Sondra Berk, in her own words.
Sondra Berk suffered with Crohn’s Disease for years and years and years…after many surgeries, psychoanalysis and drugs she found healing by simply eating the diet human beings are designed to eat.
Sondra Berk: Suffered with Crohn’s Disease for Years
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Success Stories
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- Jeff: Lost Over 100 Pounds, No Longer Suffers from a Long List of Health Problems
- Phyllis: Changed her Diet in 2001 After She Was Diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Paul: Lost Weight and No Longer Suffers from Severely Painful Intestinal Issues
- Jerry: Cured his Heart Disease by Switching to a Starch Based Diet
- Evan: Got Rid of his Fatty Liver and Lost Weight
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- Judith: Needlessly Suffered from Many Chronic Illnesses for 40 years
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- Brett: Lost weight and regained health
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- Norm Weinstein: Lost 250 Pounds
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- Phyllis Heaphy: Cured of Rheumatoid Arthritis
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- Mary Duffield: Cures Obesity & Hypertension
- Sondra Berk: Suffered with Crohn’s Disease for Years
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