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I also have 9 amalgam fillings in my teeth. I will be having them removed & replaced properly and refilled with a non-toxic filling soon. I will be very excited to see what happens once that is done. Which made me think of asking these questions of other MS patients. Have you ever had amalgam fillings? I am just so curious how many MS patients have had some symptom relief after having their amalgams replaced and also decided to switch to eating anti-inflammatory foods. I do know of some who have decided to make the dietary changes after reading some of the books and other information I have listed at this link; MS diet books
MS has taken the life of my friend Scot 10 years ago, he did not eat a diet of anti-inflammatory foods he was way too young to die. MS is not cancer, nobody should die from MS, it just really ticks me off!!! I certainly don't proclaim to know all, I'm just a high school graduate. Though once my short term memory is working better I will go back to school to study nutrition.
I have not found eating this way an easy thing to do especially since I grew up on fast foods, and sugar. Feeling the results for myself, I will never go back to eating gluten. It is a lifelong change, but you can cheat every once in a while, yearly maybe. I also have scalp psoriasis, that is the one thing that was obvious that changed with the gluten free diet. As a little experiment I ate a lot fruit Newton cookies for breakfast every morning and I noticed my scalp became extremely crusted over. Once I stopped eating them and other gluten foods my scalp is now crust free though it sometimes itches a bit. For me seeing is believing.
Unfortunately from what I have read MS symptom relief takes an average of 4-5 years and those patients also had their amalgams removed. I think we also need to be realistic, my balance has been gone since 1984, I don't have high hopes that that will ever come back. This dietary change is a lifelong commitment, but I've been waiting 33 very long years and I'm not waiting another minute. Scot didn't have a chance, but I do and I will do what I must do to get as well as I can. I will not wait for my Neurologist to come around to my way of thinking, but one day I will show him how I am doing after the amalgams have been removed and how the diet has helped. I went to him for 18 years until I couldn't afford insurance anymore and we always had a very good rapport, he even left his practice for a short time to try his hand at research, I think he would find this quite interesting.
My GP completely believes that diet and amalgam removal will make all the difference in the world. In defense of Neurologists I understand after doing some research they are not required to take courses in Nutrition, so I figure if a doctor is not taught about inflammatory foods, why would they recommend that treatment? I know my Neuro's sub specialty is Psychiatry.
The polls below are through www.polldaddy.com voting is set up so that only one choice can be made per computer, so nobody can vote over and over again. I wanted to try to make this as accurate as possible. I have no interest in your email address, I truly would like to try to get an idea of how my fellow MS patients feel about diet & amalgams being part of the problem. If you would like to give an answer that is not listed simply click on the area under the word other and type what you would like to say.
Thanks for your participation. Never give up! ~ Lisa
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MS polls on diet and amalgam fillings
My Immunosyn (SF1019) treatment
MS diet books X 11-14-08
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My toxic teeth There is even a dental rinse specifically for those that cannot have the fillings replaced.
YouTube video Made by a dentist showing amalgam vapors from an extracted tooth!
Quick fitness & performance This is my bother Brian's site.
Tips for family & caregivers X 11-15-08 I have a challenge for family & or caretakers!!!
Gettingbettertogether.net Share your thoughts here.
Daily Herald article for Turkey Bowl XXXII
YouTube video on Alan
Neuro Gym brain exercises!
Better Health USA info about blood test that checks 115 food allergens. They will send a free booklet.
EFT Emotional Freedom Technique
Stem Cells On this page is information about various facilities.
09-10-08 I have tried to figure out how to make a poll on FrontPage from scratch, but I could not quite grasp what I needed to do so I have opted to use PollDaddy.com. I'm sure if you are a regular visitor to my site you are aware that I now fully believe that eating non inflammatory foods has everything to do with keeping MS symptoms at bay. It is a lifestyle change that is for certain, the hardest thing I have ever done including 22 hours of labor. I wish one of my doctors, especially Neurologists would have known about this when I was 13. I now believe after doing some further research about if doctors are required a certain amount of nutrition hours in order to receive their MD license, that Nutrition is not necessarily required, so that now makes sense to me that they may not know about inflammatory foods. How could they suggest something that they do not know about? It just seems to me after reading the books of people who claim cure from MS through dietary measures only, that just seems way too coincidental for it to not have some truth. I've been in contact with many, many MS patients who don't believe diet will make a difference, I also was one of those people for 20+ years. The average recovery time appears to be around 4 years. I'm trying to be realistic though, for instance my balance has been shot since 1984, will that come back with diet alone I have not idea. However I am getting the feeling back in my hands & feet, as well as my brain fog is lifting.
Yes, I have also been fortunate enough be to able to add the Immunosyn Vaccine the one that Alan Osmond has used. My last injection was on June 24th so I have been only using diet to help curb inflammation since then. I've been under enormous personal stress 'another source of inflammation' and my legs are a bit weaker. I'm just taking it easy and not over doing my walking so for now I do use the wheelchair a bit more so I don't fall and hurt myself especially when it is dark. I sure notice the difference now that I am not using the Immunosyn, that stuff is hands down better than prednisone or any ABC drug I have tried! I'm not in the loop but I believe the trials are over and it could possibly be FDA approved sometime in '09. It will be so nice when it is available to all. I'm hoping that between my dietary changes of eating anti inflammatory foods and the vaccine that maybe I can heal up a bit quicker. My hope is that it will so that other MS patents can follow this path and heal a bit quicker. My GP is on board with the dietary changes, he absolutely believes in that. I apologize if some of the things I talk about sound like a broken record, this is my soap box because I am living the results, my friend Scot died very young from this crappy disease. He was a slim man but did eat some highly inflammatory foods, heck so did I, I just know better now. I don't want to see another MS patient die because of this nonfatal disease! If you take this on it could be very difficult, it was for me but I'm getting used to it because I can see subtle changes. That is what you should be looking for, 'that something feels different' feeling. At some point it will become more apparent to you 'what it is that is different'. Here is one of my experiences example. I just had that something feels different feeling, I felt that maybe my balance was a little better. I didn't feel like I was slightly moving left to right as I felt I had been doing since '84 when my mom stopped by that was also her impression. Of course this is just subjective, but I thought I should give an idea of what I'm talking about when I say subtle changes.
So my first poll/survey will be about your thoughts on diet & MS. The other reason I went with PollDaddy is I wanted to try to have the surveys set so that the same computer can't keep taking the poll. I would really like to try to get a feel from different MS patients how they feel about MS & diet changes, and this way at least the results won't be from one person only. I have never done polls before so this will probably be a work in progress.
Definitely a work in progress, I'll try to have one up very soon my brain hurts! :)
