By the time Dr. Amy Beard was facing surgery to remove all but 18 inches—or about 70 percent—of her colon, she was ecstatic. “I had suffered for so long that I could not wait for that surgery. I was ready to have something done,” she said.
Trained as a dietitian and an emergency room physician, Dr. Beard understood that diet played an important part of her health. But her medical training taught her to focus on pharmaceuticals and surgeries instead of lifestyle changes.
