
Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis
An evidence-based guide to recovery
George Jelinek MD(Author)
Allen & Unwin (Publisher)
Published on 1. February 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-74237-179-5 (ISBN)
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Description
'I gave it to a friend with MS who said it was the most useful book she had read. "Jelinek is perfectly placed to analyse data and research and to evaluate their worth. I found it invaluable."' Mail on Sunday
'I cannot recommend this book highly enough to anyone whose life is affected by multiple sclerosis.'
Dr Heather King, MBCHB, Dip Obs
Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis offers real hope for people with multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a serious, progressively disabling neurological condition for which current medical treatment is not particularly effective and has many side effects. Professor George Jelinek, an experienced medical clinician and researcher, provides a genuine alternative.
Through an exhaustive, evidence-based analysis of medical research, Professor Jelinek reached the surprising conclusion that MS is a disease largely determined by lifestyle factors. He has demonstrated that people with MS who modify their diet, exercise habits, and other aspects of lifestyle can stabilise the illness, and potentially recover. Professor Jelinek's experience with his mother's death from MS, and his own diagnosis in 1999, lend an urgency and compassion to this meticulous work.
Professor Jelinek's recommendations will change the lives of thousands of people with MS and support their loved ones.
'I cannot recommend this book highly enough to anyone whose life is affected by multiple sclerosis.'
Dr Heather King, MBCHB, Dip Obs
Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis offers real hope for people with multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a serious, progressively disabling neurological condition for which current medical treatment is not particularly effective and has many side effects. Professor George Jelinek, an experienced medical clinician and researcher, provides a genuine alternative.
Through an exhaustive, evidence-based analysis of medical research, Professor Jelinek reached the surprising conclusion that MS is a disease largely determined by lifestyle factors. He has demonstrated that people with MS who modify their diet, exercise habits, and other aspects of lifestyle can stabilise the illness, and potentially recover. Professor Jelinek's experience with his mother's death from MS, and his own diagnosis in 1999, lend an urgency and compassion to this meticulous work.
Professor Jelinek's recommendations will change the lives of thousands of people with MS and support their loved ones.
Reviews / Votes
As a physician and the spouse of someone with multiple sclerosis I feel that this book contains much wisdom and guidance for achieving one's greatest potential for healing when confronted by the reality of this disease * Bernie Siegel MD * This is the most exciting book I have read in some time. Everyone affected by MS, either directly or indirectly, needs to read it * Ian Gawler OAM, author of You Can Conquer Cancer and Peace of Mind * I gave it to a friend with MS who said it was the most useful book she had read. "Jelinek is perfectly placed to analyse data and research and to evaluate their worth. I found it invaluable." * Mail on Sunday *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
St Leonards
Australia
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
520 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-74237-179-5 (9781742371795)
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Person
Professor George A. Jelinek MD MBBS DipDHM FACEM is Head of the Neuroepidemiology Unit in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne. He is an international leader in research and treatment of multiple sclerosis, and co-author of Recovering from Multiple Sclerosis.
Content
List of tables and figures..Foreword..Preface ..Acknowledgments ..Prologue ..Part I: Background ..1 About my mother, MS and me ..2 About the book: Evidence, research and statistics ..3 About MS: Understanding the illness..Part II: Considering the evidence ..4 Dietary fats: Evidence of immune system effects..5 Dietary fats: Evidence from population studies..6 Dietary fats: Evidence from clinical studies ..7 Dietary supplements: Evidence about multivitamins, antioxidants and others ..8 Sunlight exposure and vitamin D: Evidence of benefit in MS..9 Other lifestyle issues: Evidence about exercise, stress, depression and smoking..10 Other factors: Evidence about gluten, dental amalgam, vaccinations, hyperbaric oxygen and others ..11 The mind - body connection: Evidence about the role of the mind and emotions in healing ..12 Steroids..13 Interferons..14 Glatiramer..15 Other drug therapies affecting immune system function ..16 Newer drug therapies on