Michelle Schoffro Cook - Arthritis-Proof Your Life: Secrets to Pain-Free Living Without Drugs

MICHELLE SCHOFFRO COOK, PhD, DNC, ROHP

Humanix Books

Arthritis-Proof Your Life

Copyright 2016 by Humanix Books

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Humanix Books, P.O. Box 20989, West Palm Beach, FL 33416, USA

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Cook, Michelle Schoffro, author.

Title: Arthritis-proof your life : secrets to pain-free living without drugs / Michelle Schoffro Cook.

Description: West Palm Beach, FL : Humanix Books, 2016. | Includes .

Identifiers: LCCN 2016010738 (print) | LCCN 2016022999 (ebook) | ISBN 9781630060626 (hardback) | ISBN 9781630060633 (eBook)

Subjects: LCSH: ArthritisAlternative treatmentPopular works. | ArthritisDiet therapyPopular works. | ArthritisDiet therapyRecipes. | BISAC: HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Immune System. | HEALTH & FITNESS / Alternative Therapies. | HEALTH & FITNESS / Pain Management. | HEALTH & FITNESS / Naturopathy.

Classification: LCC RC933 .C679 2016 (print) | LCC RC933 (ebook) | DDC 616.7/220654dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016010738

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Disclaimer: The information presented in this book is meant to be used for general resource purposes only; it is not intended as specific medical advice for any individual and should not substitute medical advice from a healthcare professional. If you have (or think you may have) a medical problem, speak to your doctor or healthcare practitioner immediately about your risk and possible treatments. Do not engage in any therapy or treatment without consulting a medical professional.

ISBN: 978-1-63006-062-6 (Hardcover)

ISBN: 978-1-63006-063-3 (E-book)

I dedicate this book to my parents, Michael and Deborah Schoffro. Thank you for always believing in me and my writing and for being wonderful parents and great friends.

I also dedicate this book to Dr. Robert Laquerre at Alta Vista Chiropractic, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Your caring and compassionate approach to health care transformed my quality of life many years ago and helped me to live the life I dreamed about.

T O THE MANY WONDERFUL people who helped make this book happen, including:

Curtis Cook, the love of my life, my husband, and my soul mate. I am eternally grateful for your love and am so thrilled to spend my life with you. Thank you for your constant care, love, friendship, and support. There is no better man than you.

Claire Gerus, thank you. You are a visionary agent and a great friend. I appreciate your ongoing efforts to secure my books and your many insights throughout my career.

Mary Glenn, thanks for your support of my work and vision for this book. I appreciate it.

Michael and Deborah Schoffro, thank you, Mom and Dad. You have always been so supportive of my writing and have been wonderful parents. Thank you for your encouragement and love.

To the team at Humanix, thanks for your many efforts to bring this book to those people suffering from arthritis and fibromyalgia.

A NYONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED the debilitating pain and inflammation of arthritis will tell you how much these symptoms can rob you of the joy of living, from the pleasure of pursuing a beloved hobby to the satisfaction of enjoying a favorite sport. For some people arthritis pain can interfere with their ability to perform even the simplest tasks and often prevents sufferers from getting that much needed, restorative good nights sleep.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 50 million adults in the United States have been diagnosed as having rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus, or fibromyalgia. Although many of these people are mature adults, this debilitating disease affects even children. The CDC estimates that 294,000 children under eighteen have been diagnosed with some form of arthritic or rheumatic condition.

It is now estimated that almost half of Americans will receive an osteoarthritis (OA) diagnosis in their lifetime. And for the millions of people who are overweight, two out of three are likely to develop osteoarthritis.

Although drugs may temporarily relieve some of the pain, the flip side is potentially serious: the list of side effects can be worse than the disease itself, particularly when it comes to drugs that have been linked to many deaths. Sadly many of these drugs continue to be marketed as the only options for people suffering from arthritis, which is patently untrue.

What is arthritis? The diagnosis simply means inflammation of the joints. But it doesnt tell you what caused the joint inflammation. Although drugs may reduce the pain in some people, they dont address the underlying causes or underlying issues in the body that can lead to arthritis. Thats exactly what this book will addressthe root causes of arthritis. More importantly, Arthritis-Proof Your Life: The Drug-Free, All-Natural Way to Beat Pain and Inflammation offers you an opportunity to discover your bodys potential underlying weaknesses such as nutritional deficiencies, bodily imbalances, and lifestyle choices so you can get to the bottom of whats causing the inflammation in your bodyand get rid of it! Addressing the root causes of arthritis is much more effective than taking a drug-based Band-Aid approach that merely lessens symptoms.

When it comes to arthritis, what your doctor doesnt know is hurting you. Arthritis-Proof Your Life works by resetting your natural body chemistry and addressing the underlying causal factors for arthritis instead of undergoing the medical approach, which reduces symptoms at a high cost to the body. As you will soon discover, cutting-edge research shows that low-grade inflammation, nutritional deficiencies, food sensitivities, infections, and an inflammatory diet puts you at risk of experiencing arthritis or aggravating the pain and inflammation of arthritis. But its not enough to know the factors causing or aggravating your symptoms; you need to know how to effectively overcome these issues to reduce your pain, heal your joints, and live the life you deserve to live.

In Arthritis-Proof Your Life I will reveal how you can eat to beat inflammation, identify food sensitivities, reverse nutritional deficiencies, and heal the infections and imbalances linked to arthritis. You will learn how to restore proper pain signals to your brain and decrease inflammation in your joints. This book will even reveal exciting, advanced research that shows the key to pain relief is to speed up your bodys natural inflammatory response so it can clean up the joints and dramatically reduce pain. Thats probably not something your doctor has ever told you.

Youll find dozens of scientifically proven natural therapies and remedies for arthritis that have never before been compiled into a single book and many of which are virtually unknownthe product of my twenty-five years of research and experience in the natural health field. I am a registered nutritionist, board-certified doctor of natural medicine, certified herbalist, doctor of acupuncture, and the author of eighteen other natural health books. I spend almost every day researching the best proven natural medicines to help people overcome illnesses they may believe are incurable. My quest to offer the best healing advice for treating arthritis and pain disorders has led me to research new and advanced natural treatments, including potent phytonutrients that combat joint damage, enzyme therapy to alleviate both pain and inflammation, and orthomolecular therapy that halts the progression of the disease. My clients and readers alike regularly share their successes in transforming their health and improving their quality of life.