That is a horrible article. And it only tells part of the story...
Thanks to Sidney Valentine Haas, who went on to create the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, my inflammatory bowel disease, a condition that is primarily treated with drugs and surgery to this day, remains in remission thanks to his diet that has been in use for more than 50 years.
Since my diagnosis 27 years ago, I've only had
two IBD flares thanks to his diet.
This condition caused the early deaths of my father, then a few years later, his sister. Dr. Haas' work changed the course of my life.
Read a more complete re-telling of this innovative doctor's contributions, and of those who continued his work following his death here in this article...
http://scdlifestyle.com/2012/05/the...t-is-backed-by-124-years-of-research-testing/
Incredibly, two years prior to his death, he was still treating children in New York City in 1962 at the age of 92. He saved Elaine Gottshall's young daughter from the surgeries used at that time to treat ulcerative colitis and other inflammatory bowel diseases.
Elaine spent the rest of her life teaching the diet through lectures and her book, Breaking the Vicious Cycle. Following her death in 2005, authors Pamela Ferro and Raman Prasad continued the work followed by neurologist and neurosurgeon Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride with her book, Gut and Psychology Syndrome, which describes a similar diet referred to as the GAPS diet.
This man's work led to the restoration of health in countless children and adults. Happily, a few children's hospitals around the country are finally returning to using it again...
The Specific Carbohydrate Diet is similar to the low carbohydrate and Paleo diets used today to treat a variety of "chronic" health conditions, including diabetes.