Jun 02

Cure MS Naturally – Separating Fact From Fiction

As researchers work hard to find a medical cure for multiple sclerosis, many of us are more concerned about how to cure MS naturally. Natural methods have had some excellent results and deserve to be looked at more carefully. The drugs being used to control MS tend to be very damaging so the more that you can avoid them or reduce how much you need them the better off you will be.

There are many different theories about how to cure MS naturally, you need to be careful about which ones you look at since there are many “cures” out there that are nothing more than some ones way of making a bit of extra money, many of these cures, such as herbals with no ingredient lists can be downright dangerous as well.

When looking for a way to improve your multiple sclerosis naturally the first place any program should turn is to diet. Diet is one of the most important factors in MS self-care, so important that many experts believe that diet can be the cure that will put your MS into remission for good. Many of the diet recommendations that are available are solid advice that will teach you how to choose the types of foods you eat as well as which ones you should avoid. Learning to eat a whole foods diet and to avoid saturated fats and processes foods is essential to making an impact on this disease with diet.

An MS diet should include plenty of leafy greens, fruits and other vegetables, these foods are rich in anti-oxidants that can slow down the damage that is being done to your nerves. Fish, nuts and seeds are also essential since these contain the all-important fatty acids that are thought to have an important role in multiple sclerosis, in addition to MS patients being low in these fatty acids; they are also well known for reducing the inflammation in your body.

Vitamins should also be considered as a part of how to cure MS naturally, there are a number of vitamins that can be beneficial such as vitamins D, A,E and the B vitamins, also if you do not eat fish take a fish oil supplement to get the omega 3 fatty acids. You should also take time to exercise, not only is exercise a natural anti-inflammatory but resistance exercises can keep muscles from getting weak and yoga and stretching can provide flexibility to spastic muscles.

Jun 02

Curing MS – A Different Perspective

Over the years there have been many people and companies who have claimed to have a way of curing MS. The reality is that there is currently no known cure for multiple sclerosis, only ways to alleviate the symptoms and reduce the number of exacerbations. In many instances this may seem like a cure for the patient with MS.

One of the first steps to curing MS is to realize that it is a disease of industrialized modern man. This disease was relatively unheard of in history until man became mechanized and began to do things like process our foods and over farm the land. The resulting toxic chemicals and foods that are stripped of their natural goodness have been linked to causing multiple sclerosis in modern man. You will notice that it is a disease that affects predominately people who live in prosperous areas of the world. Those who live in the poorer areas of the world where the majority of the food they eat is grown in their own gardens and they experience long hours of sunlight do not seem to be afflicted by MS.

While “curing” MS may according to the medical community be impossible at the current time perhaps we are looking at it from the wrong angle. If curing it means that there are no signs of lesions in the brain and on the spinal cord, then perhaps they are right. If on the other hand curing multiple sclerosis means that a patient can experience a long and productive life while encountering few or no exacerbations then perhaps we have already found a “cure”.

If a person with multiple sclerosis makes a conscious informed decision to do those things that improve the quality of his life then he has gone a long way to curing his MS. These decisions include changing his diet to remove all processed foods and those that are high in saturated fats. These foods should be replaced with foods that are high in essential fatty acids and minerals. Removing the toxins that are used in the average farm to kill insects and parasites by eating organically grown foods has also been shown to help. Couple this with a regular exercise regimen and this healthy lifestyle has been proven to reduce the number of relapses, possibly eliminating them for years.

Jun 02

Natural Cures For MS

According to the medical community there is no known cure for multiple sclerosis, they only offer medications that can help keep the exacerbations to a minimum so that the patient can enjoy some semblance of a normal life. This is fine for some patients, however the side effects of some of the medications being used can be very damaging to the rest of the body, and many of them cause irrevocable damage to the liver. In recent years there has been a lot of study into natural cures for MS that do no harm to the body.

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that seems mostly to affect those in the more affluent areas of the world where the diet consists of a large percentage of processed foods. These processed foods have been stripped of so much of their naturally occurring nutrients that they do very little good for the body. By adding these nutrients back into the diet many patients have found that the symptoms they suffered with have been greatly reduced. Natural cures for MS may over time be found to be the answer, but perhaps the best way to prevent it is to eat this way all the time.

Those studying natural cures for MS recommend that the patient adds in large amounts of Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids. These can be found in a variety of seafood and supplements, they can also be found in many different leafy green vegetables such as lettuce and kale. Of course eating a diet that is low in saturated fats is good for everyone but most especially the multiple sclerosis patients. While there are theoretically no cures for MS, natural foods that are grown organically have been shown to reduce the risks associated with the many chemicals used in today’s commercial farming.

As we continue to look for cures for MS, natural foods combined with physical exercises like yoga are showing some remarkable progress in helping patients to reduce the effects associated with the disease.  In some documented cases there have been visible reduction seen in the number of lesions and the re-occurrence of them simply by eating a very healthy natural diet and getting the proper exercise.

I have benefited greatly from a book which has examined the link between what we eat and multiple sclerosis. If you would like to know what foods are attacking your body, what supplements you must take and how to create the energy that you need, then this book is a must read. Reverse Multiple Sclerosis

As your natural inner balance is restored, you will begin to experience renewed energy, absence of pain and aches, and more and more of your symptoms associated to Multiple Sclerosis will disappear… These your first steps to freedom from Multiple Sclerosis medication!

May 09

Multiple Sclerosis – Causes, Symptoms and Treatments

Multiple sclerosis, also called as MS in short, is a nervous disorder which affects the central nervous system .i.e. brain and spinal cord. This causes imbalance between body organs and the brain which results in down fall of vision, hearing capabilities and muscle strength. It is because of lack of a substance in nerves called myelin which is gradually destroyed due to MS disorder.

This myelin serves as a shield cover for the nerves which transmit brain signals. Without this myelin, it’s very difficult for brain and spinal cord to coordinate with each other and this result in the failure of functioning of many organs in the body. There are generally 4 stages in multiple sclerosis from initial stage to final stage called as ‘progressive MS’.

In most of the cases multiple sclerosis is not a fatal disorder. However there are some exceptions in rare conditions where they suffer from other parallel diseases to MS. Proper treatment and care can help MS affected patients to lead a normal life for longer time.

 

Causes of Multiple Sclerosis Disease

There are no specific causes for multiple sclerosis to take care from. But most studies and researches say that it’s an autoimmune disease, which means the human immune system erroneously attacks the myelin tissue in central nervous system. But still there are still no clear reports why immune system acts abnormal only in MS patients. There are high chances of inheriting MS from the parental genes too.

 

Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis Disease

Symptoms of MS differ from one person to other. Most of the times, they depend on the area of brain and spinal cord which got affected. Muscle weakness, blurred vision and pain in back are the most common symptoms of the MS. In later stages of MS, sudden downfall of vision, walking problems and electric shock kind of sensation in lower back are commonly observed. Due to the lack of coordination between brain and spinal cord, patient faces balancing problems like spinning feeling or wooziness so often. Control on urination, gripping of objects and downfall of memory are also caused due to multiple sclerosis. MS also leads a patient to extreme depression and many other mental disorders.

 

Available Treatments

Once diagnosed and confirmed, it’s very important as a patient to know the all available treatments for multiple sclerosis. MS cannot be cured completely. A patient has to alter his lifestyle accordingly to lead a quality life by minimizing all symptoms. Medicines can be used to reduce the effects of muscle pains, weakness, fatigue, depression and other genital related problems. There are medicines available for multiple sclerosis which controls the pulse strokes thus delaying disease intensity.

But these medicines have very strong side effects and in some cases it goes very difficult for patient to tolerate them. But according to experts, it’s always best to continue medicine for MS keeping long term interests in mind. There are some therapies available to soothe the pains that are caused by MS. These include physical therapy, occupational and speech therapies. Apart from these, a MS patient need to mould his lifestyle well with good nutritious diet plan and regular exercises to keep the intensity of disease to minimum for long time.