Best Irritable Bowel Syndrome
A diet plan proven to relieve symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome and other digestive disorders—presented by the world’s leading experts and tailored to you. “This detailed, yet easy-to-understand book is written by the two gurus of FODMAP, a scientifically proven dietary treatment that’s rapidly gaining recognition around the world. “[Shepherd and Gibson's] book does a nice job of explaining how and why a low FODMAP diet would be beneficial to many IBS patients. Their in-depth experience with the subject permeates throughout the book, as they offer many practical suggestions for following the diet, including food lists, meal plans, recipes and tips for navigating real-life situations. Combined with good medical care that includes testing for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and fructose and lactose intolerance, the low-FODMAP diet can be individualized, liberalized, and tailored to each patient. This book also provides a great deal of information as to how the diet can be truly indulged in!” — Peter H. R. Green, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine and Director of the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University. Shepherd and Gibson!” — Gerard E. Mullin, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Integrative GI Nutrition Services at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and coauthor of The Inside Tract: Your Good Gut Guide to Great Digestive Health, http://thefoodmd.com. Shepherd and Gibson do a tremendous job both in identifying the foods responsible for digestive distress and in offering a personalized approach to a balanced diet free from those triggers. With science-based information and easy-to-follow recipes, this book delivers the why and how that people are looking to know.” — Alice Bast, President of the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA).
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Find Best Price at Amazon""The Complete Low-FODMAP Diet: A Revolutionary Plan for Managing IBS and Other Digestive Disorders" lays out the principles for a diet to control the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome as well as help for non-responsive celiacs and those with IBD whose symptoms may be aggravated by sensitivity to FODMAPs. The book is written by Sue Shepherd, PhD, an Australian nutritionist who was instrumental in developing the low-FODMAP diet, and by Peter Gibson, MD, a gastroenterologist at Monash University in Australia, which continues to do a lot of research on IBS and the low-FODMAP diet. IBS symptoms are largely caused by intolerance. The attitude toward SIBO seems obtuse after a while, as the authors claim that the symptoms of IBS are caused by fermentation, by bacteria, of indigestible sugars but dismiss the idea that there are problematic bacteria there. The meat of the book is the tables of what foods you can and cannot eat, depending on which sugars you're not tolerating. It is recommended that people with IBS follow the low-FODMAP diet strictly for 2 months, then introduce some other foods one at a time to test tolerance. I should warn you that the diet is very restrictive in that there are very few vegetables you can eat and fruit is also limited, more in quantity but less in variety than vegetables. To give you an idea, I have 60 vegetable soups in my repertoire, and only 14 are low-FODMAP -and that isn't even considering onions and garlic, for which I substitute oils. But the low-FODMAP diet relieves symptoms in 75% of those with IBS. Unlike most medical diets, low-FODMAP restricts foods that are your primary sources of nutrition, not only filler foods like grains, sugar, and dairy products. There is no mention of IBS symptoms that are not confined to the GI tract, namely neurological and inflammatory symptoms. Also no mention that all of this fermentation of non-absorbed saccharides increases the permeability of the intestinal wall, causing some nasty systemic symptoms that are more alarming than IBS. I substitute ½ teaspoon garlic oil for 1 clove garlic and 2 tablespoons onion oil for 1 large onion."
"Well written and laid out."
"It gives all you need to implement the diet - what foods to eat at first, and what to reintroduce once you are at a healthy-feeling baseline."
"The authors did a good job of explaining the science behind the diet."
"Excellent recipes and excellent information and history about what causes the digestive issue that required a FODMAP diet."
"This book is just what I was looking for."
"The meal plans in the back contain tons of highly-processed recommendations and assume that "gluten-free" options are going to be just fine without giving further information on what to look for in the gluten-free labels. Many of the recipes in the back are packed with sugar and there are no breakfast recipes in the back--not very helpful."
"I find a lot of contradiction between the writing and the recipes."
IBS is one of our nation's most untalked-about ailments, but millions of people - mostly women - suffer from the debilitating condition, one that must be controlled primarily through diet. Should be on the shelf of every IBS sufferer - a wonderful gift to IBS patients.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Have not made any recipes but the ones I have found sure look good."
"Just started skimming through it but so far i like this book."
"I am keeping this book as a reference book and recommending it to those friends of mine that are interested in a diet for IBS."
"After nearly 20 years of issues, trying 5 different medications with varying success, I can eat. I've thanked my daughter many times over for checking it out from our library. If I could offer my own money back guarantee if these books don't help you, I would."
"Has been extremely helpful - better than any doctor I have visited."
"Great book that is scientific evidence based and fully explains the background behind FODMAPs as well as provides a good guide to getting started and recipes."
"Lots of good information in this book, as well as recipes."
"I am seeing some store prices to be a challenge when you have other things to buy for other family members."
More than 120 delicious, low-FODMAP recipes offer total symptom relief without triggering IBS or GERD Just 5 main ingredients and fast prep and cook times (30 minutes or less) allow you to create affordable, IBS-friendly versions of your favorite meals Up-to-date research addresses all 4 types of IBS: IBS-C, IBS-D, IBS alternating type, and IBS with acid reflux—as well as handy tips for desired texture modification Guidance you can trust from IBS/GERD expert, Karen Frazier, author of low-FODMAP dietary books The Acid Reflux Escape Plan and The Gastroparesis Cookbook. KAREN FRAZIER is a nutrition and fitness expert who specializes in recipe development for restrictive diets.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great book for starters, great and easy recipes."
"Great recipes that are truly quick & easy."
"However, being vegetarian, the IBS book I already owned had no recipes of interest."
"The recipes are easy to fix, with few ingredients and with ingredients that are easily accessible."
"It's a great book."
"Section#6 for example, the author presents all recipes for Fish and Seafood entrees...etc. What I like, is that for each recipe, the author provides the prep time, cook time, and total time, whethere it is for vegetarian or vegan, gluten free, number of servings...etc. Even better, the author also provides substitution tip for the material/ingredient."
"A great book that has been very helpful to this IBS sufferer."
"Well written cookbook with delicious recipes."
Best Digestive Organ Diseases
Her diet contains no gluten, eggs, sugar, fructose, grains, flours, nuts, seeds, meat, beans, soy, and no legumes. The author's One Size Fits All diet has a lot in common with the FODMAP diet plan which was developed by Sue Shepherd PhD and Peter Gibson MD, and is considered a revolutionary plan for managing IBS and other digestive disorders. Foreword by Health Practitioner Writingthis foreword to Mimi Emmanuel's little book has been challenging to mepersonally, as I felt I could not possibly endorse the concept of eating onlyten foods to obtain all the nutrients necessary for sustaining life.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Even though she is married to a doctor, there didn't appear to be answers for her inoperable ruptured appendix and septicemia; she also had an intolerance to antibiotics, allergies, and was chemically sensitive to a lot of standard fare."
"This is an honest-to-goodness real story of one woman's grit and self-determination when faced with an over-whelming medical conundrum as to why her body was on revolt. I especially like her "useful facts" that she places throughout the book to not only make her case as to nutritional needs, but they also spark a deeper interest for further study and personal application."
"Having suffered food sensitivities for a number of years, I found Mimi's story inspirational."
"I highly recommend this book for anyone wanting to read an amazing and inspiring survival story based on nutrition, perseverance and faith, and/or for others needing encouragement and dietary options while struggling with food and chemical intolerance."
"An Interesting and compelling true story of how one person was able to find a workable diet despite many food intolerances."
"Excellent TRUE story of someone taking control of their life to affect positive change."
"I believe that people who have fought through their crises are inspired or 'In Spirit' as Dr Wayne Dyre would say. Every time I try to fathom what she went through when her body started to react to everything including water, I feel really uneasy and scared. But if you are like me who can eat anything in the world including Rhinoceros' skin, read the book for the information on food in general for understanding the health benefits."
"After suffering for many years with illnesses, some too difficult to cure, Mimi took her life into her own hands and discovered by eating only ten foods she was able to allow her body to rid itself of many of the problems it endured."
Best Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Adrenal-related issues are seemingly epidemic today—many people complain of some degree of “adrenal fatigue” or “burnout.” This is hardly surprising given the incredibly stressful world we live in today.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I have followed Nora's podcasts and read all of her books."
"I gave this book a 5-star rating because I truly appreciate the contents and the amount of research involved and I believe everyone with a adrenal dysfunction should give it a good read. (5) it includes some sound advice like going to sleep to a good hour and sticking to a healthy schedule, turning off your wi-fi router, "taking" vitamins like B6 (i am not at peace with the whole idea of popping pills even if it's plain vitamins and i think a healthy diet and some whole-food supplements should do more good than pills), avoiding working on a computer late at night (it fails to mention that even watching TV late at night is bad because seeing many, different faces can trigger the need to socialize and this awakes you instead of letting you get a good sleep). (6) it clearly presents the sections of the brain involved with regulating your adrenal function and this is the best part of the book because it points so well to why taking adrenal gland supplements or simply popping vitamins and minerals the adrenal glands need will not provide a permanent cure to the fatigue caused by adrenal dysfunction - the book even provides a second most likely cause for fatigue: mitochondria damage; going back to the role of the brain, the book stresses the fact that we should all focus on its health. some of the most important points made in the book as regards the interaction between the brain and the adrenal glands are: (a) the hippocampus mitigates the stress response and helps regulate adrenal cicadian rhythms; the hippocampus holds the highest number of cortisol receptors in the brain; there is also a list of symptoms of hippocampal dysregulation provided. (b) the midbrain controls the amplitude of the adrenal/cortisol response and it has the highest number of IL6 receptors in the brain; there is so much detailed info on the symptoms associated with an overactive midbrain and on the importance of breath!!! Despite all the negatives, there is still a lot of good info in this book and it's this that makes me give it a good rating. Unfortunately for us all in the search for health, there is no shortcut - we still need to eat a good diet, maintain good sleep hours, exercise and take any required measures to manage stress."
"This is a very interesting book."
"I do feel, however, that a person wanting to follow these suggestions for improving their health, should have a personal /professional guide who is experienced in this way of healthy living and who understands lab results and symptoms."
"Nora Gedgaudas is an exciting writer; she's taken a very scientific subject and made it read like a top-notch mystery novel."
"I have been most appreciative of the insights on the specific areas of the brain and their functions."
"wow, even with all the big words, this is a great read, although I haven't put any thing into practice yet (only just finished it), I intend too and feel so informed."
"This book is not only amazing, but in parts quite funny."
Best Immune Systems
The Plant Paradox shows the world what pioneer thinking is about and is a must-read book for anyone interested in being as healthy as nature has designed them to be.” — Alejandro Junger MD , New York Times bestselling author of Clean, Clean Gut and Clean Eats. Americans spend billions of dollars on gluten-free diets in an effort to protect their health. Once ingested, they incite a kind of chemical warfare in our bodies, causing inflammatory reactions that can lead to weight gain and serious health conditions. At his waitlist-only clinics in California, Dr. Gundry has successfully treated tens of thousands of patients suffering from autoimmune disorders, diabetes, leaky gut syndrome, heart disease, and neurodegenerative diseases with a protocol that detoxes the cells, repairs the gut, and nourishes the body. Once ingested, they incite a kind of chemical warfare in our bodies, causing inflammatory reactions that can lead to weight gain and serious health conditions. At his waitlist-only clinics in California, Dr. Gundry has successfully treated tens of thousands of patients suffering from autoimmune disorders, diabetes, leaky gut syndrome, heart disease, and neurodegenerative diseases with a protocol that detoxes the cells, repairs the gut, and nourishes the body. With a full list of lectin-containing foods and simple substitutes for each, a step-by-step detox and eating plan, and delicious lectin-free recipes, The Plant Paradox illuminates the hidden dangers lurking in your salad bowl—and shows you how to eat whole foods in a whole new way.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Steven R. Gundry, MD, a distinguished heart disease physician, researcher, and inventor, has successfully treated tens of thousands of patients with the Plant Paradox Program (PPP) or Keto Plant Paradox Intensive Care Program—nutritional treatments he created. After about 30 days, I suffered from bouts of burping and farting for about ten days—symptoms caused by withdrawing from my unhealthy diet and starting a healthy one. One way to view this book is as Dr. Gundry's prescription for people interested in being as healthy as possible. For example, I checked all of the salad dressings in two health food stores and couldn't find an acceptable one. Good news: Patricia suggests ways to economize (from her Comment on her 04/27/2017 review). "Buying a pressure cooker to make them [legumes] safe to eat would pay for itself; beans are so inexpensive, and can replace more of the expensive pastured, grass-fed, and wild-caught animal proteins." "Make omega-3 eggs a large percentage of the animal protein you get - fortunately these are more and more available at supermarkets for about $5 a dozen, sometimes even less." More bad news: Avoid sugar, agave, Splenda, NutraSweet, Sweet 'n Low, cows' milk, diet drinks, maltodextrin. Some excerpts: grass-fed and grass-finished beef and lamb; humanely raised pork; wild game; pastured chicken, turkey, duck; pastured or omega-3 eggs; wild-caught Alaskan salmon, Alaskan halibut, freshwater bass, shrimp, crab; red wine (6 oz./day); goat cheese; coconut yogurt; broccoli; brussels sprouts; cauliflower; kale; napa cabbage; spinach; red and green leaf lettuce; romaine; limited amounts of blueberries, raspberries, apples, cherries, peaches, crispy pears, etc. The value of this book is enhanced by its meal plans for the PPP's three phases, an abundance of recipes, a comprehensive index, and a flowing writing style. Dr. Gundry has made a once-in-a-generation, groundbreaking contribution to our knowledge of diet's role in reversing and preventing both minor and major diseases. Also, the pain in my left hip changed from "greatly improved" to completely disappeared."
"Exercise is valuable to your health but likely will not lead to significant weight loss unless you are grossly overweight. Over the past 30 years I have suffered from Irritable Bowel Syndrome – with all its gory effects, and recently it seemed to be getting worse. Mind you, we eat very carefully in our house – small portions, little pasta, no junk food, no pizza, no fried chicken or fried food or any kind, no canned goods, no ice cream or big desserts, no beer, no sodas or diet sodas. In performing more research, I discovered and read Dr. Raphael Kellman’s book “The Microbiome Diet, and also listened to a video of Dr. Terry Wahls’. Fifteen years ago, I gave up muffins and granola (mostly carbohydrates) for breakfast. I was so proud of myself for switching to one small piece of 7-grain toast with natural nutty peanut butter, a banana, and a glass of milk (in addition to coffee) for breakfast. Ditto for the BBQ-baked beans I had come to have with every dinner, not to mention the small helping each night of mustard potato salad that I had with my corn and grain-fed meat loaded with antibiotics! I am now a believer in Dr. Gundry’s diet and more important, the power of his scientifically documented medical knowledge and health recommendations. On May 7th and 8th I sort of eased into his diet – starting with taking Dr. Gundry’s Vital Reds supplements. My goal over the next few months is to get to about 172 pounds, a weight that I was comfortable with for about 20 years a long time ago. In addition, even in this short amount of time, my IBS symptoms have lessened dramatically, my skin isn’t as dry, and I seem to be feeling pretty good! I find I like them a lot better mixed with additional foods like red onions, vinegar, and the like. I will update this review every couple of months to keep you all appraised of my progress and the benefits to me of my new Dr. Gundry diet. July 7, 2017. I thought I’d give interested readers an update on my 60 days on Dr. Gundry’s diet. Every day, at a minimum, I have a green smoothie, a hard-boiled egg, and Dr. Gundry’s turkey chorizo sausage and spinach muffin, plus various meats and fish protein, along with his recommended vegetables. I must say, though, it’s a bit tougher to stay on Gundry’s limit of 6 ounces of red wine per evening! Scallops and shrimp are especially easy to cook – just fry them in avocado oil with a bit of garlic. That makes it fast and easy to pull four leftover jumbo shrimps or a chicken thigh out of the fridge the next day for lunch, along with a smoothie and a cup of yogurt. My doctor recommended MiraLAX, or you could take Metamucil, but raw vegetables and/or flaxseed and/or prune juice are better for you. Her book has more specifics on blood marker numbers, nutritional content of foods, and some great recipes. After reading Dr. Wahls’ book, I am changing my B12 pills to sublingual ones, and adding CoQ (Qunol’s Ubiquinol) and Emerald Sea’s seaweed powder to my daily intake. I was particularly interested to read about Dr. Wahls’ progress from a “conventionally trained” MD to a practitioner of the much more holistic functional medicine. As far as I know, Dr. Gundry’s, Dr. Wahls’, and perhaps Dr. Raphael Kellman’s current books represent the state-of-the-art in functional medicine regarding self-healing through diet."
Best Multiple Sclerosis
Now, in The Wahls Protocol, she shares the details of the protocol that allowed her to reverse many of her symptoms, get back to her life, and embark on a new mission: to share the Wahls Protocol with others suffering from the ravages of multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune conditions. Terry lives in Iowa with her family.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Even though I'm definitely NOT grateful for having this disease, I truly believe my loved ones, future children and I obtained the most valuable information we have come across as a consequence of my MS. In this book, Dr Wahls goes into detail about every aspect of the dietary and lifestyle changes she recommends, which includes supplements, exercise, electrical stimulation, meditation, etc., and she details three different versions of the Wahls diet so anyone can find a level they can learn to live with. I actually convinced my wife and my mother to read the book and follow different levels of the protocol with me for one month. It has been three weeks today, and the results have been noticeable: - I have RRMS, and am still in early stages of the disease so when I'm in remission, which is 90% of the time, I have no symptoms. She feels a lot more rested and the Polar Loop is actually measuring and showing these results as concrete data. Additionally, she used to get headaches at work about once a week, and hasn't had a single one since following the Wahls Paleo. I have now read many other books by Sarah Ballantyne, Dr. Perlmutter, Amy Myers, Jimmy Moore, etc., I have found countless Blogs and Cookbooks, and I even have iOS Apps that make my life way easier (MyPaleoPal is excellent for tracking and ideas, for example). I now enjoy eating and even cooking more than I ever had before, and my entire family is still reaping the benefits from all this knowledge. Just to detail a bit more: I follow the Wahls Paleo Plus diet, mixed together with the AIP just to make it a little more challenging. This means no nuts, seeds, nightshades, or coffee, on top of Dr Wahls' strictest protocol. I also swim every other day, meditate and work my core muscles daily, and sleep 7.5-8.5 hours every night. You be the judge: my last relapse was over a year ago, I can now bike for 45minutes and totally withstand heat sensitivity, I can swim for as long as I want to, I walked over 120,000 steps in a week last december during Christmas break (used a pedometer to keep track), I'm sleeping like a baby, and, MOST IMPORTANT: I stopped my MS medication two weeks ago (under my neurologist's supervision of course, and having sworn to go back on it if my status changes negatively)."
"The book is so easy to read, and it is set up pretty much the way I spent my first year changing my diet. I loved reading Chapter 7 - Wahls Paleo Plus, because that is the way I basically eat now, strictly and consistently. This new book is an easier read, but still full of Dr. Wahls passion for sharing this vital information, and getting it right. Her life is at stake, and she wants to help as many people as she can - in my opinion, it is obvious that this book is a true labor of love for her. I rarely left the house, except for appointments that I couldn't put off any longer, or family celebrations with the our grown kids. My husband, whose busy career took much of his time, did the best he could, which meant my diet was mostly easy processed food or take-out. A few weeks after I sold/gave my beloved Prius to my son, my daughter urged me to look into some doctor that had MS and wrote a book about how she healed herself with diet. I had a slight increase in energy, and cleaned a tiny spot of kitchen counter between the sink and the coffee maker. I had stopped eating white potatoes, and soon started avoiding soy, legumes all processed and packaged foods. After a year, a friend offered to drive me to the gym again, so I started working out a bit, and she helped me move between machines. Finally I started taking my walker, and then made my husband buy a car so I could have his Prius - I needed my independence back, and I was ready. My gym workouts were good for a while but I began to hurt myself; I could barely remember how to walk, because my body was so messed up. I started working with a personal trainer at the gym, after he actually convinced me that he could wake up my severely weakened muscles, when giving me a free hour-long evaluation where I could not even do a squat, or get up from the floor. I can now do a deadlift with 115 pound weight, I can squat, carry bags of groceries upstairs, and take many different classes at the gym, with modifications, such as Zumba, spinning, step, yoga, Pilates, and I love to walk outside to get the fresh air and sunshine. I finally bought a Vitamix (I stopped juicing - I want the nutrients in my body) and I still use it every single day for getting a huge amount of veggies and berries. I had been on weight loss diets all my life, and that was a struggle, because I could never shake my addiction to sweets, carbs, etc. Terry also talks about the importance of moving our bodies and having strong emotional bonds with the people in our lives. That last one has been harder for me in the last year, and the stress of it taught me a lot about how my body reacts to negative thoughts in my mind."
Best Diabetes
In THE BLOOD SUGAR SOLUTION, Dr. Mark Hyman reveals that the secret solution to losing weight and preventing not just diabetes but also heart disease, stroke, dementia, and cancer is balanced insulin levels. "Dr. Hyman has done it again with a lucid description of the causes of the diabesity epidemic and a powerful treatment program. The Blood Sugar Solution is a must-read for anyone anywhere on the spectrum between mild insulin resistance and full-blown Type-2 diabetes--a groundbreaking, science-based, easy-to-follow prescription. "― Mehmet Oz, MD "With compassion and authority, Dr. Mark Hyman addresses the real driver of overeating, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and more-insulin. He puts all of these attributes to work for you in The Blood Sugar Solution , providing detailed guidance for both individuals, and the population, to avoid the perils of obesity and chronic disease-and get to health. "If you want to be empowered to change your life, lose weight, and get to the bottom of chronic health problems, The Blood Sugar Solution by Dr. Mark Hyman will take you all the way there. In The Blood Sugar Solution, Dr. Mark Hyman shows you how. "In The Blood Sugar Solution, Mark Hyman maps a road to health that will benefit anyone. "In his book The Blood Sugar Solution , Dr. Mark Hyman combines the latest scientific findings and decades of experience to show how correcting physical imbalances - involving nutrition, inflammation, allergy, toxicity, metabolism and stress - can reverse prediabetes and prevent heart disease. The Blood Sugar Solution provides a radical new program to restore radiant health and well-being for millions of Americans struggling with chronic disease. Many of these books have touched upon the topic of blood sugar and diabetes. It is Dr. Hyman's book The Blood Sugar Solution , however, that has struck me to be the perfect balance between helping the reader to understand the revolution that is occurring in the science of blood sugar and chronic disease with the 'news to use' for the reader to successfully apply this breakthrough information in their own lives years before it becomes common knowledge. Dr. Mark Hyman's insistence on identifying the root social causes of obesity and diabetes is a crucial step beyond many of our long-held assumptions and in the direction of real solutions. "THE BLOOD SUGAR SOLUTION is a highly informative but, thankfully, also a very accessible book for both professionals and the laypersons... "Dr. Hyman has done it again with a lucid description of the causes of the diabesity epidemic and a powerful treatment program. The Blood Sugar Solution is a must-read for anyone anywhere on the spectrum between mild insulin resistance and full-blown Type-2 diabetes--a groundbreaking, science-based, easy-to-follow prescription.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Dr. Hyman makes a good point in that there are only a handful of things that can go wrong with your physical body. Worse, the implementation of his program is tediously complex and too difficult for me to follow without making a full-time job out of it. Many pages deal with stuff I have no interest in whatsoever and he spends so much time trying to convince you that there is a problem out there with the way most Americans eat. Dr. Hyman might possibly be one of the greatest guys on Earth, but at the same time, he is an incessant hype machine and a master marketer. So basically I just eliminated eating everything except for the vegetables and fruits from my garden, supplemented by meat purchased at the store. What distinguishes the "paleo community," however, is that although there are books written about it, you don't need to buy any of them because all the information you need to know about the diet is free on a variety of websites. One of the more complete websites is Mark's Daily Apple, which explains the diet in detail, in a straight forward, uncomplicated manner. In summary, Dr. Hyman's book for me was complicated and even stressful to try and use as a guide, not to mention expensive if you get his supplements."
"By chance this book was featured on the front of my new kindle with ads when I picked it up that morning and I decided to buy it after reading its reviews and topic summary. Adding salads and evening nut/seed snacks first, than changing my breakfast to 1/2 cup strawberries and protein drink. In my case i had no choice but to do everything I could to safely get my weight down and reduce the pain but in the process I was happy to see a decrease in blood pressure and loss of that tired, always hungry feeling I used to have. After the first month my back doctor allowed 30 min exercise on a stationary bike with no resistance on very slow pace so I can honestly say majority of the weight loss was due to change in the way I ate."
"He also fails to present a succinct and clear path to resolve diet and lifestyle related blood sugar problems leading to diabetes and other systemic, chronic disease. Create health as a solution to disease or systemic dysfunction makes sense to me, but Dr. Hyman's paradigm change laid out in this text seems more centered on a continuous sales program for his benefit more than anything!!!!"
Best Reference
After exposing the conventional approach to getting fit, with Eat Meat And Stop Jogging , Mike Sheridan delivers his progressive plan for losing the fat and keeping it off without counting calories, doing cardio, or sacrificing your health. educates the reader with 14 food and nutrition principles - distributed across 3 carefully constructed phases - and motivates them with a collection of diet and weight loss, and health and fitness facts - that call for immediate action. Largely because the majority of diet plans, nutrition textbooks, and books on health focus on reaching a caloric deficit - which slows down our metabolism, elevates our hunger hormones, and forces our body to conserve energy. - Jimmy Moore, Author of Keto Clarity "The perfect mix of practical experience, scientific support, and common sense. , 1% Fitness ), and newly released "Go With Your Gut" Protocol, Coach Mike continues to share his knowledge and experience via guest articles, blog posts, and personal appearances.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It starts off with going over some of the concepts we read in the prequel, and reminds us of the basics, but really starts getting into putting the plan into action, going over several principles. From what types of food to buy : organic vs. non organic. Grass fed vs. conventional factory grown. Ketosis is explained in detail in this book, and why it is important related to burning fat, not carbs. I really enjoyed the first book, but this second book really gets things in motion and answers some questions, we might have had in the first one."
"I read (and reviewed) Eat Meat and Stop Jogging a few months ago so I was happy to see a sequel come up in my kindle recommendations. One of the things I love most about reading Mike's work is that he doesn't use shame tactics like a lot of health and fitness authors do."
"I learned things such as cancer prefers to feed off of glucose, brain cells can become insulin resistant, and animal sources are the only complete proteins (they contain all 9 essential amino acids). As a sufferer of insulin resistance, I was having trouble losing any weight at all, even after I ate a small amount of carbs. I learned that saturated fats were required to absorb vitamins like A,D, E, and K. I didn't know there were so many benefits to eating butter, and why whey is detrimental to your blood sugar. I feel like this really speaks to me as I've always done better with switching my diet as opposed to just exercising in excess."
"The information Sheridan shares is backed up with intensive research and interesting graphs that explains why this particular strategy works."
"This step 2 of a 3 step plan from coach Mike."
"I am totally sold on this book."
Best Allergies
Groundbreaking and timely, Grain Brain shows that the fate of your brain is not in your genes, it's in the food you eat. He addresses the churlish objection that gluten has been part of the human diet for many millennia by firmly asserting that recent changes to crops have transformed a once-safe food into a terrible scourge. Lauded by such nonconsensus pundits as Mehmet Oz and William Davis, Perlmutter offers readers a comfortably simplistic model for thinking about carbs. Modern wheat, in particular, is responsible for destroying more brains in this country than all the strokes, car accidents, and head trauma combined. Dr. Perlmutter makes a persuasive case for this wheat-free approach to preserve brain health and functioning, or to begin the process of reversal." "If you want to boost your brain power, keep your memory, and lift your mood and energy, as well as heal from a host of other common complaints, Dr. Perlmutter is your guide. Grain Brain explains how the American diet rich in gluten and inflammatory foods is linked to neurological conditions. As a teacher and clinician, he has fundamentally changed how physicians and patients think about neurological degeneration and, happily, regeneration." "A galvanizing call to arms against a gluten-heavy diet....Perlmutter's credentials as a board-certified neurologist and American College of Nutrition Fellow make him a uniquely qualified voice in the debate about which foods are best for the brain and body." "Mind-blowing and disruptive to some long-standing beliefs about what our bodies require for optimal health...GRAIN BRAIN lays out an easy-to-understand roadmap packed with the latest science."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm never hungry, I get to eat all kinds of meats and cheeses and veggies, and I don't even bother counting calories. The supplements he recommends have made an almost instant difference - my nails are stronger and growing long, my skin is better, and my overall mood is vastly improved."
"One of the most successful many I ever met told me that, "the data talks"."
"It changed everything I thought I knew about food and its relationship to health. You just eat what’s good for you: Fat - lots of it, meats, vegetables, eggs, cheese, salads, nuts, seeds (my new favorite snack is Pepitas, which they have at Publix). I eat a lot less than I used to because I’m getting enough fat in my diet, and not stuffing myself with useless breads, crackers, chips, and pasta – which just make me hungrier and hungrier. What I’ve gained are increased energy, lots less brain fog, joints moving better (do not hurt all the time), less headaches – a LOT less, tummy troubles are now non-existent, and before, I was always gaseous or had diarrhea, or just was hurting in general. My labs were checked in February, after just two months, and my doc was blown away. I was no longer in the diabetic range and my liver functions had normalized. He also has a good website with a lot of articles to read: [...] If you want your health back, it’s time to read, Grain Brain!"
"An additional note -- anyone who already eats fairly consciously and still needs to lose pounds will still have to practice moderation, e.g., the license and reasons to consume "good" fats, for instance, are neurologically important, but the calories add up quickly if you don't track how much you eat vs. how active you are."
"It is a sobering read, but is a must read if you are interested in maintaining good brain health and avoiding diseases such as Type II Diabetes, as well as potentially significantly reducing the risk of developing dementia and other brain disease."
"I overheard a couple of fellow Bikram yoginis discussing Dr. Perlmutter's current book "Brain Maker," and I decided to order both books."
Best Physical Impairments
In 7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life, you’ll learn: · Common causes of lower back, neck pain and shoulder pain. · The vital role discs play in back and neck health. · Easy exercises that alleviate pain immediately. Considered the treatment of choice by health care professionals throughout the world, 7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life will help you find permanent relief from back, neck, and shoulder pain. ROBIN MCKENZIE was an internationally acclaimed physical therapist, who spent 40 years perfecting the McKenzie Method, now the keystone for back and neck care around the world.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"carried a GM automatic transmission up a flight of stairs, from a basement, and loaded it in a van. Well eventually I did, but needed to lie on my side for a couple of days until the pain subsided. I would eventually "go stupid" and not take precautions when lifting or moving something, or maybe, simply bending over to brush my teeth or shave, and my back would "go out". Flash forward to two weeks ago: I was in a rush to get the outdrive of my motorboat off... it weighs 97 pounds, and was stuck. I went to the ER, where they prescribed 800 MG Ibuprophens every 8 hours, and percocet "as needed" for pain. I knew I would have to go see a specialist, and could not imagine there was any other hope than surgery... and worried that this was going to be my life now: Constant, daily, unrelenting pain. And also, to add, I watched every professional and amature youtube video on solving back pain, and excersises, and so on... and all the advice about sleeping, sitting and standing. Then, yesterday, Monday, a friend and co-worker of my wife's told her of her 20 years plus of back problems, and three surgeries, and meds, and said the only thing that helped her was "7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life". I did wear my Mueller back brace, to help support my lower spine... So I'm going to stick with this routine, and when and if the benefits continue, move on to the other exercises, and follow all the advice for life-habits that will help avoid this ever happening again. And I'll post an update when and if this is all over for me, or if it turns out it does not help at some point, or something else arises needing comment. But I know from personal experience, if you are in the agony so many of us are, you both have the time and desire to know what might work to fix the problem, and maybe why, and this book and method, I think, will do both. After most of the soreness went away, also within a couple of weeks, I followed the recommendations in the book for the exercises to maintain my progress. I attributed this to the "rotation" of my pelvis when sitting... it seemed to aggravate the injured part of my lower back somehow. I can walk, run, lift items, I swim, I can launch my 22 foot sailboat, my 19 foot motorboat, get in and out, climb the ladders out of the water, haul gear into the boats... point being, if I am careful, I can do anything I did before. I have a 2" memory foam cushion on our mattress, though, and that allows me to lay on my back, the curve preserved."
"I'm VERY surprised to see the above 1-star rating on this book for the McKenzie Method self-physical therapy because my experiences were incredibly positive: ---realigning my pelvis after injuring my left foot's plantar fasciitis stepping on a carpet threshold screw. ---unknotting my right side neck muscles that caused scalp pain/headaches when trying to sleep. But, of course: 1--I followed Robin McKenzie's disclaimer, repeated before every exercise set, to consult a professional MD or physical therapist/chiropractor if the pains are either first time issues OR if exercises don't produce results within a few days. 2--Also, I followed his exercise directions EXACTLY, as he constantly stresses."
"His method (he invented it back in the 70s - and it's taught by physical therapists on Youtube everywhere) really worked for my chronic back problems."
Best AIDS
Upon it's first publication twenty years ago, And The Band Played on was quickly recognized as a masterpiece of investigative reporting. His work is critical of the medical and scientific communities' initial response and particularly harsh on the Reagan Administration, who he claims cut funding, ignored calls for action and deliberately misled Congress. "An exhaustive account of the early years of the AIDS crisis, this outlines the medical, social and political forces behind the epidemic's origin and rapid spread," reported PW .
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Find Best Price at Amazon"There was no sex education that i could remember and the only thing I do remember about AIDS was a gym teacher telling the class that if you are gay, your tongue will turn purple and you will die of AIDS."
"I remember hearing of a "homosexual disease" in early summer 1981, which was surprisingly early, especially for an Ohioan."
"I didn’t really understand the beginning of the HIV/AIDS crisis since I was too young."
"This book gives the story of the start of the aids epidemic and the missteps and prejudices by doctors, government, and media that led to this problem."
"The story successfully blends a number of elements: competitive jealousies within the scientific community (it's likely that the French actually discovered the AIDS virus, despite a neck-in-neck US researcher who claimed the glory), the politics of the slow-moving National Institutes of Health (NIH), Reagan's stubborn refusal to address the AIDS issue (he finally did so six years after the epidemic began--and after 20,850 citizens had died), and a number of incredibly touching stories of people with the disease. One thing I hadn't known was the schism within the gay community: some people recognizing the reality of the threat while others (understandably) discounted it as internalized homophobia or as a homophobic attempt at sexual repression. This book captures a period in time where, in the midst of sometimes slow-moving science, second-class-citizen politics, and a seemingly indifferent larger society, some dedicated people struggled to raise awareness, to change habits, and others, to face death with equanimity."
"The "Butcher's Bill," the tally of deaths to AIDS, is a steady drumbeat in each chapter as LGBT activists on the ground race to care for the dying as bureaucracy hampers research and recognition for the virus."
Best Chronic Pain
While these all have a place in healing, they have fallen short in dealing with the pain epidemic. Looking at the scientific research surrounding pain, stress, and tapping, he opens your eyes to just how powerful tapping can be, and then outlines tips and techniques to address pain in both the short and long term. Nick guides you on a journey that begins on the surface – tapping to address the pain itself – and moves to the deeper issues that often affect pain. Nick Ortner is a New York Times best-selling author and the creator and executive producer of the hit documentary film The Tapping Solution.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I watched a few video’s online to find out how to do the EFT Tapping, and started doing it on mine own. I noticed that over the last few months that I have done the tapping about my allergy’s my sinus started draining down the back of my throat. I’m so very THANKFUL to Nick and his sister for the work that they do, and sharing with us the information online, and in the books. I love you and I am so glad that I learned about EFT (tapping) thank you from the bottom of my heart!"
"Tried Nick Ortner's 'Tapping for Pain Relief' with some reservations - really couldn't see that it could 'work'."
"He goes into great detail about some things and I'm tempted to skip parts."
"Great book...everyone should buy it and follow the instructions and incorporate it in their every day lives...5 stars is not enough for this book."
"Amazing book, worth the buy for any person looking to heal their pain and also for any healer looking to help others heal their pain!"
"The book is written clearly and is an easy read."
"The tapping has really helped me in all areas of my life, and now this is assisting me in dealing with my chronic pain, both in keeping flares at bay and in reducing headaches and the like."
"Tapping and Nick Ortner YouTube videos have completely changed my life and how I deal with stress!!"
Best Abdominal Disorders & Diseases
Doctor of Natural Medicine and wellness authority Dr. Josh Axe delivers a groundbreaking, indispensable guide for understanding, diagnosing, and treating one of the most discussed yet little-understood health conditions: leaky gut syndrome. When our digestive system is out of whack, serious health problems can manifest and our intestinal walls can develop microscopic holes, allowing undigested food particles, bacteria, and toxins to seep into the bloodstream. “There is a beautiful course correction afoot… In Eat Dirt, Dr. Axe deconstructs the myth behind our war against germs, sheds light on why and how we are sick, and honors the ancient wisdom of healing that starts with the gut.” ( Kelly Brogan, MD ABIHM, author of A Mind of Your Own ). Axe combines cutting-edge science and the ancient practice of natural immunization into a 5-step plan that taps the body’s innate defenses to reduce inflammation and chronic pain, lose weight, and increase energy and vitality. From pesticides in our soil to the refrigeration and pasteurization of our food to an overreliance on antibiotics and a preoccupation with sanitizing everything in sight, our desire to be clean is actually putting us at risk for a host of chronic illnesses. Starved of actual nutrition, fed toxic levels of processed foods, and overtaxed by chemicals, stress, and excessive antimicrobial use, we’ve developed microscopic tears in our intestinal walls, leading to the widespread inflammation and weakened immunity that characterize a condition known as “leaky gut syndrome.”. From ditching hand sanitizers, using essential oils for personal products, reducing antibiotic use, and consuming local honey to spending more time outside, eating seasonally, managing stress, and incorporating probiotic-rich foods into our diets, Dr. Axe provides specific guidance to help everyone get a little “dirty.”. In Eat Dirt , Dr. Axe deconstructs the myth behind our war against germs, sheds light on why and how we are sick, and honors the ancient wisdom of healing that starts with the gut.”—Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM, author of A Mind of Your Own. Dr. Axe combines cutting-edge science and the ancient practice of natural immunization into a plan that reduces inflammation and chronic pain, promotes weight loss, and increases energy and vitality.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This time last year I was 35 pounds lighter, muscles were well defined and I felt great. I started experiencing depression and anxiety, extreme fatigue, horrible pms. She reluctantly ran a full thyroid panel, although she felt it was unnecessary as we shouldn't worry until I was up 100 pounds...what?? 3 days later my labs come back normal and they inform me that the endocrinogist will not schedule with me because my thyroid is fine. We just need to summon the collective will to change some of our long-standing but extremely damaging habits – especially our deadly addiction to being clean. ". All we need to do to load up on our old friends and get more of these microexposures is easy, fun stuff we probably already love to do: get back to eating seasonally and locally. Go on a short walk in the woods, and take many deep breaths, consciously bringing the scent of the trees into your lungs. Researchers there found breathing in the antimicrobial organic compounds called phytoncides - the woods' essential oils - decreased cortisol levels and blood pressure, enhanced immune system function, and stabilized nervous system activity."
"The author uses these simple questions to check the likelihood that the "good" microbes in your gut have been harmed. To my astonishment, I had many of the leaky gut symptoms noted in the test (and which my current physician has not resolved.). This used to happen naturally in our environment and diet, but when we started to use tons of chemicals, and changed our food composition, we began to reduce the types of bacteria in our gut. EAT DIRT contains a pretty detailed technical discussion about how our digestive system works, and the important layers in our gut. When the protective wall thins, this leads to the "leaky gut" syndrome, with all the nasty symptoms. The author cites quite a bit of scientific studies, but he admits that the field is changing, and that tons of research is ongoing. EAT DIRT has links to "replacement foods" so that you can switch-out your current menu items for more healthy choices."
Best Contagious Diseases
The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race. And in 1989 Philippine monkeys in a Reston, Va., research lab, found to be infected with Ebola, were the target of a U.S. Army-led biohazard task force that decontaminated the lab, exterminating hundreds of monkeys to prevent the possible airborne spread of the disease to humans. In a horrifying and riveting report, portions of which appeared in the New Yorker , Preston ( American Steel ) exposes a real-life nightmare potentially as lethal as the fictive runaway germs in Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm writing this review now because, 1- the current (July 2014) outbreak of Ebola is "the deadliest in recorded history," and 2- I've NEVER forgotten the book. The thing that is so terrifying is the way the poor people who contract the disease die."
"I learned a lot about the virus. After reading this book, im able to read between the headlines of what is being said and more importantly, what's NOT being said. Medical researchers working with the virus give share their information."
"I bought this book in its hard-cover version when it first came out, quite a few years ago, and what with the recent Ebola crisis in Africa and now in the news here in the U.S., I wanted to re-read it. I am dismayed that the CDC is still "learning" how to contain this disease, when the knowledge has been in use by the U.S. Army, and various charitable organizations in Africa for many years."
"A scary, eye opening book about Ebola. He describes in detail the Ebola Reston outbreak in Maryland."
"A must read for anyone who wants the scientific truth about this disease, how it can be spread & how easily & quickly it can mutate."
"Although twenty years old, the information is timely and so. pertinent for our age when Ebola is devastating Africa and may be advancing thought the world."
"Because you will be terrified every time you have a tiny headache. Because you will want strangers to stay far away from you, especially if they are breathing. Because you will realise that your government, our government, the government will probably be unable to stop a proper Ebola virus. Because you will forgive the sometimes over detailed writing because you are completely absorbed in the horror. Because this is not fiction, this is real, this is here, this is now. And this is a gripping, interesting, well put together, well researched non-fiction book that reads like an adventure, a horror and a thriller all at once. Viruses are clever little buggers and best we be afraid."
Best Pain Management
Dr. John E. Sarno's groundbreaking research on TMS (Tension Myoneural Syndrome) reveals how stress and other psychological factors can cause back pain-and how you can be pain free without drugs, exercise, or surgery. Healing Back Pain promises permanent elimination of back pain without drugs, surgery, or exercise. It should have been titled Understanding TMS Pain , because it discusses one particular cause of back pain--Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS)--and isn't really a program for self-treatment, with only five pages of action plan (and many more pages telling why conventional methods don't work).
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Find Best Price at Amazon"John Sarno's diagnosis is the truth, medicine is WAAY far behind in understanding the connection between emotions and illness, especially chronic pain. My biggest advice is HANG IN THERE, the book says it takes 6-8 weeks to heal completely and it has taken me much longer than that, don't be discouraged if you are still in pain after that time frame. Feed yourself POSITIVE ENERGY as much as you can, believe in your healing, no matter what the pain is telling you. Listen to My Morning Jacket, spend time in nature, get off Twitter and Instagram and all that noise, pet your dog, think about great things that have happened to you. I would oftentimes feel the repressed rage boiling up to the surface as I wrote. Lay on your bed and breathe deeply into your belly, make a sound as you exhale, this helps to rouse the old emotions, bringing them to the surface. I was afraid I would never heal, but the fact that you can get it moving up and down like that at all shows that things are changing. Keep practicing, hold strong, and eventually the pain starts to lose the fight."
"I've spent tens of thousands of dollars on different kinds of alternative health therapies and spent years of my life going to regular doctors and specialists to try to get back to where I was in life. Sometime down the line, maybe 100 years from now, Dr. Sarno will be remembered as one of the most influential and greatest doctors this planet has ever seen."
"I do know that it was after a year of entirely disabling, perplexing, and shifting symptoms that culminated with a "herniated disc" diagnosis, an epidural steroid injection that made things worse, and ever-increasing dispair that I would ever have my once very active life back. Since these reviews are what led me to read this book (despite the fact that I'm scientifically minded and inclined to believe and trust doctors in general, maybe too much), I thought I would add my own story. After a backpacking trip in November 2010, I developed severe, debilitating knee pain. It was a blissful three days in the wilderness, and on the hike out (i.e. back to my job as a corporate lawyer), the knee pain started. I waited a week, thinking it was an overuse injury related to my spin classes, hiking, etc., and when it did not get better, I went in for an MRI. The first orthopedic surgeon diagnosed me with "knee strain" and sent me to physical therapy, which I ended up doing twice a week for six months. Two months later, things were not improved, so I switched doctors and ordered a second MRI. My knee was actually warm to the touch, which (of course) led me to believe that there was some physical injury. My new doctor, feeling the extreme soreness I had on my hip and outside of my quad and outside of my knee, diagnosed me with IT (iliotibial band) syndrome. At some point, my physical therapist suggested that maybe I had a pinched nerve. The back MRI showed a herniated L4/L5 vertebrae (diagnosed by my new spine surgeon), and I scheduled an epidural. I went for the epidural, and afterward I couldn't sit, stand, or lie comfortably. While I waited for it to arrive, I read other things about Sarno, and about his theories, on the internet. I am pain free when six weeks ago I was on disability and headed for back surgery."
Best Respiratory Diseases
It will provide you with the information you need to tame your or your child's breathing difficulties naturally by improving the function of the respiratory system. It has helped countless asthmatics to reduce or eliminate their asthma attacks and other breathing problems and become healthier and more energetic. It will allow a person to sleep, eat and exercise without a fear of a possible asthma attack or breathing issues. Novozhilov, MD, Medical Director of Clinica Buteyko in Moscow and Sasha Yakovleva, co-founder of Breathing Center in the US whose work was featured in The New York Times. Includes testimonials of Breathing Center's actual students who have gone from suffocation and fear to a healthy and active lifestyle. This publication became "Gold Standard" Book for all students and teachers alike who apply Dr. Buteyko's revolutionary approach to breathing and health improvement, especially for asthmatics.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This is an amazingly clear well well-written and simple to understand book describing details of the BUTEYKO breathing technique for healing at the deepest levels of mind body and spirit."
"Using the easy-to-follow instructions in the book, in under 3 minutes, I cleared a stuffy nose and went to bed breathing freely and easily for the first time in days. Now I follow the instructions in the book, and in less than 5 minutes, I am rested and ready to go."
"Excellent Book , Very detailed explanations of the Butyeko Method, as well as providing the foundation and knowledge to fully understand & implement the method into your life ."
"An excellent book describing asthma and the wholistic method which stops it."
"This is a very simple and informative book about how to breath properly."
"This book is wonderful, I suggest anyone with lung problems to get it💕."
"The info has been a big help with the nocturnal seizures I have."
"Great book."
Best Musculoskeletal Diseases
Now, in The Wahls Protocol, she shares the details of the protocol that allowed her to reverse many of her symptoms, get back to her life, and embark on a new mission: to share the Wahls Protocol with others suffering from the ravages of multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune conditions. Terry lives in Iowa with her family.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Even though I'm definitely NOT grateful for having this disease, I truly believe my loved ones, future children and I obtained the most valuable information we have come across as a consequence of my MS. In this book, Dr Wahls goes into detail about every aspect of the dietary and lifestyle changes she recommends, which includes supplements, exercise, electrical stimulation, meditation, etc., and she details three different versions of the Wahls diet so anyone can find a level they can learn to live with. I actually convinced my wife and my mother to read the book and follow different levels of the protocol with me for one month. It has been three weeks today, and the results have been noticeable: - I have RRMS, and am still in early stages of the disease so when I'm in remission, which is 90% of the time, I have no symptoms. She feels a lot more rested and the Polar Loop is actually measuring and showing these results as concrete data. Additionally, she used to get headaches at work about once a week, and hasn't had a single one since following the Wahls Paleo. I have now read many other books by Sarah Ballantyne, Dr. Perlmutter, Amy Myers, Jimmy Moore, etc., I have found countless Blogs and Cookbooks, and I even have iOS Apps that make my life way easier (MyPaleoPal is excellent for tracking and ideas, for example). I now enjoy eating and even cooking more than I ever had before, and my entire family is still reaping the benefits from all this knowledge. Just to detail a bit more: I follow the Wahls Paleo Plus diet, mixed together with the AIP just to make it a little more challenging. This means no nuts, seeds, nightshades, or coffee, on top of Dr Wahls' strictest protocol. I also swim every other day, meditate and work my core muscles daily, and sleep 7.5-8.5 hours every night. You be the judge: my last relapse was over a year ago, I can now bike for 45minutes and totally withstand heat sensitivity, I can swim for as long as I want to, I walked over 120,000 steps in a week last december during Christmas break (used a pedometer to keep track), I'm sleeping like a baby, and, MOST IMPORTANT: I stopped my MS medication two weeks ago (under my neurologist's supervision of course, and having sworn to go back on it if my status changes negatively)."
"The book is so easy to read, and it is set up pretty much the way I spent my first year changing my diet. I loved reading Chapter 7 - Wahls Paleo Plus, because that is the way I basically eat now, strictly and consistently. This new book is an easier read, but still full of Dr. Wahls passion for sharing this vital information, and getting it right. Her life is at stake, and she wants to help as many people as she can - in my opinion, it is obvious that this book is a true labor of love for her. I rarely left the house, except for appointments that I couldn't put off any longer, or family celebrations with the our grown kids. My husband, whose busy career took much of his time, did the best he could, which meant my diet was mostly easy processed food or take-out. A few weeks after I sold/gave my beloved Prius to my son, my daughter urged me to look into some doctor that had MS and wrote a book about how she healed herself with diet. I had a slight increase in energy, and cleaned a tiny spot of kitchen counter between the sink and the coffee maker. I had stopped eating white potatoes, and soon started avoiding soy, legumes all processed and packaged foods. After a year, a friend offered to drive me to the gym again, so I started working out a bit, and she helped me move between machines. Finally I started taking my walker, and then made my husband buy a car so I could have his Prius - I needed my independence back, and I was ready. My gym workouts were good for a while but I began to hurt myself; I could barely remember how to walk, because my body was so messed up. I started working with a personal trainer at the gym, after he actually convinced me that he could wake up my severely weakened muscles, when giving me a free hour-long evaluation where I could not even do a squat, or get up from the floor. I can now do a deadlift with 115 pound weight, I can squat, carry bags of groceries upstairs, and take many different classes at the gym, with modifications, such as Zumba, spinning, step, yoga, Pilates, and I love to walk outside to get the fresh air and sunshine. I finally bought a Vitamix (I stopped juicing - I want the nutrients in my body) and I still use it every single day for getting a huge amount of veggies and berries. I had been on weight loss diets all my life, and that was a struggle, because I could never shake my addiction to sweets, carbs, etc. Terry also talks about the importance of moving our bodies and having strong emotional bonds with the people in our lives. That last one has been harder for me in the last year, and the stress of it taught me a lot about how my body reacts to negative thoughts in my mind."