I currently purchased a book by a Doctor named Teri Wahls tilled healing your Mitochondria. She had secondary progressive MS and has using a scooter and had very little mobility. With Diet and nutrition she was riding a bike in a year. I take a bunch of the supplements she recommends. I am slowly changing what I eat. It is hard. I am interested and can give a bunch of info if you like. Currently she is in Iowa and looking for individuals to participate in trials with nutrition. Here is the info.
The study diet is a modern nutritional plan based on the presumed ancient diet of wild plants and animals of ancestral humans during the Paleolithic era. The diet consists mainly of fish; grass-fed, pasture-raised meats; vegetables, fruit, fungi, roots and nuts; and excludes grains, legumes, dairy products, salt, refined sugar and processed oils.

Eligible subjects must be able to walk 25 feet with or without an assistive device in less than 60 seconds, be a non- smoker, and be willing to be randomized. The study lasts approximately 13 weeks and requires 5 visits. Subjects will be randomized to diet intervention or usual diet groups.

Subjects in diet intervention will be compensated by receiving a cook book (Practical Paleo) to assist with adopting the study diet and a nutritional coaching call. Subjects will be given a VitaMix blending machine valued at $520 dollars if they enroll in the Main Study. Subjects in usual diet group will receive one nutritional coaching call.

To learn more about this project or see if you meet the additional eligibility criteria, contact Alex at wahlsresearch@gmail.com or call 319-338-0581 ext 6080.

Feel free to contact me directly. I haven't decided if I might try this trial.

Go for it Malina! Why not? There may be producers out there who are trying to get their products out there that may want to do sidebar ads or offers to promote their goods. For instance, my new favorite gluten free granola Purely Elizabeth. purelyelizabeth.com. I'm not trying to promote her products I am just so sensitive to foods lately and I am so underweight. The one thing I can eat is greek yogurt in the morning and this GF granola on top makes it a real treat.

I am desperate to have new menu items to eat that are low in acid, I can't eat peppers or smoked foods. I have an aversion to protein. Not always, but often. I am so tired of having to come up with something that sounds good to eat that I just want to give up. It's too much effort. I would be happy to see something with interesting recipes or meal ideas that in the least would make it easier for me to think of something that I want to eat. Good luck.

Why not? I believe too much information is just enough!

I think your idea is great!

Excellent idea!!! I would be most interested. Thanks also to Baywatchkelly regarding the study that Dr. Wahls is doing. That is very interesting as well. I would not qualify because I do not eat meat these days and I eat legumes but I avoid all the other stuff that she advises.

I just posted an article about fish to avoid on the "In the News" section of our website. The article is at:

http://www.prevention.com/food/healthy-eating-tips/12-unhealthy-fish-avoid-eating?cm_mmc=Yahoo_Blog-_-PVN_Shine-_-Why%20The%20Air%20Force%20Banned%20Greek%20Yogurt-_-12%20Fish%20To%20Stay%20Away%20From%20RL

I think it is a great idea. Good luck.

I think that this would be great, though in the past you have discounted the connection between gluten intolerance and MS with some people. If you do have a site that is geared toward diet and MS, you must be open to the fact that all of our bodies are different and we all need to find out what works best for us. The Wahls diet works so well for me, except I am not dairy intolerant. Gluten and sugar cause inflammation for me, which worsens my MS symptoms considerably. Are you open to what works for others, or are you only going to post what works or does not work for you?

-Diana

id be basing it on science

This would be great...I stumbled on a website for Dr. Joel Furhman he wrote a book called Eat to Live and have tried implementing his style with my lifestyle and it's worked...my symptoms have lessened but it is an expensive "diet" for raw foods and healthy foods..go figure get healthy and go broke at the same time but your idea is wonderful...I would truly be interested to "see" what others think and do to keep themselves going with this disease.

How about starting a sub-group here at DS dedicated to diet and MS? It is easy to start a sub-group. Just look under the Help for directions. If you need any assistance and are interested in doing this, just contact me, the community leader.

Terry Wahls is a doctor and there is more and more evidence that many people have reduced MS symptoms when they do not eat gluten. I am one of them. Will you be discounting this information on this site? If so, I for one am not interested in it.
-Diana