Hi Alison -

Wow, thank you so much for this boost!  I am excited about the diet anyway, but
now I'm really going to stick to it.  I have read Ashton Embry's essays and
Roger MacDougall's story.  They are very inspiring.  I only wish the doctors
would listen up and tell newly dx'd patients about diet importance!

I will definetely check out the other forum.  I've been looking for something
like that.

Do you take any supplements?  I take a boatload and wonder if they are really
helping.  It makes me feel like I am doing something.

I'm happy to hear that you are doing well!  I really, really believe that
dietary intervention is the key to this disease.

Thank you again!

Ann

Alison Whitwood wrote:

> Hi Ann,
>
> I also have MS and have been doing the paleo diet for about 4 years. I was
> dx 5 years ago and straight away read all I could find on the internet about
> it. Have you heard of Ashton Embry? I read his articles which sugest that a
> paleo diet would help. I also read Roger MacDoughall's story where he did
> his own research and after a few years of sticking to a paleo diet with no
> sugars either, he went from being totally wheelchair bound to running up and
> down stairs symptom free.
>
> I find that this diet WORKS for me.
>
> I don't have any symptoms any more. I never had anything too bad. I'd
> sometimes wake up and find my back was numb or my legs, or arms. That was
> the worst that has ever happened. Only once did I have trouble walking and
> that lasted a couple of weeks.
>
> I gradually stareted the paleo diet becuase I wasn't convince at first about
> gluten or legumes but I cut out diary and sugar first.
>
> Now I am paleo and have no symptoms. UNLESS..... I stray from the path and
> have chocolate or don't get enough rest. Then I get a little numbness in my
> fingers (but it doesn't stop them working at all) and I get tired.
>
> I find I still get some sugar cravings which I attribute to candida
> overgrowth. When I treat candida, the cravings go away and any MSy symptoms
> go away too.
>
> So, yes I have MS and yes, the diet works. Another good forum is at
> www.ms-diet.org
>
> Take care, Alison
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Ann Snyder <[log in to unmask]>
> > >I just signed up for this list today and was wondering if anyone else
> > >has MS
> >
>
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