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Taking Control of Multiple Sclerosis: Natural and Medical Therapies to Prevent Its Progression (Paperback)

by George Jelinek (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Fleetfoot Books,a division of Gazelle Book Services Ltd; Updated and Revised ed edition (22 Mar 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1855860147
  • ISBN-13: 978-1855860148
  • Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 16.6 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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One of five children of Czech immigrants, George Jelinek was educated at Scotch College in Perth, before studying medicine at the University of Western Australia. While at school, his mother developed multiple sclerosis, and by the time he had qualified in medicine she was wheelchair bound. A few years later she took her own life, such was her suffering. George Jelinek specialised in Emergency Medicine, winning the prize in the first specialist examinations in that field in Australasia in 1986. A stellar career followed: President of the Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine, Editor of Emergency Medicine, and then, in 1996, inaugural Professor in Emergency Medicine in Australasia. But at the age of 45, two years into that job, he too was diagnosed with MS. Professor Jelinek accepted the disease as a challenge, searching the medical literature and modifying his own life according to the findings: support for new, disease-modifying drugs, and sound evidence that dietary modifications and sunlight may help in controlling MS. More than a medical challenge, the disease has also led Professor Jelinek to re-assess his life, relationships and spirituality. The insights he gained, together with the dietary and lifestyle changes he prescribes, will be of benefit to thousands of people with MS and many other chronic conditions.


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5.0 out of 5 stars How to stop this disease in its tracks, 7 Jun 2005
By David Robertson (Canberra, Australia) - See all my reviews
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Multiple Sclerosis steals hope. For most sufferers, being diagnosed with MS is the first time they have left their doctor's office without any chance of recovery. A lucky few patients don't get any worse, but the rest face a relentless and cruel downhill slide. Many become profoundly disabled. The best drugs available slow but do not stop the disease.

Faced with this bleak future, MS patients want absolutely everything working for them, and no-one fills the bill better than a medical professor with the same disease. George Jelinek was diagnosed with MS in 1999, two years after gaining a chair of emergency medicine in Western Australia. He is a rare combination of dogged researcher and fine educator, both of which shine through in this book.

It is a notable work for several reasons - Jelinek's personal familiarity with the disease (it killed his mother too), his 'whole person' approach (unusual in a western doctor), and the clarity with which he explains the science of the disease and its treatment. But, most of all, the book is notable for Jelinek's core message: MS may not be curable but it can be stopped in its tracks.

Now you might think that proposition would gain the attention of the medical world and make this book a bestseller. Not so; the first edition broke the surface only long enough to attract the indifference and moderate hostility of neurologists, peeved that an emergency specialist should set foot on their field.

But the book's obscurity should not blind readers to its value: this book is every bit as important as it seems. Jelinek revives and updates the largely ignored findings of US neurologist Roy Swank, who showed years ago that diet alone could control the disease. He explains why Swank's work was ignored, then assembles more neglected pieces of research, including the role of sunlight in mitigating an over-active immune system and the value to patients of a sound mental approach to the disease. Importantly too, he analyses the value to patients of all the major MS medications.

This is a remarkably positive book among the gloom of MS. It allows sufferers to take decisions for themselves that will change their lives for the better and give them well-founded hope. This new edition, substantially updated from the first in its coverage of recent scientific research, deserves all the attention it can muster. I have MS, and this book changed my life.

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent science based book on MS, 2 April 2007
By DR DRM (London) - See all my reviews
Dr Jelinek, a medical professor, who developed MS in mid-life presents a science-based assessment of natural and medical treatments to control MS. His arguments for use of science based natural remedies (mainly nutritional) as well as conventional medical treatments are convincing. Indeed an increasing band of GP's and other medics are now embracing natural as well as conventional treatments for diseases of all types including MS. - See for example the web-sites of Dr Sarah Myhill (UK), Dr Andrew Weil (US) and books by Dr Deborah McManners (UK) and Dr Carole Hungerford (Australia).

Here are a few comments on Dr Jelinek's recommendations based on what has been seen in other books and web-sites:

- ANIMAL INCLUDING DAIRY PROTEIN. Jelinek recommends avoiding dairy protein (including the casein etc in cow's milk) as well as saturated fats from dairy, meat and other sources. He seems to have come to this view independently of T Colin Campbell who in his excellent book `The China Study' expresses similar doubts about animal protein in general (dairy protein in particular) as well as saturated fat from animal sources. T Colin Campbell recommends (and I think Jelinek would agree) that vegetable protein is much preferable to dairy and meat protein.

- NUTRITION. Jelinek's nutritional recommendations for MS sufferers are similar to Campbell's recommendations for the general public who want the best health. Both recommend eating all types of plant foods and avoiding dairy foods and meat but eating fish as the main source of limited animal protein. Campbell adds a recommendation to avoid refined and processed foods and Jelinek adds a recommendation to take good quantities of food containing Omega 3 fatty acids.

- MS SPECIFIC `DIETS' Diets such as `Best Bet' and others can be more restrictive than Jelinek's in that they recommend avoiding gluten, legumes and possibly nightshade foods (potatoes, tomatoes, aubergines , peppers). Avoiding these may be essential if one is specifically allergic to or intolerant of them but Jelinek and Campbell would say that the highest priority is to avoid dairy foods and meat.

- GLUTEN. If one wishes to avoid or limit gluten there are a host of good alternatives such as millet, buckwheat, quinoa, brown rice, basmati rice, oats (low gluten), rye (less gluten than wheat), barley (some gluten) ,spelt (moderate gluten) etc.

- CALCIUM. Conventional wisdom in the West says that one needs cow's milk for it's calcium. However many believe that cow's milk is actually damaging to bones and calcium is best obtained from other sources such as various types of `dark' cabbage greens, broccoli, soy beans / tofu, sesame seeds / tahini and other seeds / nuts, grains, figs, legumes, salad vegetables such as romaine lettuce and celery. and possibly even from spinach. In any case osteoporosis is higher in high milk consuming countries (such as US, ands many European countries) than in low milk consuming countries. It is by no means clear that cow's milk is essential for human nutrition even though the dairy industry would like one to believe this.

- OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS. A good way of taking Omega 3 fatty acids may be to take ground flax seeds. Grinding (preferably at last moment before eating) is needed to release the oils otherwise the seeds pass though undigested. Also flax seeds are more stable than the extracted oils. If taking oils it is recommended to ensure that the diet includes a high level of anti-oxidants preferably from fruits and vegetables.

- OTHER. Other `natural' issues for MS are or may be a) Sunshine / Vitamin D. b) Vitamin B12, c) optimisng diet to optimise digestion (avoiding such conditions as leaky gut so that potential antigens do not get into the bloodstream) and to minimise inflammation.(type 'multiple sclerosis prostaglandins' into google). I do not have space to elaborate here.

In conclusion this is an excellent book on MS. I do not have MS but have unhesitatingly recommended this book to a family member who does.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Saving my life, 29 Aug 2007
By J. Macleod - See all my reviews
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Although not diagnosed yet, believe that I have MS.

Whilst I wait on further neurologist appointment, am taking action NOW.

This book is excellent - have started the diet immediately and have become so positive.

No more dairy for me - why take something thats attacking my nervous system. And the fish oil supplements are helping too.

Cant thank the author enough.

Suggest you start at Chapter 15 first for Diet and Lifestyle changest and come back to the science bits after...
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