If you’re referring to Terry Wahls, years ago, she did mention starting trials for her diet for MS patients. Not sure where it went, but she mentioned positive early results.
I’ve tried a variation of her diet and can report feeling significantly better, but long term compliance is difficult because of everything that gets cut out.
Diet & exercise is most definitely a part of many medical treatments, eg reducing saturated fat intake for heart conditions, but because compliance is incredibly difficult for the masses, it’s never the main focus, it’s just highly recommended.
My doc friends lament that patients want a pill when they clearly also need lifestyle changes. (eg obesity)
It is one thing if you need to lose weight and we aren't exactly making lifestyle changes easy especially if you are poor in somewhere like the US.
That isn't the case for MS. So far, a diet does nothing to decrease disease activity. The risk for doing something not proven (at this point) is increased disability.
And honestly, there is really no reason that state-run medicine programs (like in Norway, where I currently live) would pay for expensive medication when they could simply provide food for folks. The area I live in has a central kitchen that cooks and provides foods for the area nursing homes and other similar places: Providing a special diet wouldn't exactly be a huge cost and definitely cheaper than the medication. Heck, I could feed and cook myself for the price of medication.
Similarly, there is really no real reason insurances in the US would pay the monthly cost for the medicines if they could control it with a diet plan.
I'm not saying that diet and exercise does nothing: It is easier to overcome things if you have the ability to stay generally healthy and I do what I can. That said, I'm not willing to risk independence for an unproven diet. Especially if the person selling it claims miracles.
I’ve tried a variation of her diet and can report feeling significantly better, but long term compliance is difficult because of everything that gets cut out.
Diet & exercise is most definitely a part of many medical treatments, eg reducing saturated fat intake for heart conditions, but because compliance is incredibly difficult for the masses, it’s never the main focus, it’s just highly recommended.
My doc friends lament that patients want a pill when they clearly also need lifestyle changes. (eg obesity)