Ok, I am looking at things I can do to help with the symptoms. I am reading a lot online about all kinds of wild and crazy ideas but most of them seem to be centered on certain things.

Gluten, Dairy, Red Meats, Pork, Sugar.... you know the staples that I live for.

Gluten? really? Like all things cakes, pasta and bread? Are you kidding me???

Dairy I could almost be OK with but of course pasta.... pasta requires cheese!

I am willing to try almost anything. But you cannot take my pasta!

I've thought about trying the no gluten diet, but I dont know if I can manage to stay away from bread...chocolate...ice cream (actually havent had a problem with staying away from ice cream...got a sensitive tooth) and I had a serious craving last night for pasta. Made a bunch of spaghetti, used up the last of my Parmesan cheese (eek! gotta go to the store!) and made myself some frozen biscuits because I was out of garlic bread.

I'm with you, I cant stay away from the pasta. I loves my noodles!

Most of what I've read and tried revolves around increased protein and DHA as well as anti-oxidents (especially blueberries / juice) and less sugars. For me yogurt, nuts, fresh vegetables and low fat meats seem to help. Sugars and fatty foods seem to make my symptoms worse. Maybe it's just psychological in that I feel that I'm doing something positive to help myself heal.

Walking seems to help too, as long as I don't over do it. The difficulty for me is that I can walk 2 miles one day and feel great and walk the same 2 miles and pay for it with increased symptom severity.

I hate to say it, but so much of this recovery feels like a crap shoot. The only thing consistent is the inconsistency.

My Neuro doesn't even recommend the diets due to the difficulty of following them. She felt M.S. was difficult enough without adding the turbo-strict diet to the mix. If she saw super results with them, then she would recommend it. But it seems to be a crap shoot and a very difficult one to boot.

(Otherwise I find cherry cheesecake to make me feel a lot better!!!) HA!

My neuro just suggests eating lots of veggies and berries, and cut down on sugary snacks. He lectures me every visit about weight reduction due to the fact that I am very overweight.
I'm trying to use kefir to see if it helps cut down on the frequency of IBS attacks.
One day at a time...

you can still have pasta on GF diet, make no mistake about that. My daughter has a severe case of celiac and gets very ill if she eats anything that has gluten, or has been processed on a machine that shares gluten products. It has taken years of study and learning, but she makes all of her own food and WOW! she can make some tasty dishes.

Cupcakes! pasta! and so forth. She uses tapioca flour or rice flour and while oats are allowed she doesnt use oatmeal or corn meal. im telling ya, the dishes are impressive.

I am pretty close to the "makers diet" and it takes us back to eating whole foods, raw foods, and food that we see come from the earth, not stuff that jumps off an assembly line. I dont know if I would say I saw a dramatic improvement of stuff, but I certainly feel better being on it. maybe its placebo, maybe its hooey, maybe its real. Either way I cant wait to get back in my own kitchen and evict my DH from his short cuts.

I follow a heart healthy diet with lots of fruits and veggies and low fat, high fiber. I drink lots of water. My MS is very mild and I am nearly 54 years old. I felt better as soon as I improved my diet. A good diet lowers inflammation in the body.

I have heard good things about the Swank Diet:

http://swankmsdiet.charityfinders.or...t%20The%20Diet

I feel better when I eat chocolate. Is that what ya mean..

I have been changing the way I eat as well, but it isn't happening overnight. What changed my mind and caused me to go through my cupboards and rid of alot of food is a book that was written by Jillian Michaels called "Master Your Matabolism". It's an awesome book that I would recommend to all of you. She talks about all the crap in our food and how it affects your health. It really is worth reading. I know alot of you have those readers, so you can download it too. Really, you will go through your cupboards after reading this.