Autoimmune Wellness

Graves' disease is one of several causes of hyperthyroidism. In this book Dr. Zaidi, a leading endocrinologist, describes how to accurately diagnose and treat Graves' disease as well as other causes of hyperthyroidism. The medical treatment of Graves' disease has not changed in over 50 years. Sad, but true! The standard, usual treatment with radioactive iodine is a superficial, myopic approach. It almost always makes you hypothyroid (underactive thyroid state).

Imagine how different your life would be if you could reduce inflammation within your body to calm the effects of Crohn’s, IBS, Hashimoto’s, and a range of autoimmune disorders - simply by changing what you eat. Is this really possible through dietary and lifestyle intervention? Can you genuinely put out the inflammatory fires within you by altering what’s on your plate? In my experience you can, and not only that, it’s actually the most effective way to do it.

If you or a loved one is feeling stressed or depressed about RA and its myriad life changes, listen to this audiobook! Helen Ward Day, an RA veteran, has taken on the topic of life with an invisible disability with humor and a true nuts-and-bolts guide to navigating life with this frustrating disease. Helen Ward Day has taken a potentially devastating diagnosis that threatened to derail her future and turned it into a positive, graceful way of life that does not minimize RA's reality; instead, she embraces it to develop work-arounds that help her lead the life of her dreams.

Cada año el cáncer, la diabetes, la obesidad o el Alzheimer afectan irreversiblemente a millones de personas alrededor del mundo. No obstante, las últimas investigaciones revelan que el poder de defendernos contra estas amenazas reside en una solución simple: los alimentos que consumimos todos los días.

The star of HGTV’s Flip or Flop Christina Anstead partners with celebrity nutritionist Cara Clark to help women remodel their lives—in mind, body and spirit. Christina Anstead, star of HGTV’s Flip or Flop and Christina on the Coast, is known for her boundless energy...

Millions of people around the world have been diagnosed with incurable autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis. But getting a formal diagnosis of RA is often a lengthy and challenging process. Many never get a medical confirmation of what is happening to their mind and body at all! In this book, you will gain valuable insight into the natural new approach that can help you prevent and maybe even reverse the life-limiting symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory health problems.

Any comprehensive understanding of autoimmune personality traits must take into account, gifted intelligence. After researching personality types related to autoimmune disease, the literature reveals that we fall into several types - one of which includes gifted traits...Type G. While much of the research on personality type related to autoimmune disease has focused on Type A, C, and D traits and coping styles...we will also consider gifted personality traits, stress, inflammation, and the dominant brain networks and underlying neurobiological needs.

This anti-inflammatory diet helps to reduce the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with meals designed to help you lose weight, be kinder to your joints, and avoid flare-ups. Ross Lennox, a rheumatoid arthritis sufferer, realized early on that there were a close link between RA and the food choices he was making. The recipes in this book are specifically designed for people with RA who need to eat well and need to lose some weight.

Marcia Brock has lived with hEDS, Raynaud's syndrome, lupus and has survived cancer several times. Cassandra A Campbell has been living with hEDS and fibromyalgia. Together they deliver workshops for Ehlers-Danlos.org. Both authors deliver this audiobook.

Eat Real to Heal shows you how to create and follow a meal plan that utilizes nutritious, vegan recipes, made with pure and organic ingredients, that are quick, easy, and delicious! Also, learn about juicing, managing stress, detoxifying your home, breathing exercises, and yoga that connect you with your body, and the Gerson Therapy.

For millions of Americans, hypothyroidism often goes untreated or is treated improperly. This book, thoroughly researched by the nation's top thyroid patient advocate - a hypothyroidism patient herself - provides you with answers to all your questions, including: What is hypothyroidism? What are the warning signs, symptoms, and risk factors? Why is getting diagnosed often a challenge, and how can you overcome the obstacles?

Mental wellness issues are at an all-time high, and most quick-fixes fail to provide a long-term solution. While billions of dollars are spent annually on feel-better products, most exclusively target the brain and come with a slew of damaging side effects. Mental Fitness outlines the groundbreaking research on the gut-brain-heart axis to improve mood, thinking, and energy through nutrition, mindset, and movements.

Ross Lennox, a rheumatoid arthritis sufferer, realized early on that there was a close link between RA and the food choices he was making. The recipes in this audiobook are specifically designed for people with RA who need to eat well and reduce inflammation. Life is complicated enough, so these simple recipes and the 28-day meal plans help you plan your RA Healthy Eating Plan. The anti-inflammatory diet book will arm you with everything you need to know about adopting this eating plan to help alleviate the symptoms of your RA.

Are you or is someone who you love and care for living with Multiple Sclerosis? For people struggling to discover a happier, healthier way to live with this lifelong disease, it sometimes seems like an impossible task. Now, author Daryl H Bryant shares his own challenges, frustrations, anxiety, and ultimate victories in managing MS. His new book shares his stories as a person faced with the disease. Bryant is not a doctor, but a person living with Multiple Sclerosis.

Adopting an anti-inflammatory diet can help to reduce inflammation throughout your body and may even lead to long-term health benefits. In this book, The Complete Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Beginners: Ultimate Guide to Restoring Your Immune System, Healing Inflammation, and Reversing Disease, you’ll find everything you need to know about why an anti-inflammatory diet may be suitable for you.

Do you live with a chronic, debilitating, yet invisible condition? You may feel isolated, out of step, judged, lonely, or misunderstood - and that's on top of dealing with your actual illness. Take heart. You are not alone, although sometimes it can feel that way. Written by a blogger who suffers from an invisible chronic illness, Surviving and Thriving with an Invisible Chronic Illness offers peer-to-peer support to help you stay sane, be your own advocate, and get back to living your life. This compelling guide is written for anyone suffering with an illness no one can see.

It begins with numbness on her left leg. Then it spreads. Even though an MRI finds a "mass" on her brainstem, it takes two more years for Meredith O'Brien to learn what is causing that numbness. Months after her sixty-five-year-old mother dies from a fast-moving cancer, weeks after her father is hospitalized and she experiences an unexpected job change, she learns she has multiple sclerosis. Suddenly, Meredith, a married mother of three teens, has to figure out how to move forward into a life she no longer recognizes.

After 10 years of dismissive (or downright wrong) diagnoses, the author was finally told she had rheumatoid arthritis the week of her 40th birthday. Stunned and angry, she decided to not let RA interfere with her plans for a great life. Fifteen years into her journey with RA, she’s learned a lot of tricks that make living with RA easier.

In this revelatory memoir, doctor Cynthia Li shares the truth other doctors don’t always understand and often won’t share if they do - that chronic illness is complicated, and that treatment is not just a matter of test results and prescriptions but requires a more comprehensive approach. By sharing her own struggle with a disabling autoimmune crisis, which forced her to question her own conventional medical training and embrace the integrative principles of functional medicine, Li reveals the insider knowledge sufferers need to truly begin healing - mind, body, and spirit.

Twenty million adults in the United States live with an autoimmune disease. In this guide, Dr. Julius Birnbaum offers essential advice for navigating the complex world of various autoimmune diseases. This resource will help patients, caregivers, and health care professionals understand the diagnosis, management, and treatment of conditions like lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome, and more.