MS-Diet: Research Database

Please note: Now that the work on Ashton Embry's Direct-MS site has been completed, a more extensive database is available there. The catalogue of "Quotes," designed to summarise the scientific argument behind the Best Bet Diet, will continue to be updated here.

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Introduction

Given the wealth of supportive evidence available, there can be little doubt that multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disorder, the specific causal factor of which is, as yet, unknown but whose prevalence rate and disease progression are both negatively affected by deficiencies of the immunosuppressants, environmental vitamin D and omega 3 EFA.

Further, while viruses and bacteria are undoubtedly potential causal candidates, there is a credible and persuasive scientific argument, as epitomised by Ashton Embry's Best Bet Diet, that the consumption of dairy, gluten grains and legumes(lectins) are heavily implicated in the disease process. Indeed, increased intestinal permeability and the resultant escape of  undigested food proteins through the gut wall and into the bloodstream, where the immune system is provoked into an attack on self through a process known as molecular mimicry, would appear, as the argument suggests, to be the most likely cause of the condition in genetically susceptible individuals. 

In the circumstances, therefore, a dietary approach to both the prevention and management of the condition becomes not only possible but, now that Canadian epidemiological studies have specifically quantified the scale of increased risk faced by the children and siblings of PwMS, also clearly warranted.

In the absence of clinical trials, and primarily for the benefit of professionals working in the field, who can be notified automatically, by email, whenever additions are made, the MS-Diet Research Database collects together the latest evidence from around the world, linking dietary factors, including vitamin D and omega 3 EFA, with MS and other autoimmune disorders.

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A companion publication, MS-Diet News, is issued monthly and is intended to provide practical support for those PwMS who decide to follow the diet option in their fight against the condition. In addition to recipe ideas, diet tips, product recommendations and special offers, the newsletter will also include pertinent articles, Q&A, testimonials from group members.

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