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One of five children of Czech immigrants, George Jelinek was educated at Scotch College in Perth, before studying medicine at the University of Western Australia. While at school, his mother developed multiple sclerosis, and by the time he had qualified in medicine she was wheelchair bound. A few years later she took her own life, such was her suffering. George Jelinek specialised in Emergency Medicine, winning the prize in the first specialist examinations in that field in Australasia in 1986. A stellar career followed: President of the Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine, Editor of Emergency Medicine, and then, in 1996, inaugural Professor in Emergency Medicine in Australasia. But at the age of 45, two years into that job, he too was diagnosed with MS. Professor Jelinek accepted the disease as a challenge, searching the medical literature and modifying his own life according to the findings: support for new, disease-modifying drugs, and sound evidence that dietary modifications and sunlight may help in controlling MS. More than a medical challenge, the disease has also led Professor Jelinek to re-assess his life, relationships and spirituality. The insights he gained, together with the dietary and lifestyle changes he prescribes, will be of benefit to thousands of people with MS and many other chronic conditions.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #8506 in Books
• Published on: 2005-03-22
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Synopsis
One of five children of Czech immigrants, George Jelinek was educated at Scotch College in Perth, before studying medicine at the University of Western Australia. While at school, his mother developed multiple sclerosis, and by the time he had qualified in medicine she was wheelchair bound. A few years later she took her own life, such was her suffering. George Jelinek specialised in Emergency Medicine, winning the prize in the first specialist examinations in that field in Australasia in 1986. A stellar career followed: President of the Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine, Editor of Emergency Medicine, and then, in 1996, inaugural Professor in Emergency Medicine in Australasia. But at the age of 45, two years into that job, he too was diagnosed with MS. Professor Jelinek accepted the disease as a challenge, searching the medical literature and modifying his own life according to the findings: support for new, disease-modifying drugs, and sound evidence that dietary modifications and sunlight may help in controlling MS. More than a medical challenge, the disease has also led Professor Jelinek to re-assess his life, relationships and spirituality.

The insights he gained, together with the dietary and lifestyle changes he prescribes, will be of benefit to thousands of people with MS and many other chronic conditions.

About the Author
Professor George Jelinek MD

Customer Reviews

It's great to feel positive again.....
Having been diagnosed with relapse remission type Multiple Sclerosis in 2001, my neurologist recently recommended that I start a course of Beta Interferon drug therapy. After researching and becoming increasingly concerned about this option, I found George Jelinek's work. This wonderful book truly does offer you the tools required to "take control" of your illness and become far more than just a passive recipient of aggressive steroids and interferon drugs dished out by the medical profession. I have now cut all saturated fat from my diet and increased my consumption of healthy oils, take regular exercise (when I am able), do yoga, have learnt to meditate and feel positive about my future for the first time since I was diagnosed.

Sound book - empowering for us MSers!
This book is well written, accessible and based on scientific research! It is a balanced account by a medical professional with the genuine ability to understand what it's really like.

Diagnosed at age 15, my MS was initially sensory in nature (relapsing/remitting). I was a 'passive sufferer' and with time it became more disabling until I only experienced 2 months of good health in a year (still relapsing/remit). Time to take action! I read the bulk of this book in a day and it changed the way I ate (and thought) from then on. The first year was a major struggle but now I wouldn't go back (2.5 years later)! It's a pretty tough slog, but I have found it truly worth it! I'm now 29 and at the healthiest I've been in YEARS! It's not possible to promise that all those with MS will experience the same benefits but, to be honest, this lifestyle/diet is truly healthy for anyone (even my active rugby-playing husband is happy to eat what I eat!).

Brillant book on MS! A must read for anyone with MS or MS in the family
I have read George Jelinek's book (or should I say Bible) on MS and it gives valid hope to anyone who has been diagnosed with the disease. I also went on George's course and met him - he is a fabulous, sincere man who has a lot of medical expertise. He has outlined a program of the best way to deal with MS based on his extensive research and it is a program he is following himself. Many of the people following his program are achieving really good results! If you read one book on MS - make sure it is this one.