Dr. Saladino experienced severe gas, GI issues, and lost 35 pounds of muscle mass during a seven-month raw vegan diet attempt to resolve ulcerative colitis.

“I went on a vegan diet because I'd heard stories of people being on vegan diets and I didn't just do vegan I did raw vegan did it for seven months and I heard all these stories so I resolved my ulcerative colitis or Crohn's with the vegan diet and I thought well maybe maybe it's not good for humans to eat meat and again this was before I had a whole lot of medical knowledge or a nutritional wherewithal but my results of the vegan diet were pretty abysmal I had horrible gasps incredibly bad GI symptoms you know farted all the time and lost 35 pounds of muscle weight mate muscle weight within seven months”