Explore the best diet options for Fibromyalgia, including foods that may help manage symptoms like pain, fatigue, and inflammation, and promote overall well-being.
Have you heard of d-ribose? This simple, five-sided sugar is being embraced by bodybuilders as well as some people suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. Research has shown that it can improve cardiac functioning, especially for people with heart failure, arrhythmia, angina, and some other heart problems.The question is whether it’s really effective enough for you to include in your supplement plan. Working as practitioner and colon therapist for many years, I am not…
I know guaifenesin for fibromyalgia is a controversial subject among fibro people. And, don’t misunderstand, I’m not taking a stand on this protocol per say because of our other protocols that have been effective for creating a better quality of life. However, there are thousands who claim to have benefitted from guaifenesin for fibromyalgia. If we know it is helping fibro people, then like anything else, it is worth taking note of and what we…
Have you taken magnesium for your fibromyalgia? And if so, have you experimented with various forms to best suit your individual needs? There are some specific symptoms within fibromyalgia that can benefit greatly from the right form of magnesium. If you have not experimented with all the various forms of magnesium, you could potentially be missing out on the form that is most effective for your fibro body…you may not have mitigated some of your…
When using amino acids as an addition to our treatment for fibromyalgia, the first question might be.. exactly what are amino acids? Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins and although hundreds of them exist in nature, only about two dozen of them are important to human health. They are listed as essential and non-essential compounds, however for the purpose of treating any illness, it is more about what each one can do individually…
Getting adequate minerals in our diet today can be challenging, yet attaining the optimal form and properly assimilating our minerals is key. Why does calcium have such a bad reputation in the supplement business?Because most of the calcium ‘fibromyalgia supplements’ on the market today are made with materials that are foreign to the body. Not only are they foreign to the body but can also be downright dangerous, especially to the cardiovascular and elimination systems.…
There are many supplements that I recommend on various pages of this website. You probably think no one could afford to buy all of them every month; and, you’re correct, no one including me. Remember that fibromyalgia is a multi- symptom syndrome, and each page generally focuses on different symptoms. Few fibro people encounter all those symptoms at the same time. So, there’s no need to buy all the supplements recommended throughout the website. I…
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Irritable bowel syndrome or IBS has various causes and perpetuating factors and is often a co-condition with fibromyalgia. To make matters even more complex, fibromyalgia affects multiple systems in the body, and one of those “vulnerable” systems is the GI tract. IBS is also known by a variety of other names including spastic colon, functional dyspepsia, mucous colon and more. It is not to be confused with IBD, or Inflammatory Bowel…
If you “suspect” that eggs might be a problem for you, then read on, and know that you are not alone. Eggs can be great for one person, but not so good for the next.When I went for my very first food allergy test as a teenager, one of the foods that came up as positive for allergy was the egg white. Every time since then, when I have had a food allergy test, egg…
Is there a “healthy chocolate we can still include when adopting a “healthy” diet? Chocolate is a common avoidance food when people work to eat healthier while reducing sugars and processed foods in their diets. Yet, we don’t always do well with deprivation. Sometimes “all or nothing” thinking can set us up to fail if we do not have healthy alternatives in place. And it doesn’t have to be a “cheat” food. Healthy Chocolate is…
Would it surprise you to learn that many people suffer from fibromyalgia and hypoglycemia symptoms at the same time? It turns out that the symptoms of both conditions overlap, and many fibromyalgia patients benefit from following a low-carbohydrate diet that is typically prescribed to hypoglycemic patients. It is also important to know that the dietary principles that I have taught and used over many years can help to not only balance blood sugar levels, but…