And They Said It Wasn't Possible: True Stories Of People Who Were Healed From The Impossible

by Karen R. Hurd

And They Said It Wasn’t Possible relates the true stories of people who suffered with Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel difficulties, and rheumatoid arthritis. Their health problems were reversed through diet. Karen Hurd, a nutritionist, tells the stories of her clients in an interesting narrative style. She gives the specifics of how to overcome these debilitating conditions which her clients had been told were impossible to cure.

Genres: Nonfiction, Health

196 pages, Paperback

First published November 7, 2006

Reviews

[Myersandburnsie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m very interested in Karen Hurd’s work. I’ve listened to every podcast she’s ever been on.

I have a myriad of health issues that nothing has solved long term. Karen’s protocols seem like a long term solution. I will take one her classes next month for a complete protocol.

I appreciate the stories written here, but honestly I don’t love how the book is written. It’s autobiographical but written in 3rd person.

[Gena Wessel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hard to rate this actually based on how legit and accurate it is but I will say it was very easy to read and presented a ton of scientific information (hopefully not pseudoscientific-though it Doesn’t seem to be) presented in an easy way to understand.

[Malery · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting read. The format seemed weird at first, but I enjoyed some of Hurd's down-to-earth explanations. My dietician mentioned this book for some of the issues I've been having - namely, the beans + rest parts of the protocol, which I am currently doing. For funsies, I decided to fact-check a few things along the way, considering her claims from a traditional medicine standpoint, a more cutting-edge functional medicine standpoint, as well as a naturopathic standpoint. Overall, I felt her claims were pretty 50/50 on usefulness and accuracy. Mind you, this is a 20-year-old book, so I don't expect it to totally hold up.

[Colleen · Rating 2 out of 5]

The nutritional information in this and how things affect your internals was quite interesting. However, the author is cringingly self applauding and writes about herself in the third person. It was rather annoying.