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What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Autoimmune Disorders: The Revolutionary, Drug-Free Treatments for Thyroid Disease, Lupus, MS, IBD, Chronic Fatigue; Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Other Diseases

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Don't let the previous review scare you. The quackwatch guys are the quacks themselves. Barrett, who heads up the quackwatch "research", is not a board certified doctor of anything and has been sued a bunch of times. The book itself is excellent and describes a treatment protocol that works. This protocol brought me back from near death when no local doctor could even figure out what was wrong with me. The protocol has also significantly helped our son who has autism. The "best" specialists told us there was no treatment for our son's autism and he would be permanently institutionalized by the age of 7. However, like many autism kids doing biomedical treatments, including those listed in this book, he has almost recovered. He's now 8 and attends a regular school where he performs on grade level. The treatments in this book work. It's definately worth a look.

I want to reiterate what another reviewer already said: "Don't let the previous review scare you. The quackwatch guys are the quacks themselves. Barrett, who heads up the quackwatch "research", is not a board certified doctor of anything and has been sued a bunch of times." So true! Not only is that true, but any doctor who sets out to provide treatment protocols for patients that do not feed the bloody maw of Big Pharma (which brainwashes the masses into believing that any illness is the lack of one of their drugs!) is guaranteed to at least come under fire if not be set up to take a fall by covert measures.

Okay, having said that so that you know I've read the court files and assessed them as a complete set-up, let me now talk about the book.

This book is engaging and full of cutting edge science as well as practical advice. Dr. Edelson explains some very complex physiological systems in clear language that even impressed my doctor who said she never did understand it as well even in medical school! Not only that, but Edelson was a pioneer in a field that is now being taken up by other high profile doctors such as Mark Hyman, author of "The Ultra-Mind Solution". They are saying pretty much the same things, only Edelson said it first.

Like any other diet or health book, there is a particular focus and some of his ideas and protocols won't work for everyone. But, by and large, Dr. Edelson manages to connect things together in a very comprehensive way, and those people who will not benefit from his approach are, I would think, a vanishing minority.

One thing that struck me and convinced me that Dr. Edelson really knew his stuff was his mention of the inflamed blood vessel lumps that appear in the forearms of individuals who suffer rheumatoid arthritis. I've had these lumps for years, I have rheumatoid arthritis, and no other doctor has ever been able to tell me what those lumps are. What's more, they have begun to disappear simply from following the protocol in Dr. Edelson's book. My doctor is even willing to experiment with the anti-biotic treatment for my condition and I'm looking forward to even greater improvement than I have achieved already, and that will be something! I'm already almost 90% free of pain and my good days now far outnumber my bad days!

Thank you Dr. Edelson!

This book has all the answers that a newly diagnosed person with any Auto Immune Disorder has in his mind.
It answers the "WHY ME" kind of dejection and offers hope .
Especially since the Rheumatologist did not spend any time in educating me about the illness and only spent 2 minutes with me and gave me a prescription leaving me completely in the dark about what is going on in my body or why this is happening to me .

After reading this book , in my life I understand the connection between my AID and the 9 amalgum fillings(heavy metal toxicity by mercury) in my mouth and my exposure to pesticides and drinking tap water with heavy metal contamination ( I live in a 45 yr old apt).

And now I have started by eliminating the environmental toxins by switching to an Organic whole foods diet and using only natural house cleaners like vinegar ,baking soda , boric acid etc.That way I am making sure my kids are not exposed to the environmental toxins that I had.

And I am feeling much relief with my disease.

For me, this book was a more holistic supplement to Mary J. Shomon's book, Living Well with Autoimmune Disease. It is logically formatted and is an easy resource for the specific condition about which one wishes to learn. The plus is it offers medical treatment and counters with non-drug treatment options for autoimmune conditions. A glossary and an appendix add to its value as a resource.

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I started reading this about 2 years after I had already worked with a doctor who helped me become symptom-free of my RA. I have done probably half of the recommendations in the book through my doctor & I am comfortable with where I am at. I will hold it for reference if I start to regress.

This book is very comprehensive. It can be overwhelming for someone who has been eating fast foods or boxed processed foods & who has only been to a conventional doctor who writes Rx's all day. Not to discount any of the info in the book -- it is all great. But I believe people have to want to truly heal & get out of the mentality that "there is a pill for every ill." You have to take control of your own health.

The author explains the common issues behind autoimmune disorders & how to work through the symptoms. I know I couldn't have recovered by myself, I did it with the help of an out of state doctor, Dr. Richard Brouse.

The author promotes his wellness center, which I think is fine. It's a starting place. But there may be adequate local doctors that can help. The author provides a list of questions to ask them when interviewing them for treating you.

Overall, very good reference book. Just try not to get overwhelmed with all of the protocol recommendations. [...] & [...] are good starting points as well.

This is an excellent book if you want to try to find ways of helping yourself overcome autoimmune diseases without just taking suppressive drugs from your doctor. Edelson explains very clearly the immune process, what happens when T Cells start attacking you rather than fighting for you, exactly what 'free radicals' are and why they are so important, and most importantly, he suggests that in addition to the genetic factor, much autoimmune disease is called by environmental toxins and in particular mercury from dental work. This book is the first one I have found that has given me answers and suggestions about how to work with and overcome an autoimmune disorder. I am deeply grateful.

Having had autoimmune disorders for years, I was looking for options. While for some the drugs commonly prescribed for these disorders works, for me it did not. I was happy to see other options that are mentioned in the book that I can incorporate into my daily life. Not all of the options are for me, but neither is it for anyone with any protocol.

I was very impressed with this book. It really is very comprehensive and provides all the information needed to get familiarized with autoimmune disorders and, most important, what you can actually DO to get better. Dr. Edelson gives easy to digest information about the immune system, about each dis-ease, the tests needed for diagnosis, mainstream therapies and the alternative therapies, and case stories as well.

He surely was in the right track, so I was very distressed to learn about the suits and that the Edelson Center had to close. I read the court files and the problems regarding Dr Edelson's practicing license and I don't think it should influence readers of this book. The whole thing reads as a very venomous way to bring him down. It will be more fair if each one of us with autoimmune problems will suit the medical system (always influenced by pharmaceutical companies which don't cure autoimmune diseases) for perpetuating our health problems (and quite often making them worse) when there are alternative therapies that work because they target the root problems.

After reading this book, I got more serious with my detox and decided to follow a heavy metal chelation protocol and finally, I'm seeing very positive results in my health. It is truly amazing! I'm forever thankful to Dr. Edelson.

I highly recommend this book!

Don't waste your time. This book is a history of "conventional" treatments of autoimmune disorders and a synopsis of "my treatment" , hence the author's treatment. I lost count how many times he mentioned his own medical center and how he treats patients with chelation and detoxification from our our environmental chemicals we find in our lives that cause us to be sick.

Nothing new here at all and it reads like a big, fat commercial for his center. You will not feel empowered by reading this only bored or mostly annoyed.

I was NOT impressed.

This book had a lot of good and accurate information. Service from Amazon was also outstanding. I continue to have good experiences with Amazon and my choices of books I purchase from them. Book arrived in half the time they estimated, which was good becasue I think they way overestimate standard delivery times.