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From: Joni Fernino <jerseygirlinexile@...>

Date: 2008/06/03 Tue PM 07:57:33 CDT

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Subject: Re: [low dose naltrexone] Re: LDN, Diet and MS

A little off the topic of LDN but related.   Reply to Gunn Dybfest - 

As someone with MS who has dramatically improved the symptoms of her disease

solely through organic nutrition, elimination of questionable foods and

additives, taking supplements, etc., I must take exception to your statement,

" MS'ers don't have the same problematic relationship to their nutrition. "  

Although I'm sure you have effects that are far more 'dramatic', don't ever

think that diet is not linked to MS, it definately is and I am living proof.

Maybe I don't get the same spasms, pain, diarrhea, etc but the effects

from food are just as impactful, you just can't see them....cog fog, fatigue,

numb limbs, optic neuritis. It's all linked, it's just our bodies attack

different areas than the gastro-intestinal system.   I have tried to tell

others with MS how diet has improved my health and urged them to do the same,

but most are not willing to make the dramatic changes in lifestyle to improve

their health. I guess it's just easier to 'inject' yourself daily and hope

for the best.    We all need to remember, " you are what you eat. "   or

as they say in IT..... " garbage in, garbage out. "   Peace.... ~joni  

 

Gunn Dybfest <gunn.ingrid@...> wrote: Hi, I'm usually giving the

same advice as you, Sherry, and I do agree; people can try without a diet, and

if LDN isn't working as they expect, then try to go on a diet. Some in here

just change to a healthier diet, learning to be careful i.e. with too much red

meat, reducing sugar, avoiding too much fat. I am sure most of us can do this if

we want to have a healthier body. Due to Crohns or another IBD, people often

already have a fantastic diet that they are following (SCD or The Makers or

Gluten-Sugar-Dairy-Soyfree, mixes betw. those) before they start using LDN, and

they of course continue with that. I don't use a diet at all. I have Crohns.

But I eat healthy and avoid some of my problem food. As Crohnies everybody has

their triggers or problem food. Still; I have just one really healthy rule that

I follow: I eat home made yogurt, SCD yogurt. It helps a lot. (And it's so

tasty!!) Containing billions of probiotics and no lactose. Just because it's

home made.</div> <div> </div> <div>MS'ers don't have the same problematic

relationship to their nutrition. So combining LDN and food will be a matter of

taste and desire, you have to find out if it's worth the loss of some unhealthy

habits.

 Good luck convincing your friend! :-)Ingrid

[low dose naltrexone] Re: LDN, Diet and MS

We are dealing with Crohn's, not MS, but diet is extremely important in <BR>my

son's case.  From what I have seen, many people with chronic disease

of any type HAVE to be on some version of a diet like you're <BR>describing, but

there are still those who don't need the diet at all. 

I have wondered if the patients who do not see an improvement on LDN

might benefit from trying LDN combined with diet before they give up.

With Crohn's it's gluten free, lactose free and yeast free.  For some

strange reason, tomatoes are also a common problem with Crohn's and <BR>other

intestinal disease- maybe due to the tendency to mold.<BR><BR>Maybe it wouldn't

hurt for your friend to try LDN without diet and if

it doesn't work like it should, try adding diet before giving up.<BR><BR>I have

heard of food problems getting better or going away on LDN.  I'm

hoping this will happen eventually for my son, but for now the LDN

works only in conjunction with diet- but it works great.

>

> I was talking to someone who has MS today about LDN. She was

interested in going on it. I told her besides taking the LDN she should

follow a gluten free, lactose free diet. She wasn't sure if she could <BR>do

it.<BR>> I would appreciate if you could respond to this and let me know if

<BR>you're doing LDN alone or with diet.

> TIA

> Betty

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