Overcoming Secondary Progressive MS Through the Use of Intensive Nutrition for Mitochondria and Restoration of Muscle Strength Through Exercise Coupled with Electrical Stimulation of Muscles.
The Story
After four years dependent on first a scooter and then a tilt recline wheelchair due to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis I have been able to return to the walking world and even ride my bicycle five miles to work each day. I devised the interventions which were so successful and am beginning research on whether these interventions are helpful for others.
The Mission
Teaching my colleagues and the public about the critical link between mitochondrial health and our health. I teach a short course titled Food as Medicine- which focuses on how the food we eat is responsible for much of the health we have or do not have. I teach both to medical professionals and to the public. It has become my passion to teach both our future doctors, my fellow MS patients, and the public about the critical link between our nutrition and the health of our brains and our bodies. The solution to the health care crisis in America and around the world is with understanding the links between micronutrients eaten and the health we have or do not have. Unless we eat the nutrients our mitochondria and cells need, our societies will continue to get ever more sickly regardless of how much money we spend on health care.
Article and slide show with 2 minute audio from the Daily Iowan Newspaper. The link below will take you to the slide show and article.
Interview Audio And Slide Show
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NEW
Restoring Your Health
An All Day Seminar in which I will provide education (NOT medical advice) to a small group of participants about the health concerns they identify. I have arranged for a VIBRANT FOODS Chef from Houston to provide the afternoon education and demonstration of Raw Foods preparation. Go the classes pages for more information. This is a fabulous event! Sign up early. Space is extremely limited.
Restoring Your Health
Survey about the use of electrical therapy& nutrition in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) is now recruiting study subjects.Please note this survey is not an endorsement of the use of any particular diet, vitamin, supplement, exercise or electrical therapy. It is not intended to replace the guidance you receive from your health care professionals.
We are inviting you to be in this study because you have multiple sclerosis (MS) and are using or are considering using intensive nutrition to help improve your MS-related muscle weakness or fatigue.
PLEASE DO THIS EACH MONTH! RESULTS OVER TIME HELP US TREMENDOUSLY!
Note - to thank you for your time completing the survey-
After you have submitted your answers to the survey you will be redirected to a site where you can down load a copy of the original case report of about the use of intense focused nutrition and electrical stimulation leading to significant recovery of function in a patient with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.
To thank you for your time when you submit your answers at the end of the electrical stimulation survey we will redirect you to a web page which has a copy of the abstract which we presented at the Midwest Society of General Medicine. This abstract summarizes what happened to eight patients who were treated with electrical stimulation of muscles as part of their physical therapy for their MS related walking problems.
I have provided a few links about the health benefits of eating seaweed regularly to help your body eliminate toxins and a link to a sustainably farmed, organic seaweed.
Seaweed and health
Organic dried seaweed source
Future Appearances I am teaching courses about the use of food as medicine and lecturing to the public. More information about my upcoming lectures can be found at the following link. New: Continuing Education Units are available for nurses and allied health professionals for some classes through Kirkwood Community College. Future classesCEU though Kirkwood Community College
Food as Medicine Lecture Series
DVD with synchronized audio with power point will soon be available. I discuss the science behind the food interventions I use for myself in my clinical practice to treat individuals with moderate traumatic brain injuries, severe psychiatric problems, diabetes, heart disease and other medical problems common in primary care. Proceeds from the sale of these will be used to support pilot studies of the use of intensive nutrition and electrical stimulation in the setting of multiple sclerosis.
Lectures on DVD
Brain Health and Food
You will find basic information about nutrition and brain health at the following web page. Brain Health and Food
Recipes
You will find a few brain healthy recipes here. I have many more in the my book.
Brain Health Recipes
Audio Downloads
Audio files which you down load. One is the first ten minutes from Food as Medicine workshop which I've taught several times. The other is an excerpt of me reading part of my current manuscript on which I am working which details the human experience of being diagnosed with and enduring MS.
Audio Downloads
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