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Question:
Have you ever seen/heard of anyone's cystic fibrosis condition
changing/improving with SCD? My daughter Amy has CFS...where
can I read more about Dr. Haas' research with the SCD and
CFS?
Elaine
writes: "If you have my book, Breaking the Vicious Cycle,
you have the right approach to feeding Amy. I am very familiar
with CF as I have had about (to my knowledge) 4 children on
it:
(1) Very
bad case in Stratford, Ontario. Welfare Mom. I bought them
a blender and almond flour and she kept the child on the diet.
All his diarrhea went away, she had him down to 2-3 enzyme
pills per day (but he really didn't need them), he grew like
a weed, like a horse but gained minimal weight. The Clinic
in Kitchener, Ontario were furious - his lungs cleared up
as well. No one gave a darn; they just kept hounding the Mom
that he was still underweight. Finally, with his condition
doing very well, the Clinic gave him a flu shot and he relapsed.
I saw him once before I moved and he was back to bad. Stomach
tube, etc. She was on marijuana and I could not blame her.
(2) John
Chalmers in Fort Wayne, Indiana invited me to speak. One of
the women who appeared on TV with me (a minister's wife who
was cured of Crohn's) told me her nephew was born with a diagnosis
of CF. The parents immediately put him on SCD and he grew
up as a normal child with no symptomology. I could go on...
Yes,
the book by Dr. Haas is available thru inter-library loan
in North America but it does cost over $100 to buy the old
few copies that are available. I will quote just a few sentences
from the book:
"While
the problem of differential diagnosis has been touched upon,
it might be well to discuss more fully a few of the similar
disease states and even the postulated diseases that must
be borne in mind and ruled out in making a diagnosis of
celiac disease. Specific bacterial infections, overt parasitic
infestations and anatomic anomalies should present very
little difficulty in differentiation. HOWEVER WE SHALL DISCUSS
IN MORE DETAIL A FEW POSSIBILITIES THAT DESERVE MORE EXTENDED
TREATMENT.
"The
first of these is cystic fibrosis of the pancreas, a conditioning
occurring in early infancy and childhood. This disease presents
a clinical picture which may be idential with that of celiac
disease-intermittent prolonged diarrhea, malnutrition and
potbelly. In addition, however, this condition is almost
always associated with repeated and persistent upper respiratory
infections which ultimately result in chronic cough and
pulmonary fibrosis. There are two facts which, sui generis,
set cystic fibrosis aside from celiac disease: (1) chronic
respiratory infections which ultimately result in chronic
cough and pulmonary fibrosis; (2) post morten findings of
a fibrotic and cystic pancreas...........
"HOWEVER,
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE FINAL DECISION ON THIS POINT MAY
BE, WE HAVE COME TO ONE VERY POSITIVE CONCLUSION. THAT IS,
IF CYSTIC FIBROSIS OF THE PANCREAS IS TREATED BY THE SAME
DIETARY REGIMEN THAT IS USED IN CELIAC DISEASE, THE DIARRHEA
WILL CEASE, NUTRITION WILL BECOME NORMAL AND IF THE PULMONARY
INFLILTRATION HAS NOT BECOME TOO SEVERE, IT TOO WILL CLEAR
UP. WE HAVE UNDER TREATMENT 4 SUCH CASES, 2 OF WHICH HAVE
BEEN UNDER OBSERVATION FOR 6 YEARS AND ARE NORMAL IN ALL
RESPECTS."
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