Loratab

Another copy of a post I have commented to at Jimmy Moore’s on weight loss

Nenicho asked:

This may be a dumb question, but could loratabs keep you from losing wt on the low carb diet. I have fibromyalgia, two herniated discs, which I refuse to have operated on until I lose wt. My doctor insists that I go on an anti depressant for my fibromyalgia, which always makes me want to gorge. I’ve been on five in the last year. I take myself off them, go back to doctor for three month check up and he puts me on another one. I can barely move with out the loratabs. I also have mild case of arthritus, which runs in family and isn’t that bad, but the fibromyalgia kills me with muscle aches and pains. I’ve lost three inches in height in the past three years. I’m on LCHF diet. I don’t like meat except in very small amounts, so it seemed the best diet for me. I can eat egg salad, and tuna salad on lettuce and be satisfied. But my wt has not moved but one pound in a month. I’m 120 pounds overwt and feel crappy. I’ve fallen in the last month two times due to pain in ankles. Really, I’m not a hypocondriac. My dr makes me come in every three months to monitor me. I’m 67. What to do?????

My answer:

Hi Nenicho,

I’m going to jump straight in and tackle this one from the top down. It seems to me like your doctor is far more interested in treating the symptoms than getting to the cause of what could be your problem; that is the cause of the fibromyalgia. 

The fact that you’re overweight and that you suffer with mild arthritis and that your condition is further complicated through the use of drugs that totally interfere with the way the body is supposed to work, reminded me of the work of Dr. John Lowe. Dr. Lowe specializes in thyroid disease, which he has proven is one of the main causes of fibromyalgia.

The great thing is, he has shown that, and I’m reading from the website here: Eating a nutritious diet (a low-sugar, low-grain, mainly raw organic diet is optimally nutritious and anti-inflammatory) He also has shown that exercising will help normalizing hormones is crucial and strangely enough, avoiding medications because virtually, all medications creates further imbalances which lead to side effects and further deterioration of health. 

Rather than bang on about it here I’m going to give you the link to one of the friendliest reports I found on his work which is on Dr. Mercola’s website (Here is the link). It’s a 4-part series and I think you’ll find it very interesting because he has come up with a treatment for it which he calls ” Integrated Metabolic Therapy” that’s simply there for getting patients free from chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia.

So even though the present may not be too rosy, the work of this well respected doctor does show great promise for your condition.

Hope that helps,

Mark