She did. She went on the diet and now more than ten years later is in much better health.
I cured my own RA by reading Adelle Davis' book. Massive doses of Vit C cures lots of things.
That wasn't working PLUS he had none of the other symptoms usually associated with a wide variety of cardiovascular problems.
So, one day I went on the internet to see what i could learn about Bradycardia/Tachycardia (a minor part of the problem) ~ and discovered it's a huge body of knowledge that requires you to learn another 100+ words just to read any of it, so I learned the words, and began reading ~ then one day I made a major discovery ~ Atrial Fibrillation can be caused by an extra sinus node.
Not news of course ~ probably every doctor knows that ~ but this was in a Swedish medical research paper, and it was about a single situation ~ the plight of some Sa'ami as compared to Finns of non-Sa'ami background engaged in the same occupations (to wit, reindeer herding, fishing, tree-cutting, etc.).
There appeared to be a genetic component. There were "other symptoms" associated with that component ~ and lo and behold virtually every member of the family out several degrees had one or more of those "other symptoms". A lot of it revolved around genes on Chromosome 6 (always a clue when all the stuff is on one chromosome because that suggests a powerful hereditary component ~ maybe even "tribal").
If you read the piece in National Geographic about the tribe of Sa'ami who herd sheep in the Kola peninsula in and among the abandoned military barracks buildings, you'd undoubtedly discovered that they are herding sheep because the soil there still has too much radioactive debris from the Chernobyl disaster to herd closer cropping reindeer. They also think sheep meat stinks beyond all belief so they never eat that meat themselves.
I share that condition. It's something not widely shared beyond that particular tribe ~ except by their relatives.
Over in Finland there are about 500 of the exact same tribe. They are subjected to intense medical study by the Swedes and Finns. I did more research into that question and found that the Skolt Sa'ami are a favorite research subject since they have a compact group and can be readily compared to Finns in the same environment doing the same jobs.
As a result there are literally THOUSANDS of special detailed studies that've been made of that body of people over the last 50 years. Many of those studies have been translated into English and they are on the net. Plus, best deal in the world, the Finns engaged in that research ALSO are in a number of cooperative research projects with Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals and Indiana University, and Purdue University, etc. The cooperative project reports are immediately translated into English and are published on the internet.
Using a number of research papers about the Skolt I was able to quickly diagnose my father's particular problem. He, at the same time found an advertisement in the local newspaper about a new cardiac team moving to Bloomington, Indiana who were trained to take care of persistent arterial fibrillation.
That was certainly serendipitous.
He went to them. They fixed him up on an outpatient basis, and ever since he has not had that symptom.
He has other symptoms of other "problems" characteristic of having his particular set of genes but most of them wouldn't be problem if he lived North of 30 degrees North latitude and worked outdoors all winter long and breathed that intensely dry Arctic air.
Which reminds me, today is a nice day ~ freezing drizzle ~ probably go out for a brisk walk ~ get that sting going in my face that says I'm OK ~ even if you're not. My kinda' world, and the Swedes still want to know what makes us different.