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Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis offers real hope for people with MS a serious, progressively disabling neurological condition for which current medical treatment is not particularly effective and exhibits 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 have the power to change the lives of thousands of people with MS and their carers.
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Professor George Jelinek is an academic emergency physician. He was the first Professor of Emergency Medicine in Australasia and founding editor of the journal Emergency Medicine Australasia.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As someone who has been recently diagnosed with MS I found this book utterly invaluable. My neurologist recommended that I read this book and I know that he is endorsing it very widely to other medical professionals who deal with MS. I'm very glad I took his advice and read this book. Aside from anything else it provides an excellent summary of the current situation with research and medication in MS. But more than that it provides real hope - not just a "think positive and you might get better" hope but real hope in terms of an effective way to manage, control and possibly even heal MS. It's not a cure but it's really something everyone with MS should know. Basically Jelinek provides a convincing argument and evidence into the role of diet in MS. If you have MS and are debating buying this book, I can't recommend it highly enough.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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As a homoeopath - I read this book in the hope of better advising my patients in their quest to get well and stay well as gently and deeply as possible. This book is a phenomenal resource for anyone who has either had that first devastating diagnosis, is caring for an MS sufferer or is a health practitioner like my self who wants to be better educated on what is happening in the treatment of MS today. George Jelinek manages to deliver all the information in an easily digestible format whether you just want just the quick reference bullet points or an in-depth analysis of current research findings in the field of MS. All the research data and terminology is effortlessly dissected and re-presented to the reader so they fully understand what is presented with excellent references and resources to investigate further if you wish.
His personal journey with MS really authenticates the information contained because you understand it is as important to him as it is to his readers. He has walked the walk and talked the talk of the contents of the book and is living proof that you can re-write the script - you don't have to be another appalling MS statistic of disability and depression.
I would even suggest that its a veritable 'must have' for all people to read in their quest to have healthy, balanced lives. I intend to distribute it widely and will encourage it as essential reading to all of my patients in the future.
His personal journey with MS really authenticates the information contained because you understand it is as important to him as it is to his readers. He has walked the walk and talked the talk of the contents of the book and is living proof that you can re-write the script - you don't have to be another appalling MS statistic of disability and depression.
I would even suggest that its a veritable 'must have' for all people to read in their quest to have healthy, balanced lives. I intend to distribute it widely and will encourage it as essential reading to all of my patients in the future.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I have had MS for 10 years at the benign end of the scale. I have for the most part stayed very well but recently lapsed in my health care and stopped exercising, started drinking cows milk, put on weight and suffered from bouts of depression. I had my second relapse just 3 weeks ago and realised how much I've strayed from well-being in the past 2 or so years.
As a result of the relapse I found George Jelinek's website and subsequently bought the book after listening to some of his radio interviews. The only other book that I've read that gave me hope like this was Judy Graham's MS A Self Help Guide when I was first diagnosed. That book was a real life saver at the time but Jelinek's book, 10 years on, is a real beacon of hope in what is, for us with MS, sometimes a dark and frightening place. I'd become complacent over the years and forgotten that I could control the progression with diet and exercise and most importantly, hope. I found his research very thorough; the ideas about connecting my mind and body through meditation and counselling refreshing. I switched to a vegan and fish diet as soon as I read it and severely cut down all saturated fats from my diet as far as is possible. Everything I've eaten on this regime so far has been delicious. I also rejoined the gym and have started taking time to meditate.
I'm nearly recovered from the physical effects of my relapse and thanks to reading this book I have started to recover from the psychological effects because I've realised that I'm able to have some significant control over this disease and that realisation is the most important part of the recovery.
As a result of the relapse I found George Jelinek's website and subsequently bought the book after listening to some of his radio interviews. The only other book that I've read that gave me hope like this was Judy Graham's MS A Self Help Guide when I was first diagnosed. That book was a real life saver at the time but Jelinek's book, 10 years on, is a real beacon of hope in what is, for us with MS, sometimes a dark and frightening place. I'd become complacent over the years and forgotten that I could control the progression with diet and exercise and most importantly, hope. I found his research very thorough; the ideas about connecting my mind and body through meditation and counselling refreshing. I switched to a vegan and fish diet as soon as I read it and severely cut down all saturated fats from my diet as far as is possible. Everything I've eaten on this regime so far has been delicious. I also rejoined the gym and have started taking time to meditate.
I'm nearly recovered from the physical effects of my relapse and thanks to reading this book I have started to recover from the psychological effects because I've realised that I'm able to have some significant control over this disease and that realisation is the most important part of the recovery.
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Published 5 months ago by Vince
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This book should be recommended to everyone diagnosed with MS,it gives you hope. It should also be recommended to Dr's who 'tend' to be closed to the possibility of an alternative... Read more
Published 18 months ago by fidget
thanks for saving me from a dark place...
dear everyone who is touched by MS and happens to browse and find this book... please buy it! ..and please, join the forum on the overcoming Multiple Sclerosis website.. Read more
Published 20 months ago by nature boy
Wonderful Book - Opened My Eyes
I just finished the above book this weekend and quite frankly my eyes have been opened.
This is a man that I can trust, he is a doctor who has MS himself so is someone... Read more
This is a man that I can trust, he is a doctor who has MS himself so is someone... Read more
Published 21 months ago by G. Walker
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