Product Description

Fibromyalgia is a painful, chronic condition which can result in symptoms such as fatigue, pain, insomnia, IBS or depression. But, our bodies are powerful self-generating organisms, and the right foods stimulate healing of the body's systems at a fundamental level. This new edition of "The Fibromyalgia Healing Diet" looks at the latest research on how to redress nutritional imbalances, including information about osteoporosis, the importance of vitamin D, and the correct balance of carbohydrates, protein and fat for people with fibromyalgia. Although this isn't a calorie-counting diet, a happy side-effect of these guidelines can also be weight loss in people who are overweight.Topics include: what it means to have fibromyalgia; why diet is important in treating fibromyalgia; essential nutrients; substances to avoid; supplements that may help; a simple detox programme; losing any excess fat - and the toxins that may go with it; and, delicious recipes.As a fibromyalgia sufferer and the author of Living with Fibromyalgia (also for Sheldon Press) Christine Craggs-Hinton says that while measures such as gentle exercise, complementary therapies and pain management techniques may improve your condition, this diet treats the cause of the disease, not just the symptoms, and will help you get your life back again.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #91474 in Books
• Published on: 2008-11-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

From the Author
Modern-day scientific advances have made a great difference to our lives. Industry is booming, new cleaning fluids make housework a breeze and sophisticated personal care products give us that important ‘feel-good’ factor. The bad news is that unfortunately, these marvellous advances are slowly poisoning our bodies, for the toxins we ingest from all of the above gradually weaken our immune systems. The result is headaches, tiredness, a lack of energy, poor sleep, poor bowel function, aching muscles and joints - and, increasingly, chronic disease. This situation is compounded by the fact that the nourishment with which our bodies are provided is often loaded with harmful chemicals. Our bodies have barely changed, in a genetic or physiological sense, since the days of the ancient hunter-gatherer. Our foodstuffs are very similar, too. What has changed, and dramatically, is the environment in which our foodstuffs are grown, and the chemical colourings, flavourings and preservatives which are added. And sadly our bodies just cannot cope. Nowadays food is grown on land laden with weed-killer and pesticides (organophosphates). However, organophosphates - which are also used liberally in animal husbandry - were originally developed to attack the central nervous system in order to kill for purposes of warfare. It is no wonder then that diseases involving central nervous system disruption are rapidly increasing. One such disease is fibromyalgia. It’s a sad fact that conventional medications merely suppress the symptoms of fibromyalgia, rather than addressing the underlying problems. Maybe one day scientists will find a cure - a pill or a potion that will miraculously energise sufferers, that will end the pain, the poor sleep, the memory and concentration problems, the food and chemical intolerances etc. However, until that day arrives, the best option is a ‘tailor-made’ diet, using organically-produced foods.

Food is the finest medicine we can put into our bodies, it is the best means of influencing health. Not only does food keep us alive, it also works to repair and regenerate the tissues, warding off further disease and allowing a longer, more fruitful life. There is no doubt that powerful medications and treatments are invaluable in a ife-threatening situation, for correcting congenital abnormality etc., but using drugs to suppress long-standing symptoms is merely a temporary solution.

Because certain foods act on certain parts of the body, it has been possible to devise a diet which targets the problem areas in fibromyalgia. Consequently, this book describes the foods which help strengthen the immune system, the central nervous system and the endocrine system (hormones) - all of which are problem areas - and it explains how to overcome the food intolerances and toxic build-up which are perhaps universal in this disease. The nutritional supplements known to be beneficial in treating the condition are also outlined, as is the important 21-day detoxification programme. The second half of the book comprises of healing recipes.

About the Author
Christine Craggs-Hinton is an established Sheldon author with several books to her credit.

Customer Reviews

An exciting revelation for fibromyalgia sufferers
As a fellow sufferer of Fibromyalgia Syndrome, I read Christine Craggs-Hinton's first and xcellent book 'Living with Fibromyalgia' with great admiration, and eagerly awaited the arrival of its sequal / her second book 'The Fibromyalgia Healing Diet'.

I was not disappointed. Christine takes the reader simply and fluently through the reasons for good nutrition (especially in terms of Fibromyalgia),
and how to go about it, including giving details of a varied - and enjoyable - wholefood diet. She also includes details of an initial detoxification
programme, plus hints about a number of nutritional supplements most likely to be eneficial to sufferers of FMS. There is an informative chapter regarding substances to avoid. The second half of the book is devoted to healthy and useful recipes, which can only tempt the reader to 'have a go'!

I felt the book had a positive tone throughout.

As a 'holistic health adviser ' and a wholefooder of over 20 years standing, I read this book in a somewhat hypercritical way; as such I spotted a couple of things with which I was not entirely happy - eg I could not condone the use of golden syrup in one of the recipes, or the use of of microwave ovens (convenient though these may be). However, these were minor disagreements only, and when taken as a whole, I believe this book to be an excellent complement to Christine's first book. Believing as I do, that eating the best possible diet is of paramount importance - indeed, the foundation on which to build - for any sufferer of FMS (in fact, any sufferer of anything), I fully
recommend this book to anyone who wishes to take the first steps towards rebuilding their health. It will be an exciting revelation to anyone who
normally eats the average 'western diet', and who wishes to help themselves.

I recently gave a 'Health and Wholefoods' talk to my local FMS group - there is now a super book to back this up. I congratulate and thank Christine!

In depth, accurate, cheerful and optimistic
This is the best book i have read on fibromyalgia so far! it gives in depth information on all vitamins and herbs taht should be taken, exactly what we need to know! and it gives us a manageble de-tox plan that is sensible and acheivable...and the best bit! the brilliant recipe section - which looks yum! i highly recommend this book....

A Wsste of My Money
I found this book quite useless. There wasn't anything in it that I didn't already know. The author clearly does not understand that IBS is a symptom of Fibromyalgia. If I had followed her recipes I would be doubled over in pain. The recipes are a waste of time. And the book was a waste of my money.