Dear Oprah,

    I would like to share with you my "blood and guts" story about suffering with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Eighteen years ago, I was forced to turn away from medical school because of uncontrollable bleeding in the classroom. I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease and later ulcerative colitis. It was impossible to function normally. I had no social life whatsoever. Once I went out on a date with a girl I really liked but I could not stop the cramping pain, nor suppress the urgency of my colitis, and I bled through my pants and onto her mother's brand new couch. I was terribly embarrassed. Another time I was walking with a date on a crowded city street when, all of a sudden, the pain hit me again. I had to run towards an alley and there, between two buildings, I couldn't help but relieve myself of the great pressure and blood, which I desperately tried to withhold. I was in tears and incredibly humiliated. Needless to say, that was the end of my social life.

   Doctors wanted to give me powerful steroids with dangerous side effects and surgery, if needed, to remove portions of my intestines and possibly attach a permanent bag to my side in order to collect my waste whenever I went to the washroom. I've never been so terrified. I had to find a way to stop the bleeding - my life depended on it.

   Blessed with a family business, I was able to devote the time and finances necessary to concentrate on my problem. I used myself as a "guinea pig" and experimented with every health concept available. Through years of desperation and cold determination, I finally found success with efficient digestion and elimination - using everyday natural foods. Even the leading authorities on Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis told me what I ate had nothing to do with my problem.

   They were dead wrong. Believe me when I say, "Doctors don't know everything!" Most of them refuse to acknowledge that any other form of treatment exists. It seems that all they want to do is operate. They're surgeons, they're trained to cut, and sure there are times when it's necessary, but shouldn't it be only as a last resort. How, when and what to eat saved my life and I sincerely believe that you are not what you eat - but only what you absorb!!!

   It's my opinion that the way people eat today is killing them later in life. So I developed a potent one hour and twenty minute, all inclusive, natural health video that took many years to make. In this video, I personally show you the simple steps that miraculously changed my life. I realize now that all of the "horror" I went through could have been prevented. People must recognize that "bloating" is the first sign of "bad digestion" and there are Doctors who believe that "bad digestion" is the beginning of almost every disease known to man - from the common cold to cancer. Some Doctors also agree that efficient digestion and elimination may be the "key" to preventing most ailments. In the video, I help both men and women learn to stop bloating and begin digesting efficiently. This no nonsense, straight to the point video will change your health and keep you in shape forever!

   When I started to feel better I decided to enter a track meet and lost every race because I was still too weak. But a few months later, I won a historic record 7 gold medals at The National Master's Track and Field Championships. Now I'm ranked one of the top ten 400 meter and 110 meter hurdlers in the world for my age group and I hold The National Natural Mr. Fitness Championship Title for 1998. Not bad for a 40 year old diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease, who was once bed-ridden and looking like a skeleton!

   I went through hell and back with this excruciating disease, that nearly ended my life, and whether anyone has this condition or not, they'd do well to take advantage of the misery I've lived through and, finally, take the guesswork out of how to eat. It will change your life - it did mine.