November 9, 2023 News by Lindsey Shapiro, PhD Swank and Wahls diets seen to improve RRMS hand, arm dexterity The Swank and Wahls diets ā two dietary strategies often adopted by people with multiple sclerosis (MS) ā were similarly effective at easing functional disability after six months among people with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), according to data from a small clinical trial. These functional gains were mostly driven…
August 13, 2021 Columns by Ed Tobias Can Special Diets or Vitamin Supplements Ease My MS Symptoms? Can I survive without dessert? Can I live without ice cream, chocolate, and fruit pies, or with only a small amount of beef when I want a burger? The other day, my wife decided to start the ketogenic diet to try to lose some weight. I’m a skinny guy, so…
August 9, 2021 Columns by Ed Tobias MS News That Caught My Eye Last Week: COVID-19, High-dose Biotin, MS Diets, Tysabri Risk of Severe COVID-19 Not Raised by Immunosuppressive DMTs Here’s the latest on whether disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) raise the risk of a person having a bad case of COVID-19 if infected with the novel coronavirus. Researchers report here that DMTs don’t increase that risk. But don’t confuse this information…
August 4, 2021 News by Steve Bryson, PhD Swank and Wahls Diets Found to Help with MS Fatigue, Quality of Life The low-fat Swank diet and the Wahls elimination diet reduced fatigue and improved quality of life after three months for people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), a clinical trial has found. āItās encouraging that fatigue was reduced and quality of life improved in both groups,ā Bruce Bebo, PhD, from…
May 10, 2019 Columns by Ed Tobias Diets and Supplements: Do They Really Help Your MS? When I read online posts from people who treat their multiple sclerosis (MS) with vitamins and supplements, I wonder how many of us do that. And if these supplements really help. The people at the Accelerated Cure Project, which surveys those living with MS about things such as this,…
April 2, 2019 News by Alana Kessler MS RD Review of 2 Diets That May Benefit MS Patients: A Nutritionist’s View I recently came across the article āReview of Two Popular Eating Plans within the Multiple Sclerosis Community: Low Saturated Fat and Modified Paleolithic,ā published in the journal Nutrients, which compared the efficacy of the Swank diet and…
August 26, 2016 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Can Diet Ease MS Fatigue? Clinical Trial, Now Recruiting, Wants to Find Out The National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyĀ announced that itĀ has dedicatedĀ more than $1 millionĀ to support a clinical study at the University of Iowa that will compareĀ two types ofĀ diet and their effectiveness in easing fatigue in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). “The National MS Society is committed to identifying wellness solutions to…
May 11, 2016 Columns by Elissa Holzman The YOU Diet and Multiple Sclerosis There are lots of so-called āMS dietsā out there, each one claiming to ease the difficulties of living with MS. This, despite the fact that neurologists donāt often address nutrition when discussing disease management with their patients. Why is diet so rarely discussed by medical practitioners? And why hasnāt there…