Guest guest Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 At 12:49 AM 1/9/2009, you wrote: Has there ever been any mainstream publicity of SCD? Like a major magazine or a blurb on a tv show? Elaine appeared on a mainstream program in Canada, and sales of BTVC went through the roof. >> Elaine should have been on Oprah! Can you imagine the impact that would have had? Maybe we should start a campaign to get " Breaking the Vicious Cycle " or her book list or something. << Regrettably, Oprah is contrained by her advertisers. Remember when she criticized something (beef, maybe?) the advertisers threw a fit, and she ended up doing a show in the heart of beef country to show she didn't really mean it? Consider what SCD criticizes and/or eliminates: King Corn, wheat (how unpatriotic! " For amber waves of grain.... " ), processed food, and so forth. Watch TV: how much of what's advertised is SCD illegal or questionable? Worse, we advocate becoming educated and taking our treatment into our own hands and not depending on (except in emergencies!) on someone else to tell us what to do. (Doctors and insurance companies are likely to have a conniption! It's like someone over on the CPAPTalk.Com forum said: the doctor may know a lot more about your illness than you do. But it's a pretty safe bet that you spend a lot more time than s/he does thinking about your particular situation and its ramifications for your life. Who better, then, to manage the daily details of your treatment than the person most nearly concerned: YOU!) But oh! How I would have loved to see Elaine on Oprah! She'd have rolled them up! — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 According to a support group moderator for Crohn's Disease, she is not interested in doing a show " of that nature " so maybe that also ties into SCD. On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Wizop Marilyn L. Alm wrote: > At 12:49 AM 1/9/2009, you wrote: > > Has there ever been any mainstream publicity of SCD? Like a major magazine > or a blurb on a tv show? > > Elaine appeared on a mainstream program in Canada, and sales of BTVC went > through the roof. > >>> Elaine should have been on Oprah! Can you imagine the impact that would >>> have had? Maybe we should start a campaign to get " Breaking the Vicious >>> Cycle " or her book list or something. << > > Regrettably, Oprah is contrained by her advertisers. Remember when she > criticized something (beef, maybe?) the advertisers threw a fit, and she > ended up doing a show in the heart of beef country to show she didn't really > mean it? > > Consider what SCD criticizes and/or eliminates: King Corn, wheat (how > unpatriotic! " For amber waves of grain.... " ), processed food, and so forth. > Watch TV: how much of what's advertised is SCD illegal or questionable? > Worse, we advocate becoming educated and taking our treatment into our own > hands and not depending on (except in emergencies!) on someone else to tell > us what to do. (Doctors and insurance companies are likely to have a > conniption! It's like someone over on the CPAPTalk.Com forum said: the > doctor may know a lot more about your illness than you do. But it's a pretty > safe bet that you spend a lot more time than s/he does thinking about your > particular situation and its ramifications for your life. Who better, then, > to manage the daily details of your treatment than the person most nearly > concerned: YOU!) > > But oh! How I would have loved to see Elaine on Oprah! She'd have rolled > them up! > > — Marilyn > New Orleans, Louisiana, USA > Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 > Darn Good SCD Cook > No Human Children > Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Ah yes, the political machine. I forgot about that. It's a shame that it has to go and muck everything up. So I guess it's up to us. I know that whenever anyone complains to me about digestive issues, I tell them about SCD. It at least plants the seed. If I can make a lot of progress on the diet, maybe it will inspire them to try it as well! I already have my dad reading labels and discovering all the ugly things that are added to his food. Of course he still eats it, but at least he's starting to have some reservations about it. Holly > >Has there ever been any mainstream publicity of > >SCD? Like a major magazine or a blurb on a tv show? > > Elaine appeared on a mainstream program in > Canada, and sales of BTVC went through the roof. > > >> Elaine should have been on Oprah! Can you > imagine the impact that would have had? Maybe we > should start a campaign to get " Breaking the > Vicious Cycle " or her book list or something. << > > Regrettably, Oprah is contrained by her > advertisers. Remember when she criticized > something (beef, maybe?) the advertisers threw a > fit, and she ended up doing a show in the heart > of beef country to show she didn't really mean it? > > Consider what SCD criticizes and/or eliminates: > King Corn, wheat (how unpatriotic! " For amber > waves of grain.... " ), processed food, and so > forth. Watch TV: how much of what's advertised is > SCD illegal or questionable? Worse, we advocate > becoming educated and taking our treatment into > our own hands and not depending on (except in > emergencies!) on someone else to tell us what to > do. (Doctors and insurance companies are likely > to have a conniption! It's like someone over on > the CPAPTalk.Com forum said: the doctor may know > a lot more about your illness than you do. But > it's a pretty safe bet that you spend a lot more > time than s/he does thinking about your > particular situation and its ramifications for > your life. Who better, then, to manage the daily > details of your treatment than the person most nearly concerned: YOU!) > > But oh! How I would have loved to see Elaine on > Oprah! She'd have rolled them up! > > > — Marilyn > New Orleans, Louisiana, USA > Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 > Darn Good SCD Cook > No Human Children > Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Wizop Marilyn L. Alm wrote: > > Consider what SCD criticizes and/or eliminates: King Corn, wheat (how > unpatriotic! " For amber waves of grain.... " ), processed food, and so forth. Anything pro-SCD would get squashed instantly. > Doctors and insurance companies are likely to have a conniption! Doctors might have a slight issue but unsurance companies are in the business of *avoiding* treatment so, oddly, they'd be in favor. Drug companies on the other hand... -- Cheers, DF in MA UC June '07 SCD Nov '08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 I was one of those viewers when Elaine made her appearance on the Dini Petty Show back in the late 1980's or 1990's. I remember seeing Elaine make an appearance twice on the national program and co-incidentally the second appearance came a day after I was finally diagnosed with UC. The prescribed drugs were not working and it was recommended that I start seriously to think along the lines of having my large colon removed. Her passion along with the guest audience who had success with SCD was convincing enough for me to take my copy of Food and the Gut reaction off the shelf (I bought it after seeing a previous appearance)and start implimenting it. I had nothing to lose by trying SCD and potentially everything to gain. The rest is history - but if it wasn't for watching Elaine on the Dini Petty Show - who know's if I would have found out about SCD...and think about how many people would be reached - if someone like Oprah addressed SCD on one of her shows! Lauretta UC diagnosed 1998 Asthma SCD July 2008 No meds (except for asthma). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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