Synopses & Reviews
Do you wake up each morning aching with joint or muscle pain? Have you been trying to lose stubborn belly fat for years? Do you wish you could be active without pain medications? Look no further: Diet for a Pain-Free Life is the simple-to-follow, doctor-designed solution to improve your health. Leading rheumatologist, Dr. Harris McIlwain shares his revolutionary prescriptions in this first proven lifestyle plan that will help you drop pounds and decrease pain at the same time. Losing just 10 pounds can reduce chronic pain by as much as 90 percent. Learn the secrets of how to: Eat Well and Lose Weight with the Pain-Free Dieteven if you've never been able to succeed on a diet before Exercise Your Pain Awayeven if you dislike traditional exercise, or if your pain makes movement difficult Stop the Stress-Pain Connectioneven if you're overworked and easily stressed Improve the Quality of Your Sleepeven if you suffer from insomnia or other sleep conditions Those who have followed Dr. McIlwain's program have been able to resume the activities they love and transform their lives in as few as 21 daysnow you can too.
Synopsis
Millions of American adults are not only overweight but suffer long term joint or muscle pain as a result of diseases like arthritis, fibromyalgia, and osteoporosis, or injury. While aging results in an increase of inflammatory cytokines (chemicals) in the body, which increase the risk of degenerative disease, new findings show that being overweight can trigger these same inflamatory chemicals. Carrying even 10 pounds extra weight is a key factor contributing to chronic pain.
Diet for a Pain Free Life reveals the cyclic link between excess weight, inflammation, daily pain, poor sleep, and lack of energy — and how to reverse it. As a leading physician and pain specialist, Dr. Harris McIlwain has spent more than 20 years studying the causes of chronic pain and helping thousands of patients to regain activity.
In this book, Dr. McIlwain offers a natural, proven 21-day diet and exercise plan to help readers increase activity and lose pounds, including more than 50 delicious recipes, functional fitness exercises, and advice on the stress-pain connection.
About the Author
Dr. Harris McIlwain, MD, board certified in internal medicine, rheumatology, and geriatrics, is a renowned pain specialist with the largest rheumatology clinic in Florida. As author of 18 health books, McIlwain has published more than 150 pain-related studies in leading medical journals. He is also on clinical faculty for 16 pharmaceutical companies, including Procter and Gamble, Merck, and Pfizer. He regularly speaks to national media, groups of physicians and healthcare workers, and consumers on chronic pain and how to resolve it. He practices in Tampa, Florida.
Debra Fulghum Bruce, PhD, is an award-winning medical writer and expert in health communications with more than 20 years of research and writing experience. A former editor-in-chief of Living Well Today, Fulghum Bruce specializes in writing health trade books, having co-written more than 30, and has published more than 2,500 feature health articlas in magazine such as Prevention, Reader's Digest, Parents, Natural Health, Women's Day, and others. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.