Michelle Honda - Reverse Gut Diseases Naturally: Cures for Crohns Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Celiac Disease, IBS, and More

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Reverse Gut Diseases Naturally

Text Copyright 2015 Michelle Honda

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ISBN: 978-1-57826-596-1

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This book contains nutrition and plant based suggestions. The intention of this book is to complement a persons current treatment plan. The author recognizes a qualified physician or health care professional should be consulted regarding your specific complaint. The author does not recommend self diagnosis or treatment. The publisher and author specifically disclaim any and all liability occurring directly or indirectly from the application of any information contained in this book.

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Reverse Gut Diseases Naturally is dedicated to all of my past, present and future patients. Because of my work with you, I continue to learn and expand my own knowledge in accordance to your needs. Sharing information and helping one person at a time is how we continue to be of service to each other.

This book is also dedicated to: all the practitioners and scientists who have worked so hard to give consumers the right to choose their own form of health care and wellness; to the retailers and manufacturers of natural health products, for providing people the choice of complementary medicine; and lastly, to the many authors discussing gut dysbiosis disorders, for their work in enlightening and assisting the general public.

I wish to acknowledge all those who have supported me, and give a special thanks to everyone who played a part during the entire writing process. You will always be remembered in my heart.

I would like to acknowledge the skilled editoral team at Hatherleigh Press who worked their magic. I especially want to express my deep appreciation to Anna Krusinski, Ryan Kennedy, Andrew Flach and Ryan Tumambing. Thank you so much.

I am indebted to Dr. Ellen Tart-Jensen, who extended me a great honor by writing the foreword to this book, and who has always showed unwavering support to her students. You can read more about Ellen Tart-Jensen Ph.D. at www.bernardjensen.com.

A special note of thanks to my husband Ron for challenging me in the initial stages of writing, as well as for his encouragement and his assistance in helping this book reach fruition.

I applaud my case histories, who worked so diligently at turning their health around.

And to Jill, who also conquered her health challenges and wrote the testimonial of her experience, included in this book.

I am extremely appreciative to my test readers for their time and caring support: Doreen Valente, Joan Hutcheson, Pat Judd, Barbara Vos and Helen Gzik.

And to Doreen Valente, herself a nursing professor at St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing, I thank you for your academic assistance and unwavering support throughout the whole of my career.

I appreciate my staff at Renew You, who supported and encouraged me throughout this publication, especially Lydia Waldropt and Rose Posteraro.

I would like to thank Karen McKnight for her guidance and continual support throughout the writing of this publication.

Lastly, I honor all authors whose expertise enables people to understand nutritional supplements, dietary change, and how to use the wonderful healing power of plants.

I T IS WITH great pleasure that I write the foreword to this life changing book, Reverse Gut Diseases Naturally. The information in this book is extremely important, especially at this time in the history of both the United States and the world as a whole. Next to lung cancer, colon cancer is the second leading cause of death each year in the United States, as well as in Canada. In addition, millions more Americans and people world-wide suffer from some form of inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohns disease, celiac, and diverticulitis. People are weary of needing to receive medication that only subdues or masks their symptoms without being provided with an understanding of the cause of their digestive disorders and a plan for healing that root cause.

The author, Michelle Honda, was inspired to study natural healing and nutrition due to her own personal health concerns. For years, Michelle suffered with chronic constipation, which eventually caused foul breath and skin eruptions. She tried antibiotics, to no avail, but found that when she began to include good portions of high fiber cereals into her diet, her constipation abated and normal bowel movements were achieved. The foul breath and skin eruptions disappeared. She also found that when she eliminated estrogen and started juicing and drinking raw vegetable juices, her health improved even further.

I met Michelle Honda many years ago, when she was one of my students studying nutrition, colon health, and iridology with me through Westbrook University and Bernard Jensen International. She was one of the brightest, most ambitious students I have ever had the privilege of teaching. I could tell she truly cared about her work and would go far in life working to eliminate pain and illness in others. Her coursework included the research of my father-in-law, the late Dr. Bernard Jensen, who wrote extensively on colon health in his books, Tissue Cleansing Through Bowel Management and Better Bowel Care. For sixty years, he was a pioneer in teaching good nutrition and colon cleansing throughout the United States, Canada, and over fifty different countries world-wide. During that time, I had the opportunity to work with him for several years at his Hidden Valley Health Ranch, and saw people with some of the worst health conditions imaginable come back to vibrant health through juicing, eating organic foods, drinking pure water, and cleansing the colon. He always stated, Nature will heal when given the opportunity. He was so successful in his work that he was awarded the Pax Mundi Award for World Peace and was knighted three times by the Knights of Malta.

Dr. Bernard Jensen studied the work of Sir Arbuthnot Lane, who is quoted within this book by Dr. Honda. Dr. Lane was a great English surgeon and physician to the English Crown. He specialized in bowel problems, and found when he surgically removed a section of the colon, not only did colon disease improve, but another illness that seemingly had no connection to the colon would go away. For example, when he removed a section of the colon in a boy who had been in a wheelchair for many years with arthritis, the boy completely recovered and was able to walk again six months after the operation. Another woman with goiter had a definite remission six months after a section of her bowels was removed. After many great results such as these, Dr. Lane began to see a relationship between the toxic bowel and the function of various organs in the body. He became very interested in changing and healing the bowels through dietary methods rather than surgery. He spent the next twenty-five years of his life teaching people how to take care of their intestinal tract through good nutrition, and not surgery. He came to believe that all maladies are due to the lack of good food principles, or else the absence of the normal defenses of the body, such as protective flora. He taught that when protective flora was absent, toxic bacteria invade the alimentary canal, creating poisons that then pollute the bloodstream. These poisons would then eventually deteriorate and destroy every tissue, gland, and organ of the body. And, as you will see reported throughout this book, this research still holds true today.