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To fight against MS from Dr. Mercola

Optimize your vitamin D levels This is an essential step,

and while the optimal level for general health lies between 50-70 ng/ml,

when treating diseases such as cancer, heart disease, or autoimmune

diseases, your level should ideally be somewhere between 70-100

ng/ml. The preferred method to raise (and maintain) your vitamin D

levels is by regularly exposing large amounts of your skin to sunshine,

or by using a safe tanning bed. If neither is available, you can use an

oral supplement of vitamin D3.

As a general guideline, vitamin D experts recommend 8,000 IU's per

day for adults, and about 35 IU's per pound for children, but you should

take as much as is necessary to elevate and maintain your blood levels

within the optimal range.

Get plenty of animal-based omega-3 fats Secondly, make

sure you're getting a good supply of animal-based omega-3 fats, such

as krill oil. You also need to avoid damaged, processed fats found in

most all processed foods. Especially damaging are the omega-6 fats

found in soy-, canola-, and corn oil. These are usually highly oxidized

and also contain trans fats and cyclic fats that imbed themselves into

your cell membranes, distorting the cellular functions. The majority of

these three oils are also genetically engineered, which can have its own

set of health ramifications.

Eliminate sugar, particularly fructose Another crucial

element is to eliminate as much sugar and fructose as possible from

your diet. Cutting out processed foods and sweetened beverages will go

a long way to reduce excess fructose, in addition to eliminating the

majority of damaging fats in your diet. You simply must keep your daily

total fructose intake below 25 grams.

If you haven't yet grasped the toxic nature and profound health dangers

of fructose, now's the time to get with it. Sugar can contribute to the

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development of a number of autoimmune diseases, such as arthritis,

asthma, and multiple sclerosis. It also increases uric acid levels, which

leads to chronic, low-level inflammation, which has far-reaching

consequences for your health.

Eliminate pasteurized milk and dairyThis is another critical

element. Studies have shown that cow's milk consumption is correlated

with MS prevalence (Neuroepidemiology 1992;11:304-12, and

Neuroepidemiology 1993;12:15-27).

Avoid aspartame and commercial fruit juices. Aspartamerapidly metabolizes to methanol, a potent neurotoxin. Additionally fruits

and vegetables are also loaded with methanol but when they are

consumed fresh it is bound to pectin and your body does not have the

enzymes to break it down. However when fruits and vegetables are

processed and put into glass jars or cans the methanol dissociates and

can be liberated in high quantities.

Eat plenty of raw food This is an important principle for

optimal health that I normally recommend for everyone. However, I've

found that for people with severe autoimmune disease, it's even more

important. Some of the most dramatic improvements we've seen in

patients using nutritional changes have come about as the result of

eating a majority of their food raw instead of cooked.

Fermented Vegetables. Optimizing your gut bacteria may be

one of the most profound ways to improve your health. In the near

future I will be doing a large number of interviews with Dr. NatashaCampbell McBride that goes into great detail on how to implement these

valuable foods and many other details of recovery.

Check your iron levels-- Excess iron can cause damage to the

endothelium, the inner lining of blood vessels as well as create massive

amounts of free radicals. It can also damage your DNA. Therefore, if

you have MS it is very important to check your blood for iron overload, a

process that is easily done through a simple blood test called a serum

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ferritin test. The healthy range of serum ferritin lies between 20 and 80

ng/ml. Below 20, you are iron deficient, and above 80, you have an iron

surplus. Ferritin levels can go really high. I've seen levels over 1,000,but anything over 80 is likely going to be a problem. The ideal range is

between 40-60 ng/ml.

If you find that your iron levels are high, simply donate your blood.

Normally a person would require 1-3 blood draws per year, up to as

many as one per month if your system can tolerate it, until yourferritin

levels have been sufficiently lowered.

Low-dose Naltrexone and alpha lipoic acid One of the

newertreatment strategies for MS is low dose Naltrexone (LDN), along

with alpha lipoic acid. Naltrexone (generic name) is a pharmacologically

active opioid antagonist, conventionally used to treat drug- and alcohol

addiction normally at doses of 50mg to 300mg. As such, it's been an

FDA approved drug for over two decades.

However, at very low dosages (3 to 4.5 mg), naltrexone has

immunomodulating properties that may be able to successfully treat

cancer malignancies and a wide range of autoimmune diseases,

including multiple sclerosis. As explained on the informative website

www.lowdosenaltrexone.org, when you take LDN at bedtime -- which

blocks your opioid receptors for a few hours in the middle of the night --

it is believed to up-regulate vital elements of your immune system by

increasing your body's production of metenkephalin and endorphins

(your natural opioids), hence improving immune function.

Dr. Bert Berkson is an expert on this regimen. For more information

about his findings and successes using this combination, please review

this previous article.

Mercury detox Mercury is clearly a neurotoxic poison that

should be avoided, so avoiding fish and refusing or removing mercury

dental amalgams are also important aspects. Certain supplements can

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also help eliminate mercury from your system, such as chlorella, and

OSR (Oxidative Stress Reliever) developed by Dr. Boyd Haley.

Address early childhood emotional traumasLast but

certainly not least, in my experience with MS patients, there is nearly

always a precipitating traumatic emotional event that causes your

immune system to crash, leading to the disease. Just as vitamin D

deficiency seems to be present in most cases of autoimmune disease,

there is also typically an emotional element involved. More often than

not, some form of hidden emotional wound can be found in patients

suffering with autoimmune diseases like MS.

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