Immune Disease

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.

As a writer, activist, and theology student, Lyndsey Medford was used to critiquing unsustainable medical, environmental, economic, and social systems from a theoretical perspective. But when her autoimmune disorder roared out of remission, she discovered that her own body's systems lived at the very real vortex of all those systems' dysfunction.

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.

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.

The Immune System Diet & Lifestyle Book is a simple blueprint you can follow even on a busy schedule. It will help you improve your diet and lifestyle in a few simple steps you can quickly implement in a week (or less).

Most of us take for granted the little things in life - such as walking out to the mailbox, socializing with friends, or enjoying a mug of hot coffee. But what if each daily activity required intensive planning and effort? That’s what living with multiple sclerosis is, and author Michaël Friedman knows this from firsthand experience. Since his diagnosis of multiple sclerosis a decade ago, Dr. Friedman has been searching for a cure for the disease.

The current treatment of hypothyroidism is superficial and unsatisfactory. Patients continue to suffer from the symptoms of hypothyroidism despite taking thyroid pills. Even worse, there is no treatment for Hashimoto's thyroiditis, the root cause of hypothyroidism in a large number of patients. Dr. Sarfraz Zaidi, a former assistant clinical professor of medicine at UCLA and a leading endocrinologist in the USA, has made a breakthrough discovery about the real cause of Hashimoto's thyroiditis and how to effectively treat it.

Need to (re)discover health and happiness without feeling overwhelmed? What if a few simple health habits could dramatically improve your wellness or the wellness of someone you love? Award winning researcher and health advocate, Heather Hausenblas, PhD, provides her inspiring journey with an autoimmune disease, weaving together personal stories and science to shed light on how you can eliminate overwhelm and (re)discover health and happiness.

Calm inflammation and embrace vibrant health with stress-free meal plans and easy recipes. Struggling to find the best diet to reduce inflammation? Need quick, simple recipes without spending hours in the kitchen? Overwhelmed by dietary changes but ready to improve your health? You're not alone. This book makes the anti-inflammatory lifestyle simple with science-backed guidance.

Throughout this audiobook, parents of kids with PANDAS (pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with strep) and PANS (pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome) share their answers to these questions and more. In stories of heartbreak and healing, they describe how the symptoms of these disorders really look behind closed doors and how relentlessly fighting for the right diagnosis and treatment led their kids to heal, slowly.

I've tried many ways to improve my colitis flare ups and upset stomach with little success until now. Once I figured out what works since having this autoimmune disease since the mid 1990's, I decided to share my story in hopes that it can help others to achieve remission. I have reached remission and have learned how to stop fistulas from developing from getting my gut healthy and allowing my body to cure itself with the right foods, supplements, etc. I have listed my journey and the regiment that has helped me achieve remission.

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.

Over 90 percent of the population suffers from inflammation or an autoimmune disorder. Do you often feel sick and grumpy? And do you have an overall sense that you’re not feeling your best, but it has been going on so long it’s actually normal to you? So much in life is beyond our control, but managing inflammation and autoimmune disease doesn’t have to be. With the healing powers of food, we can start to regain control over our lives again.

Gluten-free lifestyle made easy, exciting, and fun! Discover how much variety you can enjoy on a gluten-free diet so that you never feel deprived again. Your guide to eating healthy and gluten-free while keeping your taste buds satisfied!

In this special Addison’s edition of the Autoimmune Antidote, you will gain valuable insight into the new, natural approach that can help you prevent and maybe even reverse the life-limiting symptoms of Addison’s disease and other inflammatory health problems.

This audiobook is not just another paleo-diet guide. It's been tested and reveals the most effective ways to shed your pounds fast and naturally without any cardio exercise and guides you how to achieve your desired weight-loss goal.

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.

Dr. David Freed warned us in 1999 that many lectins are (a) toxic, inflammatory, or both; (b) resistant to cooking and digestive enzymes; and (c) present in much of our food. Despite these early assumptions, clear and precise guides to help and cure people suffering from lectin-related health issues were practically nonexistent. That is exactly why this guide was carefully created to spread the knowledge about these kinds of proteins and their potential effects and viable solutions and treatment in the public domain.

A healthy gut is a happy digestive system. Thаt’ѕ the bеаutу оf thiѕ book - you will lеаrn how tо liѕtеn and undеrѕtаnd your bоdу’ѕ сuеѕ and rеѕроnd to уоur gut rеасtiоn. My body and I have bесоmе a tеаm. Nоw, I knоw thаt in order to hеаl уоu need tо liѕtеn close аnd nоt ѕее уоur body/gut аѕ ѕоmеthing оutѕidе оf уоurѕеlf. Because it’ѕ аn essential раrt оf you. It’ѕ amazing hоw quickly my body tоld mе that I mаdе thе right dесiѕiоn, and you can, too.

Motherhood can often feel overwhelming and isolating, but for moms with a chronic illness, those feelings are often intensified. When your life is a constant battle with pain, fatigue, and isolation, it's easy to lose sight of any joy in your life. Wife and mother Hannah Wingert knows this all too well. After finally being diagnosed with a chronic illness following the birth of her fourth child, Hannah has had to come to terms with her diagnosis and to learn to be a wife and mother in the midst of her invisible illness.