The Inflammation Syndrome: Your Nutrition Plan for Great Health, Weight Loss, and Pain-Free Living

by Jack Challem

Overview

Completely revised and updated-Jack Challem's powerful plan to safely prevent and overcome inflammatory disorders

Inflammation is what happens when our body's own defenses turn on us-and it is a huge and growing problem. Written by the author of the groundbreaking Syndrome X, this essential updated edition of The Inflammation Syndrome draws on cutting-edge research conducted around the world to provide a revolutionary approach to healing inflammation-related problems through an easy-to-follow nutrition and supplement program.

• Includes new recommendations for individualized diet and supplement plans
• Presents fourteen steps for restoring dietary balance, plus recipes and menu plans
• Reveals the powerful role inflammation plays in a wide variety of common health conditions–from simple aches and pains to heart disease, obesity, diabetes, arthritis, asthma, and athletic injuries
• Features dramatic case histories and the latest information on dosage recommendations for anti-inflammation supplements such as fish oils, vitamins, and herbs
• Other books by Jack Challem: Syndrome X, The Food-Mood Solution, Feed Your Genes Right, and Stop Prediabetes Now

Read The Inflammation Syndrome and learn just how easy it can be to take charge of your diet and health.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470440858
Publisher:	TURNER PUB CO
Publication date:	02/01/2010
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	423,003
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

JACK CHALLEM is the author of many successful health books, including Syndrome X and Stop Prediabetes Now. Challem is the publisher and editor of The Nutrition Reporter, a newsletter that highlights the latest cutting-edge global nutritional research. He runs a private nutrition practice and lectures worldwide.

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Table of Contents

Foreword Ronald E. Hunninghake Hugh D. Riordan vii

Acknowledgmenis xi

Introduction to the Original Edition 1

Introduction to the Revised Edition 6

Part I The Inflammation-Disease Connection 11

1 Meet the Inflammation Syndrome 13

2 Your Inflammation Triggers 25

3 The Dietary Causes of Inflammation 33

4 Correcting a Diet That's Out of Balance 47

5 What's Wrong with Anti-Inflammatory Drugs 62

Part II The AI Diet Plan 71

6 Fourteen Steps to Fight the Inflammation Syndrome 73

7 The AI Diet Menu Plans and Recipes 93

Part III The AI Supplement Plan 123

8 Good Fats That Rev Up Your Body's Natural Anti-Inflammatories 125

9 The Power of Anti-Inflammatory Herbs 142

10 The Anti-Inflammatory Benefits of a Multivitamin Supplement 155

11 Glucosamine, Chondroitin, and Other Supplements for Osteoarthritis 166

Part IV Putting Anti-Inflammation Syndrome Nutrients to Work for You 175

12 The Inflammation Syndrome, Diseases, and Specific Conditions 177

Afterword: Stay Healthy for Life 250

Index 253

Editorial Reviews

"In a scientifically accurate and easy-to-understand manner, Jack Challem lays out the basic nutrition plan for good health and weight loss." ---Loren Cordain, Ph.D., author of The Paleo Diet

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