Guest guest Posted September 25, 2011 Report Share Posted September 25, 2011 Same question as before but now I'm wondering about the Best Bet Diet, Ann Boroch and the Swank Diet Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2011 Report Share Posted September 25, 2011 > > Same question as before but now I'm wondering about the > > Best Bet Diet, Ann Boroch and the Swank Diet I've been on Best Bet Diet since Feb '06, after an attack of optic neuritis and an MRI showing a few lesions. I've not had a relapse since. Doctors like to pooh-pooh this, saying that I'm just in remission. I always point out that I do not believe I'm in remission because whenever I eat something I shouldn't, my symptoms immediately return (balance & coordination problems, numb hands, pins & needles in my feet, etc). It's not easy to get an MD to acknowledge the use of diet in managing/curing disease, but I want credit for the work I've put into it! Over the last couple years, I have developed new food intolerances that show up on my ELISA test results and I avoid those foods as well. I have to say that since I started L-glutamine supplementation, I don't have the same severity of reactions (or none at all) to my cheats or accidents with food. Perhaps my gut is finally healing! Crystal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2011 Report Share Posted September 25, 2011 I have been on the Best Bet Diet (BBD) getting on 5 years strictly, no cheating, and feel amazing. Brain fog deminished within weeks (but didn't go completely until CCSVI treatment).When first diagnosed 16 years ago I started the Swank diet but kept giving in to dairy and gluten which I knew were no good for me. MacDougall is the famous one who beat MS (neuros called it remission) with 4 years on the Swank diet. He went from bedridden to running up and down the stairs two at a time. I told myself I was not allowed to stray from whichever diet I had chosen for 4 years.I had CCSVI treatment 11 months ago but am still on the BBD and don't plan on stopping it. I'd have an ELISA food intolerance test and from that decide which of the diets suit you and your intolerances the best. I have always known gluten and dairy did not suit me and chose the BBD for that main reason. I could not do it cold turkey and gave up all gluten for a month and didn't move on to the next one until I knew I wouldn't cheat on that one. Dairy next, legumes next, refined sugar last, tomatoes not at home but will put up with them if included in a dish when out.Two years ago a lesion disappeared (still not found luckily). The neuro put it down to the equipment which is absolute rubbish as MRIs should be more rather than less diserning in 16 years. I put it down to a) BBD 2) amalgam removal 3) exercise and stress removal. Good luck. Janet To: mscured From: abbykohut@... Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:25:41 +0000 Subject: Best Bet Same question as before but now I'm wondering about the Best Bet Diet, Ann Boroch and the Swank Diet Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 I saw no positive changes from the BBD, and no negative ones when I started eating gluten and dairy again. One size does not fit all. Martha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 , after eight years and thousands of out-of-pocket dollars for alt treatments and diets that did nothing, I no longer have expectations for anything. If you don't have them, you're not disappointed if they don't work, and you're grateful if they do. ... I took a break on treatments for a year or so (except for massage) and found myself continuing to progress. So I broke down and got on Rebif and stopped progressing. No side effects if I take two NSAIDs after the shot. It's a long, slippery slide with pharmaceuticals, so now I'm on Ampyra and AM seeing results—more strength, better balance and I can stay on my feet longer. (I just started physical therapy to improve my odds.) I'm getting both meds free from the companies. I AM moderate with my diet, eat a little cheese, very little dead animal, take supplements and eat lots of organic produce. I FEEL good. I have an accessible vegetable garden of cedar planters on my back deck. And I do take an herbal liver support. I really think we should be open to anything to improve our quality of life, and not obsess about a cure. The thing I found that helps me the most physically is staying positive, and through practice it isn't an effort anymore. When I'm cheerful, my body works better. I NEVER talk about MS and disability negatively. My favorite quote is from Neil Marcus: " Disability is not a brave struggle or `courage in the face of adversity.' Disability is an art. It's an ingenious way to live. " Considering I live alone, adaptation and figuring out how to do things from the scooter is a necessity—and fun. Ky. Voc. Rehab paid for hand controls in my truck and a lift for my scooter, so I have a social life. Considering that the scooter puts me " on stage, " I always try to look snappy. People like me because I never complain and have not made MS the focus of my life. Happiness is a choice. Life is good. Martha > > > I completely agree. It's annoying and disappointing isn't it? I know that for me, things don't generally pan out as they do for others, but I have great affects from thing that others don't too. As you say Martha, one size doesn't fit all.From that point, I think we all just look for what DOES work for us and use our inner-ears to listen to what our instinct and bodies tell us they need/want. > > 'What we do in life, echoes through eternity.' > MARCUS AURELIUS (121 - 180 A.D.) > > To: mscured > From: mburton.akod@... > Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:41:57 +0000 > Subject: Re: Best Bet > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I saw no positive changes from the BBD, and no negative ones when I started eating gluten and dairy again. One size does not fit all. > > > > Martha > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Bravo Martha! My journey has been similar and we seem to be in the same place on this. In 2008, after diagnosis, MS is all I could think about, now I try not to think about it and I talk about it as little as possible. Faith, good " self talking " , and positive thoughts about the future seem to be the best help for me. I still follow the Swank diet, although not so rigidly, I still take supplements and exercise daily, but I don't sweat it so much anymore. I saved your text so I can revisit your post every now and then. Thank you and best wishes. -Tim > > > > > > I completely agree. It's annoying and disappointing isn't it? I know that for me, things don't generally pan out as they do for others, but I have great affects from thing that others don't too. As you say Martha, one size doesn't fit all.From that point, I think we all just look for what DOES work for us and use our inner-ears to listen to what our instinct and bodies tell us they need/want. > > > > 'What we do in life, echoes through eternity.' > > MARCUS AURELIUS (121 - 180 A.D.) > > > > To: mscured > > From: mburton.akod@ > > Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:41:57 +0000 > > Subject: Re: Best Bet > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I saw no positive changes from the BBD, and no negative ones when I started eating gluten and dairy again. One size does not fit all. > > > > > > > > Martha > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 > These diet approaches to health take a long time. Anything less than 3 months and you can't even tell if it is going to help. McDougall was the famous one who after being on the Swank diet for 4 years went from bedridden to running up and down the stairs. > The other issue here is individual food intolerances. I was fortunate that BBD worked for me within 5 weeks or so. But when symptoms started coming back, I knew that I was developing new intolerances. I couldn't figure them out (because there were multiples, it wasn't clearcut from one day to the next) so I had an ELISA done. Unfortunately, using dietary therapy is pretty much " all-or-nothing " . Even if you avoid everything that the BBD recommends, if you are still eating something that *you* personally are sensitive to, you are keeping your immune system hyped up and will have symptoms. So, if someone has been on BBD for weeks or months without improvement, I would strongly recommend an ELISA to see if there's something else that needs to be eliminated from one's diet. I'll be the first to say that it sucks to restrict oneself so much. But the results I've experienced make it soooooo worth it to me. Crystal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Hi Tammy, Dairy is to be avoided because of the casein protein. You can find all of Ashton Embry's research here: http://www.direct-ms.org/ HTH! Crystal > > I would like to know about the dairy avoidance of the BB Diet. If we > avoid dairy because of the high cases of MS in areas where people rely on > dairy. Is it the fat from the dairy? Or dairy? Some diets allow fat-free > dairy. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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