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Whats New 2003
Further multiple sclerosis
updates
I’ve had more enquiries about the natural alternatives
for treating multiple sclerosis.
While these remedies are not intended to replace
conventional treatments and should be reviewed with your
doctor there are a number of viable alternatives for
managing this debilitating illness.
While it needs to be said that most of this
evidence is based on animal studies and some human
trials precious few are based on double-blind
experimentation widely considered to be the gold
standard for justifying clinical interventions.
Nevertheless it’s worth sharing this
information with you.
One patient has asked me whether it
is ever possible to replace the myelin, which is eroded
in this inflammatory process.
While the medical answer to this is in the
negative the nutrient s-adenosylmethionine otherwise
known as SAM-e, commonly used to treat depression and
arthritis, has also been found to facilitate
remyelination in certain genetic conditions associated
with errors of folate metabolism.
Whole-food vegan diets, fish oil
and vitamin D have been promoted as preventive
strategies. Specifically
a protocol put forward in a journal called ‘ Medical
Hypotheses’ includes the following: Magnesium 100mg,
Vitamin B6 25mg, Vitamin B2 10mg, Zinc 15mg, Vitamin D
400IU, Vitamin E 400IU, Selenium 100microgram, EPA
180mg, DHA 120mg. This
preventive treatment needs to be started from the age of
15.
Heavy metal toxicity remains a
possible cause. As
far as mercury is concerned the evidence is conflicting.
Excess lead, iron, cadmium and copper may pose
problems. These
can be assessed by means of a hair mineral analysis.
Gluten intolerance associated with coeliac
disease and increased intestinal permeability otherwise
known as ‘the leaky gut’ syndrome have also been
implicated.
Vitamin D, alpha-lipoic acid,
vitamin B12, phenylalanine, omega-3 fatty acids, the
flavonoids luteolin and quercetin and oestrogen have
been incorporated with some success in clinical trials.
Improving hydrochloric acid and digestive enzyme
function as well as treating abnormal germs in the bowel
including candida overgrowth and pathological parasites
may be helpful. Vitamin B complex, vitamin C, vitamin E,
coenzyme Q10, selenium and fish oils are supplements,
which might help.
These
treatments are not a cure but they do have the potential
to ameliorate symptoms.
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