The Inflammation Syndrome: The Complete Nutritional Program to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, Arthritis, Diabetes, Allergies, and Asthma

asked by jbritt on November 25, 2006 2:08 AM

"Challem’s new book hits a home run — with the latest research on what to eat and take to defeat our real number-one cause of health problems — inflammation. It’s a message of the utmost importance."
–Jean Carper
New York Times bestselling author of Stop Aging Now! and Your Miracle Brain, columnist for USA Weekend magazine

What is the Inflammation Syndrome? It’s the cumulative effect of low-grade inflammation–including the aches and pains we all experience–that grows into chronic debilitating disease. This book, the first major book on the syndrome, reveals the powerful role that inflammation plays in a wide variety of common health conditions–from simple aches and pains to heart disease, obesity, diabetes, Syndrome X, arthritis, asthma, and athletic injuries. Drawing on cutting-edge research conducted around the world, Jack Challem provides a revolutionary approach to healing inflammation-related problems through an easy-to-follow nutrition and supplement program. He also shares the latest information on C-reactive protein, one of the marker s o f serio us inflammation. This book, quite simply, shows you how to feel better for life.

"Many of our most debilitating diseases can be traced to an inflammatory cause. The program Jack Challem outlines in The Inflammation Syndrome is a great first step in ridding your body of this deadly problem."
–Fred Pescatore, M.D., author of Thin for Good, The Allergy and Asthma Cure, and The Hamptons Diet

"In a scientifically accurate and easy-to-understand manner, Jack Challem lays out the basic nutrition plan for good health and weight loss."
–Loren Cordain, Ph.D., author of The Paleo Diet

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I bought this book in desperation as my chronic inflammatatory pain and the crippling exhaustion from chronic Epstein Barr have had me so dependent upon Tylenol and aspirin I feared for my liver and stomach. The first thing I did ( with my docs ok ) was drop my statin drug and start taking 6 gms of flax seed oil and 1 gm of evening primrose oil daily, along with changing my diet. I have to tell you it was the best thing I've done. My muscle and joint pain - previously so bad I worked part time for a bit - is 85% gone!! My knees, my biggest problems, are so good I can walk in the evenings with my husband, where before I was in physical therapy to get through the grocery store. I couldnt even take care of my grandson for a whole evening alone, and now Gramma can get on the floor and play !
In the past 2 months I've added vit c, balanced b, coenzyme Q10 ( this one gave me the sweats at only 30 mg, not so crazy about it ), and vit E. I eat as few omega-6 foods as possible without going nuts and when I just have to have something "bad" I take more flax to balance it. My blood sugar has leveled out ( I combined this book and his "Syndrome X" to find the diet that works for me..even though I'm not much for fish ).
I bought this for my niece as well, as she also has the family curse of an inflammatory disease litany.

reviewed by scanner on November 25, 2006 10:42 AM

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Another book offering limited help to those with asthma. As a sufferer for long enough until I learned about the Buteyko method. If you wish to take control of your condition, this is the only therapy that works and does it very well.

Asthmatics before you buy this book- research the Buteyko method for asthma. You will feel considerably better as I did in a couple of weeks. There are also self help books available to allow you make progress at minimum cost.

The results it has given me have wanted me to wake the world up about what you can do by correcting and changing your overbreathing.

Good luck
Mike

reviewed by harrypotter on November 27, 2006 5:24 PM

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a very good book, easy to read life changing reading. Tough plan to follow but can make remarkable changes if followed.A leader in the field.

reviewed by ibook on November 29, 2006 5:53 PM

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Very detailed book on the issues of inflammation in the body, and the supplements to counteract it. It does not go into detail on how to change your life eating habits, but provides information on what foods, and supplements, you should eat and use. Really helped me to lose weight, and clear up my skin issues. Very easy to read. Not a lot of medical jargon that you may see in books by Barry Sears.

reviewed by linda on November 29, 2006 6:17 PM

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So i've read some of the other posts here and some have mentioned it sounds like only doctors are writing about it.. well, i'm not a doctor, i'm real and i have a serious case of arthritis (rheumatoid/reiters) i've got between 50-65% more of a SED rate than any normal human. (rate of inflammation in the blood).

anyway - tthis book is focused on diet, thats the POINT. you are what you eat, i'm a bit of a health nut anyway - but as this book points out, you'll find things you eat on a regular basis-and think are healthy(and can in fact be)- are PRO-inflammatory - this keeping inflamation in your body.

I chose to eat things to make my body healthy, not let industrial products ruin my chances of working out, swimming, riding my bike again - where as today, i can't. hope this helps, feel free to write me to check on my status...

te

reviewed by radar on November 29, 2006 7:26 PM

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add a new book!