Dr. Ouellette's Pain Relief Diet and Anti-Inflammatory Pain Relief Diet

Food and Pain — Understanding the FoodPainConnection

These books explain what I came to call the FoodPainConnection — the way certain foods can trigger, worsen, or quiet pain and inflammation in real people, in susceptible individuals, not just in theory.

If you are looking to obtain the books, it is best to contact us directly. There are many pirated and altered versions circulating, and with those, one never really knows what has been changed or removed that may distort the original clinical guidance.

The essential core material in the original editions and in the Second Editions published in 2014 is largely the same. That is not because the science has stood still, but because the core observations came from physiology and repeated clinical experience — patterns that do not expire with time.

Since the first book was published in 2002, research into food-related inflammation and pain mechanisms has expanded considerably. Rather than rewriting the books, newer science is gathered in the reference library here: https://OptimalHealthSecrets.com/library.html#prd

• Item #4 in the link above presents a long-term scientific timeline (https://optimalhealthsecrets.com/library/PainReliefDiet/4.-timeline-food-as-medicine-&-anti-inflammatory-nutrition.pdf)
• Item #6 discusses emerging research on C15:0 (pentadecanoic Acid, considered an essential fatty acid since 2020) https://optimalhealthsecrets.com/library/PainReliefDiet/6.-what-c15-0-is--the-basics.pdf

The ideas behind the Pain Relief Diet were formed during the 1980s and 1990s, while I was still actively working with patients and wrestling with the practical realities of compliance, symptoms, and human behavior. Many of those clinical lessons later found a more structured home in what is now called Wellness RISK Management.

And, as a small aside — after enough years of listening to people in pain, a certain amount of reflection is unavoidable. If you are curious, that found its way here. You may enjoy this unexpected piece: https://painreliefdiet.com/the_pain_relief_diet_soliloquy.html

Dr. Ouellette's Pain Relief Diet Manual 2002

126 pages + 28 pages front matter

Dr. Ouellette's Anti-Inflammatory Pain Relief Diet Second Edition 2014

 101 pages + 28 pages front matter

 Cheating on the Pain Relief Diet 2006

186 paged + 28 pages front matter

Cheating on Dr. Ouellette's Anti-Inflammatory Pain Relief Diet 2014

  155 pages + 28 pages front matter