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Friday, August 20, 2010

Foods that Helps Win the Battle Against Fibromyalgia: Ease Everyday Pain and Fight Fatique

Easy recipes with wholesome foods bring fibromyalgia sufferers relief with food - an easy concept to grasp and embrace.  Six million in the United States have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia a debilitating, languishing, and painful disease characterized by chronic muscular and joint pain, headaches, and mental and physical fatigue. Food that Help Win the Battle Against Fibromyalgia will provide the tools and guidelines necessary to generate positive health, increase energy, and reduce symptoms. The book offers an overview of the disease and its symptoms and teaches readers how a carefully balanced diet specific in particular nutrients can substantially alleviate the illness. The carefully selected ingredients in the 100 healing recipes both relieve the symptoms of fibromyalgia and infuse patients with the nutrients they need to boost their immune system and help conquer this disease. All cooking methods presented will preserve vitamins, minerals, and nutrients. All the normal meals and snacks are included from breakfast to dinner including appetizers and side dishes so every meal can be a step in the right direction towards recovery or cure.
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Monday, August 2, 2010

The Promise Of Low Dose Naltrexone Therapy: Potential Benefits in Cancer, Autoimmune, Neurological and Infectious Disorders

Naltrexone is an opiate antagonist drug developed in the 1970s and approved by the FDA in 1984 for opiate and drug abuse treatment. When used at much lower doses in an off-label protocol referred to as low-dose naltrexone (LDN), the drug has been show to halt disease progression or reduce symptoms in a number of diseases and conditions, including Crohn's disease, cancer, multiple sclerosis, autism, and Parkinson's disease. Grounded in clinical and scientific research, this book for patients and professionals describes the history of naltrexone, its potential therapeutic uses, its effects on the immune system, its pharmacological properties, and how the drug is administered. A patient's guide to the LDN experience gives stories of several patients helped by the drug. The book also lists fillers and compounding pharmacies, doctors who prescribe LDN, clinical trials, and electronic and organizational patient resources. A glossary is included. Moore has written previous books on health issues. Wilkinson is a patient advocate who has benefited from LDN for her multiple sclerosis.
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Women, Food, and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything

The author of the best-selling When Food Is Love likens overeating to an addiction intended to numb painful emotions and counsels readers to eat in accordance with seven key guidelines and with a greater awareness of actual needs.
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