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Probiotic formula helping MS sufferers - Any proof to that?
Submitted by noblenab on Thu, 2008-01-31 08:42.
I have been reading about this new powerful probiotic formula that can be ingested in yogurt form.
The Australian company that makes it says it's yielding surprising results with MS sufferers. It claims dramatic improvements with a lot of the common symptoms such as low energy, tremors, bad eye sight.
I was wondering if anyone out there knows more about this product.
My mom has been living with MS for over 15 years and she wants to try it but I'm somewhat apprehensive.
There's no published
There's no published evidence of efficacy of probiotics and MS. There's this article that is merely hypothesizing that it might be beneficial.
So any claims they are making are unsupported, but it doesn't mean it doesn't help. Just that it hasn't been effectively demonstrated at this point.
Always be wary of claims of efficacy of *anything* when coming from someone who will profit if you buy it.
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Art Mellor, Accelerated Cure Project for MS, art-msnews -at- acceleratedcure.com
Sorry I can't provide you
Sorry I can't provide you with direct links, but I'm sure I've read (in articles provided by the MS Clinic at University of British Columbia), that researchers do not yet know if therapies / supplements that boost the immune system are safe for MS (or other autoimmune diseases). The logic is this: if the body's immune system is attacking the body, do we want to strengthen it? I have a friend with MG (another autoimmune disease) who has specifically told me that probiotics are NOT be good for her. First, do no harm.
Don't probiotics reestablish
Don't probiotics reestablish the normal flora in the intestines?
And for us who may have taken antibiotics and forgotten to restablish the normal flora, we might not be having good digestion?
again, I read somewhere a bit more but remember too vaguely to say more
I do know that my doc wanted me to take them. I bought, but from the refrigerator, I forgot to take it. so far. Thanks for the reminder!! Jean