What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Autoimmune Disorders: The Revolutionary Drug-free Treatments for Thyroid Disease, Lupus, MS, IBD, Chronic Fatigue, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Other Diseases

by Stephen B. Edelson MD, Deborah Mitchell

Dr. Edelson discusses the most common types of autoimmune diseases, outlining their symptoms, causes, and risk factors. He describes his own revolutionary program for treating the root of all autoimmune disorders--without drugs--providing readers with new hope for getting back on the road to better health.

Genres: Nonfiction, Health

368 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2003

Reviews

[~☆~Autumn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is excellent for helping people to recover from toxic chemical induced autoimmune disorders. He writes about the EI Clinic at Atlanta and I only knew about the one at Dallas. You can read about it online if you use google. I have been told that I have 6 autoimmune disorders so this is an excellent book for me. Very glad I purchased a copy.

[Weslyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

First and foremost, this author is questionable. His history is less than desirable and it made me question the information in the book. He also heavily pushes his now closed medical center.

The first thing that put a bad taste in my mouth was the inclusion of autism as an autoimmune disease. Autism is not a disease. Not only was I completely frustrated by the inclusion of autism in the book, but it also says nothing about it on the cover or in the synopsis. I would never have purchased it to begin with if I had known about that.

I purchased this book for the information on SLE. As some other reviews have said, most of this information is available online now. I know this book was published 18 years ago, but the information itself isn’t all that amazing. There are other books that have a lot more to say.

He recommends treatments that are down right excessive and not always necessary. Treatments that can sometimes cause more harm than good.

I don’t recommend this book.

[Tianna · Rating 2 out of 5]

While there is some good information on the basic function of our immune systems, I don't feel the authors added any new information to the theory of autoimmune disorders. I also felt that the regime of treatment was a little extreme also. It is disheartening to learn that the main author Stephen B Edelson had some rather disturbing court cases against him and has since closed his facilities.

[Reighnie · Rating 1 out of 5]

I thought the title of this book was misleading. As far as RA goes I don't think there is anything in here that couldn't easily be found online.

[Tammy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think the book is pretty informative. I disagreed with the demonizing of tropical saturated fats (i.e., coconut oil) and especially disagreed with touting grains as healthy, but it was a good read despite that.

[Kris Tunison · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very interesting....

[Martha]

"everyone with autoimmune disorder has environmental toxicity"

[Georgia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative! Great dietary recommendations and supplements.

[Angie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is very informative and really does have a lot of info that the doctors dont tell you. I learned a lot about Lupus that I will talk with the doctor about. Good informative book.

[DM · Rating 1 out of 5]

Complete hooey.

[Katherine Coble · Rating 2 out of 5]

Snake oil.