Comments on: Multiple Sclerosis (MS): Diets & Complementary Approaches https://selfhacked.com/blog/diet-nutrition-alternative-treatments-for-multiple-sclerosis/ Cutting-Edge Solutions For a Better Life Wed, 03 Nov 2021 09:05:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.1 By: Carol Close https://selfhacked.com/blog/diet-nutrition-alternative-treatments-for-multiple-sclerosis/#comment-40044 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 22:52:52 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=40222#comment-40044 There is the universal need for methionine in epigenetic regulation, and both taurine and betaine have protective effects in MTHFR-deficiency and also in Multiple Sclerosis. Also a quality vitamin that includes both methylfolate and methycobalamin instead of cheap synthetic folic acid and cheap synthetic cyanocobalamin help in Multiple Sclerosis and to also lower high homocysteine in heart disease, tinnitus, hearing loss, vascular dementia, and cancer. This is one reason cheap vitamins fail in heart disease, cancer, hearing loss, and dementia. Folic acid, which is a synthetic form of folate, was only first introduced in the 1940s. Folic acid and folate are not the same things, folic acid is the cheap synthetic chemical version of folate (B9). Folic acid requires the presence of a specific enzyme called dihydrofolate reductase which is relatively rare in the body. What is the harm in supplementing with folic acid? Because many people cannot metabolize folic acid well, especially those with the MTHFR gene defect discovered in the mapping of the Human Genome, so elevated levels of unmetabolized folic acid enter and remain in the bloodstream. Side effects of folic acid remaining in the body include changes in sex hormones, trouble concentrating, inability to sleep, mood changes, and deficiencies in vitamin B12. High levels of lingering folic acid in the blood is even tied to cancer development because unprocessed elevated folic acid especially from folic acid supplements and folic acid added to processed and fortified foods like cereal grains, breads, flour, etc. has the potential to stimulate pre-existing cancer cells because elevated folic acid reduces natural killer cell cytotoxicity, especially in older people..

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By: Carol Close https://selfhacked.com/blog/diet-nutrition-alternative-treatments-for-multiple-sclerosis/#comment-39923 Sat, 13 Oct 2018 21:21:05 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=40222#comment-39923 Reverse multiple sclerosis with these 3 supplements- Calcitriol, plus vitamin D3, plus trimethylglycine also known as betaine (beets are a rich source of betaine). They reverse experimental autoimmune degeneration (multiple sclerosis). Nov. 2018 “1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 increases the methionine cycle, CD4+ T cell DNA methylation and Helios+Foxp3+ T regulatory cells to reverse autoimmune neurodegenerative disease.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30267995

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By: carol close https://selfhacked.com/blog/diet-nutrition-alternative-treatments-for-multiple-sclerosis/#comment-36816 Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:20:06 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=40222#comment-36816 The supplement taurine helps in multiple sclerosis because it is able to directly increase available serine pools, which serve as the initial building block required for the synthesis of the glycosphingolipid components of myelin that define the functional oligodendrocyte cells state,

Taurine could be added to an multiple sclerosis therapy regime in order to boost mature oligodendrocyte production, and therefore remyelination. In doing so, the hope is it would ultimately reduce relapses for multiple sclerosis patients. Taurine boosts oligodendrocyte production in multiple sclerosis. Taurine promotes and resparks remyelination with high dose biotin which is crucial for repairing damage from multiple sclerosis restoring function which serves as a co-factor for essential carboxylase enzymes required for fatty acid synthesis that has recently been demonstrated to provide benefit in patients with non-active progressive multiple sclerosis. Also, triiodothyronine (T3) is a thyroid hormone that is a “well-known” and most potent agent that induces rapid re-myelination of nerves along with the crucial role of cholesterol. Patients on statins never experience remission and often have the worst form of the disease- primary progressive multiple sclerosis which biotin is found to be very beneficial for. https://www.mdmag.com/medical-news/metabolite-taurine-boosts-oligodendrocyte-production-in-ms

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By: ALLY https://selfhacked.com/blog/diet-nutrition-alternative-treatments-for-multiple-sclerosis/#comment-36760 Wed, 01 Aug 2018 08:02:41 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=40222#comment-36760 BEST HEALTH

I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis two years ago by the Department of Veteran affairs. I experience several symptoms that come and go after a couple of days. Early this year i lost my eyesight (left eye) and developed weakness in the left side of my body. Eyesight came back but not the left side mobility. Muscles of my left foot are weak, making it hard to walk in a normal heel-toe pattern. As a result, my foot drags on the ground when I walk. Two months ago I ordered two bottles of MS herbal remedy from Best Health Herbal Centre, which I only used for six weeks and the result was extremely marvellous, all symptoms was terminated and my MS was totally reversed. Thanks to Best Health Herbal Centre, I will never stop sharing my testimony till the whole world know about this wonderful MS herbal remedy and Am so happy to see myself living normal life again.

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By: HANK https://selfhacked.com/blog/diet-nutrition-alternative-treatments-for-multiple-sclerosis/#comment-33962 Tue, 29 May 2018 06:57:42 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=40222#comment-33962 BEST HEALTH

I started using multiple sclerosis (MS) herbal remedy i purchased from Best Health Herbal Centre January this year. I only used it for a month and two weeks, my condition changed automatically, all my symptoms are gone. Remaining positive have helped me during this treatment. Now am living MS FREE.
Hope this will help somebody, remember, do your own research and make your own decisions based on information you have received and digested. Thanks to Best Health Herbal Centre for their amazing work. Forever Grateful!

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By: HANK https://selfhacked.com/blog/diet-nutrition-alternative-treatments-for-multiple-sclerosis/#comment-33961 Tue, 29 May 2018 06:57:09 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=40222#comment-33961 I started using multiple sclerosis (MS) herbal remedy i purchased from Best Health Herbal Centre January this year. I only used it for a month and two weeks, my condition changed automatically, all my symptoms are gone. Remaining positive have helped me during this treatment. Now am living MS FREE.
Hope this will help somebody, remember, do your own research and make your own decisions based on information you have received and digested. Thanks to Best Health Herbal Centre for their amazing work. Forever Grateful!

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By: Martha Whitehill https://selfhacked.com/blog/diet-nutrition-alternative-treatments-for-multiple-sclerosis/#comment-30714 Fri, 23 Feb 2018 17:26:28 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=40222#comment-30714 *If* MS is triggered by C. Pneumoniae, look closely at FABP4 (downregulating) while upregulating PPARy.
It can be done with a “resin” compound found on Amazon which is also used to control weight. Cpn likes to hang out in many cells…fat cells, T cells, M2 macrophages, etc. DNMT-1 (methyltransferase 1) is overexpressed also due to STAT3 *phosphorylation*. “…causes underlying aberrant DNA methylation in the brains of multiple sclerosis patients”. The cause is FABP4.

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By: carol close https://selfhacked.com/blog/diet-nutrition-alternative-treatments-for-multiple-sclerosis/#comment-29966 Tue, 30 Jan 2018 19:05:34 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=40222#comment-29966 Please delete either my October 9 or October 10 comment. It seems after I post and press “add comment” that a message comes up saying “leave this page or stay on this page” so I am not sure whether or not I posted my comment and I press “stay on this page” and there is no note if I posted or not. I am wondering why “leave this page or stay on this page” comes up? In the October comments, please correct “birth control pills should be formulated with bioidentical hormones and estriol.” to replace estriol with “bioidentical estradiol.” Is it possible to have my January 29 comment after my October 9 comment as a follow up comment.? I would also like to make a note that cuprizone induced demyelination mouse models and mice with autoimmune encephalomyelitis are the mouse models used in experiments to find a cure for multiple sclerosis.

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By: carol close https://selfhacked.com/blog/diet-nutrition-alternative-treatments-for-multiple-sclerosis/#comment-29961 Tue, 30 Jan 2018 03:01:32 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=40222#comment-29961 The reasons that progesterone therapy, luteolin therapy and catalpol therapy work in multiple sclerosis.

Progesterone is produced in high amounts in the ovaries (by the corpus luteum) from the onset of puberty to menopause, and in the testes in males, and is also produced in smaller amounts by the adrenal glands after the onset of adrenarche (preteen age years) in both males and females. No progesterone is made in women after menopause. Progesterone levels in men are as high as women’s levels during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle. Progesterone is also produced by cells in the body’s nervous system, where it helps form the protective layer around nerve endings known as the myelin sheath. The nervous system depends on the myelin sheath for insulation and for neurotransmission speed. Normal brain function is not the only thing progesterone is required for in the nervous system. An important role of progesterone is to protect the brain from damage and promote repair after injury. It actually does this by promoting the growth and repair of the myelin sheath that protects the nerve fibers. In fact, both estradiol and progesterone promoted the differentiation of oligodendrocyte progenitors in culture, but whereas progesterone increased cellular branching, estradiol stimulated myelin sheath formation. There is also evidence that the addition of progesterone can also help remyelinate damaged axons due to trauma, restoring some lost neural signal conduction. Another way progesterone aids in regeneration includes increasing the circulation of endothelial progenitor cells in the brain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progesterone#cite_note-pmid14667980-86

This study below shows progesterone therapy switches off demyelination of the central nervous system associated with reactive microglia in neurodegenerative disorders such as multiple sclerosis.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28830026 Progesterone therapy induces an M1 to M2 switch in microglia phenotype and suppresses NLRP3 inflammasome in a cuprizone-induced demyelination mouse model. Demyelination of the central nervous system (CNS) has been associated to reactive microglia in neurodegenerative disorders, such as multiple sclerosis (MS). The M1 microglia phenotype plays a pro-inflammatory role while M2 is involved in anti-inflammatory processes in the brain. In this study, CPZ-induced demyelination mouse model was used to investigate the effect of progesterone (PRO) therapy on microglia activation and neuro-inflammation. Results showed that progesterone therapy (CPZ+PRO) decreased neurological behavioral deficits, as demonstrated by significantly decreased escape latencies, in comparison to CPZ mice. In addition, CPZ+PRO caused a significant reduction in the mRNA expression levels of M1-markers (iNOS, CD86, MHC-II and TNF-α) in the corpus callosum region, whereas the expression of M2-markers (Trem-2, CD206, Arg-1 and TGF-β) was significantly increased, in comparison to CPZ mice. Moreover, CPZ+PRO resulted in a significant decrease in the number of iNOS+ and Iba-1+/iNOS+ cells (M1), whereas TREM-2+ and Iba-1+/TREM-2+ cells (M2) significantly increased, in comparison to CPZ group. Furthermore, CPZ+PRO caused a significant decrease in mRNA and protein expression levels of NLRP3 and IL-18 (~2-fold), in comparison to the CPZ group. Finally, CPZ+PRO therapy was accompanied with reduced levels of demyelination, compared to CPZ, as confirmed by immunofluorescence to myelin basic protein (MBP) and Luxol Fast Blue (LFB) staining, as well as transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis. In summary, we reported for the first time that PRO therapy causes polarization of M2 microglia, attenuation of M1 phenotype, and suppression of NLRP3 inflammasome in a CPZ-induced demyelination model of MS.

This study below shows that luteolin is the strongest phytoestrogen that inhibits the breakdown of progesterone in the liver. A phytoestrogen is a plant-derived hormonally-active compound known to cause varied reproductive, immunosuppressive and behavioral effects in vertebrates. Other research shows that luteolin is the most powerful aromatase inhibitor by inhibiting the synthesis of aromatase, plus luteolin was the best estradiol inhibitor. It inhibiits estradiol synthesis. Luteolin may increase progesterone levels as kaempferol increases progesterone levels in the body.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15748835 Inhibitory effects of flavonoids on the reduction of progesterone to 20alpha-hydroxyprogesterone in rat liver. The first aim of this study is to characterize the reduction of progesterone in rat liver. Progesterone was mainly reduced to 20alpha-hydroxyprogesterone in the cytosolic fraction of rat liver. The amount of 20alpha-hydroxyprogesterone formed from progesterone in the cytosolic fraction was significantly larger in the males than in the females and this enzyme reaction proceeded not only in the presence of NADPH, but also in the presence of NADH. Furthermore, we attempted to evaluate the inhibitory effects of 15 flavonoids on the NADPH-dependent reduction of progesterone to 20alpha-hydroxyprogesterone in liver cytosol of male rats. The order of the inhibitory potencies was luteolin>apigenin>quercetin>myricetin=fisetin=kaempferol. Other flavonoids exhibited lower inhibitory potencies. Energy-minimized molecular models demonstrated that a planar benzopyrone ring (A and C rings) with a coplanar phenyl ring (B ring) is a structural characteristic determining the inhibitory effects of flavonoids other than isoflavones.

This study below shows that catalpol jumpstarts and promotes adrenal/corticol hormone production and rebalances estrogen and progesterone levels.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25177027Ovarian failure-resistant effects of catalpol in aged female rats. Catalpol, an iridoid glycoside obtained from various natural sources, has many biological functions. However, its ovarian failure-resistant effect has scarcely been studied. The present study used senile 14-month-old Sprague-Dawley female rats to examine the in vivo ovarian failure-resistant activity of catalpol. Daily oral graded doses of catalpol (1, 3, or 5 mg/kg/d) for 4 weeks significantly increased the levels of serum 17β-estradiol (E2) and progesterone (P4) but reduced follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone levels. Electron microscopic analysis and flow cytometry showed that catalpol significantly retarded apoptosis of the ovarian granulocytes of the rats. These findings suggest that catalpol works on the sex organs by nourishing ovarian tissues and improving both the quality and quantity of follicles, thus leading to rebalanced E2 and P4 levels in aged rats so that catalpol has a direct in vivo antiaging effect on the rat ovarian system.

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By: bobcanberra https://selfhacked.com/blog/diet-nutrition-alternative-treatments-for-multiple-sclerosis/#comment-29409 Thu, 11 Jan 2018 02:32:35 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=40222#comment-29409 Not sure why this has been mentioned in this article.

Fecal Matter Transplants (FMT) seems to be very important in the curing or halting of MS.

Multiple sclerosis

An infectious cause of multiple sclerosis (MS) has been speculated, though the potential for gastrointestinal pathogens to exert neurological effects remotely (as seen with many Clostridium species) has not been considered likely. In 2011, Borody et al.[38] reported three wheelchair-bound patients with MS treated with FMT for constipation. Bowel symptoms resolved following FMT; however, in all cases, there was also a progressive and dramatic improvement in neurological symptoms, with all three patients regaining the ability to walk unassisted. Two of the patients with prior indwelling urinary catheters experienced restoration of urinary function. In one patient of the three, follow-up MRI 15 years after FMT showed a halting of disease progression and ‘no evidence of active disease’.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3868025/

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By: carol close https://selfhacked.com/blog/diet-nutrition-alternative-treatments-for-multiple-sclerosis/#comment-26588 Fri, 13 Oct 2017 22:23:49 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=40222#comment-26588 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5414219/ “Effect of catalpol on remyelination through experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis acting to promote Olig1 and Olig2 expressions in mice.”
Multiple sclerosis (MS) as an autoimmune disorder is a common disease occurring in central nervous system (CNS) and the remyelination plays a pivotal role in the alleviating neurological impairment in the MS. Catalpol, an effective component extracted from the Chinese herb Radix Rehmanniae, which has been proved protective in cerebral diseases. Results:The results showed that Catalpol improved neurological function, reduced inflammatory cell infiltration and demyelination. It could decrease Th17 cells in the peripheral blood. It increased the protein expressions of NG2 and MBP in mice brains, up-regulated markedly protein and gene expressions of Olig1 and Olig2 in terms of timing, site and targets. Conclusions:These data demonstrated that Catalpol had a strong neuroprotective effect on EAE mice. Catalpol also plays a role in remyelination by promoting the expressions of Olig1 and Olig2 transcription factors.

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By: carol close https://selfhacked.com/blog/diet-nutrition-alternative-treatments-for-multiple-sclerosis/#comment-26297 Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:52:04 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=40222#comment-26297   A low histamine diet stops inflammation.
A low histamine diet is eating everything absolutely fresh or frozen….. fruits and vegetables, fresh protein, and not eating aged foods like alcohol, vinegar, aged cheeses, aged yeasts in breads, aged meats, canned food, coffee, etc.   A low histamine diet does not cause leaky gut or promote inflammation throughout the body. In fact, inflammation throughout the body can be mediated by the gut bacteria, and loss of gut bacterial diversity can threaten the gut lining, so then that leakiness of the gut, or intestinal permeability, then mechanistically leads to inflammation. Bacteria from the gut leaks into the bloodstream causing inflammation. Then where does that inflammation go and what part of the body gets damaged from it? Inflammation is the cornerstone of basically every degenerative condition you don’t want to get.  Also, you need prebiotics like raw onions, raw asparagus, garlic, jicama, bananas, etc. to keep feeding and nourishing your probiotics in your gut.  Gelatin, bone broth,  low lectin, and no alcohol heals leaky gut.
 
       Booze causes leaky gut.
As little as 3 glasses of booze can cause leaky gut.
 https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/single-episode-binge-drinking-linked-gut-leakage-immune-system-effects “Single episode of binge drinking linked to gut leakage and immune system effects”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2614138/ “Alcohol, Intestinal Bacterial Growth, Intestinal Permeability to Endotoxin, and Medical Consequences”
       The Wahl Protocol is a low histamine diet.
The Terry Wahl Protocol is essentially a low histamine diet which reduces mast cell activation in allergies, but, recently also a low histamine diet was also found to reduce mast cell activation in autoimmune diseases as well.   Mast cells are important in the innate immune system. Mast cells have been appreciated as potent contributors to allergic reaction. However, increasing evidence implicates the important role of mast cells in autoimmune disease like rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/mi/2015/246126/ “Mast Cell and Autoimmune Diseases.”
       Luteolin as a possible Multiple Sclerosis cure.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2768692/ “Luteolin as a therapeutic option for multiple sclerosis.”  Luteolin inhibits mast cells, as well as mast cell-dependent T cell activation, recently implicated in MS pathogenesis. Moreover, luteolin and structurally similar flavonoids can inhibit experimental allergic encephalomyelitis.  (Most likely this is the reason that the Wahl Protocol works is because lots of  greens and vegetables also increase luteolin levels.)
   Autoimmune diseases have high tryptase levels, so lower tryptase levels with colostrum  supplement.
Also- High tryptase levels are found in autoimmune disease (google your autoimmune disease and tryptase),  as well as high tryptase levels are also high in allergies. Hgh tryptase levels can be lowered with lactoferrin found in colostrum. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ana.410370112/abstract “Elevated mast cell tryptase in cerebrospinal fluid of multiple sclerosis patients.” http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1164/ajrccm.156.2.9607012 “Lactoferrin, a Potent Tryptase Inhibitor, Abolishes Late-Phase Airway Responses in Allergic Sheep.”
       Mast cells have hormone receptors.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3377947/ “Role of female sex hormones, estradiol and progesterone, in mast cell behavior.”
       Multiple Sclerosis patients need hormones normalized with bioidentical hormones.
So hormones need to be tested in people with autoimmune diseases and hormone levels need to be normalized with bioidentical hormones, not synthetic hormones. Synthetic hormones do not match up with our hormone receptors in our body which are specific for real or bioidentical hormones, plus synthetic hormones do not activate the dopanergic and serotonergic pathways important to avoid neurodegeneration, (plus synthetic hormones do not activate he p53 cancer tumor suppressor gene or inhibit mTOR like real or bioidentical hormones.  Synthetic hormones should actually be removed from the market by the FDA and birth control pills should be formulated with bioidentical hormones and estriol. Synthetic hormones cause neurodegeneration and cancer.)  Since the 1940s ratios of women with MS compared to men have quadrupled most likely due to birth control with synthetic hormones.  Recent studies have raised questions that the use of hormonal contraceptives may at least partly contribute to the rise in incidence of MS in women.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4358313/ “Multiple sclerosis; a disease of reproductive-aged women and the dilemma involving contraceptive methods.”
 

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By: Lowell Gerber MD https://selfhacked.com/blog/diet-nutrition-alternative-treatments-for-multiple-sclerosis/#comment-23053 Mon, 31 Jul 2017 16:03:59 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=40222#comment-23053 This series about Multiple Sclerosis is excellent! Thank you!!

A couple of additional considerations:

The Membrane Stabilizing Diet as described in the PK Protocol developed by Patricia Kane PhD has been used successfully in many patients with multiple sclerosis:

This regimen encourages the use of phosphatidylcholine, bioactive oils, short chain fatty acid butyrate, and other nutrients and micro nutrients to restore the cell membrane integrity and function. Therapies directed to demyelinating pathology is included.

The regimen is individualized by the use of the RBC membrane fatty acid analysis done at Johns Hopkins Kennedy-Krieger Institute Laboratory which can identify the presence of abnormal fatty acids as well as deficiencies and excesses in normally occurring membrane fatty acids.

Another therapy for multiple sclerosis is that of Vincenzo Simonetti in Italy who has pioneered a protocol using IV ozone with a very good success rate. This has multi-factorial benefits to enhance the immune system, speed healing, and to eliminate pathogens.

One can imagine that by combining such modalities a synergistic treatment effect could be achieved.
This theoretical needs to be demonstrated in clinical trials, and remains anecdotal at present.

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