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Mark are there studies that show that PwMS improve when they have your protocol? Science as always, ;) Nigel The question is one of economics given the scientific evidence. The 5 year study shows that pwMS with higher vit D3 levels showed "over the next 4 years, markedly lower levels of MS act...

NEWS For January 2014 from The Hubbard Foundation. Go the their website for the link and Joan's (Cheerleader) blog to read her thoughts. Many thinkers on MS place Vit D3 on their 'must take' list for MS. Also don't forget it costs a few pence a day for 5000IU. MarkW ---------------------------------...

Have to hop in here with my big mouth. Markw...people with ms are not the general population. I suspect we feel nutrient imbalances before the general population (I feel neurological effects of iron, calcitriol, and copper imbalances at barely high or low levels). And due to the demands of our ever...

A FB buddy told me that one of my public FB-notes is circulating on TIMS, so just a short reply regarding proper Mg-testing. ---Mg-Serum tests are pretty worthless. Period.--- Best Arne p.s. ...better to open a new thread to discuss the topic because it's complex. “...Just 1% of the body’s Mg is ci...

The majority of the population do not have a problem if they take 5000 or 10,000 IU of Vit D3. I have posted the European data on this thread. When you have studies which show that Vit D3 is a problem for the majority if they do not take magnesium first I will amend my recommendation. Your personal ...

i consider the passing mention of multimineral use only in the context of those with poor absorption to be irresponsible, especially if people take high doses, absorb it, then experience side effects without understanding possible links to mineral depletion. oversimplification, but i've hammered th...

The (Vitamin) Hormone D, Cholesterol, Calcium & Magnesium Connection 1 January 2014 at 20:06 Vitamin D is a Hormone NOT a Vitamin! References: Morley Robbins http://gotmag.org/ Dr. Mildred Seelig http://www.mgwater.com/Seelig/Magnesium-Deficiency-in-the-Pathogenesis-of-Disease/index.shtml Nigel...

I submitted this article to UK MS magazine 'New Pathways' and it was edited and printed in the latest edition. It should give pwMS a basic guide to Vitamin D3. MarkW ============================================================ Take vitamin D3 and forget about vitamin D2! “Spend a few pence per day o...

Hello NZ1/Nigel, You are correct in thinking that Sweden does not receive much sunshine in winter, but not recorded in the study. Even less than the Scottish Islands (Shetland and Orkney), which have the most MS in UK by far. Historically fish was a key food source and MS incidence was lower than no...

Fatty fish decreases development of MS.....................MarkW Mult Scler. 2013 Oct 24. [Epub ahead of print] Fatty fish intake is associated with decreased occurrence of multiple sclerosis. Bäärnhielm M, Olsson T, Alfredsson L. Source Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Sw...

Hello Robert,
I need to read the whole Lancet paper but am away from Oxford. Please send it to mark@walkerm.com.
Thanks,
Mark

This paper is being published in the Lancet. It should have a strong reply from pwMS (20,000+ ?) who have undergone Balloon Venoplasty. Anyone up for working on a letter??? MarkW Lancet. 2013 Oct 8. pii: S0140-6736(13)61747-X. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61747-X. [Epub ahead of print] Prevalence of e...

More on D3, relates to previous discussion on CSF levels.....................MarkW Full paper - http://pmr.cuni.cz/file/5663/PMR2013A0019.pdf Abstract: 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 Concentration in Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients with Remitting-relapse Multiple Sclerosis Moghtaderi A.1, Tamadon G....

I think this is the paper: Neurobiology of Disease, Volume 44, Issue 1, October 2011, Pages 63-72. Olga V. Chechneva, Florian Mayrhofer, Daniel J. Daugherty, David E. Pleasure, Jau-Shyong Hong and Wenbin Deng. (whole paper costs 40USD on line) Was someone fishing for funding and 'leaked' this to a j...

Hello Cece, An open label trial is essential for balloon venoplasty as we both know that you can feel the balloon being inflated. I convinced NICE in the UK that a double blind placebo controlled trial was not possible (see their guidance). The neuros want impossible trials so that we cannot show b...