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FMS eNews 21/11/15

Here's an interesting gimmick on FaceBook - your most used words are selected and shown collectively.  Here are mine!


Fibromyalgia is very prominent! I wonder why?! My FB page is here  Feel free to visit, like and comment!  Find out YOUR most used words.  It can be very revealing!
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WORDz for the WEEK

 247. If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and/or stupid.
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All those traditional meals and holiday parties are ahead of us -- and for those with IBS, food sensitivities, or other digestive issues, those are dark waters to navigate. Get some helpful tips for coming through the food gauntlet unscathed, below.
Also this week, a look at food from multiple angles: dietary changes that might help, losing weight, overlapping digestive disorders, etc. Then, down at the end, some holiday resources for you.
Take care of yourself!
Adrienne Dellwo - Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Expert
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 Are "Natural" Sugars Any Better Than Refined White Sugar?
Although the harmful health effects of sugar are now indisputable, we are still eating an incredible amount of it.
In fact, the average American consumes three pounds of the sweet white poison per week! And it’s easy to understand why. As we’ve written about before, sugar is addictive, with some brain scans suggesting that it’s just as addictive as drugs like cocaine.
In light of this knowledge, many people are attempting to choose a “healthier” sugar, opting for the more natural sugar options at the grocery stores. You’ve probably seen many of these yourself. So what are these natural options—and are they any better for you than refined white sugar?
Find out
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 3 Processed Fats to Watch Out
Yet again the food industry would seem to be putting profit before safety.  The carcinogenic effects of fat hydrogenation, with its trans-fat byproducts have finally been recognized by the regulators and they are slowly being removed from our food. However, some of the alternative manufacturing methods have even bigger health risks than the toxic processes they are designed to replace.
All commercial industries have at their core the basic requirement to make money for their shareholders. However, for some industries, such as food and drink, the drive to cut costs and increase profits is put ahead of ethical concerns such as animal welfare and even human safety.
Find out what IS safe!

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Can Vibration Exercises Cure Fibromyalgia?
Fibromyalgia affects an estimated 1-3% of the US population. As a chronic disease that has left doctors and patients completely baffled as to how to treat it, many people have lost hope. Luckily, there are many researchers and scientists who have made it their priority to fight the battle against fibromyalgia.
Researchers at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, or IUPUI for short, have recently studied the effects of vibration therapy on patients suffering from fibromyalgia. To their surprise, many of the people in the study indeed recorded lower levels of pain and discomfort after participating in the vibration therapy treatment.
Read more . . .
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 The Chokehold Behavioral Treatments Have on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
If you go to the doctor the best most people get is symptomatic treatment for sleep, pain, etc.. If a target treatment option for ME/CFS itself is present it o
ften shows up as some sort of behavioral therapy.
Why does one type of treatment dominate in a disease with so many treatment options? It's because of the chokehold behavioral therapies have on ME/CFS.
There's a reason this has occurred and there's a way to stop it. Find out why and how.
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 Worlds Apart: The Doctors Who Treat Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia
ME/CFS and FM patients can be hard to treat and many doctors shy away from them. Some doctors actually, however, want to treat people with FM and/or ME/CFS.
I reviewed practitioners in seven major cities who list ME/CFS and FM as conditions they treat. To my surprise, I found that ME/CFS and FM patients inhabit very different worlds in the medical community.
Check out just who treats people ME/CFS and FM - and who doesn't.
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7 Astonishing Reasons Why Eating Chocolate Is Good for You
Good news for chocaholics: Numerous scientific studies have now demonstrated just how healthy chocolate can be. It’s important to remember however that it’s the cacao in chocolate that has the benefits. While chocolate has often been given a bad rap and associated with weight gain and unhealthy lifestyle, the real reason for this is actually not the cacao at all but is the high sugar content of some chocolate products. Cacao is highly nutritious. The darker the chocolate (i.e. the higher the cacao content), the lower it typically is in sugar and the healthier it is for you.
Below are 7 reasons, backed by scientific research, why chocolate may be good for you:
Find out what they are!
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 The Truth About Coconut Oil – 10 Facts You Need To Know
Coconut oil is one of the few foods that could be rightly be considered a “superfood.” Its unique combination of fatty acids can have profound positive effects on health. This includes fat loss, better brain function and various other amazing benefits.
Here are the top 10 health benefits of coconut oil that have been experimentally confirmed in human studies.
Find out what they are!
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 Managing CFS/ME through diet

In this informative webinar, with expert nutritionist Dr Nina Bailey, you will learn about how we can optimise our diet to help manage many of the symptoms associated with CFS/ME, namely lack of energy, extreme fatigue and ‘brain fog’: Foods the brain and body needs to function optimally: what we should be eating Foods that starve the brain and body of nutrients and energy: what foods we really need to avoid.
Slides used in webinar with synopsis for each one.
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 November 2015 Newsletter

 A selection of articles on general health issues including nutrition.
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 The Good Sleep Manual, a guide to a better night’s sleep for Chronic pain sufferers
We are proud to launch our very first E-book, which will be a collection of useful tips to help Chronic Pain sufferers sleep better, as pain and sleep unfortunately often constitute a vicious cycle.
This is an issue we are hoping to solve, through some easy steps to follow around health, lifestyle and diet, to ease you into a better night’s sleep.
We have been fortunate enough to get some valuable help from 2 contributors who suffer themselves from Chronic Pain and have been keen to share their tips and personal journey towards a comfortable and refreshing night’s sleep.
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 What is IBS,  and might probiotics help?
What is IBS and why do I have it?
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is the most common functional gastrointestinal disorder affecting around a third of the UK population at some point in their lives, with one in ten people suffering from symptoms of IBS severe enough for them to seek help from the GP (1). Many with IBS symptoms don’t actually visit the GP making it hard to gain accurate statistics, but it is a disorder which appears to be on the rise.
In order to understand why this may be, it is important to know what IBS actually means. IBS is actually a term covering a group of symptoms including constipation, diarrhoea, bloating, abdominal pain, excessive wind and cramping.  There are many factors which contribute to someone developing IBS such as genetic disposition, allergy, infection, parasites, medications overload, of course bacterial imbalance as well as psychosocial issues such as stress or unexpressed emotions (2). Many of these factors are exacerbated by modern life and our diet, including the prevalence of refined sugars and alcohol, fizzy drinks and a lack of exercise and spirituality. People are taking more pain killers, anti-depressants as well as being under emotional and psychological pressure, being ‘stressed’ or anxious  essentially. This is possibly the reason why IBS appears to be on the increase.
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 Innovative Nutrient Helps Repair Damaged Mitochondria & Reduce Fatigue up to 45% - By Karen Lee Richards
Clinical trials have shown that NT Factor® can actually support the repair of damaged cell membranes - in effect reducing the cells' biological age and restoring mitochondrial ability to generate energy.
This is true whether the reduced energy/fatigue is from an illness like ME/CFS or fibromyalgia, a side effect of chemotherapy, or simply a result of aging. Studies done with severely fatigued patients in each of these populations demonstrated that NT Factor can support reduction of fatigue levels by as much as 45 percent.(1-3)
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 Holy Basil – The Elixir of Life by Suzy Cohen 
If you are like me, I have favorite teas. Tulsi tea with a little lemon and ginger is one of those great teas that help me de-stress and putting one foot in front of the other when I feel overwhelmed. Tulsi, commonly known as holy basil, is a treasured sacred medicinal plant of India. It’s known to ease pain, improve breathing (like for asthma), and reduce inflammation. It is a strong antioxidant too.
I don’t know about you, but I feel like we have more stress nowadays than we did 20 years ago. The stress may be mental, emotional, behavioral or physical. The stress makes you feel like you can’t cope with your situation. As a result, you may feel beat up, burned out, tense, irritated, overwhelmed, foggy in the brain or just plain mad. You may not (probably don’t) sleep well either.  If I’ve described you, then it’s safe to say you need some kind of stress soother before illness develops.  Holy basil may just be what you need, but don’t take my word for it, let’s look at some science.
Find out more
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 An open letter to Dr. Richard Horton and The Lancet

 In February, 2011, The Lancet published an article called “Comparison of adaptive pacing therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, graded exercise therapy, and specialist medical care for chronic fatigue syndrome (PACE): a randomized trial.” The article reported that two “rehabilitative” approaches, cognitive behavior therapy and graded exercise therapy, were effective in treating chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, ME/CFS and CFS/ME. The study received international attention and has had widespread influence on research, treatment options and public attitudes.

The PACE study was an unblinded clinical trial with subjective primary outcomes, a design that requires strict vigilance in order to prevent the possibility of bias. Yet the study suffered from major flaws that have raised serious concerns about the validity, reliability and integrity of the findings. The patient and advocacy communities have known this for years, but a recent in-depth report on this site, which included statements from five of us, has brought the extent of the problems to the attention of a broader public. The PACE investigators have replied to many of the criticisms, but their responses have not addressed or answered key concerns.
Read more . . . .
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Some medications are essential to maintain life but there's a lot of truth in the thoughts above!
Don't forget to take your tablets - but only if they are really necessary.
Keep good
Stella
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 N.B. The links on this my FMS eNews blog are in the BROWN text, usually in the title of each article but occasionally elsewhere too. Some titles have no links in which case the title is in PURPLE like the dividers.  This blog gives just a taster of each article which can be viewed in full through its link.  If you have any navigation problems, let me know.
I would like to point out to you that the information in my FMS eNews blog is passed on to you mainly from other sources. Links are given to the original articles. I take no responsibility for their accuracy but freely give them publicity if I think they might be of interest to my readership. Sites I refer you to are for information only. They might conflict in their opinions, they might not even be medically sound, but I merely offer them for you to peruse and make your own judgments, accept or reject as you will. Only by reading widely can we get an overall picture of fibromyalgia syndrome and how we can deal with its symptoms, learn to cope with them and still have a life. Any advice or recommendation of a medical or legal nature should always be discussed with a qualified professional.
I also include various awareness items, benefits issues, as well as general health considerations. Anyone wishing to reproduce any of the included items in printed form should seek permission from the originators.
Wordz for the Week are from ‘Wordz for the Day’ by Donnie Kuhn, Sr. who died in May 2011.
This eNews is my personal offering to fibromyalgia sufferers and their carers and is not related to any other organisation or charity.
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