Why Stomach Acid is Good for You: Natural Relief from Heartburn, Indigestion, Reflux and GERD
This book is highly informative. It describes digestion/ stomach acid process, ideal acid level(s), numerous disorders / symptoms of too low of stomach acid, and why ACID BLOCKERS are actually TOXIC / DANGEROUS (like Prilosec / Tums) to ingest regularly or indefinitely.  This book also describes how you (the reader) can remedy most of the disorders naturally which are associated with low stomach acid, and if not what tests to take, what to ask your doctor or gastroenterologist, and where / whom to contact for referral.
Some disorders covered are: Heartburn, Reflux, GERD, Pernicious anemia , Asthma, Rheumatoid arthritis, Depression, Acne rosacea, Celiac disease, Diabetes I, Graves' disease, Lupus, Osteoporosis, Multiple sclerosis, Macular degeneration, plus many more.

By John Sarno

 The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain

Dr. John Sarno caused quite a ruckus back in 1990 when he suggested that back pain is all in the head. In his bestselling book, Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection, he claimed that backaches, slipped discs, headaches, and other chronic pains are due to suppressed anger, and that once the cause of the anger is addressed, the pain will vanish. Relieved Amazon.com readers call this book "liberating" and say "it sounds too good to be true, but it is true." Sarno has returned with The Mindbody Prescription, in which he explains how emotions including guilt, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem can stimulate the brain to manufacture physical symptoms including fibromyalgia, repetitive strain injuries, migraine headaches, hay fever, colitis, ulcers, and even acne. If these psychosomatic problems all sound a little Freudian, what with the repression of emotions in the unconscious, it's because Sarno unapologetically borrows from Freud for the basis of his theory and cites childhood trauma as a major source of emotional problems. He also says that his program is a "talking cure" of sorts, since patients must be convinced their pain is rooted in their emotions before healing can begin.

Recommended by Guai-Support Member

It's just over three months since I read John Sarno's book "Mindbody I began reading Sarno on a nine hour bus trip. For quite some way through the book I thought "this guy has got to be wrong" and "How can he possibly think this?", but by the time I was half way through my trip I was pretty sore so having nothing to lose I thought I'd give his exercises a try. So I sat there and considered that my pain was not structural as I'd been led to believe, recognised it could have an emotional component, and thought about the most traumatic moment I could dredge up (a really awful one). Within two minutes my back was pain free and remained so for three days (that was like a miracle for me). At that time I also threw away the feather pillow I rested my foot on for every journey, to protect it from the vibrations of a vehicle and haven't used it since.  That was 6 weeks ago. I can now play the pedal on the piano for the first time in several years (I am a semi-professional pianist - it's awesome!)
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 I Remember Me

The Award-winning documentary film about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Written, produced, and directed by Kim Snyder

Winner 'Best Documentary' Peoples' Choice Award, Denver Int'l Film Festival
Explores the controversial & mysterious history of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Without scientific proof of this disease, "you’re left with personal anecdote," begins Producer Kim Snyder. This is the story of her four-year journey to gather testimony from CFS patients, physicians, and stricken communities from coast to coast.
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Fibromyalgia: Show Me Where It Hurts DVD

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By Sue Jones (GG Member)

"Parting the Fog" is a candid, first person account of what it is like to walk in the shoes of someone suffering from fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue syndrome. It relays the seriousness of this condition in an easy-to-read manner, while employing humor and focusing on hope. It is a combination of prose and inspiring poetry. Each of the 17 short chapter ends with a personal page to enable sufferers to record their own thoughts and experiences, if they so choose. It also includes: a "Don't Ask-Do Ask" list for "Normals"; a letter to supportive people; a description of the treatment plan the author believes holds the best hope of recovery from symptoms; and chapters on perspective, faith, loss and hope. It is unique, personal, and will help others understand the struggles those with FMS/CFS are faced with. It is an important addition to the FMS/CFS sufferer's library.
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What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Fibromyalgia Fatigue: The Powerful Program That Helps You Boost Your Energy and Reclaim Your Life

by R. Paul St Amand & Claudia Craig Marek

The authors of the successful What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Fibromyalgia present a revolutionary new guide to help sufferers relieve their chronic fatigue. Affecting over 20 million Americans, fibromyalgia is a chronic disease whose symptoms include muscular pain and fatigue. Now, Dr. St. Amand, an expert on fibromyalgia, delivers a detailed diet, exercise, and lifestyle plan to help sufferers fight the often debilitating effects of chronic fatigue. Focusing on boosting energy, Dr. St. Amand offers important advice on avoiding energy drains (illnesses and injuries common to fibromyalgics) and increasing energy builders through the right combination of diet and exercise. In addition, he includes an accessible discussion on how energy is created by the body and delicious recipes proven to relieve symptoms--helping readers reclaim their lives and their health.
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 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain: A Survival Manual (2nd Edition)
By Devin J. Starlanyl
The volume by Starlanyl, a physician who specializes in the research and treatment of FMS/MPS and who has both conditions, and Copeland, a writer and FMS/MPS patient, discuss all aspects of both disorders. They also offer information on the latest medications, tips for bodywork, and suggestions for coping with family and work, getting support, and dealing with the healthcare system.
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 The Fibromyalgia Advocate
by Devin Starlanyl
Starlanyl offers an impassioned, in-depth manifesto for FMS and myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) patients that explores the wide spectrum of traditional and alternative approaches to these two disorders.  Starlanyl argues that in medicine "hardening of the attitudes" is a common response of clinicians who lack a true understanding of these two painful conditions.
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 Rapid Recovery from Back and Neck Pain: A Nine-Step Recovery Plan

by Fred Amir
This is the second edition of Rapid Recovery from Back and Neck Pain, originally published in 1999. This is a companion book to Dr. Sarno's Mind Over Back Pain, Healing Back Pain, and The Mind Body Prescription. It provides an easy and effective step-by-step plan based on techniques used by Olympic athletes.  Rapid Recovery from Back and Neck Pain Book is a unique and fascinating account of one man's search for a cure. You accompany the author as he searches, like a detective, for clues to solve the mystery of back and neck pain and share with him the joy of rapid recovery from months of pain and disability. You discover crucial research information as well as easy and effective strategies for rapid recovery. This book provides you the tools to design your own rapid recovery plan for a pain-free and active life.

Recommended by Guai-Support Member

"I've continued to put energy into treating my pain as a neurological (rather than a physical) issue, and have profoundly improved. One of the major ways one does this is to teach one's body not to produce pain, which when successful, breaks the association of pain with a particular activity or stimulus. I'm challenging my relationship to pain on-goingly and it's taken a lot of discipline, but it is becoming easier now."

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 From Fatigued to Fantastic!: A Proven Program to Regain Vibrant Health, Based on a New Scientific Study Showing Effective Treatment for Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia
By Jacob Teitelbaum
Written in easy-to-understand language, this resource guide describes the disorders listed in the subtitle, their symptoms, how they originate, and how to eliminate them. Teitelbaum, a leading clinician, and an unusually compassionate physician and researcher on treatments for Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) and fibromyalgia, lost a year of medical school to these illnesses.
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 Freedom from Fibromyalgia : The 5-Week Program Proven to Conquer Pain
by John MD Sarno (Foreword), Nancy Selfridge, Franklynn Peterson
The authors believe "rogue" brain chemicals are the culprits behind the all-over body pain of FMS. Since there are no pills to combat these chemicals, the authors have developed a five-week, self-directed recovery program based upon mind-body principles. The book is divided into three parts: "Understanding Fibromyalgia," "Tools To Battle Fibromyalgia," and "The Five-Week Plan To Battle Fibromyalgia." The structured program the authors have developed focuses on meditation, journal writing, and self-talk aimed at creating a psychological awareness of the emotions, thoughts, and feelings that produce pain in the body.

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 Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Infection Connection {Targeting and Treating the Cause of Chronic Illness}
By Katherine Poehlmann, PhD,
The premise of this book is that infection by pathogenic microbes has been shown to be a significant co-factor in many autoimmune disorders besides Rheumatoid Arthritis. These conditions include Multiple Sclerosis, Fibromyalgia, Scleroderma, Lupus, CFIDS, Gulf War Illness, tendonitis (i.e., Carpal Tunnel Syndrome), as well as painful sports injuries that fail to heal. Hallmarks of a microbial infection include joint pain, inflammation, bursitis, and chronic fatigue.  The book describes a scientifically proven medical treatment, along with nutrition and diet methods to strengthen the immune system.  Unlike standard medical treatments for RA, this protocol addresses the cause(s), not just relief of symptoms.

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By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
"The Fibromyalgia Relief Book: 213 Ideas for Improving Your Quality of Life is just what it sounds like -- a book about making life more liveable at home, at work, while traveling or socializing, and in your personal relationships.  There's a section devoted to diet and nutrition, because I think the way we eat has a great deal to do with how we feel. There is a section on resources, and a step-by-step method for taking control of your health."

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 Fibromyalgia: A Comprehensive Approach What You Can Do About Chronic Pain and Fatigue
By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
"If you experience chronic pain throughout your body, muscular stiffness, disturbed sleep, and fatigue, then you may have the fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Distressing as it is, fibromyalgia is not life-threatening and it need not get worse over time. I wrote Fibromyalgia: A Comprehensive Approach -- What You Can Do About Chronic Pain and Fatigue because no such book was available to help me when I was diagnosed in 1993."
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 Your Guide to Metabolic Health

by John C. Lowe (Author), Dr. Gina Honeyman-Lowe (Author)
If you are having problems with chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, or irritable bowel syndrome, you need to read this book. Regular medicine does not teach this to their doctors. They have no clue about adrenal fatigue or thyroid fatigue. Regular medicine says that you either have a normal adrenal system, or you have a shut-down adrenal system. What about in between?

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