Invitation to the Fibromyalgia Health Summit (Online Event)
Vitality101 Newsletter
Hello Reader,
I'd like to invite you to join me online for a free presentation series on CFS/fibromyalgia. The event, called the "Fibro Free Summit," will feature health experts (including me) who'll share the latest information on how to recover from CFS/fibromyalgia and how to manage the related symptoms, including difficulty sleeping, chronic pain, low energy, mood issues, IBS, RLS, brain fog, and much, much, more.
The free four-day event begins Monday, Oct. 22nd and runs through Thursday, Oct. 25th.
You can catch my presentation and any of the others you're interested in by registering here.
A Must-See Event
As you know, CFS and fibromyalgia are misunderstood illnesses that plague up to 10% of the U.S. population. They're misunderstood by doctors, patients, and family members. Traditional medicine alone has no answers. Patients are simply told "It's all in your head," or "You'll just have to learn to live with it."
The host of this summit is Dr. Rodger Murphree. Like me, Dr. Murphree has made it his career mission to treat and beat CFS/fibromyalgia. He's seen first hand how these illnesses wreck havoc, sabotaging health, careers, marriages and lives. The Fibro Free Summit is his latest contribution to helping those who suffer these conditions.
Here are just a few of the incredible experts Dr. Murphree has assembled for this summit: Dr. Josh Axe (leaky gut expert), Dr. Dan Pompa (leading natural health expert), Dr. Evan Hirsh (chronic fatigue expert), Marcelle Pick (author of several best selling health books), Dr. Jay Davidson (Lyme and viral expert), Dr. David Jockers (keto diet expert), and MANY more (including me) giving 7-8 presentations each day.
CFS/Fibromyalgia-Friendly Recipes
Many people with CFS and fibromyalgia find that they have trouble tolerating wheat and dairy. This doesn't have to mean giving up life's pleasures. I've invited one of my favorite nutritionists, Lauren Hoover-West, to share some of her favorite recipes in this and upcoming newsletters. Below is her first contribution. Enjoy!
Chocolate Truffles
So creamy, rich and chocolaty they'll melt in your mouth. And you won't miss the dairy!
Yields approximately 40 truffles.
Truffle Filling:
- 12 ounces dairy-free, gluten-free chocolate chips (Dr. T note: I recommend Lilly's Stevia-Sweetened Chocolate — the ones without salt)
- 1 1/4 cups regular coconut milk (not light), (Lauren note: I like Let's Do Organic Coconut Cream)
- 1 tsp gluten-free vanilla extract or seeds of 1 vanilla bean
- 1 drop gluten-free coffee extract or 1/8 tsp. instant espresso (optional)
Toppings (place these in bowls and set aside):
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 1 cup chopped pecans or nuts of choice
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
Directions:
- Place chocolate in a metal or glass bowl and set aside.
- Put coconut milk in a sauce pot and bring to a boil then, turn off heat.
- Pour chopped chocolate into hot coconut milk. Let it sit for 2 minutes and then whisk until smooth and well mixed.
- Add 1 tsp gluten-free vanilla extract or vanilla bean seeds and coffee extract and whisk.
- Chill the Ganache in the refrigerator until it is completely set and thick like fudge (about 4 hours).
- Scoop with a small ice cream scooper and roll into your choice of toppings.
These will keep 1 week in the refrigerator in an airtight container or in the freezer for a month or two.
About Lauren
Lauren Hoover-West is a classically trained chef for celebrities and U.S. presidents who has French Michelin Star experience. She holds a degree in psychology, works as an holistic nutrition coach and a yoga and meditation teacher, and is the author of the blog and cookbook No Wheat No Dairy No Problem (2009).
Lauren compassionately takes clients from surviving to thriving in body, mind and spirit through a 12-week holistic healing journey. She incorporates delicious nutritious food, slowly eliminating environmental toxins and root causes of illness and disease while incorporating lifelong tools that lower stress and increase healing. After completing her program, you'll feel like a new person with the energy and skills you need to keep you thriving into a life of dreams come true.
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Jacob Teitelbaum, M.D. is one of the world's leading integrative medical authorities on fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. He is the lead author of eight research studies on their effective treatments, and has published numerous health & wellness books, including the bestseller on fibromyalgia From Fatigued to Fantastic! and The Fatigue and Fibromyalgia Solution. Dr. Teitelbaum is one of the most frequently quoted fibromyalgia experts in the world and appears often as a guest on news and talk shows nationwide including Good Morning America, The Dr. Oz Show, Oprah & Friends, CNN, and Fox News Health.
