I'm kind of tired of always wondering what to eat and if it could help my symptoms and I think I just came to a comfortable compromise between the idea of diet and just eating better. We all know there currently is no cure for MS but many of us want to be proactive about improving overall health and supporting our immune system, so what should we eat? I think I've tried most so-called "MS diets" and after years of experimentation, finally realized that the protocols might be different but the goals are the same- they are all anti-inflammatory and aim to support the immune system and brain health. So, does it really matter which one you follow as long as you follow a well-balanced diet? I don't think so. What do you think?
I did a little research on the subject of MS & Diet (no advice!) and if anyone is interested, the link to the post is in my Bio.
I'd love to know what people are eating and if you think it's helpful?
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this is an age old question. I eat a whole foods plant based diet. whole foods means not junk food like potato chips. real foods. i am following the swank diet which is vegetarian i believe. No sugar, flour, meat or dairy. low fat so nothing fried. i cook with pam or olive oil. i eat whole foods instead of processed like apples instead of apple sauce or apple juice. Yes, it does keep the inflammation down. I am more stiff when i eat the other things. hope this helps.
Thank you for sharing that! Yes! I have been curious how people on Swank do. I've been re-reading the OMS book which is based on Swank. I guess it all comes down to what my grandmother told me, eat real food😀
There is a professor in Arizona that did a study of nutrition and MS. It has been a while, so I can’t remember her name,but she was at a college in Prescott, AZ. He endorsed a raw vegetable rich diet.
Low-fat diets show great promise
Some coconut oil
Look up Terry Wahls, Judy Graham, Tara Narula, Ileana Katz Sand and Roy Laver Swank
I hear a lot of good stuff about the wahls diet but my dr says it’s very restrictive and instead to eat a LOT of. fruits and vegetables. So i buy the big bags of broccoli and asparagus and Brussels sprouts and kale and carrots and have a pile of vegetables cooked and sitting out all the time. It has gotten my family eating more vegetables too! I eat fruit and yogurt and oatmeal in the mornings too.
Sounds like you've got a good routine going! I personally think it's all about adding in all those vegetables and fruit. I've got to work on my fruit intake. I cut out most except apples and berries a few years back to keep sugar intake down but I'll drink wine 🙄 so my method is kind of ridiculous. I need to add back in all those nutrients I don't get enough of that come from fruit.
I pray someone cooks and feeds me as I am not comfortable in a kitchen. I pull out recipes and always find some ingredient that is marked "kitchen staple" that we don't have so give up. (My mom never used some of these "staples". Some I've never heard of!)
Thanks for the link, an interesting read! I'd have to disagree about the Mediterranean diet being a nebulous entity as it's really more the lifestyle he was talking about rather than following an actual diet. People of the Mediterranean eat socially, locally, seasonally, and real food. Totally agree on the importance of eating a low sugar impact diet and that our microbiomes make all of us so unique that one diet will never fit all. Love all the science-based stuff, sometimes that info is hard to find so I appreciate the share and subscribed to the blog😀
Good question! I try to eat as much organically grown food as possible, mostly plant based, wild-caught fish occassionally, anti-inflamatory diet, but, I do love milk chocolate...
Looks like you're eating really well🙌 I love chocolate too, so I switched to dark chocolate which took a bit of getting used to the bitterness. Now I love it. I also started making stuff with unsweetened cocoa or cacao. Reg milk chocolate gives me a migraine but this doesn't. I'm guessing the sugar content but IDK.
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