Nutrition And Multiple Sclerosis

1. Alter, Milton; Yamour, Mohammed. Multiple sclerosis prevalence and nutritional factors. Transactions of the American Neurological Association. 98:253254; 1978.

This 2page summary examines the relation between the distribution of multiple sclerosis (MS) and various measures of nutrition. The authors reasoned that a causal connection between diet and MS might be delineated by the association of some diet component with disease frequency. It was found that both the prevalence of MS and the per capita consumption of various dietary factors described parabolas when plotted against latitude. Correlations between dietary measures and MS prevalence were statistically significant only for "percent calories of animal origin" and "total calories made up of fats and oils." When combined, the multiple correlate was 0.70. This high positive correlation may suggest that consumption of animal fat is related to the etiology of muscular sclerosis.

2. Alter, M.; Yamoor, M.; Harshe, M. Multiple sclerosis and nutrition. Archives of Neurology. 31:267272; 1974, October.

The study emphasizes the association between local diets and the geographic distribution of MS. MS prevalence is analyzed with respect to average daily per capita consumption of fats/oils, protein, calories, and calories of animal origin. Of these dietary components, only calories of animal origin and fats/oils correlated significantly with musc

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d component of the brain is primarily represented by the long chain derivatives of linoleic and alphalinolenic acids. They also mention studies which show high MS prevalences in countries with high saturated fat intakes and low plasma levels of essential fatty acids. Dietary linoleic acid supplementation is suggested as a therapeutic modality for MS. The research finds, however, that low plasma levels of essential fatty acids are not specific to MS patients. In contrast, these levels appear to follow an erratic course which is, perhaps, secondary to the erratic course of the disease itself. Finally, as in earlier work, Crawford makes nutritional recommendations. 9. Fitzgerald, G.; Harbige, L. S.; Forti, A.; Crawford, M. A. The effect of nutritionally counselling on diet and plasma EFA status in multiple sclerosis patients over 3 years. Human Nutrition. Applied Nutrition. 41:297310; 1987, October. This study alters the diets of MS patients for the purpose of examining changes in blood fatty acids. Eightythree patients were assessed by the 7day weighed intake method. Then, the polyunsaturated:saturated fat ratio of their diets was increased from an initial value of 0.8 to 1.5 after 6 months, and then to 1.34 at
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Approximate Word count = 2425
Approximate Pages = 10 (250 words per page)