It's always refreshing to see that natural treatments are being supported over the use of prescription drugs.

Clearly, the key to MS and Parkinson's Disease is prevention.

MS is not a simple thing to put into remission. The chance of going into remission with conventional treatments is close to zero. The chances increase considerably when employing intelligent natural therapies.

The most basic and simple nutritional biochemistry approach is to make sure vitamin D levels are optimized. You will certainly want to perform regular (every two months or so) vitamin D testing to confirm your levels are is in therapeutic, and not in the toxic, range. I could not encourage anyone more strongly with an autoimmune disease like MS to have their vitamin D tested every 4-8 weeks until it is between 45 and 50.

The absolute best way to increase it is by exposing as much skin as legally possible to sunshine. Just going outside in a long sleeve shirt and long pants just won't help very much, there simply is just not enough skin exposed to convert the sunlight to vitamin D. Additionally for most of us in the late fall, winter and early spring, there just isn't enough intensity of UVB radiation to generate significant vitamin D levels so one will need to resort to oral forms like cod liver oil which also has the necessary omega-3. But please remember that even cod liver oil is a far inferior way to obtain vitamin D as one can potentially increase the levels into toxic ranges. However, this is very rare especially if one sticks to doses of 1-3 teaspoons a day.

The vitamin A in cod liver oil makes it far less likely to cause one to overdose. However it is exceedingly difficult to overdose on vitamin D by simple sun exposure as your body has a built in feedback mechanism that will lower vitamin D production from the sun once the levels become too high.

When treating MS it is also vital to remember that balancing the omega 6:3 ratio is also a profoundly important treatment principle. Additionally, optimizing insulin levels and following the nutrition plan would provide a sound foundation for optimizing healing in MS.

Addressing the emotional wounding is nearly always a major issue in those with MS. Techniques like EFT can be profoundly helpful in that area.

I like focusing on the positive with treatments, but it is also vital to understand that one of the most popular treatments for MS is the use of an ostensibly "natural" treatment called interferon. Every patient with MS that I treat I immediately discontinue this drug. It is a prescription for disaster and if you would like to know why please read Dr. Blaylock's excellent expose on this drug.

The preventive measures for Parkinson's disease differ slightly than those for MS. In addition to following the nutrition program, my recommendations for Parkinson's also include:

• Increase your vegetable intake
• Avoid exposure to pesticides
• Get your iron levels tested for a possible overload
  

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