Multiple Sclerosis - Vitamin D - Does it Help MS?

Many people with multiple sclerosis have deficiencies in vitamin D. Some research has also began to show a deficiency in vitamin D could well have triggered multiple sclerosis in the first place.

Multiple Sclerosis - Vitamin D

Multiple Sclerosis appears more commonplace in northern regions were naturally we are less exposed to sunlight -- a major supplier of vitamin D. It is a generally accepted fact that the geographical distribution of Multiple Sclerosis indicates that people who do not get as much sun as others at a higher risk of developing MS. Because of how vitamin D works within the body it can reduce inflammation and possibly auto immune activity.

There is also evidence that points towards vitamin D being very useful in preventing osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is more prevalent in people (particularly women) with MS than in people who do not have MS. Vitamin D also helps with the absorption of calcium, another major player in the prevention of osteoporosis.

The question is, now that you've already got Multiple Sclerosis. Vitamin D? is it still worth taking?

At present, there is no strong evidence to suggest that taking vitamin D will be of much benefit to people with MS in terms of disease progression, but for me, the effectiveness in helping to prevent osteoporosis, would be my reason for including it in my daily diet and vitamin intake.

What has worked for me personally over this last five years has been a radical change in my diet. Moving away fatty, high sugar processed foods has worked wonders for my MS. Every person has the ability to change their diet. It is just a matter of knowing what other right things and the wrong things to eat.

As your natural inner balance is restored, you will begin to experience renewed energy, absence of pain and aches, and more and more of your symptoms associated to Multiple Sclerosis will disappear... These your first steps to freedom from Multiple Sclerosis medication!

I have greatly benefited from a book which has examined the link between what we eat and multiple sclerosis. If you would like to know what foods are attacking your body, what supplements you must take and how to create the energy that you need, then this book is a must read. Reverse Multiple Sclerosis

Read the genuine testimonials from real people who all have benefited from this book. Best of all there is a 60 day cast iron money back guarantee. If you don't like it or you don't think it will work for you you get your money back. Simple as that. You have everything to gain and nothing to lose by having a look. Reverse Multiple Sclerosis

I am not a doctor nor am I qualified in medicine in any way. These are things that have worked for me in controlling my MS. Before undertaking any diet or fitness regime you should always consult you physician first.

Nutrition For Multiple Sclerosis

Nutrition for multiple sclerosis is something that is sometimes overlooked by the medical profession and indeed my experience of discussing nutrition and multiple sclerosis with my neurologist has quite often been dismissed as something that has not yet been medically proven. It stands to reason however that nutrition is bound to play a significant part in the reasons why some people develop multiple sclerosis and some people don't, and it also makes sense to me that it MS sufferers who follow a sensible low fat diet seem to have less relapses and a general better quality of life.

There are indications that MS may be related to a magnesium deficiency and one of the causes of this type of deficiency is a diet that is high in grains such as wheat. MS does not have the same prevalence worldwide and it is interesting to note that the incidence of multiple sclerosis is higher in countries where wheat is a staple food as opposed to countries like China and Japan where rice is the staple and MS is quite uncommon.

When examining nutrition and multiple sclerosis it has been found that many MS sufferers have a deficiency in vitamins D and indeed MS is less common in areas that have a lot of sunlight. Vitamin D is also found in oily fish and not surprisingly MS is also less common in areas where fish is a regular part of the diet.

Mal-absorption issues can also contribute to a deficiency in vitamins and people with MS have also been found to be lacking in vitamin B12. Mal-absorption can stem from a lack of beneficial intestinal bacteria that are needed to digest food properly. A lack of vitamin B12 can cause people to feel sore and have weakness of their arms and legs, difficulty in walking, speaking and a general feeling of fatigue which all sounds a bit similar to the many recognised symptoms of MS.

Nutrition for multiple sclerosis is a complex area and requires much study but I have found that what works for me is a sensible, well-balanced, low fat diet. Nutrition and multiple sclerosis does not have to be difficult and all you need is a sensible eating plan that will set you on the right path to ensuring that you get the best out of your food. You have complete control over your diet and no one else can make you eat something that you do not want to. When deciding what you want to do about nutrition it is completely within your control to change what you eat and potentially lessen the impact of multiple sclerosis.

As your natural inner balance is restored, you will begin to experience renewed energy, absence of pain and aches, and more and more of your symptoms associated to it will disappear... These your first steps to freedom from Multiple Sclerosis medication!

I have greatly benefited from a book which has examined the link between what we eat and multiple sclerosis. If you would like to know what foods are attacking your body, what supplements you must take and how to create the energy that you need, then this book is a must read. Reverse Multiple Sclerosis

Read the genuine testimonials from real people who all have benefited from this book. Best of all there is a 60 day cast iron money back guarantee. If you don't like it or you don't think it will work for you you get your money back. Simple as that.

You have everything to gain and nothing to lose by having a look. Reverse Multiple Sclerosis

I am not a doctor nor am I qualified in medicine in any way. These are things that have worked for me in controlling my MS. Before undertaking any diet or fitness regime you should always consult you physician first.

Thanks for reading
Gary P Owen.

New MS Drug - Encouraging So Far

It has recently been announced in the UK that scientists have had encouraging results with a new MS drug. The new MS drug is called alemtuzumab which in itself is a bit of a tongue twister but it looks like the results are speaking for themselves.

Early indications show that this new MS drug is much more effective across a wider cross-section of patients than the current drugs available on the market, and tests have shown that patients that have been treated early enough showed a significant improvement when compared against patients on beta interferon. In fact the new MS drug has been shown to slow the progression of multiple sclerosis by up to 71%, and has reduced the number of relapses by as much as 74%, once again in comparison to the beta interferons.

A three year study has been carried out and the patients who tested the alemtuzumab were less disabled at the end of the period and actually showed an improvement in brain function. This is indeed the first time that improvements in multiple sclerosis have been witnessed because up until now, the current regime of drugs simply slow up the progression.

At the moment it seems like this new MS drug will be most effective when treating relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis, and early indications are, that if licensed this may be the first drug to actually stop the advancement of the disease, and restore lost function by promoting repair of the damage to brain tissue.

At the moment it looks like it's about five years away from being licensed and as well as the good news you also need to be aware that there were some issues during testing. One patient died of a brain haemorrhage and two other patients were treated for a similar problem although their treatment was successful.

On the face of it this looks like a fantastic news for MS sufferers and is something I am definitely going to be keeping a close eye on. Unfortunately for a lot of us, five years is a long time, and it's too long to sit back and wait on this new MS drug, so in the meantime, it is vitally important to do everything that is currently within your control to keep at bay the symptoms of your MS. One of the things I have done is to completely change my approach to food and have cut out from my diet the high fat, refined sugary foods and replaced them with fish, an abundance of fruit and vegetables and white meat. This was difficult to do and initially I gave up a few times, until I came across a diet specifically designed for people with MS. This allowed me to have an interesting and tasty diet safe in the knowledge that I was not harming my body in any further away.

As your natural inner balance is restored, you will begin to experience renewed energy, absence of pain and aches, and more and more of your symptoms associated to Multiple Sclerosis will disappear... These your first steps to freedom from Multiple Sclerosis medication.

I have greatly benefited from a book which has examined the link between what we eat and multiple sclerosis. If you would like to know what foods are attacking your body, what supplements you must take and how to create the energy that you need, then this book is a must read. Reverse Multiple Sclerosis

Read the genuine testimonials from real people who all have benefited from this book. Best of all there is a 60 day cast iron money back guarantee. If you don't like it or you don't think it will work for you you get your money back. Simple as that.

You have everything to gain and nothing to lose by having a look. Reverse Multiple Sclerosis

I am not a doctor nor am I qualified in medicine in any way. These are things that have worked for me in controlling my MS. Before undertaking any diet or fitness regime you should always consult you physician first.

Thanks for reading Gary P Owen.

Take Control of Your MS

If you want to take control of your Multiple Sclerosis and you seriously want to give yourself the best chance possible to repair the damage, then I sincerely hope you will find some of my information useful. If you take just one thing away from here and it helps you then that will be a result both for you and for me.

I have written many articles on MS and have attempted to answer many different questions that people may have on topics such as Exercise, Vitamin D, Medications, New Drugs etc etc, and you will find link to these articles at the side of the page. My focus is very much on the role that diet plays with MS, and that is primarily how I personally have controlled my condition and reversed many of my symptoms so I hope to give you an insight into what I did to help myself. Don't forget that diet is something that you have complete control over so we are not talking about something here that is beyond the reach of anyone.

Welcome to this Site

Hello and thanks for dropping by to my site. I guess if you are here it's because you've got Multiple Sclerosis yourself or you have a loved one with MS. I would like it that when you leave this page you will have benefited in some way from the information on it.

If you've already read one of my articles you will know that my focus is very much on trying to enable and help people to in some way lessen and reverse the symptoms of MS. Let me tell you a bit about me. I've had MS now for close on 10 years and initially I just accepted it, took the medication, and got on with things always believing somewhere in the back of my mind that some day it would eventually beat me. I guess I just hoped that that day would be later rather than sooner and that I would be lucky enough to see my kids grow up and get all the things done in life that I wanted to do. Then about five years ago I began to experience some fairly bad relapses which left me with some lasting symptoms that I did't have before and it was this wake up call that got me really thinking that it was time to change my lifestyle and take control of my MS before it got control of me.