@Diet on Shift.ms

Diet

Hi again everyone! Upon doing research all I keep seeing is people controlling their MS via diet and holistic healing. I asked my Neuro about how much diet can contribute towards relapse and remission and he just said oh theres not enough research but just maintain a balanced lifestyle. I have seen that a lot of people have tried Keto and Plant-based diet with seafood incorporated into it. I feel like I need to start understanding my body all over again and knowing what nutrients my body needs. Has anyone else changed to plant-based/keto diets, if so how much has it helped as I know I will need to put a lot of concentration and focus into my diet.

I'm following the vegan+seafood plan since Jan following my diagnosis. My neurologist is happy for me to be on the plan as it's generally quite healthy. I'm not 100% convinced that it's the solution to everything but it's something that I can be proactive about and as I'm still a newbie I need to be proactive as part of my coping mechanism! If it could stave off me having more issues in the future - even a tiny amount - then (and generally being healthier will I'm sure do that!) I'm all for it! Besides -the meat alternatives now are amazing! With small changes you don't really have to change your lifestyle too much. I've lost a bit of weight since going on the plan and my last MRI showed no new lesions and 'minimal white matter' compared to 2 lesions and 1 enhanced one on my first MRI. I've still only had the one relapse that I'm aware of. My MS is in the super early stages so maybe my previous diet will have garnered the same results - who knows. I'm in camp 'try anything' - and the diet change is a relatively easy method to try IMO!