Publisher's Synopsis
Are you sick and tired of... being sick and tired? Fatigue is one of the most common complaints in doctors' offices, yet it's also one of the most poorly managed and misunderstood illnesses...until now! With Reclaim Your Energy's proven, biological science gleaned from Functional Medicine-an emerging, leading-edge field of natural healthcare-you can end doctor visits that merely treat your symptoms, and finally find the underlying, root cause of your fatigue, so you can fix the cause and finally feel normal again! The Functional Medicine approach is not "Band-Aid, pop-a-pill" medicine. Instead it provides a sensible, lasting solution to fatigue. Yes, you can truly reclaim your physical and mental energy, feel normal again, get your health back, and enjoy life to the fullest! As Dr. Carri likes to say: FIND THE CAUSE. FIX THE CAUSE. FEEL NORMAL AGAIN! With fatigue, the standard medical approach consists of testing for 1.) anemia and 2.) low thyroid. If you don't have either one of these (and you're otherwise healthy), your family doctor really cannot help you beyond offering you an antidepressant. (You probably already know this from personal experience, too, or else you would have already stopped reading!) The problem is your doctor isn't running the tests you need, and that's why they cannot find the underlying cause of your fatigue! There's ALWAYS a reason for fatigue. If you want to find the root underlying cause of your fatigue...and use treatments that are natural, safe and proven effective...and finally have a long lasting solution to your fatigue...and feel normal again...and get your health back...and be able to enjoy your life to the fullest...the solution is right in front of you. In Dr. Carri's hit book Reclaim Your Energy and Feel Normal Again! she details 8 root causes of fatigue - she calls them The 8 Fatigue Factors. "Fatigue is very prevalent, but the root cause for many patients is unclear. If they are lucky, a rapid medical diagnosis or a change in lifestyle might be the very thing they need. But, for many, the underlying cause of their fatigue and an increasingly poor level of health are unclear. The functional medicine approach advocated by Dr. Drzyzga here goes right to the heart of the issues that can contribute to fatigue and ill health. While this book does indeed teach some complex issues in a very straightforward way, it is at the same time very rich in information and Dr. Drzyzga's expertise shines through. In the first part of this book, a close examination of the nature of fatigue and its causes is laid out in chapters that address major issues, such as hormonal imbalances/ deficiency, allergy, nutritional deficiency and chronic infections. For each of these topics, there is a description of the symptoms and signs, the tests to uncover the causes, and the most common treatment. The second part of the book gives the reader a lasting gift - some clear cut instructions on how to lay the foundation for long term good health." - Dr. Fraser Smith, ND, Assistant Dean and Associate Professor of Naturopathic Medicine at the National University of Health Sciences.
