REAL Relief for Late-Stage MS Symptoms
If you have multiple sclerosis (MS), some days it can feel like you have nowhere to go but down.
As the condition progresses, symptoms like poor balance, tingling and burning nerve pain, and slurred speech can worsen.
And as hopeless as it can feel, it’s never too late to take steps that can have a significant impact on your symptoms.
In fact, one of my favorite nutrients could help reduce the nerve damage that develops in late-stage MS.
MS is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. Once the disease destroys the myelin sheaths of nerve cells, how cells function and transmit information is impacted.
Drugs are available to help in the early stages, but there fewer options as the disease progresses to its later stages.
That’s where vitamin D enters the picture.
It’s well-accepted that people with MS have lower vitamin D levels.
What this new study showed was that increasing vitamin D levels could have a significant beneficial impact on MS—even in its later stages.
For this study, researchers studied the effects of vitamin D on animal models of MS.
They found that those given vitamin D had…
- More cellular structures preserved in the cerebral cortex.
- Myelin sheaths and nerve cells that were better preserved.
- Fewer serum neurofilament light chains (sNfL), which are predictors of nerve cell damage. This is used to determine the severity of the disease.
- Higher levels of antioxidants in the blood, which can help combat the oxidative stress that worsens MS.
This was just an animal study, but it helps shed some light on how and why vitamin D can impact this degenerative condition.
If you have MS and aren’t already taking vitamin D, now is the time to start.
Talk to your doctor about adding it to your program.
P.S. Research reveals a link between the development of MS and THIS common problem. Discover the simple fix that could reduce the risk of this devastating disease.
SOURCE:
Haindl MT, Üçal M, Wonisch W, Lang M, Nowakowska M, Adzemovic MZ, Khalil M, Enzinger C, Hochmeister S. Vitamin D-An Effective Antioxidant in an Animal Model of Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. Nutrients. 2023 Jul 26;15(15):3309. doi: 10.3390/nu15153309. PMID: 37571246; PMCID: PMC10421326.
