This week I was fortunate to be invited to speak at the Guthy-Jackson Foundation’s annual symposium on neuromyelitis optica (NMO). Originally known as Devic’s Disease, NMO is currently an incurable but treatable autoimmune disorder. The body’s immune system attacks its own healthy cells, most commonly in the optic nerves and spinal cord. It can cause […]
Category: Multiple Sclerosis
What is a GMO?
Today I’m in California to speak about health and nutrition at a symposium on neuromyelitis optica (NMO) hosted by the Guthy-Jackson Foundation. NMO is a rare disease that is often mis-diagnosed as MS, and as always, my emphasis is on eating real, clean whole foods rather than processed, polluted, or otherwise modified foods. What has […]
Mom’s AutoImmune Disorder Increases Risk of Autism in Babe
While we might suspect vaccinations are contributing to the alarming rise of autism in this country, Moises Velasquez-Manoff, the author of An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases, thinks autism might be related to immune responses stretching farther back into the womb. Perhaps even to the mother’s autoimmune disorder. […]
The Fight MS with Food Project Featured on Stu’s MS Views and News Radio Show
Last week, I was interviewed by Stuart Schlossman and Deanna Kirkpatrick of MS Views and Related News for their blogtalk radio show on MS and diet and how food sensitivities are involved in multiple sclerosis. Click here to listen to the hour-long recording. MS Views and News is an organization dedicated to raise the level […]
Could Multiple Sclerosis be a Parasitic Infection?
Dr. Steven Fry has discovered a previously unknown protozoa in the blood of patients suffering from MS and other autoimmune disorders such as lupus, ALS, and chronic fatigue. Dr. Fry is not the first to suggest MS and other chronic conditions might be caused by a parasitic infection. In his research, Dr. Fry has found […]
