Table
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Dedication |
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Acknowledgements |
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Prologue by
Shinzen Young |
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Foreword by
William C. Mootz, M.D |
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Foreword by
my Parents |
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Preface—My
Story |
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Disclaimer |
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Who Should
Read This Book? |
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Introduction:
Why This Book Was Written and How to Best Use It |
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The 9
Secrets: One or More Will Help You |
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Benefits
Offered by This Book |
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Questions
This Book Answers |
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How to Best
Use This Book |
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For More
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Chapter 1 |
False
Friends—How Some of Your Favorite Foods May Be Perpetuating Your Pain |
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Case Histories |
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The Lessons |
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Chapter 2 |
Food
Sensitivities—What They Are, How They Develop and What to Do About Them |
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It's Not All in Your Mind—Get the Treatments You Need to Correct
Underlying Physical Problems |
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Learning the Lingo—Terms Used in the Discussion of Food
Sensitivities |
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Important Information Your Doctor May
Not Know-Differences Between Classical Food Allergies and Food Sensitivities |
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Differences Between Classical Food
Allergies and Food Sensitivities |
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4 Factors That Cause Food Sensitivities |
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1 Leaky Gut Syndrome |
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2 The Breakdown of Oral Tolerance |
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3 Low Levels of Certain Detoxification Enzymes |
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4 Dietary Lectins and Blood Type Reactions |
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Questions and Answers About Food
Sensitivities |
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Long-Term Benefits |
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Chapter 3 |
Food Sensitivities—How to Test for Them |
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An Overview—The Best Place to Start
Testing |
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An Overview—The Absolute Most Reliable
Way to Test |
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Step 1 of Testing—Elimination of Problem Foods |
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Step 2 of Testing—Reintroduction of Suspect Foods |
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Foods That Most Commonly Trigger Food
Intolerance Reactions |
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Foods That Often Trigger Food
Intolerance Reactions |
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Foods That Sometimes Trigger Food
Intolerance Reactions |
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Foods That Seldom Trigger Food
Intolerance Reactions |
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Cautionary Note—Cross-Reactions,
Concomitant Reactions, Synergistic Reactions and Reactions to Whole Classes
of Foods |
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Fermentation Products |
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Products That Can Contain Mold or Yeast |
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Checklist: Testing for Food
Sensitivities |
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Preliminary |
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Elimination Phase of Testing If Juice Fasting |
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Elimination Phase of Testing If Using an Elimination Diet |
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Reintroduction Phase of Testing |
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Long-Term Benefits |
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Resources |
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Chapter 4 |
Calming
Your Inflammation and Activating Your Healing Potential—How to Therapeutically
Fast |
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A Brief History of Fasting—How Therapeutic Fasting Is Different
from Water or Religious Fasting |
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Long History of Success—Juice Fasting in European Clinics |
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Miraculous Relief—How Fasting Stops Chronic Inflammation Better
Than Anti-Inflammatory Drugs |
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A Call to Health—4 Ways Fasting Activates Your Body's Natural
Ability to Heal |
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The Mechanics—6 Simple Skills for Successfully Undertaking a
Therapeutic Fast |
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How to Fast at Home—An Overview |
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While on the Fast—What to Expect |
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Daily Schedule |
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The Critical Step—How to Successfully Break a Fast |
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Long-Term Benefits |
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Resources |
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Chapter 5 |
Food
Sensitivities—How to Avoid Offending Foods and Food Additives in a World of
Vague, Incomplete and Confusing Food Labels |
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Using Labels to Identify Allergens—2 Problems |
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Problem No. 1—Loopholes That Allow Unlisted Ingredients |
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Problem No. 2—Use of Alternative Names to Hide Additives |
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Other Hidden Dangers—How to Avoid Triggering Sensitivities
through Contact and Inhalation |
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3 Steps to Reduce Exposure to Hidden Toxins |
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How to Get Safe Products |
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A Dangerous Gamble—Genetically Engineered Food |
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The Value of Detective Work— My Experience with Corn Sensitivity |
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Checklist—Steps to Take to Avoid Offending Substances |
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Long-Term Benefits |
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Resources |
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Chapter 6 |
Super-Important
Information— Names on Food Labels That Can Indicate Hidden Allergens |
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How to Use This Chapter |
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How My Food Sensitivities Affect the Completeness of the Allergen
Lists |
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Names Used on Food Labels That Can Indicate Hidden Allergens |
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Write Me |
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Long-Term Benefits |
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Resources |
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Chapter 7 |
Food
Sensitivities— Products That Can Contain Hidden Allergens |
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How to Use This Chapter |
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Products That Can Contain Hidden Allergens |
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Write Me |
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Long-Term Benefits |
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Resources |
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Chapter 8 |
Additives
to Avoid |
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10 Additives to Avoid |
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19 Other Suspect Food Additives |
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Checklist: Avoiding Hidden Allergens |
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Long-Term Benefits |
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References |
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Chapter 9 |
Strategies
for Restocking Your Kitchen with Safe Food |
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Setting Yourself Up for Great Meals— 6 Hints for Restocking your
Kitchen |
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Long-Term Benefits |
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Resources |
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Chapter 10 |
How to
Modify Your Favorite Recipes |
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Safe Versions of Your Favorite Foods— How
to Modify Your Favorite Recipes |
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Substitution Guide |
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11 Leavening Options |
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8 Alternatives to Eggs for Baking |
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23 Alternatives for Thickening and Binding |
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9 Additional Thickeners and Binders |
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24 Grain and Flour Options |
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Water/Cooking Times for Grains |
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16 Alternative Sweeteners |
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2 Options for Moisteners |
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11 Options for Fats and Oils |
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20 Alternatives to Cow's Milk |
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Alternative Meats |
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Modifying a Corn Bread Recipe—2
Examples |
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Checklist—Modifying a Recipe |
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Long-Term Benefits |
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Resources |
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Chapter 11 |
Strategies for Eating Out and for Traveling |
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How to Get a Good Meal at a
Restaurant—5 Important Steps |
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Checklist for Eating Well at
Restaurants |
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The Challenges of an Extended Trip— 10
Hints for Eating Well While Traveling |
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Long-Term Benefits |
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Resources |
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Chapter 12 |
No Need to Feel Deprived—46 Quick and Delicious Recipes for Healthy,
Allergen-Free Food |
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The Arthritis-Healing Effects of the
Foods Used in These Recipes |
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The Recipes |
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About These Recipes |
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Beverages |
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Yogurt and Cottage Cheese |
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Salads and Dressings |
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Lentil Dishes |
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Chickpea Dishes |
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Sauces |
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Vegetable Dishes |
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Breads |
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Snacks |
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Desserts |
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24 Other Recipes in Chapters 10 and 11 |
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Long-Term Benefits |
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Resources |
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Chapter 13 |
Ridding Yourself of Current Food Intolerances and Avoiding New Ones—13
Strategies |
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Introduction |
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13 Strategies for Minimizing and
Eliminating Food Sensitivities |
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1 Rotation Diets |
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2 Elimination Diets |
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3 Correct Leaky Gut Syndrome |
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4 Alleviate Symptoms Caused by Overwhelmed Sulfoxidation and
Sulfation Detoxification Pathways |
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5 Improve Detoxification by Supporting the Liver |
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6 Avoid Damage from Lectins |
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7 ImproveThymus Function |
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8 High-Dose Vitamin C |
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9 Provocation-Neutralization Treatments |
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10 Enzyme-Potentiated Desensitization (EPD) |
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11 Acupressure |
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12 Machaelle Small Wright and the Medical Assistance Program |
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13 Meditation |
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Summary |
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Long-Term Benefits |
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Resources |
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Chapter 14 |
Superior
Nutritional Support- How to Eat to Maximize Healing |
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Good Food |
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Bad Foods vs. Good Foods |
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The Basic Healing Diet |
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13 Advantages of a Diet High in Fresh Fruits and Vegetables and
Minimally Processed Foods |
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8 Types of Foods and Supplements to Maximize Healing from
Arthritis Specifically |
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Long-Term Benefits |
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Resources |
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Chapter 15 |
Transforming
Your Relationship to Pain— How to Use Meditation as a Powerful Aid in Healing |
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Not Just for Mystics Anymore— What Meditation Is and Why It Is
So Useful for Dealing with Chronic Pain |
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The Mechanics—Step by Step Guide to 2 Simple and Powerful
Meditation Techniques |
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How to Get the Most Out of Meditation—2 Hints |
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Long-Term Benefits |
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Resources |
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Chapter 16 |
Partaking
of the Elixir of Youth— How to Gain Maximum Benefits from Exercise Even If
You Are Still Quite III |
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Why Exercise?— Inactivity Alone Can Cause Pathological Changes |
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Documented Benefits of Exercise for People with Arthritis |
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The 4 Keys for Exercising for Anyone with Arthritis |
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The 7 Types of Exercise That Are Best for Arthritis |
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Long-Term Benefits |
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Resources |
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Chapter 17 |
Clearing Up
Residual Pain and Stiffness— How to Erase Pesky Myofascial Trigger Points
(TPs) |
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The Real Cause of Much Pain and Stiffness—How Tight Spots in
Muscles Mimic Joint Pain and |
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How to Determine If You Have Myofascial Trigger Points |
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How Myofascial Trigger Points Are Caused and Perpetuated— Many
Factors Contribute |
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The Cure—How to Erase Trigger Points |
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Post-Traumatic Hyperirritability Syndrome— Even This Can Be
Treated |
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Enlisting the Help of a Massage Therapist, Physical Therapist or
Other Healing Professional— Finding Someone with the Right Training |
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How to Benefit the Most |
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Long-Term Benefits |
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Resources |
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Conclusion—How to Get the Most Bang for Your Buck, Plus 5 Bonus
Secrets |
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The Best Order for Implementing the 9 Secrets |
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6 Examples of How the Healing Strategies Work Together
Synergistically |
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5 Bonus Healing Secrets— How to Find and Implement the Perfect
Mix of Healing Strategies for Your Unique Situation |
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Please Write Me |
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Resources |
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Appendix A |
4 Factors
That Cause Food Sensitivities and Arthritis |
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1 Leaky Gut Syndrome |
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2 The Breakdown of Oral Tolerance |
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3 Low Levels of Certain Detoxification Enzymes |
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4 Dietary Lectins and Blood Type Reactions |
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Appendix B |
How Food
Sensitivities Cause Pain and Fatigue and How to Stop It |
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Inappropriate Lymphokine Release |
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How to Maximize Healing—14 Things to Avoid |
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How to Get Well Even Faster— 14 Things You Can Do |
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Long-Term Benefits |
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Glossary |
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Index |
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Additional
Resources |
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