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hey this article looks pretty informative

http://bmb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/55/3/499.pdf

the roles that the different vitamins and minerals play in fetal growth and development are reviewed, primarily with respect to growth and differentiation in humans; but, as appropriate, data provided from animal and cellular studies are also considered.

throw in what we know about the usual suspects in ms and that article looks like it could be a pretty useful resource.

I have seen posts mentioning supplements etc and I was hoping for input over what vitamins / supplements should be taken, and if possible why/what effect they have. I'm looking for a basic regime - if it's too heavy I will run and hide.

As there are other new to MS people here I thought it might help them too.

(ps sorry Jimmylegs, i know you pm'd me last year but I was in total ...

Dear Dim...
I wanted to start this thread and dedicate it to your lovely wife and my husband- two MSers who have had elevated liver enzymes without cause.

Jeff was not drinking alcohol or taking any medication when he was diagnosed with MS in March '07. He had not received steroids or Copaxone, and was not taking any supplements. His blood test showed liver enzymes (AST and ALT) elevated 10x normal. He was jaundiced, and ...

I would like to hear from anyone who is supplementing their diet with the 8 healing sugars. Thanks

My eyes popped out when I found this site. I'm supposing they are going out of business??

My quest for the hindering of my MS contiues and how!

This is a gold mine

http://www.puritansale.com

Hi
for a long time I've taken alpha-lipoic acid, high dose b vitamins, high dose niacin about once a week to produce flushing, high dose vitamin c, evening primrose oil, fish oils, and vitamin d (only 400 iu). Also take magnesium but have run out recently.

I want to "get my house in order" about the vitamins. Should I be taking calcium with the vitamin d? Should I be taking iron? I seem to recall ...

For those of us in the states, interested in alternative medicine:

Don't miss Ann Boroch's National telelvision debut on the Montel Williams Show this Friday, April 11th. The show is called "The Fight Against MS".

Check for local listing times - the show airs on Fox TV...be sure to Tivo.
To see a preview of the episode go to www.montelshow.com and click on Friday.

Ann Boroch, Naturopath
"Natural Health ...

Hi All,
In doing some Internet research focusing on the MS/Sinusitis connection, I stumbled on some web articles about Serrapeptase. Like all things at this point, I am always initially skeptical. Does anyone have more info about this?
Thanks,
Lars

:D 4 years ago I was in pain every night waking from sleep with very bad leg pains, I put up with this for about 1 year when somebody suggested Acupuncture, I tried this service for 3 sessions over 3 weeks and behold that pain I was suffering every night is now only a memory, I had forgoten this pain until now thats why I am ...

I've been taking this antioxidant enzyme for about a month now and I think it's actually doing something! However it seems to be making one leg better and the other leg worse so it seems a bit of a mixed bag. Nonetheless I think that I'm becoming glad that I've found this pill as I can just tell it's doing something. I feel different. My burning pain has gone to not unpleasant tingling, the sharp ...