“Big picture, there are no specific foods that have been shown to be good or bad for MS.” There is lots of research looking into how certain ways of eating may positively impact the course of MS in individual patients, however. A review of studies found that three factors are ...
Purpose Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic demyelinating disease of the central nervous system in which multifocal damage to the brain and spinal cord occurs. The etiology of MS remains unclear but it is often recognized by researchers as a multifactorial disease that involves autoimmune and genet...
Dr. Wahls then took these observations and created programs for other MS patients, applying rigorous scientific principles to study the effects of nutritional interventions. Her latest study compares her nutritional protocol with a long-standing nutritional approach to multiple sclerosis called The Swank ...
The question of the role of diet in multiple sclerosis is far from settled, but some interesting theories have been advanced. The most promising one is inhibition of lymphocytic responsiveness by dietary linoleic acid. Manipulations of the diets of patients with this disease are not yet justified....
Adding to the plethora of benefits associated with a Mediterranean diet, new research reveals that adopting a Mediterranean diet can improve cognition in patients withmultiple sclerosis (MS). The results of a collaborative study by the Center of MS at Mount Sinai and Johns Hop...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) can stress the liver for several reasons. If you or someone you care about has MS, it is essential to understand why this happens and the necessary steps to heal the liver while recovering from disease. What is the link Between MS and Liver Disease? MS patients can...
Multiple sclerosis is more common in temperate latitudes, and migration studies indicate the involvement of an aetiological environmental factor in pre-pubertal life; the precise nature of this factor has never been identified and may perhaps have been overlooked. Here we suggest a simple explanation ...
Low-carb, high-fat ketogenic diets are crossing over from weight-loss fad to medical practice. Recent research has pointed toimproved fatigue and depression symptomsformultiple sclerosispatients on the diet, andimprovements in nonmovement symptomsfor patients withParkinson disease. ...
But what about a diet formultiple sclerosis(MS)? It’s actually not that uncommon. Many people with MS use diets as a form of complementary medicine. And is that really so surprising? The swank diet was developed in the late 1940s. The diet has been shown to reduce the frequency of fl...
“Additionally, fat — as opposed to carbohydrate — is a more efficient source of energy for the brain, which may be particularly important in a brain that is battling inflammation, as is the case in MS,” he says. One potential reason for the nerve damage present in MS patients is an...