Must Reads for Anyone Touched By MS

INTRODUCTION

The Gold Coast Cure is a new diet and fitness book that began as a program for treating multiple sclerosis (MS). The excerpt, below, explains how fitness trainer Ivy Larson and her husband, surgeon Andy Larson, developed The Gold Coast Cure after Ivy was diagnosed with MS.

Ivy had been reduced to near immobility, relying on a catheter to drain her bladder. Ivy and Andy built a diet based on Dr. Swank's popular program that has been used by MS victims for over 20 years. They combined it with a fitness routine tailored for those who suffer chronic pain from a variety of debilitating diseases. Within a few months, Ivy Larson was able to remove her catheter, walk without pain, and resume a symptom-free, active life. That was eight years ago.

The Larsons took The Gold Coast Cure to a wellness program in New Jersey and repeated the phenomenal results, over and over, year after year. With just five weeks of guided training, hundreds of participants shed inches from their waistlines and hips, reduced their cholesterol levels, and in many cases regained mobility that had been presumed lost forever. The program is particularly effective for those suffering from inflammatory diseases, including asthma, allergies, arthritis, fibromyalgia, and osteoporosis as well as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and obesity.

The Larsons finally published their program in book form in 2005. More information about the book and authors Ivy and Andy Larson follows the excerpt.

If you saw me chasing after my four-year-old son in the park or running with my husband on the beach you'd probably think I've always been healthy. You'd never guess that as recently as seven years ago, I struggled to walk up a flight of stairs due to weakness in my right leg, I was

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