Swank MS Foundation. SWANK DAILY AM/PM SUPPLEMENT PACKS, developed by two of Seattle’s leading naturopathic doctors focused on multiple sclerosis, contain all the essential nutritional components for those diagnosed with MS. Based on recent research, these twice- a- day packs can help to support the immune system and improve neurological function. Each AM packet contains: Two multivitamins to improve overall immunity, B complex with metafolin to help with mitochondrial function and improve neurotransmitter production and last, an extremely high quality EPA fish oil capsule with the added benefit of vitamin D. Each PM packet contains: Two additional multivitamins and a multi- strain probiotic to support the immune system and reduce autoimmune disease. Each pack is a 3. Swank website, it represents a 2. How I Beat Relapsing Polychondritis. My story: November 1. If you've found this page you probably already know what. People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) know all too well the inflammation and pain that comes with the disease. Although there's no "RA diet" that treats the condition. Multiple Sclerosis News Today is strictly a news and information website about the disease. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. This list of the most commonly used MS terms will help overcome confusion and empower you to take proactive control of your diagnosis. WATCH TV INTERVIEW OF SABRINA DISCUSSING HER REMISSION with Dr. Click here to read Dr. McDougall comments on Sabrina Nelson's remission. RP) is. Trentham, one of the foremost authorities. DRTrentham. html. Mc. Dougall Click here to read Dr. Mc. Dougall comments on Sabrina Nelson's remission. I get a lot of interesting emails from other people who try what worked for me and who also see big benefits. Here are a few such emails: From K. K. I really believe that there is a strong mind/body connection, and your website gave me the info I needed, but most importantly, it gave me hope! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Best wishes to you and your wonderful family! Wellness Discussion Guide My best wishes to you and yours for a fantastic 2. Peace. T. C. I have also communicated with people who take longer to get the benefit, but because they stick with it, they eventually do after some months. Linda communicated directly with Dr. Mc. Dougall, as I had recommended (I'm not a doctor and can't advise people, can only tell what I believe put my own RP into remission). Update from Sabrina - 6/2. My husband and I made a documentary called PROCESSED PEOPLE. Information you can use. Take control of your MS treatment with a focus on simple changes to common western dietary and lifestyle habits. The Swank MS Diet is based.It is about the relationship between the American diet and many common diseases. In the film are shown people with serious diseases like MS who arrested the progression of their disease by changing to the same diet I eat. You can watch trailers for the documentary here. Update from Sabrina - 9/1. Regarding my health: I am still doing great, busy with life. I receive emails every week from other RP sufferers, and a number of them report to me they get a lot of relief and some also get remission by changing their diet as I did. By the way, the same diet that is putting RP into remission has been shown to be effective for sufferers of Lupus, IBS, fobromialgia, athritis and other conditions, see this page on Dr. Joel's Fuhrman's website. Update 0. 2/6/0. 4: I often get emails from autoimmune disease sufferers saying, ? The truth is, people use the phrase . I'm not sacrificing anything because I love the foods I eat and I don't miss anything from the way I used to eat. I get the pleasure of eating delicious food and being healthy to boot. I recently got a pressure cooker which revolutionized our vegetarian eating. Click here to read an article I wrote on it. Update. 1. 1/1. 7/0. I. got an email last month from an RP patient who said. Dr. Mc. Dougall's program, had greatly improved and gone. Obviously, changing. Update. 1. 2/5/0. I. have received hundreds of letters from people with RP. A few dozen. have told me they've tried a diet devoid of animal protein. It. is very encouraging to me to see that diet appears to. The Internet is a way for people to get potentially. Update. 1. 2/6/9. I. spoke with RP expert Dr. Click. here to read about my call. When I was diagnosed with RP, the Internet wasn't in full. OB/GYN. . did some research in a medical library (I was pregnant at. It wasn't. . until several months later after we started using the Internet. I began doing my own research on RP (seeing photographs. I really understood how serious. RP is. During late summer of 1. Does your diet affect your MS? While no food cures it or causes it, WebMD explains what the research shows about nutrition and multiple sclerosis. A ketogenic diet, which calls for minimizing carbohydrates and replacing them with healthy fats, can help in cancer treatment. Prior to that I had been having trouble with my ears. I had thought at first was a very bad sunburn. But now. . I realized it was something much more. I got bounced around. RP, which he said would be quite serious. Several doctors. . I ended up in the office of Dr. Rodney Bluestone, a. North Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills. California. I was a young and pregnant mom at the time - - probably Dr. Most of the others in his waiting. Bluestone, he asked me bluntly, . Bluestone used a blood test, among other ways, to help. RP. After getting a diagnosis, Dr. Because I was pregnant. I wanted to keep the drugs to. Fast forward about six months. I was having blood tests to. SED rates, and periodically having episodes where. My husband. . kids and I went on vacation to Hawaii and I got some sun on. I had an episode where I could barely breathe. I remember laying awake one night all night on the couch. Bluestone. . from Hawaii and he said to stay out of the sun, that my chest. RP. I saw him right. Light at the end of the tunnel? Several months after that, in August of 1. I'd had another flare up, and so I. I happened. . to pick up a book my sister had given us as a Christmas present. I guess she had chosen this book 8 months earlier because. But I realized in reading through. Mc. Dougall said that a number of autoimmune diseases have. I already ate). . This got my full attention. Bluestone saying. I had mentioned that I was vegetarian. I got up from reading. I'd. . just read, and I said: . In short, no animal proteins in any form whatsoever. It wasn't that difficult for us to make this transition. I suddenly had to learn new recipes and become aware. That helped to make the. I did actually feel better after eating this way for a couple. I started losing some of the. I'd gained from my recent pregnancy (hate those plateaus!). One month after my husband and I went on Dr. Mc. Dougall's diet. I went in for my checkup with Dr. My SED rate was normal. In addition, the anti- nuclear antibodies in my blood which signaled. RP - - were not present for the. Dr. Bluestone had started taking my blood. I had also begun a mild exercise program. I started Dr. Mc. Dougall's diet, including going to the. I. . had also started doing cross- stitching as a way to relax and. After three months and three bloodtests where my SED rate. Dr. Bluestone declared my. RP . Bluestone twice and all my tests. In Remission I don't think I'm just . And I'm not saying that I believe. RP. Nobody seems to know what caused. Dr. Bluestone mentioned a theory about my having. I got pregnant and was under a lot of stress with a lot of hormones activated. Mc. Dougall. . explains from a medical point of view why he believes eating. You can watch a short video of Dr. Mc. Dougall describing the mechanism of autoimmune diseases to understand how the environment that you take into your body (food) can trigger autoimmune respones. Watch video here. I also found it interesting that on Web. MD's page about RP, they note that in studies they gave animal populations injections with bovine type II collagen, and 1. RP - - and 6. 6% of the animals developed arthritis. I don't know whether testing on an animal has anything to do with what happens to a person, but to me this is rather in line with Dr. Mc. Dougall's theory, that animal protein you take into your body can trigger autoimmune responses that end up attacking and damaging your own body. By the way, the Web. MD page linked above quotes a study that 4. RP are dead in 1. I was diagnosed in Sept of 1. I'm writing this paragraph in January of 2. I not dead, but I'm thriving and doing well. I will stick to my diet. I am the only one I know of encouraging people to change their diet to see if they can have a remisson. True, I am not a doctor. I do wonder, when researchers are studying rats and animals to try to create the disease and study it, why no one is interested in studying what I believe got me well. Drug companies put up a lot of money to test out their drugs, but there is no one really interested in putting up money to see if fruits and vegetables and eliminating animal protein can heal you. Side Benefits In improving our diet, my husband and I both lost weight. Mine is 1. 35, and according to William Castelli, MD, who ran the Framingham Heart. Study - - the longest running heart study in the world which. Also, we have since discovered all kinds of really delicious. My advice to anyone suffering from this awful disease is. If you want to try what worked for me, go to. John Mc. Dougall's books (. Also, I. . suggest you write to Dr. Mc. Dougall, write to me if you want. I hope it. . helps you as much as it helped me. Dr. Bluestone said most of his patients will not commit to. I followed. Personally, I am convinced that. To me. . it seemed far more inconvenient to live life on medication. And trying a dietary change was a whole lot. Mc. Dougall's website at http: //www. If you do, do it right. Give it a chance. Here is a link to some interesting info on Dr. Mc. Dougall's. . site about arthritis, much of which he believes applies to. RP and other autoimmune diseases: Diet. The Only Real Hope for Arthritis (be sure to. More. . on Arthritis. Feel free to write to me at support at vegsource. Dr. Mc. Dougall at drmcdougall@drmcdougall. Unfortunately, many MD's. I have. . met people through the Internet who were told by their own. When that happens, I have suggested. RP went into remission apparently due to diet. Bluestone was very supportive. If. . your doctor is one who pooh- pooh's the essentially risk- free. How many patients of yours have had their. RP put into remission for years using the strategies you employ? Mc. Dougall's success rate is concerned: people. I also endorse the work of Dr. You can read about some of his work putting diseases like arthritis and lupus into remission, see: http: //www. Does Your Doctor Know Best for You? A few years ago, I spoke by phone with another woman with RP who, after reading about my success, had set up to go to Dr. Mc. Dougall's clinic to learn how to eat this way. She was very excited, until her doctor (one of the leading RP doctors in the country) told her that changing her diet wouldn't help, that she had a . Mind you, this doctor had never seen me or my medical records, so how he knew my RP was ! But I do know that he talked her out of trying a different diet. Certainly there is no harm in a vegetarian diet, no harm in trying. So why would this top RP expert doctor want to talk his patients out of even trying what worked for me? I find it very troubling, and I feel sorry for the woman whose hopes were dashed to the point where she didn't even try. I hope she is still alive today. By the way, I can definitely understand the skepticism that. RP might have in hearing my story, and I know. I'm not selling. . I am not even saying that someone else who does what. I did will for certain have the same good results. I don't. . know if they would or not, but I do know that no doctors are.
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