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Healing Arthritis

By: Susan Blum MD MPH, Michele Bender, Mark Hyman MD - foreword
Narrated by: Laural Merlington
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Arthritis is the most common cause of disability in the world - greater than both back pain and heart disease. One example, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), is the most common autoimmune disease, affecting 1 percent of the US population and almost 68 million people worldwide. Conventional medicine tends to treat arthritis with strong, gut-damaging, immune-suppressing pain medications, temporarily relieving the symptoms of the disease without addressing its root causes.

Now, in her groundbreaking new book, Dr. Susan Blum, a leading expert in functional medicine, offers a better approach to healing arthritis permanently. Dr. Blum's groundbreaking three-step protocol is designed to address the underlying causes of the condition and heal the body permanently by:

  • Treating rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and more
  • Healing your gut to heal your joints
  • Reducing inflammation without medication

Featuring detailed case studies, including Dr. Blum's own inspiring personal story, Healing Arthritis offers a revolutionary way to heal your gut, repair your immune system, control inflammation, and live a happier, healthier life...arthritis-free.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2017 Susan Blum, MD (P)2017 Tantor

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"Dr. Blum has done it again! Healing Arthritis is a ground-breaking, science-based, easy-to-follow prescription for restoring your health and treating your joint pain." (Amy Myers MD, New York Times best-selling author of The Autoimmune Solution)

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Unethical

Full of poor quality studies and had to listen to so much unhelpful information to get to nothing! I’d be very nervous to take all the supplements and herbs recommended, as there is little data to support their use or safety!

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If you were looking for a clear roadmap this is not the book.

This is not the book for a lay person who is simply looking for an actionable guide to curing your arthritis.
The author goes on and on about all of her successes and research but it was impossible to wade through all that and get a clear list of things to do in spite of the fact that she kept promising that we would learn how to do it in later chapters.
I am not unfamiliar with the role that probiotics and different foods play in our gut health… and how her gut health is directly responsible for inflammation and arthritis… And yet I just couldn't find anywhere in this book that gave me a clear path to curing this problem.

The PDF just consist of a bunch of recipes instead of a food list, nowhere did I see a probiotic list.

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Disappointed

I am disappointed with the lack of usable I formation. I appreciate the success this doctor has had but I needed more specific information about the diet and foods I stead of “This is what worked for my mom and this is what worked for others and me”. Also, there are no practical suggestion for attainable affordable supplements. The suggestion is that it only works if you do the diet and also take her supplements that she sells. And the list of supplements is long and expensive. It would be great to have some “If you are a regular person and can’t afford all the supplements take a minimum of ______ and while my supplements are optimum, this brand can get you started.”

Again, just disappointed.

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Good Information

I really enjoyed it.. sometimes to much info, science, that I didn't understand. I just wanted to get to the part of"what do I need to do to start feeling better"
Overall it is great information and I'm excited to see the outcome!

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Reads like a medical school textbook

This is very hard to follow and gets very confusing and it sounds a lot more like an autobiography than anything else. I kept waiting for the point where the solutions and plans and advice were going to be given but it’s just a lot of medical terms and dictionary descriptions of what arthritis is. If you’re wanting to learn the in depth descriptions of all the different types of arthritis then it could be interesting but i do not recommend for anyone who is just wanting normal realistic easy to follow recommendations for dealing with arthritis.

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reads like textbook

gives some information but very boring. expected more info on what to eat when to eat.

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Engaging! Worth listening to

This is phenomenally read - best reader I’ve listened to in Audible. The narrator is fantastic! Truly helpful book.

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Exactly What I Needed

First of all, I admire the author for her experience with her own arthritis, her medical degree and patient healing.This book puts together all the diet guidelines I’ve followed in pieces, without full success. I believe Dr. Blum has nailed it. I will be ordering the book to have easier access to the recommended supplements and mind-body resources. Well worth the listening!

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Listening to detailed health terms easier than reading them!

At first the reading was robotic but the technical health terms were easier to understand. Great info to start me on my research into the rheumatoid arthritis I’ve been ignoring. I’ve already made lots of dietary changes but the supplements sound helpful. Glad I chose this book!

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Opened my eye in addressing arthritis

I loved this guide on how to ease my arthritis through diet and lifestyle. Dr. Blum offers hope, showing what what I can do to lessen arthritic pain. thank you!

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