Get Answers About Diet, Nutrition, and Other Wellness Trends in MS

[MSAA_Staff]

MSAA invites you to mark your calendars and save the date for our second Ask the Expert on Diet, Nutrition, and Other Wellness Trends in MS - hosted right here on My MSAA Community - on March 16, 2020 with Dr_Carrie_Hersh .

For one hour, starting at 6:00 PM Eastern on Monday, March 16th, Dr. Hersh will answer your questions about diet and nutrition in MS. At 6:00 PM Eastern, we will create a new official post to open the Ask the Expert and all questions that you have for Dr. Hersh should be posted as a reply to that official post. Any questions that are posted as their own thread will not be included as part of the Ask the Expert.

If you would like to post a question, but do not already have a profile on My MSAA Community, please know that you will need to create your free profile before you can add your question.

During the Ask the Expert, we recommend that you click the "Follow Post" button directly underneath the official post and next to the "Like" button so that you will receive notifications of what questions have been posted and what the replies are, in case your question has already been asked by another member. In order to make sure that you are seeing the most up-to-date questions and answers, you will need to continue to refresh your browser to show all of the replies.

If you have a question for Dr. Hersh, but do not think you will be able to attend the Ask the Expert life, please feel free to post your question below in the comments, and we will do our best to get your question answered during the Ask the Expert.

At the end of the Ask the Expert, we will lock the thread, so that no more questions can be posted in the thread. If you miss the Ask the Expert, we will keep the post on the community so that you can see all of the questions and answers from the session!

Guidelines for the Ask the Expert:

1. While we always strive to provide useful, up-to-date information on matters of concern to the MS community, the information posted in this Ask the Expert session should not be used as a means of diagnosis or determining treatment. For diagnosis and treatment options, you are urged to consult your physician.

2. You can draw your questions from your personal experience, but please try to keep questions broad, and in terms of the general MS community.

3. Please try to limit your questions and responses to three sentences.

4. As always, please be respectful of other members and their questions.

See everyone at the Ask the Expert on Monday, March 16th!

[greaterexp]

I won't be able to attend, unfortunately, but would like to ask Dr. Hersh:

1. How can we better separate hype from scientifically supported facts when it come to diet?

2. Can any one diet plan be truly effect against MS in terms of relapses or progression?

3. Can diet ever truly be enough to combat MS? There are some people who claim that diet alone can halt or even reverse MS. Are there any studies which confirm this?

Thank you in advance for answering our questions.

[johnMSAA Partner in reply to greaterexp]

Thanks again for these great advance questions, greaterexp !

- John, MSAA

[rjoneslaw]

I will try and be there

[johnMSAA Partner in reply to rjoneslaw]

Thank you rjoneslaw !

- John, MSAA

[CalfeeChick CommunityAmbassador]

I am one that certainly appreciates the early start times. I will make every effort to be there. Great questions from greaterexp!

[CalfeeChick CommunityAmbassador]

MSAA_Staff Can diet and reasonable exercise slow MS progression? I was just starting a DMT when I had to have a hip replacement. Now that I'm doing a little better, will be starting my DMT again soon.

[MSAA_Staff]

Please note that the Ask the Expert program scheduled for this evening, Monday, March 16th has been cancelled. We at MSAA sincerely apologize for this change.

[CalfeeChick CommunityAmbassador]

Glad I checked in.. our kitty is not well and we're taking him to vetat 4:20 Pacific time. Thanks for the update.