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Eat like a caveman and regain function...
SilverFox
Posted: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 9:58:03 PM
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Caution: MS is different from ALS.

I recently listened to an interview with Dr. Terry Wahls.

In 2003 she was diagnosed with secondary progressive MS and soon declined to the point where she was in a tilt-recline wheelchair. She did research on medicines and didn't get very far. She then looked at vitamins and supplements and started to improve. She then decided to look at what foods provide the vitamins and minerals that were helping and decided to try a diet that provided those substances.

She is now able to ride a bicycle and is doing very well. This is a remarkable recovery.

What caught my attention was that her MRI initially showed lesions on her brain, and after her recovery they were still there. Her neurologist suggested that her protocol had re-wired around her lost function and restored what she had lost.

Knowing that MS is different than ALS, I dropped her a note explaining what we were seeing with oral sodium chlorite and asking if she thought her diet and protocol would help.

Now before I continue you must understand that I have sent inquiries to many medical and scientific professionals and never hear back from them. While I view this as outrageous, I have come to accept it as somewhat normal.

Surprise, surprise, surprise... She answered my email and did indeed think that her protocol and diet, while targeted for MS would also benefit people with ALS.

While I can tell you the difference between cavemen and cavewomen when it comes to diet, I am so encouraged that she took the time to answer that I will throw her information out for consideration.

Her website is

www.terrywahls.com

Her protocol involves diet, exercise, and electro stimulation. Not only did her protocol restore function to her, but she was able to put together a clinical trial to verify her protocol.

I am so impressed that she actually answered my email, she may be a good resource and may have some insight in regrowing lost connections.

Tom

SilverFox
Posted: Monday, April 02, 2012 8:19:32 PM
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While MS is different from ALS, Dr. Terry Wahls thinks that her diet may also help people with ALS.

On April 3 and 5 she is having a webinair that is open to all. I have submitted a question asking about how the Wahls diet can benefit people with ALS, but I don't know if she will answer it.

If anyone is interested, it is at 6 pm Central Time on both dates. I just noticed that it is listed as CST which is standard time, I wonder if this is correct since we are now on daylight time...

Here is a link to sign up.

http://www.terrywahls.com/saving-dinner

Tom
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Posted: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 3:25:56 AM

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I am sure there are certain recipes that would be both nutritious and 'useful' in delaying disease processes, but the problem is knowing when enough is enough........

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8516865/Jamie-Olivers-Food-Revolution-Obesity-facts-and-figures.html
SilverFox
Posted: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 12:51:17 PM
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I did not get a direct reply about the time but when I log into the event it looks like they are on daylight savings time and not standard time.

Tom
SilverFox
Posted: Monday, May 28, 2012 11:02:17 PM
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Update:

I gave Ben the materials offered during the webinair. He review them and thought that they were excellent. He decided to give this diet a try.

He stopped because he kept loosing weight.

I am not sure why this happened, but until whatever is going on is figured out this may not be a good thing to try.

I will see if I can contact Dr. Wahls and see if she has any insight into what may be going on.

Of course, it could be that Ben just doesn't know how to cook... :)

Tom
HappyPhysicist
Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 9:04:23 PM
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Tom,

Well there is no doubt about the fact that I can't cook. :)

I think the paleo diet is still worth pursuing but it is too difficult for one with bulbar onset. There is already a very limited number of things one can eat when you have difficulty chewing and swallowing, and the paleo diet limits that even more. Also, one will lose weight on a paleo diet anyway because the fats on the diet are not stored by you body, unlike carbohydrates which are converted to body fat for storage.

I have greatly increased my fruit and vegetable intake with the aid of a juicer.

I am looking into the related ketogenic diet, but right now about 80% of my caloric intake is Ensure so I will need to formulate a liquid version of Ensure or use Ketocal.

Thanks,

Ben


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