The Multiple Sclerosis Diet Book

"Excellent book. Good information offering an alternative view of the cause of MS. Good dietary info, recipes."
~ Written on 2008-09-05

" My father was diagnosed with MS around 90 maybe a little later. All I know is shortly after we found this book. My father was very active but grew up eating whole dairy foods and fating foods. We were healthy eaters and did not buy pre prepared food. We had decent sleep and yet he still had all the symptoms. The doctor gave him a year to five years to live and was told he could try this and it "might" work. The odd thing is that we all went on the diet lost weight, and he has been symptom free since. We don't stick to the diet anymore, but then we don't eat like we used to either. Some of the things in this book are very strict, but they are good habits to have. I know some reviewers are giving it bad marks because the food is dated or the taste are different. If something works I don't think the book should be revised. I am actually kind of glad to see it still out here and in its original form. I am going to buy it again for myself. Its a great book to have even if you just want to try to lose weight. I find it interesting all the fad diets over the years I have seen yet this one really works great. Also there are so many diets and thoughts that correspond with the conclusions that this book makes. If I had MS I would try anything and stick to it 100% if it claims to work. This is one that seems to work rather well for quite a few people. I know it has not been confirmed by Doctors or FDA to actually cure anything. When has it been known though that doctors or FDA ever said food can cure anything? There is no money in that so of course they would never admit something that simple."
~ Written on 2008-08-27

"This book is very well written. It includes case studies and various experimental/anecdotal observations that seem to ring true. I believe controlling inflamation in MS needs to be a full time focus. Dr.Swanks program is stringent but has had a lot of success. "
~ Written on 2008-05-20

"OK, I will be straight with you: it is hard to really give much credit to any of these books peddling a free, natural, and healthy cure since the cause of MS is not really known, no one is really sure how it works, and there are no rules about how exactly the effects will manifest in someone since it is unique to everyone depending on where in your brain the lesions show up.

Whew, now I have the hard rules out of the way. These ideas may be hard to hear, but that is the way it is, so take all these miracle cures with a grain of salt.

Now for the good news. I was diagnosed almost 6 years ago. I read this book shortly after. I decided to try it just to see. It does help with the symptoms, there is no doubt about it. I could feel it pretty quickly after starting the diet and I still stay with it years later because I can still tell the difference if I get off the diet.

Has it changed the course of the disease progression? Who knows...maybe it has. I can tell you that I read a couple of years ago that the amount of fat in your blood affects how quickly things (nutrients, oxygen, etc) are absorbed into your brain. So it turns out that there is probably a reasonable, scientific explanation why this diet works.

My advice: this diet DOES at least help the symptoms and therefore may be helping the diease progression. Just read as much as you can. No one can be as dedicated of an advocate for you as you can for yourself. "
~ Written on 2007-12-18

"Diet advises have come a long way since then. Yes, low fat is good, but there is more to that.

Besides that I found the book to be a little too technical and somewhat depressing. Words like " debilitating" and "degenerating" are abound and I just refuse to think of my body in those terms.

It went a lot in depth on what was believed to be the specifications on dis-ease, but again, research has come far since then"
~ Written on 2007-11-27