How does one deal with MS?

Question

I had had MS for most of my life but not diagnose until 3 years ago. What are the things that I can do to control pain that is associated with it? Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated. Oh, I am in stage 1.

Andrea D.

Answer 1

Hi Andrea

Here are some ideas to heal yourself.

Quick Action Plan for Miltiple Sclerosis

1. A healthy diet is essential for dealing successfully with MS. Emphasize a diet that is low in saturated fats and abundant in essential fatty acids. Eat plenty of fresh, organic fruits and vegetables, oily fish, free-range poultry, and olive, flaxseed, safflower, and sunflower oils. Organic nuts and seeds, millet, mung beans, and mung bean sprouts are also recommended.

2. Avoid alcohol, chocolate, dairy products, eggs, fast and commercially prepared foods, fermented foods, hydrogenated oils and solid fats, margarine, red meats, salt, shellfish, sugar, and yeast, as well as hydrolyzed vegetable proteins and food additives and preservatives.

3. For additional benefit, supplement with four to ten teaspoons of unsaturated oils each day.

4. Recommended nutritional supplements for MS include B complex vitamins, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, beta carotene and other carotenoids, bioflavonoids, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, calcium AEP, magnesium, selenium, and zinc.

5. Other useful supplements include alpha lipoic acid, CoQ10, DMSO, MSM, and the amino acids carnitine, choline, cysteine, glutathione, and methionine.

6. Test for and eliminate all foods and environmental factors that can cause allergies and sensitivities.

7. To reduce the burden of toxins in your body, consider a program of detoxification therapy, ideally under the supervision of your physician. DO a colon and liver cleanse to rid ofo toxins in the blood.

8. If you have mercury-containing dental amalgam fillings, have them removed and replaced with new fillings made from materials with which you are biocompatible.

9. Avoid exposure to unhealthy electromagnetic fields (EMFs) caused by electricity flowing through the coils of electrical wires and common home and office appliances and equipment, as well as cell phones and many types of motors. To protect yourself from unhealthy EMFs, consider wearing a Teslar watch and receiving weak pulsed magnet therapy.

10. Be sure to minimize your stress levels using mind/body medicine techniques such as biofeedback, guided imagery and visualization, hypnosis, meditation, and relaxation exercises such as deep breathing.

11. A restful nap each day can also help reduce your MS symptoms.

12. Regularly engage in an exercise program of gentle aerobics or walking to keep your muscles toned and supple.

13. To increase oxygenation of tissues and to stimulate the repair of myelin, consider hyperbaric


Causes of Multiple Sclerosis
Although conventional medicine claims that multiple sclerosis is caused by demyelination (the breakdown of the myelin sheath caused by the buildup of plaques), holistic health practitioners maintain that there are many other potential causes, as well. This view is strengthened by the fact that major symptoms of MS can be present even when there is little myelin damage; and, in some cases, major dymelination only produces minor symptoms. What follows is an overview of the other most common potential causes of MS.

Candidiasis: Candidiasis, also known as candida, is caused by systemic overgrowth of a type of yeast, Candidiasis albicans, beyond its normal location in the lower intestinal tract.

Dental Amalgam Fillings: Dental amalgam fillings contain mercury, a highly toxic substance that can be leeched out from fillings in the form of mercury vapors that settle in the body`s tissues and organs.

Electromagnetic Fields: Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) are generated when electric currents flow through wire coils.

Poor Diet: Since 1950, when Roy Swank, MD, of Oregon Health Sciences University, first discovered that MS patients had higher than normal concentrations of saturated fat intake from the foods they ate,

Environmental Toxins: Environmental toxins can cause or exacerbate MS in a variety of ways, including impairing and interrupting the body's metabolic processes.

Food Allergies and Sensitivities: People with multiple sclerosis often suffer from food allergies or sensitivities, which can greatly exacerbate their MS symptoms. The most common foods that trigger food allergies and sensitivities include coffee and caffeine products, corn, dairy products, food additives and preservatives, fungi such as mushrooms, gluten (a food ingredient in barley, oats, rye, spelt, and wheat), ketchup, milk, sugar, vinegar, wheat, and wine. However, any food can potentially act as an allergy trigger.

Genetic Predisposition: MS is not considered a hereditary disease.

Infections: Infection can greatly exacerbate MS symptoms

"Leaky Gut" Syndrome: "leaky gut" syndrome is caused by food allergies and/or candidiasis causing a breach in the intestinal wall, allowing toxins to flood into the bloodstream.

Nutritional Deficiencies: Even when MS patients follow a healthy, balanced diet, they can often be deficient in vital nutrients because they have difficulty assimilating them. The most common nutrient deficiencies in MS patients are vitamin B1, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, biotin, folic acid, magnesium, manganese, selenium, and zinc, along with various amino acids and essential fatty acids.

Stress and Trauma: Many cases of MS are often initially triggered by prolonged emotional stress or physical trauma. Moreover, the initial symptoms of MS will often first manifest at the part of the body that suffered an injury.

Best of health to you.

Cheers

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I volunteer for the MS Walk and MS Bike Ride that take place once a year. Also you might want to join a group of other people with MS. My best suggestion....be active as possible. Don't sit around and think about how bad things are or will be. And remember you're not alone!!!!

Answer 4

Keep a positive attitude no matter what. Much work is being done to help with MS. Thumbs up and everyone else give this lady a thumbs up 2

Answer 5

Might try some MonaVie juice. We have friends in NM who think it is very helpful. Also, look up Prokarin on the internet or Yahoo search engine. I have heard from some MS sufferers that it is really helpful to them.
Good luck!