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A review by sarahesmaewolfe
The Autoimmune Solution: Prevent and Reverse the Full Spectrum of Inflammatory Symptoms and Diseases by Amy Myers
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.