Managing Multiple Sclerosis Naturally

HEALTH / SELF-HELP "Judy Graham's book should be essential reading for all with MS and for the families and friends of those suffering. It is up-beat without being facile, and it surveys the field simply and intelligently. The clear way in which Ms. Graham tackles the contentious issue of diet is extremely welcome." --Yoga Journal "There is no doubt that this book is by far the most comprehensive, objective, and scientifically sound overview of all the options a person with MS has to help keep the MS disease process well controlled." --Ashton Embry, Ph.D., founder of DIRECT-MS Judy Graham is an inspiration. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when she was just 26 years old, 36 years later Judy Graham is still walking, working, and has successfully birthed and raised a son who is now an adult. In this totally revised and updated edition of her groundbreaking Multiple Sclerosis, first published in 1984, she shares the natural treatments that have helped her and many others with MS stabilize or even reverse the condition. Beginning with the effects of diet, she explains that many people with MS have been eating the wrong foods and shows which foods are "good" and "bad," how to recognize food sensitivities, and how to correct nutritional deficiencies using dietary supplements. She also looks at reducing the body's toxic overload, whether from mercury amalgam fillings, chemicals, or medications. She presents the exercises with proven benefits for MS she has found most reliable and appropriate, such as yoga, Pilates, and t'ai chi, and explores alternative therapies that provide relief and support to the body's efforts to control MS, including acupuncture, reflexology, shiatsu, Reiki, and ayurveda. Most important are the insights she provides on the effects of negative thoughts on MS. She demonstrates how a positive mental attitude can actually slow down or even reverse the progression of this disease. Judy Graham is living proof that, as devastating as a diagnosis of MS is, life can still be lived to its fullest. JUDY GRAHAM is the editor of New Pathways, a magazine for people with MS, has worked as a TV producer for the BBC and other UK channels, and has written for many newspapers and magazines. She is the author of six books, including Multiple Sclerosis and Having a Baby, and lives in London.

Foreword by Ashton Embry, Ph.D.

Preface to the New Edition

Acknowledgments

Part One
Understanding MS

1 MS Can Be Controlled
2 What Exactly Is MS?
3 Possible Causes of MS

Part Two
Nutrition for MS

4 Food Sensitivities
5 The Best Bet Diet
6 Feed Your Body, Feed Your Brain
7 The Body’s Delicate Balance
8 Nutritional Supplements
9 Vitamin D
10 Fats and Oils and Their Role in MS

Part Three
Physical and Complementary Therapies

11 Exercise and Exercise Machines
12 Physical Therapy, Physiotherapy, and Rehabilitation
13 Complementary Therapies
14 Other Modalities that Can Help MS
15 Hormones and MS

Part Four
Living a Healthy Life

16 Alleviating Specific Symptoms
17 MS Triggers and Exacerbating Factors
18 Mercury
19 Detoxing the Body
20 Clearing the Mind of Negativity
21 Life Is for Living

Resources

Recommended Reading

Notes

Index