I was recently advised that I suffer from Fibromylagia and that I must suffer this for the rest of my life.  I did endure significant stress in a job that I gave up last year and as the body readjusted itself from that stress it began to exhibit signs of pain/inflammation.  I do not accept that I must have this disease for the rest of my life so have embarked upon my own research about the disease and how stress and diet can lead us to ill health and internal inflammation.  I heard David Gillespie being interviewed on ABC radio recently and was captivated by what his own research has proved.  My brother has also espoused the virtues of getting off sugar and advised that going 'cold turkey' is the only way to do it - he had suffered back pain and was told an operation would be necessary.  He deleted sugar, wheat and dairy from his diet for a short time as he listened to his own body tell him what worked and what didn't - he has a sugar free diet now and has a back which works just fine these days. I am about to give up sugar as I have tried the 'cut down' approach and it doesn't work - I imagine the cravings are what a drug addict must feel and it's not nice - we are addicts - it's just that we are able to coat it in sugar which is acceptable in society.

Fiona Brown wrote:I was recently advised that I suffer from Fibromylagia and that I must suffer this for the rest of my life.  I did endure significant stress in a job that I gave up last year and as the body readjusted itself from that stress it began to exhibit signs of pain/inflammation.  I do not accept that I must have this disease for the rest of my life so have embarked upon my own research about the disease and how stress and diet can lead us to ill health and internal inflammation.  I heard David Gillespie being interviewed on ABC radio recently and was captivated by what his own research has proved.  My brother has also espoused the virtues of getting off sugar and advised that going 'cold turkey' is the only way to do it - he had suffered back pain and was told an operation would be necessary.  He deleted sugar, wheat and dairy from his diet for a short time as he listened to his own body tell him what worked and what didn't - he has a sugar free diet now and has a back which works just fine these days. I am about to give up sugar as I have tried the 'cut down' approach and it doesn't work - I imagine the cravings are what a drug addict must feel and it's not nice - we are addicts - it's just that we are able to coat it in sugar which is acceptable in society.

Hi Fiona,

Fiona Brown wrote:I was recently advised that I suffer from Fibromylagia and that I must suffer this for the rest of my life.  I did endure significant stress in a job that I gave up last year and as the body readjusted itself from that stress it began to exhibit signs of pain/inflammation.  I do not accept that I must have this disease for the rest of my life so have embarked upon my own research about the disease and how stress and diet can lead us to ill health and internal inflammation.  I heard David Gillespie being interviewed on ABC radio recently and was captivated by what his own research has proved.  My brother has also espoused the virtues of getting off sugar and advised that going 'cold turkey' is the only way to do it - he had suffered back pain and was told an operation would be necessary.  He deleted sugar, wheat and dairy from his diet for a short time as he listened to his own body tell him what worked and what didn't - he has a sugar free diet now and has a back which works just fine these days. I am about to give up sugar as I have tried the 'cut down' approach and it doesn't work - I imagine the cravings are what a drug addict must feel and it's not nice - we are addicts - it's just that we are able to coat it in sugar which is acceptable in society.

Hi Fiona,

I too have Fibromyalgia (and CFS), so I will be interested to see if this diet helps my conditions.

Jenny

I have fibromyalgia I am not great for taking pills so always try and manage the pain without them.

I try and do lots of exercise walking, swimming, cycling I have found since starting the sugar free programme I have lost a little weight and at times I am free of pain

Hopefully as time goes by the pain might go.

I still cant believe how much sugar is in everything.

I am looking forward to having my diabetic check up next week to see the effect not having sugar is making on my blood results and cholestrol etc.

Look forward to reading all the blogs

Debra

 

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