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The only thing worse than suffering back pain throughout the day is being kept awake all night from the pain. Despite how dead-tired you may feel, the constant tenderness and pain is just relentless. As a result, you may feel depressed and mentally dull. There seems to have been no immediate cause for the pain – no accidents, surgery or illness. Surprisingly, most people go five to eight years before their pain symptoms are classified as “Fibromyalgia Syndrome.”

You’ll know Fibromyalgia back pain by its longevity. Sure, there are good days and bad days, but the dull pain seems to remain a constant. The pain feels like tenderness or sensitivity in key areas: the back of the head, elbows, knees, hips, upper back and upper chest. The pain is typically bad in the morning, improves slightly throughout the day and worsens at night. Some patients report a migratory throbbing sensation, while others report an overall aching or burning.

Some patients diagnosed with Fibromyalgia can trace the onset back to a viral or bacterial infection, while others cite their back pain starting with an accident or surgery. Sometimes emotional stress, autonomic nervous system dysfunction or immune disorders can lead to pain symptoms of Fibromyalgia. Risk factors of Fibromyalgia include age (25-45), gender (female), a family history or a pattern of sleeping disorders.

If you think you may have Fibromyalgia, then you’ll want to make a checklist of body pain symptoms. If back pain and tender spots are most severe, then your treatment will likely consist of muscle relaxants and possibly sleeping pills if you spend too much time tossing and turning. If you’ve been feeling depressed, are stiff in the mornings or are unable to sleep, then anti-depressants will probably be prescribed. Because there’s a stigma associated with Fibromyalgia (which is sometimes called “the welfare disorder”), it can be very therapeutic to meet with other patients in a Fibromyalgia support group.

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Fibromyalgia is a syndrome difficult to diagnose. Simply because unlike many diseases and afflictions where there is visible evidence to confirm it’s presence, fibromyalgia symptoms are invisible in appearance yet their effect on the human body can literally reduce a person to “solitary confinement.”

Women seem to be affect most and at this stage, there is no known cure. So people are now looking to diet as a possible way to combat symptoms. Looking for the best diet for fibromyalgia may be as simple as sticking with antioxidant rich and low fat foods.

While there is no concrete evidence yet to suggest that diet for fibromyalgia will be the most effective solution to combating symptoms there are definitely some encouraging signs.

The Perfect Fibromyalgia Diet?

There is no perfect diet for fibromyalgia but there are definitely foods you need to consider. It consists of healthy foods that are high in immunity boosting antioxidants and low in fat content. Antioxidants and phytochemicals in these foods work together and maximize alertness and energy levels. They also tend to minimize lethargy and fatigue.

There are few foods that must be totally avoided from your fibromyalgia diet. These foods include coffee, carbonated beverages, chocolate and alcoholic beverages. Some of the other foods that need to be avoided are tobacco, fried foods, white sugar, high fat dairy products and red meat.

Giving Up Foods That Could Be Harmful

The mere thought of giving up soda, alcohol, sugar or cigarettes could be very scary for some people. But it is important to realize that these addictions are slow poison for your body and you will never recover from fibromyalgia unless you give them up. All you need to do is make this transition gradually instead of sudden. Do not use them as comfort foods and keep in mind that your immune system is already compromised and you cannot afford to deteriorate it further.

Different people suffering from fibromyalgia react differently to various foods. Discover your own sensitivity for food and maintain a food diary. You can write what goes on into your mouth and your body’s reaction to that. This will help you discover foods that may trigger pain or allergy.

Make carrot juice a part of your daily diet. In addition to this, eat lots of fruits, vegetables and foods have omega 3 oil. Fibromyalgia diet nutrition is important so that your body can get rid of toxins and restore nutrients. Beware of the miracle diets and supplements that are advertised for FM patients. Inform your physician if your going to start a new diet plan.

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2007-2008 Copyright by the Natural Remedies Products Staff a.k.a. NRP - Diet For Fibromyalgia – What You Should Know About A Fibromyalgia Diet

You can feel about 50% better than you do now in one month and up to 90% better within a year using specific treatment protocols you can learn from Beat Fibro and Fatigue.

The medical community has not determined the cause of Fibromyalgia (FM).

The medical community has not determined the cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)

Because there has been no clearly identifiable cause, there has been little research for a magic pill to ‘cure’ either one of these energy draining and fatigue based diseases. You can find home remedies and ‘cures’ advertised in many places and some of them may help your symptoms for awhile because the placebo effect. (The placebo effect is basically your mind being so convinced that what you are trying will work for you that it becomes your reality as long as you can continue to believe in the dream.)

What is Fibromyalgia?

Approximately 90 percent of the sufferers of Fibromyalgia are women between the ages of 20 and 50. Many suffers describe the feeling as a persistent flu. Fibromyalgia is a chronic disease that isn’t life threatening but it sure can destroy your quality of life. Some of the symptoms are:

• muscle pain
• soft tissue tenderness at various times and points in your body
• ligament and tendon soreness
• sleep disturbances
• fatigue

Because of the sleep problems and persistent pain, many sufferers experience depression, a mental fog or both. Sometimes performing your normal daily activities seems like an almost unbearable chore.

What is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a mental and physical exhaustion so deep it prevents an otherwise healthy individual from performing their normal activities for 6 months or more. Sufferers of this disease receive little, if any, rest from sleep. Minor physical or mental activities exhaust them and recuperation from these exertions take up to 24 hours.

Because of the pain similar to flu symptoms, lack of rest and complete exhaustion; it is easy to understand why mental fogs and depression occur in sufferers.

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Treatment

Doctor Mark J. Shaw has written a book called Beat Fibro and Fatigue that outlines a treatment regimen where you can feel about 50% better than you do now in one month and up to 90% better within a year. He lived with these ailments and developed this treatment regimen to improve his life as well as the lives of those that choose to use the fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome treatment.

Don’t you think you could benefit from a fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome treatment that a medical professional researched and used himself?

2007-2008 Copyright by the Natural Remedies Products Staff a.k.a. NRP - Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Treatment