Fasting mimicking diet improves MS

[Sunshine]

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[SalpalSally]

Interesting, hmmmmmmm!

[agate]

The diet seems to involve 5 days a month of very limited calorie intake--1090 calories or even 725. The diet on those 5 days has a high (65%) fat content.

It would be nice if this would be helpful. I wonder about any diet that high in fat but science moves in mysterious ways.

[Sunshine]

Am intrigued by it. No fun to have so little calories.

[Virginia]

Agate, other than the five days per month, can you have anything you want on the other days? What was your take on this?

[agate]

Yes, you can eat whatever you want for the rest of the month. You wouldn't expect to lose weight on this diet with that kind of freedom, IMO. This tells about it:

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I've always heard that less than 900-1000 calories a day puts a person at risk of not getting enough nutrients and doing real damage, and yet this diet puts a person on 725 calories a day--but for only 4 days.

I hate to be a killjoy and knock every new idea that comes along but this article indicates that there's already a product you'd need to buy connected with this diet:

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[Howie]

I've done 6 days with 0 calories per day, and I would have to say, it was a spiritual experience. Hindus and other peoples fast, and I understand why. It's hard the first 3 days as your body protests, and will even try to influence your mind, but you get past that, and you will know why you are doing it. It's important to drink all the water you want.

[SuzE-Q]

I hate to be a killjoy and knock every new idea that comes along but this article indicates that there's already a product you'd need to buy connected with this diet:

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Or, here's an analogous free plan that's being suggested:

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I've always heard that less than 900-1000 calories a day puts a person at risk of not getting enough nutrients and doing real damage, and yet this diet puts a person on 725 calories a day--but for only 4 days

I often eat about 1,000 calories per day, mostly in one meal.

All my labs are good. I drink tons of water.

While mine isn't intended as any kind of diet, I think I've heard or read somewhere before that daily fasting for portions of time can be good for your system.

I just read news today that dispelled the myth of breakfast being the most important meal of the day:

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Howie, isn't that many days without food getting into a danger zone? Were you testing your limits?

[SuzE-Q]

Although not what I was looking for, here's how fasting may turn off the inflammatory system:

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[Howie]

I think a human can live 3 weeks without eating, but only a few days without water. I did it for personal reasons that involved my spiritual being. Who knew sponges could be spiritual?

[Virginia]

Wow Howie, you are really deep tonight.

Agate, I guess I need something a little more concrete than what they have come up with, although there could be something to at least parts of this.

[SuzE-Q]

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This talks about returning to a Mediterranean diet after the fasting mimicking phase.

Here's some evidence that the Mediterranean diet alone also benefits us:

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Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2016;25(2):377-84. doi: 10.6133/apjcn.2016.25.2.12.

Mediterranean diet adherence and risk of multiple sclerosis: a case-control study.

Sedaghat F1, Jessri M2, Behrooz M1, Mirghotbi M3, Rashidkhani B4.


BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
We conducted a hospital-based, case-control study to examine the association between Mediterranean diet (MD) and the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Iran.

METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN:
A total of 70 patients with MS and 142 controls underwent face-to-face interviews in the major neurological clinics of Tehran, Iran. Adherence to a MD was assessed using the 9-unit dietary score, to evaluate the level of conformity of the individual's diet to the Mediterranean dietary pattern. Multivariate logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI).

RESULTS:
Higher consumption of fruits (OR=0.28, 95% CI: 0.12-0.63, p-value: 0.002) and vegetables (OR=0.23, 95% CI: 0.10-0.53, p-value: 0.001) were significantly associated with reduced MS risk. In both age adjusted and multivariate adjusted model, the OR of MS decreased significantly in the third as compared to the first tertile of MD score (age adjusted OR: 0.21, 95% CI: 0.06-0.67; p-trend: 0.01, Multivariate adjusted OR: 0.23, 95% CI: 0.06-0.89, p-trend: 0.04).

CONCLUSIONS:
Our study suggests that a high quality diet assessed by MD may decrease the risk of MS.

[austinlgill]

I've been running a self experiment involving the fasting mimicking diet for the past six months, doing FMD once (5 days) per month. I have my 6 month complete labs drawn tomorrow, but so far all my markers have been great. My fasting glucose levels have lowered as well as post prandials.

I've written a short post about the experience, or what it's like to do FMD for anyone deciding whether or not to try it. You can find that Only registered and activated users can see links., Click Here To Register....

I hope you enjoy and find this useful! I will be writing another post about my lab results soon.

[Sunshine]

Thanks Austin! Any improvement in your MS symptoms? Welcome aboard. Do you want to start a thread telling us about yourself?