Best MS Diet Plan for Beginners – Need Honest Suggestions

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Hi everyone,

I’ve been looking into the MS diet plan for beginners for a while now and wanted to ask the community for some honest suggestions. I’ve been a long-term follower of healthy diet approaches and recently started focusing more on nutrition that may help people living with MS.. I checked multiple websites, read several articles, and also spent time going through discussions on Reddit where many users shared their personal experiences. Along with that, I looked at a lot of user reviews and feedback to understand what people actually follow in real life. From what I’ve seen so far, these two options seem to come up quite often and are usually highly rated by people discussing MS nutrition:

These simply appear a lot during research and seem to have tons of reviews and discussions online. I’m still trying to decide what might be the best starting point. If anyone here has personal experience or honest thoughts about these, I’d really appreciate hearing from you. Have a nice day, and thanks again

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Hi Rowan’ it kind of sounds like you’re already taking care of yourself quite well :slightly_smiling_face:

I’m not yet diagnosed with MS but, I do have type 2 diabetes so, I’ve paid more attention to my diet and kept an eye on my weight for a while now. I always tried to eat healthy before all this anyway. I may take a fresh look at it all again if they diagnose me with MS. Just out of habit I’ve always been an intermittent faster and, my fitness has always been good.

I cut right back on most of the stuff that we all know isn’t great for us anyway - processed foods, sweets, alcohol, stuff that’s too fatty, sugar, carbs. I have been taking Omega 3 and vitaminD supplements.

I’ve always enjoyed cooking so, having some control there was easy. I like spicy food so, things like homemade onion Bhajis with loads of Chilli, Paneer cheese and gram flour was easy to make and not a chore to eat. I have always liked fish and vegetables so, that was another easy win. I stay active even if that’s just things like doing the laundry or going for a short walk to the shop. My diabetes is going well and, apart from a few new limits (owing to my lesions), I actually feel pretty good.

Reading up on as much as you can is a good thing - use the bits that work for you and can stick to, leave the parts that seem to take too much effort - you have enough to deal with already so don’t go punishing yourself with new stuff that you may struggle to maintain.

Try to make it things that you can enjoy - set yourself up for a bunch of small wins to keep you smiling and remember, you do still deserve a treat from time to time (I’ve just been eating strawberry bonbons :smiley: x

Let us know how you get on.

Good luck and all the best mate :+1::slightly_smiling_face:

Jon.

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I’ve been following something similar on diet and using the general guide on diet, exercise and stress that ‘what’s good for the heart is good for the brain’.

https://overcomingms.org/program/diet

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