not feeling too good and was anxious to try something. We added flax seed oil to the shakes and he found them quite agreeable and for a few months they were about all the nutrition he took in. He immediately commented that he had more energy (he really had not been taking in enough calories). In January of this year he had another complete examination of his digestive system at a different clinic and the doctor said he was 95% confident that he had no inflammatory bowel disease (no ulcerative colitis, Crohn's, or celiac disease). I was happy to hear that but not too surprised. J was also happy but also puzzled as to what had caused his discomfort and some other symptoms. I pointed out your thinking on bowel problems being on a long gradual spectrum from minor distress such as IBS to severe crohn's. His problems could have had any of a number of origins or combinations of origins - allergies, candidiasis (he had never eaten a good diet from my point of view - as a baby he shunned vegetables and lived on milk and peach cobbler), and lack of exercise - I made the mistake of getting him a computer when he was about 5 and his favorite pastime is gaming.
J is graduating from college tomorrow - major in finance. I would hate to go so far as to say it is good that you had bowel problems because otherwise you would have not done the extensive investigative work you did, would not have written your great books and not created the shakes that helped prepare J for that second favorable diagnosis. But, since you did have your problems you did do the investigative work, wrote the great books, and created the great shakes, and J and I and my wife and the rest of our family will always be indebted to you - thanks much!!!!
- Dave B., Ohio

"I'm vibrant, healthy, went back to school and started my own business!"

What attracted me to Listen To Your Gut is the fact that it's multi-faceted. We aren't one-dimensional creatures and so I felt strongly that a program that had a good chance of working couldn't just be about diet, or just about supplements. Or just about emotional healing, or any other single factor.
Listen To Your Gut covers the full spectrum and really it worked for me. I went from feeling like one of the living dead with Crohn's Disease to being vibrant and healthy and ready to embark on new adventures. Like going back to school and even starting my own business. I highly recommend the investment in Listen To Your Gut. I don't think anybody who wholeheartedly implements the recommendations will regret it.
- Nicole P., Massachusetts

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