Welcome to the DIRECT-MS Website
In 1995 my son received the devastating diagnosis of MS. Having been a research
scientist for 30 years, I decided to plunge into the scientific literature for MS to determine the
most likely factors which cause MS and to use this information to develop an effective therapy for
my son.
Notably, many people are having great success in halting or greatly slowing MS with nutritional strategies; many
Testimonials are available. I am most pleased to report that my son remains in excellent health with no MS symptoms.
I discovered abundant scientific evidence that indicates that various nutritional factors potentially play major roles in the onset and progression of MS. Strangely, this information was not being made available to persons with MS by doctors
nor by established MS charities.
My wife and I and a group of others dealing with MS decided to make this information freely available and established a federally registered charity
which we called DIRECT-MS, short for DIet REsearch into the Cause and Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis.
You can find out more About Us as well how to
Contact Us and to Donate to DIRECT-MS in the Our Charity
section of this website. This website has been set up primarily to provide reliable, science-based information on the role that nutritional factors play in MS to allow those affected by MS to make an informed decision on whether or not to use nutritional strategies for managing the disease and preventing it from occurring in loved ones. Summaries of the research findings and our nutritional recommendations are found in the
Information section. These are available in either Voiced Slide Presentations or Booklets.
More detailed scientific information is found in the Science section. Here you will find an extensive library of hundreds of relevant articles from scientific
Journals as well as a number of Letters and
Essays I have written on various topics related to nutrition and MS. Finally in the science section you can find
out about our clinical
Research towards testing the effectiveness of nutritional strategies for halting MS.
Recommended Nutritional Strategies and a list of suggested
Supplements are found in the Nutrition section, as well as MS-friendly
Recipes. In the What’s New section of the site you can find both the
Latest News as well as an archive of
News Articles. Recent additions to the site are highlighted at
What’s New on Direct-MS.org.
Please Contact Us if you have comments or questions on nutrition and MS. You might also consider visiting our sister site,
The Best Bet Diet Group, which is maintained by persons with MS who are using nutritional strategies. It contains a wealth of practical information and also provides support.
Other related sites are listed on the Links page. Thank you for visiting our site. We hope you enjoy and benefit from the information.
Ashton Embry, Ph.D.
Calgary, Canada
I must emphasize that this website is intended as an informational guide. The approaches described and suggested therapies are meant to complement, not replace, professional medical advice and treatment. You are encouraged to seek advice from your doctor on matters related to MS.
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