diet and MS (again)

We know you shouldn't be too quick to believe everything you read online. This is why Snopes exists.

But this is particularly true if you use the interwebz to research a chronic health condition.

God knows I've talked about this on here often enough, and not just in relation to the cult-like mania of people who follow certain lifestyle choices.

I've weirdly found myself talking about the OMS diet quite a bit recently, with friends and family. Recently, Mrs D met up with our old friend and colleague I've mentioned before - who has now been diagnosed with MS - and she is doing incredibly well on the OMS diet and staying healthy which is brilliant. She's had a hard enough time dealing with a diagnosis which is the same as that which killed her mother. So more power to her.

Obviously it didn't work for me - whether my relapses were down to increased stress after losing my job and the related anxiety, or Tecfidera not working out for me, I don't think OMS helped. So I've been meat-free ever since.

So imagine my complete lack of surprise when I noticed this link doing the rounds at the weekend:

http://meatheals.com/category/nervous-system/multiple-sclerosis/

That's right. Eating all the meat and nothing but all the meat is the only way to go for a healthy life with MS now!

Oh. You didn't know? Where've you been?

Anyway it was good enough for Elvis, right? Didn't do him any harm did it?

Wearyingly predictable though this might be, it was obviously only a matter of time, right? Truth be told, I'm a little ashamed that I didn't see it coming.

I'm sure that the MS Society and MS Trust are looking into this already. But if anyone from either organisation is reading this (and really, why wouldn't they be?), please can you do some robust research into the possible benefits (or otherwise) of diet.

This sort of 'solution' is so attractive. The tools to take control of this aspect of our lives are so readily available that it's no wonder people are willing to try something - anything - like this. There might be something in it (and how great would that be?) but at the moment, no-one really knows.

So currently, vulnerable people with chronic illnesses are effectively experimenting on themselves.  

Happy Birthday, The Internet! The unruly and untrustworthy stepchild of sensible and measured discourse! 

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