The Treatment

Most people are familiar with Elaine’s Diet. I will not bore you in repeating all the details of her approach. It suffices to say that she is a great person, who helped a great many people. If you are not familiar with her diet and are interested in finding out more on her approach, I listed links to her book, her website, and so on, on my “Links” website.

The treatment that got my illness over the finish line, was the treatment proposed by Doug. A Kaufmann and David Holland. Their basic theory is that UC is caused by a deep fungus poisoning, and can be healed by a combination of diet (very similar to Elaine’s Diet) and anti-fungal medication (prescription & non-prescription).

Anyone who is familiar with Elaine’s Diet already knows it, but the hardest part in implementing the treatment is the radical change to the diet. Kaufmann/Holland and Elaine both recommended a near total elimination of sugar and carbohydrates from the diet.

After being on Elaine’s diet for over a year, I changed to the anti-fungal diet (which is very similar) and added the following medication.


For about 9 months, I took the following medication:

Morning:
a) 2 Nystatin
b) 1 Diflucan (100 mg)
c) 1 Teaspoon of  Psyllim Husks Powder (Brand: Yerba Prima) mixed with water

Lunch
a) Probiotics (Brand: Natren, Healthy Start System, Dairy Free, Three 30-Capsule Bottles) – It is important to store these in the fridge, and to take them apart from garlic, herbs and prescription medication.

Evening
a) 2 Nystatin
b) 1 Teaspoon of  Psyllim Husks Powder (Brand: Yerba Prima) mixed with water

Then I switched to non-prescription medication:

Morning:
a) 1 Olive Leaf (Brand: Gaia Herbs, Liquid Phyto-Capts)
b) 1 Oil of Oregano (Brand: Gaia Herbs, Liquid Phyto-Capts)
c) 1 Teaspoon of  Psyllim Husks Powder (Brand: Yerba Prima) mixed with water

Lunch
a) Probiotics (Brand: Natren, Healthy Start System, Dairy Free, Three 30-Capsule Bottles) – It is important to store these in the fridge, and to take them apart from garlic, herbs and prescription medication.
b) 2 Super Enzyme (Brand: Twinlab, Super Enzyme Caps)

Evening
a) 1 Olive Leaf (Brand: Gaia Herbs, Liquid Phyto-Capts)
b) 1 Oil of Oregano (Brand: Gaia Herbs, Liquid Phyto-Capts)
c) 1 Teaspoon of  Psyllim Husks Powder (Brand: Yerba Prima) mixed with water
d) Freshly pressed Juice mix (2 medium sized carrots, 1 green apple, 1 garlic glove).

The juicer that I use is the Krups FSC112 Juicer. It is a great juicer with well thought out engineering, not too expensive and dishwasher safe.

Now, I am on a maintenance schedule which includes the following:

Morning
2 Probiotics (Culturelle) - Don't drink it with tap water (Chlorine/Chloramine will kill the the probiotics) & don't eat garlic within 2 hours of taking the probiotics.

Lunch
a) 2 Garlic Pills
b) 2 Oil of Oregano Pills & 2 Olive Leaf Pill (Brand: Gaia Herbs, Liquid Phyto-Capts)
c) 1 Omega 3 1000mg Pill
d) Regular Vitamins

Evening
a) 3 teaspoon of Psyllium Seed Powder (Starwest Botanicals) with a glass of water
b) 2 teaspoon of Psyllium Husk Powder (Yerba Prima) with a glass of water

Other
I noticed that drinking non-tap water (w/o Chlorine, Chloramine, Fluoride, etc.) made a difference.