I watched a Montell Williams interview the other day, and he was talking about his very public battle with multiple sclerosis. He is almost symptom free now, due to his diet changes and certain nutritional supplements like "green drinks."
I decided to read up on MS over the weekend (after the SuperBowl of course), because I have never really been able to help anybody put their MS into remission. The supplements I recommend don't make much of an impact, and the customer reluctantly gives up. On the other hand, in my five and a half years working at the store, nobody has ever claimed to have found the answer.
One interesting fact about multiple sclerosis, is the geographical location of most MS cases. The majority of MS is found in the northern parts of the US, and places like Canada, England, and Scandinavia, etc. I immediately thought that it might be a vitamin D deficiency since these areas are generally colder and lack sunlight. After further reading, I think that vit D might be a natural inhibitor, but it still doesn't explain why it happens.
Coincidently, MS doesn't exist in Japan or Southeast Asia. The foods they eat are not typical of a western or European diet. So what is the food that Asians don't normally consume, but is a common staple of our own diet? Cow milk...
Asians drink soy milk or rice milk. Cow's milk is basically non-existent. There has to be a connection. Could it be the growth hormone or antibiotics administered to the herd, or the genetically modified grains they eat each day? Who knows, but this is where the
prion hypothesis comes in. No, it's not a somewhat interesting, but mostly boring movie starring Matt Damon. It may just explain the cause and cure of multiple sclerosis.
"All doctors in medicine would agree that the cause of Multiple Sclerosis is that the human immune system begins attacking the myelin sheaths of the neurons in the human body and the immune system destroys them. What most doctors don't say is why the immune system attacks the myelin sheaths. In diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, there is an abnormal protein detected in spinal fluid, and the abnormal protein is used for diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. The human immune system is attacking these abnormal proteins which have somehow gotten into the myelin sheaths and the immune system destroys both the abnormal protein and the myelin sheaths."
"The only known thing that could cause an abnormal protein within parts of the human body is a prion. Prions are a rather new discovery and took much debate in the 1980s. None the less, prions are proven to exist. A prion is an infectious agent, lacking either RNA or DNA that attempts to enter into human cells. It changes normal proteins into abnormal proteins. Prions usually attack neurons and the protein structure of neurons as well as the protein structures of genetic code. Once a prion enters into a neuron, it replicates an abnormal protein inside it. Prionic science is in its infant stages. The first government funds allotted towards prion detection and research only began in 2001-2002 and the only prion detection at present is for fast acting prions which cause destruction of neurons and death within 1-2 years after ingestion. Prions are ingested which is one means of contracting a prion. They are usually found within the food table, abnormal proteins given to animals to help them produce more beef or milk. And it might also be possible that prions can be found in grains given to these animals to help them produce more beef or milk. For the most part, Multiple Sclerosis seems to be a slow acting prion, rather than a fast acting prion. This is highly beneficial to those with multiple sclerosis for it means that they can eliminate the prion and replace the normal protein structures of their myelin sheaths." For further research on how prions work, what they are, and scientific proof of their existence please research Dr. Stanley B. Prusiner (1997 Nobel Prize).
You'll also want to read about a study done at a university in Texas in 2005 that confirms Prusiner's theory about prions.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-04/uotm-spy041805.phpThe most interesting part of the study is the connection to cows, and the "transmissible spongiform encephalopathies" (TSEs). Mad cow disease is a TSE caused not by a virus, but a prion. Is mad cow disease the equivalent to multiple sclerosis, or is MS the human form of mad cow disease? There's no question that areas with the most dairy consumption have the highest rate of MS. Think twice about that large glass of milk you're dunking your cookies into.
Decide for yourself. I know what I'll tell customers now. Get off all dairy products, start a gluten free diet, eliminate sugar and artificial sweeteners, consume green drinks, and supplement vitamin D and B12.(the myelin sheath is made up of mostly vit D and B12)
There are 250,000 newly diagnosed patients each year waiting for the cure, when they should be searching for the cause. I believe that all disease is caused by your diet and the environment you live in. MS is no different than the rest. Supernutrition and the elimination of the foods that cause the condition.
..........................Matt
