Sherry is a Certified Holistic Gut Practitioner, health and food advocate, recipe creator, and avid cook. At the age of 25 she began to experience digestive issues that started with nausea and quickly developed into vomiting, diarrhea, severe heartburn, and abdominal pain. It took nearly six months of doctor and emergency room visits before being diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. About a month after diagnosis and a failed round of Prednisone, Sherry was rushed into the hospital with a total bowel obstruction. She underwent surgery to remove the obstruction and the inflammation around it and lost about 12 inches of small intestine. Though the surgery effectively put her Crohn’s into remission, she began to develop some mild symptoms several months later. Being allergic to the maintenance drug they had put her on at the time, she began to search for other answers. Her research led her to the Specific Carbohydrate Diet™ (SCD™). Her symptoms disappeared within the first week of starting the diet. After some ups and downs with diet and mindset, she has now found herself in a very happy place both mentally and physically. Aside from one flare up at around the ten-year mark after surgery, she has been able to live medication and flare-up free from IBD.