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REVIEWS: Dr. McFadzeans book is refreshing and unique. It provides sound, thoroughly researched information presented in a clean and cogent format. The Lyme Diet will become an essential tool for Lyme practitioners and patients alike. --Steven Harris, MD ........... I have been treating people with Lyme and coinfections since 1997. People who have suffered for many years recover best when they utilize a comprehensive approach, especially one that includes optimal nutrition. This book is a must-read for anyone who is serious about recovering from chronic illness. The reader will surely benefit from Dr. McFadzeans comprehensive collation of wisdom in a user-friendly format. --Therese Yang, M.D. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Navigating the most appropriate diet for a Lyme disease patient can be difficult, but good nutrition is such a crucial part of any treatment regimen that it is well worth addressing. Food sustains us, nourishes us, and can heal us. Food is medicine. It is one of the most important factors in your treatment program. The Lyme Diet contains a wealth of information about why dietary choices are critical for minimizing inflammation, optimizing immune function, promoting healthy digestion and gut flora, balancing hormones, and detoxifying the body. Dr. Nicola s book is a must-have manual for anyone suffering from such Lyme disease symptoms as fatigue, chronic pain, cognitive deficits, and candidiasis. It also has applications for other chronic illnesses such as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, MS, ALS as well as anyone desiring to advance their health goals through nutrition. This ground-breaking publication outlines many practical examples and strategies for implementing nutritional change on a daily basis. It also serves to decode otherwise complex information on nutritional supplements, helpful lab testing, and inexpensive home treatments. Dr. Nicola McFadzean takes a comprehensive approach to treating Lyme disease with patients all over the world. With this invaluable book, she shares the wisdom, insight and solutions that have been, until now, exclusive to her private patients.
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A Must-have book if you are battling Lyme Disease, Oct 10 2010
By LSharkey - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Lyme Diet: Nutritional Strategies for Healing from Lyme Disease (Paperback)
The Lyme Diet was written by Dr. Nicola McFadzean, a Naturopath who has significant experience treating patients for Lyme Disease and related co-infections. While the book is focused specifically on nutrition as it applies to treatment for Lyme Disease, it is easily the most approachable and usable book on nutrition in general that I have ever read. I consider myself "remedial" when it comes to nutrition, cooking, diet, etc., but after reading this book, I feel that I have a firm grasp on the basics, and have successfully used the information provided to stick to a highly "clean" organic and nutritious diet as an integral part of my treatment. I would heartily recommend this book to anyone who is interested in understanding and implementing good nutrition as part of their Lyme treatment.Dr. McFadzean's "real-life" experience with, and compassion for, the challenges facing Lyme patients is obvious in her writing. In the first chapter she addresses the problem of "Lyme brain" and acknowledges the difficulty of navigating significant changes to diet for patients already overwhelmed by the chronic pain, fatigue and brain fog that are common with the disease. She stresses the importance of nutrition in the Lyme treatment regimen, asserting that it is one of the most important factors in any Lyme treatment regimen, but approaches the subject with the assumption that it may be a difficult and gradual change for most people, and that learning to follow the diet will be a process, probably not perfectly executed. Using this approach, Dr. McFadzean has succeeded masterfully in writing a book that makes understanding and implementing the necessary changes as simple and approachable as possible.
In easy-to-understand layman's terms, the author first explains the specific roles that good nutrition plays in Lyme treatment (anti-inflammatory, supportive of immune and digestive functions, etc.). Categories of both beneficial foods and potentially problematic foods, such as dairy, fats and oils, sugars and carbs, gluten and yeast are each covered with easily-digestible (no pun intended) lists of beneficial/detrimental qualities.
In addition to nutritional information, the book also contains sections outlining various treatment options, medication/nutrient interactions, home treatments and recommended lab work.
The wealth of information provided is nicely tied together with additional ideas, suggestions and resources (including some meal plans and recipes, and tips for "budget" eating and eating out at restaurants).
37 of 37 people found the following review helpful
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Must have for Lymies, Nov 8 2010
By Montana Reader - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Lyme Diet: Nutritional Strategies for Healing from Lyme Disease (Paperback)
I spent the first five months following my Lyme diagnosis learning everything I could about the disease and how best to treat it. Diet is a huge part of the healing process. My doc said no sugar, no caffiene, no alcohol, low GI. Reading books and surfing the Internet, I learned diary and grains were also problematic and that one had to take care in choosing fats. It took a lot of time, effort, and expense to find the information I found. With this book, it's all in one place, it's well explained, and I learned a few more tricks about fighting the little beasts. It was reassuring to read that what I had gathered from my months of research was spot on. Food is medicine, especially for those with Lyme disease. If you want to understand how diet helps and hinders the healing process, but you're too tired to do all the research, you don't know where to start because your brain doesn't work so good right now, and your eyesight has gone to pot, then this is the book for you.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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The Lyme Diet, Nov 14 2010
By cj - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Lyme Diet: Nutritional Strategies for Healing from Lyme Disease (Paperback)
An easy read. Thorough & to the point. Much needed remake of the "food pyramid", applicable to more than just Lyme. It's the diet of the future.
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