I never figured I'd be writing to you. I have been using your Great Taste No Pain food combining plan. I want to thank you for getting me started on this path. I was skeptical about just how many things you were claiming could happen. I so often see people apply their new found plan to everything and it turns me off. I am totally amazed at this. I rarely use an antacid now and only when I really go off the plan. My allergies, pretty severe, are gone. My diverticulitis has not reoccurred. I have bit my tongue and lip a few times and my horrible canker sores have not appeared as usual. But perhaps the most astonishing thing is that my apnea has become manageable enough to get off of the CPAP machine and I often awaken feeling somewhat refreshed!!
It makes so much sense to me that this works and I am relieved and astonished.
Thank you for keeping it alive and in front of people.
Regards,
Jeffrey M.
Sherry,
I want to thank you for your research and commitment to "get the word out" to others about solutions for those of us who suffer from diverticulitis. After thinking that powerful antibiotics that made me feel horrible were the only solution I tried your Great Taste No Pain plan. I could tell a difference in the way I felt. The pain was drastically reduced without the antibiotics. .
Appreciatively,
Phyllis S.
On a Friday morning, my husband was in acute pain. We have been through this before, so we knew it was his diverticulitis. It usually ends up with him in the hospital with an IV in his hand, and they feed him antibiotics, but it was Friday, and he didn't want to be in the hospital over the weekend, (usually they don't do much over the weekend, so you might as well wait until Monday). He put himself on a liquid diet, which I knew would not last. My husband likes to eat too much to stay on a liquid diet for more than a day. On Saturday I left him alone with jello, two different flavors and some homemade chicken broth.
When I got home, he was complaining about being hungry, so I went online and searched, "What can I eat if I have diverticulitis?" I found your sight. I thought it was worth a try. Sunday morning I talked my husband into giving it a try. If he wasn't better soon he would go to the doctor. We started following the plan. Monday morning, when my husband got up, he was feeling better, not 100 percent, but better, and by Monday afternoon, he was pain free.
My husband and myself are both on the plan, and I have to say, we both felt better. We are using your method and it is miraculous! My husband and I are believers in this way of eating, and you can eat anything you want as long as you eat the right combination of foods. It's not that hard. You can have what you want, just eat it with the right food combinations.
William Z.
Hi Sherry,
I have had diverticulitis for many years and have recurring attacks which are coming more frequently. I ended up in hospital last time and was on a drip for 5 days and only clear liquids. Five different antibiotics were given with the drip. In desperation I found your web site, and started on your Great Taste No Pain plan and am delighted to tell you
that in 1 week I feel great. My tummy has settled down, I feel light and energetic.
Thank you so much,
Yvonne
Sherry,
I am 67 years old, and have had diverticulosis and IBS for the last ten years, with one or two diverticulitis infections each year. During that time, IBS began controlling my life. I stopped doing my morning aerobic walking and water aerobics, because I had to be near the bathroom. Playing in my weekly golf leagues became impossible. I began checking out the restroom location before the sale items when I went shopping and planning my day around my bathroom visits, which were frequent and urgent. I could not believe that I was "becoming my mother."
I'm an avid researcher and thought I knew just about everything there was to know about "healthy eating". Seven years ago, I began following a very healthy diet plan; organic foods, dairy and meat, lots of fresh, raw veggies and fruit, nuts, and whole or sprouted grains. I take good quality probiotics, digestive enzymes, omega 3s and other supplements.
Two years ago, I began following an Alkalarian diet, focusing on eating 70% alkaline producing foods and limiting acid forming foods to 30%. In addition to IBS, I have congestive heart failure, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, fibro, and asthma, which were all improved following this type of eating plan. I do not use any Rx drugs, preferring a more holistic approach to managing my health challenges. The only thing not improved was my digestive and elimination problems, which continued to control my life.
During the Christmas holidays, I fell off my diet wagon and ate some things I don't normally eat, and the end result was a diverticulitis attack the day after Christmas. During my recovery, and liquid diet, I decided to see what was new and searched the internet for IBS. That is when I discovered your website.
I decided to try your Great Taste No Pain plan. Just reading it was like a huge light bulb turning on. I was eating all the right things, but the missing link in my long journey of discovery was "food combining".
As soon as I returned to eating solid foods, I began following your guidelines. My life has changed! I'm "regular" and have no discomforts. Also, my asthma/bronchitis is greatly improved, and my ankles, which are normally swollen from my heart condition, are no longer swollen!!! So, it is reducing inflammation everywhere in my body!
Last night I decided to test the system mis combined by meal. Within an hour I was burping and within two hours, I had gas and loose, frequent stool this morning. I'm convinced!
Thank you for your program. It is nicely presented in an easy to understand and easy to follow format. The quick reference card is excellent!
Judy
Hi there,
Yes, your Great Taste No Pain plan has been a great success.
I was in the middle of an attack of diverticulitis when I received your Great Taste No Pain plan and began following it. As you promised, the pain was gone within a day, I have lost a kilo in a week and the energy surge is amazing. I feel twenty years younger, walking faster and walking tall. My brain is also clear and eager to get on with a book I have been "trying" to write for years.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And it's all so simple.
Cheers,
Veronica
Sherry,
Here is my story: In 2009 I had a passing out spell while at camp in Sandy Creek. They took me to St. Joseph’s hospital to see what was happening. They found I had bleeding ulcers and gave me the 3 units of blood I lost. During the testing from head to toe they found I had a cyst/tumor on my left kidney. It was removed laparoscopic in July by a wonderful Doctor in Syracuse. He told me I could not wait I had to have it out so on July 14, it came out. Well I did wonderful as God was with me and took care of me. I did not have to have any treatments as it was encapsulated. I also had stomach problems, diverticulitis and a hiatal hernia.
WELL, BELIEVE THIS OR NOT, I tried your Great Taste No Pain plan and I HAVE NOT HAD PAIN SINCE THEN. I REALLY AM HAPPY AND FEEL I OWE YOU FOR THAT PLAN.
Only one day did I slip and the pain showed up so we know It works. I am not taking any Tums, Maalox, Milk of Magnesia or anything else and was astonished to see I have had regular bowel movements without the help of a dose of something to help me go.
Thank you once again. Most of all I want to recognize my Heavenly Father who has carried me thru all the surgery and now to keep me on this plan and watch what happens.
Thanks again
Joanne C.
Sherry,
I have used your Great Taste No Pain plan for my Diverticulitis and it surely works. I can't thank you enough and I tell everyone about it even my doctor.
Thank you Sherry,
Linda
Dear Sherry,
After following your Great Taste No Pain plan I am over the moon to be able say it is now two weeks since I last had any pain.....
Maybe it wasn't diverticulitis although my doctor said it could be a 'touch.'
Maybe my system was too acid and now I have concentrated on your plan my body has become more alkaline......
I don't know but what I do know is that I have left off all medication and still have no pain!
Thank you so much for all the wonderful help you have given me....
I am a very grateful 'new woman.'
With warm wishes
Evelyn
Sherry,
I wondered into your site when I was trying to find out more about diverticulitis. I am very happy I did. I have never had pain so bad that I was hospitalized. There were a few times I think I would have been better off in order to get the pain stopped. Being 23 miles from the hospital and driving myself sometimes helps stay away from the hospital.
I recently started on your Great Taste No Pain plan. It is very easy to follow. There is nothing "strange" that I can not find in my local grocery store. Most "diets" in women's magazines, on the web and etc have food that I would have to go at least 50 miles and maybe 100 miles to find. I like this very much about your plan.
I belong to TOPS-Take Off pounds Sensible. I made a pledge in January 2009 to stay below goal and be at least 3 pounds below goal 12 times by 31 December. Before I found your plan I had made the 3 pounds below goal only 10 times. I knew there were 6 more weigh-ins to get the other 2 made. After I started your plan I made all 6 weigh-ins 5 to 6.4 pounds below goal. I was very excited. 16 times 3 pounds or more below goal. Hooray for your plan.
I have no pain now except when I eat the wrong combinations. I made food that I could eat. My family did not complain. Everybody got enough to eat and I did not have pain.
Losing weight and being very regular is enough to keep me on the plan. Yes, I will "stray" a little now and then but I plan to stay with it the rest of my life.
