Multiple Sclerosis
Auto-immune disease where the immune system attacks the central nervous system.
MS, short for Multiple Sclerosis, is a chronic degenerative disease of the central nervous system. As we know, our American diet has played a major role in MS because of its major concentrations of cholesterol and saturated fates. The immune system, specifically T Cells, become over reactive and sensitized to myelin and begins to attack it throughout the body. The Myelin sheath allows the body to send electrical messages, and is made up of a white fatty substance. Nerve fibers of the brain, optic nerve and spinal cord are insulated and surrounded by Myelin. Sclerosis is the process of scare tissue called plaque left on the nerves as the result of the immune system attacking the Myelin. This causes electrical messages to "short out" and nerve transmissions to be interrupted as the progressively as the myelin sheath disintegrates. Tingling in the hands or feet, feelings of being pricked with pins, extreme intolerance of heat and cold, numbness, loss of balance, clumsiness, and double vision are some of the common symptoms of MS. Even blindness too often becomes a symptom because of the inflammation of the optic nerve responsible for vision.
There are actually four types of MS: Chronic-Progressive, Benign, Relapse-Remitting, and Relapse-Progressive. About 15 percent of MS patients suffer from Chronic-Progressive, which progresses quickly and has no periods of remission. Benign MS usually only involves one attack with no permanent disability, in which about 20 percent of people with MS have. Nearly 25 percent suffer from Relapse-Remitting, which have a period of attacks and remissions. Lastly, most suffer with Relapse-Progressive, which accounts for 40 percent of MS cases. Similar to Relapse-Remitting, Relapse-Progressive just has less recovery from attacks leading usually to some kind of disability.
Nearly 350,000 Americans are affected by Multiple Sclerosis indicated by reports, and developed in women twice as much as men. About 25% suffering from the disease begin to require a wheelchair.
Solutions to MS
When restoring the communication back into the body using glyconutrients, the immune system will start to recognize the Myelin Sheath as good cells and stop attacking them. The disease seems to consist of an abnormality of the glactose molecule, which is 1 of the 8 glyconutrients. Both the xylose and galactose glyconutrients are found to be helpful for MS patients.
Glyconutrients are like the alphabet language of our cells. Instead of using 26 letters, our bodies use 8 hexagonal glyconutrients to communicate to each other. Every cell in our body requires an adequate amount of these glyconutrients to communicate correctly. When they are missing, they cannot communicate correctly, and this causes the cells to malfunction and become unhealthy leading to diseases and disorders. Glyconutrients are known worldwide to improve basic body physiology, improve the immune system functions, and improve organ functions in our body. For all people, not just those with MS, glyconutrients are vital to our health for cellular communication.