Note: This is the first article in an ongoing series. Make sure to check out the other articles after finishing this one: The Fibromyalgia Diet (Part 2): Food Type The Fibromyalgia Diet (Part 3): Weight Loss Could gluten be causing your fibromyalgia? People with both irritable bowel syndrome and fibromyalgia are nearly seven times as … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2017
The Fibromyalgia Diet (Part 2): Food Type
This is the second article in an ongoing series. Make sure to check out the other articles after finishing this one: The Fibromyalgia Diet (Part 1): Gluten Free The Fibromyalgia Diet (Part 3): Weight Loss "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." Although fibromyalgia wasn’t a known condition when Hippocrates was alive, his … [Read more...]
The Fibromyalgia Diet (Part 3): Weight Loss
Does losing weight help fibromyalgia symptoms? Yes! Studies show that when fibromyalgia patients lose weight, their symptoms improve. As part of a pilot study into the effects of weight loss on fibromyalgia, female fibromyalgia patients who were overweight and obese were put on a 20 week weight loss program. On average, patients lost about … [Read more...]
The Serious Consequences From Long-Term Use Of Heartburn Medications
Long-term use of common medications that help alleviate heartburn have been linked to an increased risk of early death. Did you catch that? A recent study published in the British Medical Journal has linked the long-term use of PPI's (proton pump inhibitors) or drugs that suppress stomach acid to an increased risk of early death. In Canada, … [Read more...]