Living Without Pain: Stomach & Digestive Disorders, Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Headaches and More-- [Hardcover]

Harvey Diamond (Author)

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Publication Date: 2005

THE HIDDEN EPIDEMIC There are legions, literally millions upon millions of people, living in pain and suffering in silence and is the number one reason for doctor visits in the U.S. and nothing else even comes close. The number of people is staggering: 200 million who suffer pain on some regular basis, at least once a month, and 92 million people in unrelenting, chronic pain every day without letup seven days a week. Everything to be found regarding dealing with pain revolves around managing, coping with, or in some way learning how to live with pain. There is not a word to be found as regards how one might go about removing the cause of the pain because it has been accepted as fact that the cause is unknown. At present there are many books on the topic of pain in general, as well as numerous books on specific conditions, but not a single one of them reveals the underlying cause of the pain and how to remove it, eliminating the need for drugs. Until now. Harvey Diamond is the bestselling author of the enormously successful series of FIT FOR LIFE books. Harvey has one of the most compelling and moving human interest stories you will ever hear. While serving his country in Vietnam, as a 21 year old in 1966, he was exposed to Agent Orange which brought on a condition called peripheral neuropathy. Along with extreme, unrelenting pain, this condition also slowly deteriorates muscles until individuals are confined to a wheelchair unable to move. Most cases are fatal. In his landmark new book, LIVING WITHOUT PAIN, Harvey reveals to those 200 million people who are in pain and looking for answers, how they too can live life free of pain without having to rely on dangerous drugs. Harvey's engaging and light-hearted, reader-friendly writing style highlights this book which is brimming over with common sense information that changes people's lives.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 338 pages
• Publisher: VP Nutrition (2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976996103
• ISBN-13: 978-0976996101
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #616,068 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #39 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Disorders & Diseases > Rheumatic Diseases

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4.0 out of 5 stars No Pain, October 5, 2010

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This review is from: Living Without Pain: Stomach & Digestive Disorders, Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Headaches and More-- (Hardcover)

I found this book informative and helpful. I suffer with Arthritis, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and felt that some of the information was very well stated. I will definitely reread this book and use it as a reference for my conditions. I can recomend this book to others suffering from these conditions with confidence. The information given is not a cure-all but I know I enjoyed reading it (it is easy reading)and there are several things I am going to try.

4.0 out of 5 stars Food for thought, December 22, 2011

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Bonnie Fritch (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Living Without Pain: Stomach & Digestive Disorders, Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Headaches and More-- (Hardcover)

I just read the book this evening. It starts out with basically discrediting the medical profession's view towards these diseases as autoimmune in nature. Rather, Diamond feels that they result from a build up of toxins that are stored in the body's connective tissue. The rest of the book is geared toward ridding the body of said toxins and eating in such a manner that prevents the body from storing those toxins ever again. Most of it centers around ensuring that your body's energy is spent clearing out toxins instead of all on digestion. Step 1: Eating nothing but live foods or foods with enzymes (uncooked raw fresh fruit, veggies, unpasteruized/uncooked juice, seeds, nuts)for 7 consecutive days every month for six months. Step 2: Eating only fruit/fruit juice before 12pm and eating fruit correctly (by itself, not with other foods) [Diamod explains why that is in the book]; eating at least 1/2 diet of live foods; pairing food groups to streamline digestion - protein with veggies & salad or starch with veggies & salad, because starch and protein require two different stomach acids that cancel each other out and slow digestion. Step 3: taking digestive enzyme supplements whenever you eat foods that are cooked and thereby "dead".

The book was written in a easy to understand format. There was good information, but the author definitely goes on rants about his opinion about something or other throughout the book. He purportedly does not endorse products often, but he was sure trying to sell at least 6-7 products at the end of the book, which was annoying, but all things considering, I'm glad I read it because I'm researching alternative ways to fix my health issues beyond indefinitely taking pain meds.

As I have just read this book, I obviously can't give any input to the effectiveness of his recommendations. I do hope to try some of them as I am suffering from joint pain and other symptoms of what my doctor says looks like an autoimmune condition.