Hi
I was wondering if anyone else had tried the website
"www.thiscureworks.com".
And how did you get on IanW?!
Ship
Shiperton Henethe
P.S. Sorry but Google wouldnt let me simply reply to the
thread so I'm having to start a new one...
IanW
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Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:46:47 +0100
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I decided to give this a try, since it was only a tenner, and bought
the
eBook.. it's an 88 page PDF and the writing style is actually very
good. It
seems to be very thorough, up to date, modestly presented, fits in with
much
of the various nutritional books and web articles I've read before,
doesn't
make lots of bold claims, etc.
The approach is that of a "toxic overload" one, which is no doubt
familiar
to any sufferrer that has done any kind of research into CFS and
general
nutritional practises, ie: it brings together all the stress &
psychological
components, oxidative stress, poor nutrition, heavy metals, etc etc.
However, then it gets to the cure side of things.. it starts by
explaining
various tests that you could have done (hair, blood, urine for
detecting
heavy metals, mineral imbalances, food intolerances etc). It also seems
to
recommend getting various tests done via your doctor and specialists..
but
it covers lots of tests and I couldn't quite gather whether he was
recommending getting all of them done. If he was then that's one hell
of a
lot of tests, persuading of GPs, probably months and a not
insignificant
amount of money (he kept mentioning his Harley St consultant - isn't
that
some kind of top private clinic or sth? ie: presumably expensive?).
After that, there's what is basically a detox plan. 3-4 months of
following
a low carb diet and taking a detox supplement regime work. He doesn't
really
get much more specific about the diet, and recommends a book written by
someone else, but I guess you could work it out easily enough. The
supplement regime he does give detail and dosage info about, and it's
probably the supplement regime to end all supplement regimes! It
consists of
over 20 different supplements aparently costing between £10-30 each
(and
also one that costs about £150!!) and from about 10 different
companies,
many in the states. He mentions this all rather casually, but I reckon
if
you had a few of those tests done and took all those supps you'd be
looking
at about £700!!
So, my conclusion is that it's a genuine enough document/site, and it
may
well work to some degree, but you've have to be pretty well off to give
it a
go!
Ian
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