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kottiel's review against another edition
5.0
This is a super helpful, well-organized resource for those who have autoimmune illnesses or symptoms that put them on the autoimmune spectrum. I read a lot of highly critical reviews that seem to be offended by the restrictiveness of the diet, and I was left wondering exactly how many of those reviewers actually made it thirty days on the diet? And why rate the book poorly just because the diet is restrictive...it's not as though Amy Myers devised this herself -- it's almost exactly the Auto Immune Protocol (AIP) which is a standard healing / elimination diet. I am past the sixty day mark now and have slipped a few times (although I did have a thirty day stretch). There's a marked improvement and I feel much better. I feel like this is a standard but very progressive approach to illness when the focus isn't on treating the symptoms but addressing the root cause.
sarahesmaewolfe's review against another edition
2.0
This book made me a hypochondriac. It was the fire and brimstone of health books. Everything is out to make you sick. It feels like a panic attack waiting to happen. The majority of the book is spent talking about all the things you can't avoid that will give you an autoimmune disease. I already have one and I was hoping this would help me manage it, but I did not have that experience.
To follow the "Myers Way" you must have a lot of extra time and money to throw around, build a secluded house in the mountains, install a whole house air filter, expensive water filtration system, no electricity, and live self-sufficiently off the land growing your own organic produce. Because you can't trust anyone. They're all out to get you.
So in other words, this book tells me it's impossible to "reverse," as she says, an autoimmune condition. As I'm going through a relapse now, the message she gives me is I can never afford to feel better.
The diet portion of the Myers Way is nothing new or special. It essentially is the Autoimmune Protocol, which you can easily find online just by doing a quick Google search. I would recommend that over picking up this book.
The redeeming qualities of this book is that the author did a great job of explaining autoimmune disease and how the body works, and also there are some pretty good recipes in the meal plan. Would be better if there were a shopping list for each week.
To follow the "Myers Way" you must have a lot of extra time and money to throw around, build a secluded house in the mountains, install a whole house air filter, expensive water filtration system, no electricity, and live self-sufficiently off the land growing your own organic produce. Because you can't trust anyone. They're all out to get you.
So in other words, this book tells me it's impossible to "reverse," as she says, an autoimmune condition. As I'm going through a relapse now, the message she gives me is I can never afford to feel better.
The diet portion of the Myers Way is nothing new or special. It essentially is the Autoimmune Protocol, which you can easily find online just by doing a quick Google search. I would recommend that over picking up this book.
The redeeming qualities of this book is that the author did a great job of explaining autoimmune disease and how the body works, and also there are some pretty good recipes in the meal plan. Would be better if there were a shopping list for each week.
craftingrama's review against another edition
3.0
it's ok some of its outdated, some of its a bit extreme
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