The Lyme Diet (book). Nutritional Strategies for Healing from Lyme Disease

[Guest guest]

Hi, I have had a copy of the new Lyme Diet book for a few weeks now, and I'm

loving it, so I thought I'd write a review - here it is....

Cheers

Nikki

p.s. I apologise if you get this as a cross post

The Lyme Diet Book. Nutritional Strategies for Healing from Lyme Disease. By

Dr Nicola MdFadzean. ISBN:1-866-757-9953

I was very excited to see that the new Lyme Diet book was available. The first

thing I need to say is that it is very readable, whilst also having lots of

information at the same time. I found myself reaching for my highlighter pen a

lot as I read, which is a good sign that the book is interesting and that there

is new information not found elsewhere (which I find doesn't always happen with

other Lyme Disease books).

First up, Dr Nicola answers the question about why nutrition is so important in

Lyme Disease Treatment quite well

" I think of Lyme Disease treatment as having three pillars. The first it to

kill the bugs; the second is to strenthen the " host " (that's you!); and the

third is to eradicate any " stressors " on the body. " (page 14)

The book is organised into 4 sections – the first explaining the science behind

the Lyme Diet (which is the first time I've had it explained to me in such

detail before – the suggestions make a lot more sense to me now). This section

also has nutritional strategies for different symptom groups as well. The

second section is " Putting it all together " , and has some really good

suggestions about how to go about changing your diet (such as don't try and make

lots of big changes all at once), as well as meal suggestions and a few recipes

which are very easy to follow. The third section is " tools and resources " ,

which gives you other treatment options, as well as supplement guidelines and

other resources. The final section is Appendices – with a list of glycemic

indexed foods & a summary of Dr Nicola's basic supplement protocol (which she

adapts to each individual patient depending on their symptoms/circumstances when

she is treating them).

By far the best part of this book is that it has nutritional strategies for

particular symptom categories, such as intestinal problems, hormone problems,

immune problems, inflammatory problems (such as joint pain, brain fog, fatigue,

headaches etc), as well as information about making your diet alkaline, low

oxalate or to help with detoxification. This means that you can mix and match

what nutritional strategies work best for you & your symptoms. This is

especially useful for Lyme Disease sufferers, as we all have different parts of

our bodies that Lyme Disease has affected.

I would have to highly recommend this book to anyone who is fighting Lyme

Disease. I wish I had had this book over the last 10 years. We will definitely

be using this book as we as a family go about recovering from Lyme Disease.

I can't find anything negative to say about this book, except that some of the

resources she suggests are not easily available in Australia (we are returning

to there in June).

Finally I need to say that I know Dr Nicola, and have been a patient of hers in

the past & recommend people to go and be treated by her. I think she's one of

the best LLMD's that I've come across (she's a ND) – so I do have some bias in

reviewing this book, but I've tried to be as unbiased as possible. This book

and " Insights Into Lyme Disease Treatment: 13 Lyme-Literate Health Care

Practitioners Share Their Healing Strategies " are my current favorite Lyme

Disease books - I keep them on my desk and refer to them often.

I bought my copy of this book from Dr Nicola

http://www.drnicola.com/56434/index.html

but you can also buy it from Amazon (when they get stock)

http://www.amazon.com/Lyme-Diet-Nutritional-Strategies-Healing/dp/0981978495/ref\

=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8 & s=books & qid=1271525254 & sr=8-1

You can also buy it here

http://restormedicine.com/lyme-diet-book-by-dr-nicola/

and here (when they get stock)

http://www.lymebook.com/lyme-diet-book-nicola-mcfadzean-nd

About me - I'm a mum of two 15 year old twin girls, one who has Lyme Disease

severely (she's in a wheelchair) and one who has it mildly, & my husband & I

also have Lyme Disease (I used to be in a wheelchair and unable to walk, but am

now almost at the point where I can consider going back to work after 10 years

incapacitated & housebound). My daughters caught Lyme Disease from me through

the placenta before they were born, and my husband caught Lyme Disease from me

sexually. We are from Australia, and have come over here for a year to get Lyme

Disease treatment (Lyme Disease is very rare in Australia). We have used

conventional and alternative medicine as well as diet to treat our Lyme Disease,

and it is working well for us.

[Guest guest]

How long did it take you to get it?  I ordered about 2 weeks ago and am

desperate to get mine~

Natasha

From: Nikki <ncoleman@...>

Subject: [ ] The Lyme Diet (book). Nutritional Strategies for

Healing from Lyme Disease

Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010, 10:53 AM

 

Hi, I have had a copy of the new Lyme Diet book for a few weeks now, and

I'm loving it, so I thought I'd write a review - here it is....

Cheers

Nikki

p.s. I apologise if you get this as a cross post

The Lyme Diet Book. Nutritional Strategies for Healing from Lyme Disease. By

Dr Nicola MdFadzean. ISBN:1-866-757- 9953

I was very excited to see that the new Lyme Diet book was available. The first

thing I need to say is that it is very readable, whilst also having lots of

information at the same time. I found myself reaching for my highlighter pen a

lot as I read, which is a good sign that the book is interesting and that there

is new information not found elsewhere (which I find doesn't always happen with

other Lyme Disease books).

First up, Dr Nicola answers the question about why nutrition is so important in

Lyme Disease Treatment quite well

" I think of Lyme Disease treatment as having three pillars. The first it to

kill the bugs; the second is to strenthen the " host " (that's you!); and the

third is to eradicate any " stressors " on the body. " (page 14)

The book is organised into 4 sections – the first explaining the science

behind the Lyme Diet (which is the first time I've had it explained to me in

such detail before – the suggestions make a lot more sense to me now). This

section also has nutritional strategies for different symptom groups as well.

The second section is " Putting it all together " , and has some really good

suggestions about how to go about changing your diet (such as don't try and make

lots of big changes all at once), as well as meal suggestions and a few recipes

which are very easy to follow. The third section is " tools and resources " ,

which gives you other treatment options, as well as supplement guidelines and

other resources. The final section is Appendices – with a list of glycemic

indexed foods & a summary of Dr Nicola's basic supplement protocol (which she

adapts to each individual patient depending on their symptoms/circumstan ces

when she is treating them).

By far the best part of this book is that it has nutritional strategies for

particular symptom categories, such as intestinal problems, hormone problems,

immune problems, inflammatory problems (such as joint pain, brain fog, fatigue,

headaches etc), as well as information about making your diet alkaline, low

oxalate or to help with detoxification. This means that you can mix and match

what nutritional strategies work best for you & your symptoms. This is

especially useful for Lyme Disease sufferers, as we all have different parts of

our bodies that Lyme Disease has affected.

I would have to highly recommend this book to anyone who is fighting Lyme

Disease. I wish I had had this book over the last 10 years. We will definitely

be using this book as we as a family go about recovering from Lyme Disease.

I can't find anything negative to say about this book, except that some of the

resources she suggests are not easily available in Australia (we are returning

to there in June).

Finally I need to say that I know Dr Nicola, and have been a patient of hers in

the past & recommend people to go and be treated by her. I think she's one of

the best LLMD's that I've come across (she's a ND) – so I do have some bias in

reviewing this book, but I've tried to be as unbiased as possible. This book

and " Insights Into Lyme Disease Treatment: 13 Lyme-Literate Health Care

Practitioners Share Their Healing Strategies " are my current favorite Lyme

Disease books - I keep them on my desk and refer to them often.

I bought my copy of this book from Dr Nicola http://www.drnicola .com/56434/

index.html

but you can also buy it from Amazon (when they get stock) http://www.amazon.

com/Lyme- Diet-Nutritional -Strategies- Healing/dp/ 0981978495/ ref=sr_1_

1?ie=UTF8 & s=books & qid= 1271525254 & sr=8-1

You can also buy it here

http://restormedici ne.com/lyme- diet-book- by-dr-nicola/

and here (when they get stock)

http://www.lymebook .com/lyme- diet-book- nicola-mcfadzean -nd

About me - I'm a mum of two 15 year old twin girls, one who has Lyme Disease

severely (she's in a wheelchair) and one who has it mildly, & my husband & I

also have Lyme Disease (I used to be in a wheelchair and unable to walk, but am

now almost at the point where I can consider going back to work after 10 years

incapacitated & housebound). My daughters caught Lyme Disease from me through

the placenta before they were born, and my husband caught Lyme Disease from me

sexually. We are from Australia, and have come over here for a year to get Lyme

Disease treatment (Lyme Disease is very rare in Australia). We have used

conventional and alternative medicine as well as diet to treat our Lyme Disease,

and it is working well for us.