MS-Diet Support Group DIRECT-MS

BEST BET DIET BOOK Scientific Papers

"MS: Probable Cause and Best Bet Treatment" Dr. Ashton Embry © 1996
Section 16: Supplements
The following list of supplements is suggested for daily ingestion. The indicated amounts are well below any toxicity levels but should not be exceeded except on a physician's advice. Graham (1989) provides detailed rationales for their therapeutic value for MS: 1. up to 300 mg grape seed extract (use pycnogenol or bilberry if you are sensitive to grapes) 2. 2 grams cod liver oil (includes 5,000 IU vitamin A and 400 IU vitamin D) 3. 4 grams salmon oil 4. 100 mg of B-50 complex 5. 100 mcg of B-12 (have your B-12 level routinely checked) 6. up to 3 g of vitamin C 7. up to 800 IU of vitamin E 8. up to 1500 mg of calcium depending on dairy consumption (I strongly suggest no dairy consumption ever) 9. up to 500 mg of magnesium (a good Ca/Mg ratio is 2:1) 10. 50 mg of zinc 11. 200 mcg of selenium 12. up to 5 g of evening primrose oil or borage oil 13. up to 10 g of flax oil (make sure you are not hypersensitive to flax!) 14. 4 capsules of acidophilus 15. 6 capsules of enzymes (see Bateson-Koch, 1994 for use of enzymes for relieving food hypersensitivities) Other supplements which have been recommended as helpful for MS are co-enzyme Q10, amino acids, lecithin and octacosanol. The acidophilus, enzymes and various oils are especially important for healing the gut. Graham (1989) provides details on the use and value of most of these products.
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