Multiple Sclerosis can be cured

July 17, 2008

Multiple SclerosisThe Gluten Filehttp://jccglutenfree.googlepages.com/multiplesclerosisAccording to some researchers and a growing number of patients, dietary changes can be a key component to treating or preventing MS. Complete avoidance of gluten grains (wheat, barley, rye), cow's milk protein, and legumes are the major dietary recommendations. Direct-MS is a website that fully discusses this approach. DIRECT - MS Website Direct-MS Webcast Presentations Potential Therapeutic Characteristics of Pre-agricultural Diets in the Prevention and Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis . This presentation is narrated by Dr Loren Cordain of the Colorado State University. Dr Cordain is a world renowned expert on health and the original human diet and is the author of the “Paleo Diet” and “The Paleo Diet for Athletes”. He explains how returning to a diet based on lean meats, seafood, fruits and vegetables can prevent and help treat MS and other diseases such as Rheumatoid Arthritis and Crohn’s Disease.Prospects for Vitamin D Nutrition. This discussion is narrated by Reinhold Vieth of the departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto.Dr. Vieth addresses the topics of:Vitamin D and Human Evolution Clinical relevance of higher vitamin D intakes Toxicology of Vitamin D Preventing Multiple Sclerosis The focus of the Prevention presentation is how MS can be easily, safely and inexpensively prevented by focusing on protective factors. This is a must see for those people with MS who have children.Nutritional Strategies for Controlling Multiple Sclerosis, This presentation addresses diet and MS. It presents the probable causes of MS and how to effectively control those elements. A review of the protective factors and how to incorporate them into your lifestyle are also covered. (Discussion of Food Proteins begins at slide 27) Studies say there is about a 5-10% rate of misdiagnosis for MS. Two possible misdiagnoses are B12 deficiency and Gluten Sensitivity/Celiac Disease. Lyme Disease is another potential misdiagnosis. It is not rare to see these conditions overlapping. Every person who has or is flirting with a MS diagnosis should be tested for these things, as some of these other things are quite treatable if caught early enough. PubMed Abstracts:Therapeutic potential of vitamin D for multiple sclerosis.PMID: 18289005 2008 Conclusions The concomitant presence of MS with atypical onset, AH and CD likely represents an unusual chance association in our patient but inflammatory immune-mediated damage of the central nervous system triggered by gluten could not be excluded.A case of multiple sclerosis with atypical onset associated with autoimmune hepatitis and silent coeliac disease. PMID: 18379737 Feb 2008Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and vitamin B12 deficiency share common inflammatory and neurodegenerative pathophysiological characteristics. Due to similarities in the clinical presentations and MRI findings, the differential diagnosis between vitamin B12 deficiency and MS may be difficult. Additionally, low or decreased levels of vitamin B12 have been demonstrated in MS patients. Moreover, recent studies suggest that vitamin B12, in addition to its known role as a co-factor in myelin formation, has important immunomodulatory and neurotrophic effects. These observations raise the questions of possible causal relationship between the two disorders, and suggest further studies of the need to close monitoring of vitamin B12 levels as well as the potential requirement for supplementation of vitamin B12 alone or in combination with the immunotherapies for MS patients. Vitamin B12, demyelination, remyelination and repair in multiple sclerosis. PMID: 15896807 May 2005Multiple changes in antibodies against various antigens are found in multiple sclerosis (MS). Results - Highly significant increases compared with controls were found for IgA and IgG antibodies against gliadin and gluten. IgA antibodies against casein were significantly increased. Anti-endomycium and anti-transglutaminase antibodies were negative. IgA antibodies against gliadin and gluten in multiple sclerosis. PMID: 15355487 Oct 2004Two atypical patients with a multiple sclerosis (MS)-like illness and evidence of occult celiac disease (CD) were managed by the authors. This prompted screening of a further 49 unselected MS cases for serologic evidence of CD. IgA anti-endomysial antibody was found in one case (2%). IgG anti-gliadin antibody was found in 12% of patients and 13% of blood donors. Multiple sclerosis and occult gluten sensitivity. PMID: 15210909 Jun 2004Unfortunately the rate of misdiagnosis remains around 5%-10%, indicating that 1 in 20 patients thought to have MS has, instead, a condition resembling MS. Conditions often confused with MS may be inflammatory (systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's syndrome, vasculitis, sarcoidosis, Behcet's disease), infectious (Lyme disease, syphilis, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, HTLV-1 infection, herpes zoster), genetic (lysosomal disorders, adrenoleukodystrophy, mitochondrial disorders, CADASIL), metabolic (vitamin B12 deficiency), neoplastic (CNS lymphoma) and spinal (degenerative and vascular malformations) diseases. The differential diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: classification and clinical features of relapsing and progressive neurological syndromes. PMID: 11794488Neurological manifestations of gastrointestinal disorders are described, with particular reference to those resembling multiple sclerosis (MS) on clinical or MRI grounds. Patients with celiac disease can present cerebellar ataxia, progressive myoclonic ataxia, myelopathy, or cerebral, brainstem and peripheral nerve involvement. 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