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Fibromyalgia (FMS) and
Chronic Myofascial Pain (CMP)
Information for Patients and Supporters
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Recommended Reading:
Nutrition

 

Detoxification and Healing: The Key to Optimal Health, by Sidney MacDonald Baker

 

Dr. Baker explains how the essential pathways of detoxification take place in the body, what can go wrong, and how to help heal the processes and restore balance and harmony to your health.

 
The A-Z Guide to Drug-Herb and Vitamin Interactions, by Schuyler W. Lininger, DC, Steve Austin, ND, Forrest Batz, Alan Gaby, MD, and Don Brown.  

Prescription medications, drugs and herbs can often interact.  One can block another or potentiate it.  This informative guide can help you sort them out and help prevent problems.

Eating Mindfully: How to End Mindless Eating and Enjoy a Balanced Relationship with Food, by Susan Albers, PsyD  

This book gives you helpful techniques of mind control to help prevent neurotransmitter-driven eating.

Blood Sugar Blues: Overcoming the Hidden Dangers of Insulin Resistance, by Miryam Williamson

Insulin resistance is a common perpetuating factor for both fibromyalgia and myofascial pain and is frequently overlooked by both patient and doctor.  This is a well-researched and well-written comprehensive book that will teach you what you need to know.

Hormone Deception: How Everyday Foods and Products Are Disrupting Your Hormones--and How to Protect Yourself and Your Family, by D. Lindsey Berkson

This book could be in the horror section of the library, but it's all true!  Hormone disrupting chemicals are all around, and it is particularly important that people with fibromyalgia who already have multiple dysfunctional hormone balances read this and find what can be done to identify hormone disruptors and get them out of your life as much as possible.  If you can't afford it, please suggest that your local library purchase a copy.

Potatoes Not Prozac: A Natural Seven-Step Dietary Plan to Control Your Cravings and Lose Weight, Recognize How Foods Affect the Way
You Feel, and Stabilize the Level of Sugar in Your Blood
, by Kathleen DesMaisons, PhD, and Candace B. Pert, PhD    

This book is a handy guide for those of us who are sensitive to sugar and may have reactive hypoglycemia or insulin resistance.

The Zone : Revolutionary Life Plan to Put Your Body in Total Balance for Permanent Weight Loss, by Barry Sears, Bill Lawren (Contributor)  

I have modified the Zone diet to suit my nutritional needs.  This diet has minimized many of my symptoms.  There is more information on the hypoglycemia page.

Mastering the Zone: The Next Step in Achieving SuperHealth and Permanent Fat Loss, by Barry Sears, Mary Goodbody, 1997

Zone Perfect Meals in Minutes: 150 Fast and Simple Healthy Recipes, by Barry Sears, the Bestselling Author of The Zone and Mastering The Zone


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