Optimal health with multiple sclerosis : a guide to integrating lifestyle, alternative, and conventional medicine
(Book)

Part 1: Introduction: Alternative Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine; Placebos and Nocebos; Important Precautions About Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine, and Multiple Sclerosis. Part 2: Optimal Health With Multiple Sclerosis: A Seven-Step Guide to Integrating Lifestyle, Alternative, and Conventional Medicine: Introduction; General Concepts; Helpful Strategies; Step 1: Disease-Modifying Medications; Additional Information and Guidance; Step 2: Diet, Dietary Supplements, and Weight Management; Step 3: Tobacco and Alcohol Use; Step 4: Physical Activity; Step 5: Personal and Social Well-Being; Step 6: Prevention and Management of Other Medical Conditions; Step 7: Symptom Management: Lifestyle and Unconventional Therapies That May Improve Many Different Symptoms ; Symptoms That May Be Relieved With Specific Lifestyle and Unconventional Therapies: Anxiety and Stress; Bladder Problems; Bowel Problems; Cold and Flu

Prevention or Decreasing Duration; Coordination Problems; Depression; Fatigue; Pain; Sexual Problems; Sleep Problems; Spasticity (Muscle Stiffness); Thinking (Cognitive) Problems; Walking Problems; Weakness. Part 3: Types of Lifestyle and Unconventional Medicine: Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine; Alcohol; Aromatherapy; Aspartame; Ayurveda; Bee Venom Therapy and Other Forms of Apitherapy; Biofeedback; Candida Treatment; Chelation Therapy; Chiropractic Medicine; Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency; Colon Therapy, Detoxification, and Enemas; Cooling Therapy; Craniosacral Therapy; Dental Amalgam Removal; Enzyme Therapy; Exercise; Fats: Fish Oil and Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids; Feldenkrais; Fiber; Gluten Sensitivity and Celiac Disease; Guided Imagery; Herbs; Hippotherapy and Therapeutic Horseback Riding; Homeopathy; Hyperbaric Oxygen; Hypnosis; Low-Dose Naltrexone; Magnets and Electromagnetic Therapy; Marijuana; Massage; Meditation; Mindfulness; Music Therapy; Obesity and Weight Management; Paleolithic Diets; Pets; The Pilates Methods and Physical Mind Method; Prayer and Spirituality; Probiotics and the Gut Microbiome; Prokarin; Reflexology; Salt; Tai Chi and Qigong; Therapeutic Touch; Tobacco and Smoking Cessation; Toxins; Tragerwork; Vitamins, Minerals, and Other Nonherbal Supplements; Yoga. Appendix 1: Ratings of Lifestyle and Unconventional Therapies. Appendix 2: Dietary Supplements and Herbs That Have MS-Relevant Side Effects or Drug Interactions. References. Index.