A new study on MS and food
 

I generally don't post here, because I don't have MS, but if you are interested I posted this study on the PN forum.

Here is the link:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...48#post1170748

I don't have MS either but my sister does*administrative edit* Yes, foods make huge impact on so much of our health, MS and otherwise.

That is fascinating madisongrrl - it would never have occurred to me to wonder if antibodies against food-derived aquaporins might be important in auto-immune diseases.

Intestinal permeability has been found in every autoimmune disease that has test for it - celiac disease, type 1 diabetes, MS, IBS, RA and ankylosing spondylitis.

Many researchers have been hypothesizing that intentional permeability is one of the factors that is required for an autoimmune disease to develop. So I think you will likely see more studies like this. Just search for intestinal permeability on PubMed and you will find hours of endless reading. You couldn't say that 15 years ago.

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...l.pone.0106335

Here is another one with MS and intestinal permeability in mice.

Thanks for that link madisongrrl.

I knew that differences in the gut microbiome have been linked to a number of diseases but this is a whole new area for me to learn and think about :).