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"On the other hand, having hyperflexible joints may be a forewarning of chronic fatigue syndrome, a condition thought to be caused by a virus and characterized by excessive fatigue, weakness, muscle pain, and sometimes fever. A higher incidence of hyperflexible joints has been seen in both young people and adults with chronic fatigue syndrome. Two potentially serious but often undiagnosed genetic conditions that are frequently associated with joint hypermobility are Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and Marfan syndrome." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Curing Fatigue: A Step-by-Step Plan to Uncover and Eliminate the Causes of chronic fatigue. Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 1993. Berne, Katerina, Ph.D. Running on Empty: chronic fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome. Alameda, CA: Hunter House, 1992. Collinge, William, Ph.D., M.P.H. Recovering from chronic fatigue Syndrome: A Guide to Self-Empowerment. New York: Putnam, 1993. Also see the companion cassette tape series, "Recovering from chronic fatigue Syndrome: the Home Self- Empowerment Program," (707) 829-6813 or (800) 745-1837. Cox, I. M. "Red Blood Cell Magnesium and chronic fatigue Syndrome." - Ralph Golan, M.D., Optimal Wellness (Get the book.)

"CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME • Behavioral Therapy Surprises Many Sufferers Though the causes of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) remain elusive, researchers recently made a surprising finding about cognitive behavioral (talk) therapy: It works as well or better than some standard treatments for CFS. A recent British study showed that over a yearlong period, CFS patients who engaged in talk therapy in order to reverse negative thinking showed higher activity levels and better sleep patterns than patients who received standard relaxation therapy or other standard medical treatment." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME Alexander's discussion of a patient suffering from what is today called chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is instructive. He described the case of a thirty-one-year-old writer who had been in long-term psychoanalytic treatment. He had suffered chronic fatigue and acute attacks of exhaustion since the age of seventeen: The patient was an unwanted child, small at birth, and remained physically underdeveloped his whole life. He suffered from inferiority feelings because of his small stature and weakness." - John E. Sarno, M.D., The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders (Get the book.)

"Research shows, for instance, that D-ribose improves chronic fatigue syndrome because the condition is based on faulty ATP metabolism. CoQIO, L-carnitine, and magnesium also reduce chronic fatigue because they support ATP production. Mice fed CoQIO practically become mice that roar—more physically active and reproductively potent. We routinely recommend these mitochondria-nourishing nutrients to generate the energy necessary to physically jumpstart people into exercise. They can transform your mitochondria into the powerhouses they were meant to be." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"In my prior success with persistent, stubborn adult diseases, such as chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, I'd found that only a comprehensive program worked. Would autism, exotic as it was, really prove to be that much different? At this time, conventional wisdom said that autism was essentially genetic, and would probably yield only to a dramatic genetic intervention, which was still on the horizon. I was too curious and too concerned, though, to settle for that piece of conventional wisdom. And Kyle, Elizabeth, and Eric were too desperate." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "It had helped some patients with chronic fatigue syndrome to quickly feel much better, and it had even helped some people overcome mental and emotional problems, such as depression, anxiety, lassitude, and impaired cognitive function. These problems can be caused when toxins created by yeast metabolism enter the bloodstream and invade the brain. They can also be triggered when yeast harms the walls of the intestines, and allows partially digested food molecules to enter the system, and create cerebral allergies. If this was, indeed, happening to Kyle, it would not be an uncommon occurrence." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "I was finally achieving notable clinical successes against complex, chronic, intractable conditions, such as fibromyalgia, asthma, recurrent infections, and chronic fatigue syndrome. My work with modulating immunity attracted the attention of some of the doctors who were members of Defeat Autism Now, because these doctors believed that impaired immunity was a common trait among autistics. They invited me to speak at a DAN conference, and soon several parents came to me to treat their children. As these children began to show significant improvement, more parents brought their children." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Chronic fatigue syndrome 6 ways to overcome chronic fatigue No one is sure what causes chronic fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) ?and that makes it difficult to treat. Although some lucky people find their symptoms disappear on their own after a few months, for others, the battle with fatigue rages on and off for years. While researchers continue to search for a cure, don't let chronic fatigue zap your energy and take over your life. Here are some ways you can fight back: Get some exercise. Some days you may have more energy than others. When this happens, don't overdo it." - Editors of FC&A, 1001 Home Health Secrets for Seniors (Get the book.)

"This program offers a level of self-awareness that makes it possible to heal more rapidly from diseases such as depression, diabetes, arthritis, chronic fatigue, hypoglycemia, Candida, fibromyalgia, and chronic degeneration, and to create your own health. CONSCIOUS EATING INTENSIVE This exciting six-day course in the basics of live-food preparation is an immersion into the conscious eating lifestyle. We will show you how to create the deeply healing and delightful cuisine that is the foundation of the Culture of Life." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "The author actually cured two people from what was diagnosed as "chronic fatigue" by having them literally throw out their microwave. The following five pieces of information, although not conclusive, are highly suggestive of the potential risks of using microwave ovens. The first is a piece of news about a lawsuit in Oklahoma in 1991 concerning the hospital use of a microwave oven to warm blood needed in a transfusion. The case involved a hip surgery patient, Norma Levitt, who died from a simple blood transfusion. It seems the nurse had warmed the blood in a microwave oven." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"ANSELLA'S FIBROMYALGIA Ansella, sixty-two, had been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia when she first came to see me seven years ago. She also had moderate to severe osteoarthritis in her knees and suffered from headaches and irritable bowel syndrome. Ansella was taking antidepressants and narcotics for symptom control, and she wanted me to prescribe guaifenesin, even though she had been taking this supplement for several years with no measurable improvements. I asked her if we could add a new dimension to her regimen." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) "This family of disorders also includes depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorders, chronic fatigue, and substance abuse syndromes. In many of these patients, some psychological trauma early in life (typically before age thirty) is the root cause of ASD. ASD is associated with a common set of symptoms and several common biochemical features such as mood disturbance, sleep disturbance, fatigue, and musculoskeletal pain. These people's brain chemistry shows chronic activation of the hypothalamic pituitary axis (HPA)." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Chelation has been used by many doctors throughout the world to treat people with a wide variety of diseases and disorders, including Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, hardening of the arteries, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, arthritis, and lead poisoning. It can be of help to a broad spectrum of people who carry excessive heavy metals in their systems. Chelation has for many years been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a safe and effective therapy for lead poisoning." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"We are just learning that patients with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome have faulty metabolism of ATP, so it makes perfect sense to use D-ribose in these patients to support energy. Let me explain. People in every walk of life, whether healthy or sick, use a great deal of energy in every cell in their body every day. Many become deficient in cellular energy reserves because they exercise, are stressed in their job, or because they may be contracting or already have diseases that place undue burden on their energy metabolism." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.) "And, if you are battling chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia, that's still a fourth. Studies have shown that any amount of ribose you give to energy-starved cells will give the cell an energy boost. In his laboratory in the Department of Medicine at the University of Missouri, Dr. Ronald Terjung showed that ribose given to muscle in even very small doses (the equivalent of about 500 milligrams) increased energy salvage by over 100 percent." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.) "Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue Syndrome, or Mitochondrial Cytopathies ?Multivitamin/mineral foundation program with 1 gram of fish oil ?Coenzyme Q10: 300-360 mg ?L-carnitine: 2,000-3,000 mg ?D-ribose: 15 grams ?Magnesium: 400-800 mg Syndrome X, Insulin Resistance, and Type 2 Diabetes ?Multivitamin/mineral foundation program with 1 gram of fish oil ?Coenzyme Q^: 180-360 mg ?L-carnitine: 1,000-2,000 mg ?D-ribose: 5 grams ?Magnesium: 800 mg Note: There are also many nutraceuticals you can take for the regulation of glucose metabolism." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"This plus white flour, having lost most of its vitamins and minerals, results in a diet that truly is destroyed before people ever get started, and then this sets them up for chronic fatigue syndrome." The B complex vitamins are critical. "Get one that has at least 25 milligrams of B complex, selenium, zinc, chromium, copper," Dr. Teitelbaum says. "If your iron is low, treat that. The lousy diet decreases the immune function with this disease, so bugs that most people wouldn't get, like Candida overgrowth, parasites, abnormal bacteria growing in the bowel, are common." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "It is helpful for people "who are very forgetful and have developed a tendency to use foul language after the development of chronic fatigue. They also tend to have a lot of fixed ideas. There is an obsessive component to the anacardium syndrome. "Lycopodium is a very important remedy for brain fog with weak memory, confused thoughts, dyslexia, loss of words. There are abdominal symptoms with noisy flatulence, especially after eating and a lot of bloating." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "He has spent many years working with chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia patients. 66 Forelands Road Annapolis MD 21401 Tel: (410) 573-5389 www. vitality 101 .com LINDA TOTH, PH.D., received a doctorate in communications from UCLA. She is a senior staff writer for the Journal of Longevity Research and the author of Why Can't I Remember? Tel: (310) 475-3139 JOSEPH TRACHTMAN, M.D., received his doctorate of optometry degree from Pennsylvania College of Optometry, a masters in education from Johns Hopkins University, and a masters in vision science from State University in New York." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"I especially like GPLC for people who have leg cramps when they walk, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. I also like this version for athletes. It increases exercise capacity by extending the time to muscular fatigue, enhances muscle recovery after hard training, and boosts mental and overall energy. Below is an overall descriptive illustration of the "Potential GlycoCarn?Benefits." Remember that these are not claims and that the FDA has neither reviewed or approved these statements and that you should always consult with your own personal M.D." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"Especially in severe cases, it could even be caused by myriad physical disorders, from chronic fatigue and poor nutrition to head injury. Because the list of symptoms or behaviors does not by itself tell us that there is anything wrong with the child, and because children are so responsive to their environments, and to parenting and teaching, the list of ADHD symptoms cannot be viewed as a disorder. In my experience, so-called ADHD symptoms, when genuinely troublesome, usually reflect inadequate disciplinary training at home." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"Today, I definitely feel that one or both of us received tainted blood, and that this was the initial source of the chronic fatigue Syndrome. If it were not the sole cause, it contributed greatly.Although I did not develop AIDS, I am totally convinced that I did eventually develop HTLV I & 2 viruses which are in the same family as AIDS and will cause leukemia. I knew then that I would not have more children. I did not consciously know why. I suggested to my husband that if he wanted more children, we could adopt them. He would not consider that possibility." - Suzann Marie Angelus, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A.I.D.s & Immune Dysfunction Disease : The Cause and the Cure (Get the book.) "This was just one phase of my life that was changed by chronic fatigue Syndrome. There were many other aspects that changed as well. There is a law in the universe that "Like Attracts Like". In other words, if you have certain vibrations in your energy field, they will send out a signal that will attract others into your space with a similar vibration. If you have a lot of repressed anger, you will draw angry people into your life. Certain drugs or toxic chemicals in your body will draw people into your life with similar drugs or chemicals." - Suzann Marie Angelus, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A.I.D.s & Immune Dysfunction Disease : The Cause and the Cure (Get the book.) "There was not much on chronic fatigue Syndrome which helped my research, but there were lots of books offering theories and information on viruses. I started reading. As I researched these viruses. I found that the HTLV I & 2 viruses, obscure ten to twelve years ago, could attack the nervous system and eventually cause a rare form of leukemia. In fact, there were six viruses in the HTLV family, HTLV 3 and HIV were the same virus." - Suzann Marie Angelus, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A.I.D.s & Immune Dysfunction Disease : The Cause and the Cure (Get the book.)

"The number of disorders that are commonly linked to foods is extensive and includes: ADHD Insomnia Celiac Disease Depression Crohn's Disease Allergies Colitis Eczema Constipation Asthma Diarrhea Obesity Rheumatoid Arthritis Lupus Heartburn GERD Chronic Catarrh Glue Ear Stomach Aches Acne Epilepsy Headaches Psoriasis Flatulence Ear Infections chronic fatigue Recurring Tonsillitis Hives Bedwetting Migraines Psoriatic Arthritis Belching Food reactions can occur up to 72 hours after the food has been ingested." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.) "Diseases usually confused with Celiac are irritable bowel syndrome, anemia, Crohn's disease, diverticulitis and chronic fatigue syndrome. It can be difficult to diagnose accurately. However, celiac sufferers have a higher then normal level of auto-antibodies in their blood. Auto-antibodies are protein molecules that react against the body's own tissues or cells. For a diagnosis of celiac, your medical doctor can test the blood for levels of Immunoglobulin A (IgA), anti-tissue transglutaminase (tTGA) and IgA anti-endomysium antibodies (AEA)." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"Many people I see, especially the sensitive sufferers of chronic fatigue, pain and eating disorders are easily affected by this negativity. I recently saw a young student whose severe chronic fatigue started on 11 September 2001." - Robin, Dr. Kelly, The Human Antenna: Reading the Language of the Universe in the Songs of Our Cells (Get the book.)

"CoQIO, L-carnitine, and magnesium also reduce chronic fatigue because they support ATP production. Mice fed CoQIO practically become mice that roar—more physically active and reproductively potent. We routinely recommend these mitochondria-nourishing nutrients to generate the energy necessary to physically jumpstart people into exercise. They can transform your mitochondria into the powerhouses they were meant to be. Previously sedentary patients who start some kind of an activity program, even minimal, consistently tell us they feel better. Exercise and health improvement go hand in hand." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"Other Uses Cat's claw is also used to support the health of people with gastrointestinal ailments, AIDS, arthritis, diabetes, PMS, chronic fatigue syndrome, lupus, and prostate conditions. HOW TO USE The dosage should be one to three capsules daily in consultation with your physician. CONTRAINDICATIONS Cat's claw is a natural, nontoxic substance with no known adverse side effects." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

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