Happy Sunday everyone!
I have recently been diagnosed with RRMS, and am about to start the ‘Overcoming MS’ program for 6 months, following advice from my neurologist about overhauling my diet.
Is anyone else on this program and do you find it works for you?
I bought the cookbook and the recipes look really yummy 
(I love vegetables and will eat anything, so it’s ideal!)
On a random side note - I’m going out for dinner with a friend next week to Wagamama. I know the dishes are relatively healthy, and they have plenty of vegan options, but just wondered if anyone had any dishes that they go for when trying to follow a vegan/low saturated fat diet?
Thanks all
Hi Lauren. I started on the OMS recommendations etc years ago. I have the book but to be honest don’t follow the recipes although my diet now has a lot of fish ( white and Salmon) lots of veg esp broccoli, spinach, kale. Lunch times tend to be sardines (tinned) on toast or hummus sandwiches, don’t use margarine or butter but use olive oil instead. For years and years breakfast was oats but recently that has changed to a mix of chia, flax, and pumpkin seeds with raspberries, blueberries and bran flakes with oat ‘milk’ which I also use in tea etc. I also use a fair bit of turmeric- supposed to be anti inflammatory as are things like omega 3 in salmon / oily fish etc. Also take 2 dessert spoons of flaxseed oil as in the OMS suggestions. I don’t stick to things religiously and don’t beat myself up for indulging in some ‘unhealthy’ meals but overall my diet is low saturated fats, high unsaturated fats and generally healthy. I once came across a useful ‘mantra’ that what’s good for the heart is good for the brain - including foods, exercise ( which I’m not great at doing) and removing / dealing with stress. I do practise mindfulness .
Over the last few months I’ve also been doing intermittent fasting. Possibly just jumping on the latest fad but one interesting thing is that my blood cholesterol levels have dropped significantly ( GP said he had seen such low levels for some time). Could be a coincidence or a result of the intermittent fasting ( eat during a 6 - 8 hour window and fast for the other 16-18 hours )
If nothing else all the above is keeping me generally healthy and I think there is truth in the saying ‘what’s good for the heart is good for the brain’. At 71 and after 19 years since the MS diagnosis I’m not doing too badly. Could all be the luck of the draw but might be at least the result of generally following a brain healthy diet
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Morning @Hank_Dogs,
Thank you so much for your detailed reply - good to know you are doing well, and the healthy ‘brain diet’ seems to be working for you! Well done on the low cholesterol 
That is a very good mantra to live by; what helps the heart also helps the brain, will keep that in mind.
Your meals sound delicious - I’m going to have a go at making my own hummus today. Do you have any tips for sardines? I don’t think I’ve ever had them, but keen to include them as an oily fish.
Sorry to say that I’ve no great recipes/ tips on sardines. In days past I might have bought fresh sardines and tried various recipes but these days I take the easy route. My sardines on toast/ sandwiches are simply tinned sardines in tomato sauce from the supermarket. Sometimes if I’m not feeling too lazy I might chop up a few olives and add them.
I’ve noticed that there seems to be a few books on ‘anti inflammatory diets’. Yet to look at any but I will investigate.
Getting into my 72 year I’m thinking that it’s time to make a renewed effort on diet and exercise! There was something in the media recently about 80plus year olds doing weight training! Time to get to the gym and swimming pool! Quite seriously, strength building and aerobic exercise is supposed to be very good for MS folk