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I agree that zinc is of paramount importance in MS bcause it is so often deficient - even though very likely your neurolgist will never so much as mention the word zinc. Friedreich’s is caused by an iron accumulation in the mitochondria of nerve cells due to a rare genetic flaw which causes faulty i...

Idebenone is a form of coenzyme Q(10) with potent antioxidant properties – a free radical scavenger. There is an iron connection here because idebenone has been successfully used in the treatment of Friereich's Ataxia - a rare disease caused by a defective gene which causes faulty iron metabolism. F...

I've just read through this thread and I believe you are on the right track Leonard, as I believe Lynda Carol has been for some time - MS may be a disease of faulty metabolism within nerve tissue. However, I expect that you, like almost everyone else on TIMS and the medical community alike, are assu...

Almost universally, doctors view the power of the mind with scepticm or even scorn, especially when findings about the placebo effect pose a threat to the credibility of convetional medicine. Neurologists are no exception. Drug companies even view the placebo effect as a nuisance rather than admiitt...

As I read through the article I was thinking the same thing about IP6. It reminded me how the Tsuno Foods & Rice Company in Japan started this whole thing about the healing benefits of rice bran a few years back.

Nicotine is the world's most powerful natural insecticide. Would you like to live in a field where they sprayed insecticide 20 times a day? Well, you don't need to if you smoke 20 cigarettes a day....you are already putting insecticide into your lungs, arteries and brain all day long. Nicotine affec...

It's the power of Hope. There is nothing more powerful than hope when you need it; nothing. You are very close Loobie, but more specifically, it is the power of BELIEF (and this applies to hypnosis as well as placebo). In order for hypnotic suggestion to work, people need to believe they are hypnot...

I agree I think it's an absolute scandal

Carnivore fish (like tuna) are the worst purely because they accumulate the mercury from smaller fish, day in day out. Mercury is totally uselss to the human body and is extremely toxic to nerves. Once in the body mercury is notoriously difficult to remove. It accumulates in the organs, including th...

Hi Mrs jitters, Yes I believe exercise can worsen MS symptoms or even bring on an attack - but only if you are not used to it. So many people live sedentary lives and then suddenly resolve to start exercising. This is perfectly okay if you are young and healthy - but not if you have MS. Most people ...

Pender is on the right track but barking up the wrong tree. I've long been a believer that herpes is a big factor in MS. Several members of the herpes family have strong associations with MS - not just EBV. I find Pender's slant on EBV unbelievably complex, and complexity in research is often used t...

Hi LR1234, It's extremely difficult to tell the two diseases apart because the symptoms are so similar. Both diseases involve inflammation and demyelination of nerves, in MS it occurs in the central nervous system whereas in CIDP it occurs in the peripheral nervous system. Just to confuse things, CI...

Wonderfulworld wrote:Extreme bouts of fatigue when I was 12, and tinnitus.

Fatigue can make life hell at such a young age - not to mention how scary tinnitus can be for the young. I know because I had both of those plus heat/bath fatigue.

jphector, You are buying into the myth that nicotine has any value whatsoever as a drug - but don't worry because virtually all smokers (and non smokers alike) buy into this myth. Even when the myth is explained most people cannot take it in because the notion that nicotine, although dangerous, has ...

MS remains almost unheard of in a huge percentage of the world's population That's a sobering thought Lyon. As I'm sure you know, I'm always trying to put all these jigsaw pieces together. I'm a great believer in the "strain" theory of illness, which is based on comparing the human body t...