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Intermittent Fasting Changes Gut Bacteria and Reduces MS-Like Symptoms in Mice

July 12, 2018

-- Trial underway with funding from the National MS Society to test fasting in people with MS
 
Researchers in the U.S. and Italy published study results showing that intermittent fasting enriched gut bacteria in mice, and reduced MS-like symptoms. Taking it a step further, the investigators found that intermittent fasting in 16 people with relapsing MS changed blood levels of molecules that relate to inflammation. Gut bacteria changes were similar to those seen in mice.
 
Now the team is performing a clinical trial in 40 people with MS to compare intermittent fasting (eating no more than 500 calories per day for two days per week) to a group eating their normal western-style diet. This study is funded by the National MS Society, and the lab research was supported through the Society’s research training programs.
 
Read more about this team’s research
 
See a scientific summary of the paper published in Cell Metabolism
 
Eat healthy as part of living well with MS

About Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis is an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis, and there is currently no cure for MS. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are leading to better understanding and moving us closer to a world free of MS. An estimated 1 million people live with MS in the United States. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, and it affects women three times more than men.

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