Fasting-like Diet Reduces Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms

Re:Fasting-like Diet Reduces Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms by orangegrain on Sunday May 29, 2016 @09:32PM (#11799087)

Isn't this obvious to anyone who follows that diet <-> autoimmune disease? Also adrenal hormones increase during fasting, as can be commonly seen with high cortisol levels in those who fast.

"All disease begins in the gut," as someone wise has said in the past.

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Re:Fasting-like Diet Reduces Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms by Lxr on Monday May 30, 2016 @12:12AM (#11799510)

It's usually "obvious" to people who are not affected by autoimmune disease, but diet control is generally disappointingly ineffective in reality for most patients. The truth is autoimmune disease is incredibly complex and we still don't have satisfactory treatment, diet or otherwise.

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Re:Fasting-like Diet Reduces Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms by andy_ppp on Monday May 30, 2016 @02:00AM (#11799816)

Can you point to some references to back up your claim that diet control is disappointing?

It seems to me that diet has such an enormous effect on our bodies that it should do something; I would say compliance is more the issue than its effectiveness from my reading of things.

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Re:Fasting-like Diet Reduces Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms by pizza on Sunday May 29, 2016 @11:04PM (#11799333)

'Obvious' considered harmful, though.

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Re:Fasting-like Diet Reduces Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms by kjhljjg on Monday May 30, 2016 @05:23AM (#11800426)

agreed. nothing is obvious, everything needs to be tested

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Re:Fasting-like Diet Reduces Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms by jeffdavis on Monday May 30, 2016 @10:56AM (#11801601)

So what kind of diet cures, say, type I diabetes?

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