A Multiple Sclerosis Patient

Are you a vegetarian, young man?

This was the question posed by the doctor at the Mayo Clinic…

One of 12 doctors who had reviewed the case of a 30 year-old Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patient. His case was unusual in its aggressiveness and in its early onset.

I met him through my practice…

He had come for Thai massage in hopes of maintaining his mobility. He was highly intelligent and was well-versed about his illness. He was commendably pro-active in doing whatever he could to slow the progression. All the latest research and developments were studied.

By the time I met him, he was no longer able to work and he was now wheelchair bound. To his credit, he had turned his energies and intelligence toward advocacy for himself and other MS patients.

Four years into his ordeal, he felt he was no closer to an answer than when he started. Various treatments had been tried. He had contacted specialists around the country. He was running out of options, having exhausted every available means of help.

By the time I met him, he was a very angry young man. Bitterness was overtaking him. Hopelessness was not far behind. I sensed that he would take his life if things didn’t change.

Fortunately his family had the means to pursue one last avenue. His case was taken up by the Mayo and Cleveland clinics.

After reviewing his case at the Cleveland Clinic, it was agreed that he had been properly diagnosed and treated. There was no more that could be done for him.

As he told me…at the Mayo Clinic, he had a retinue of 12 physicians who worked his case exhaustively from the bottom up. Eleven of the doctors agreed that he was receiving the best cutting-edge treatments for that time. One doctor…from India… took a different approach. He ordered blood, hair and tissue samples. He was looking at the chemical side of the equation.

When the results came back, his suspicions were confirmed.

He met with the young man and asked him in a kind-hearted way…”Young man, are you a vegetarian?”

The patient sat up proudly and said “Yes I am!”

“How long ago did you quit?”

“Four years ago!”

“Let me ask you…did you quit gradually or suddenly?”

“The moment I saw the light! Flesh has NEVER touched my lips since!”

“Young man, you do not have MS. You have massive nutritional deficiencies. I have ordered a hamburger for you and you are going to eat it in my presence.”

And then the doctor went on to explain. “In India, we are considered to be vegetarian, but in actuality, many of us do eat some meat. But our bodies have been conditioned to our diet over thousands of years. Western bodies have been conditioned to eating meat for thousands of years. If you want to quit, you must do so slowly and with care.

You cannot force Mother Nature to turn on a dime!”

The good doctor guided him back on to the right path…

Four months later, our young man was out of his wheelchair and well on his way to resuming his life.

In closing, I have found more answers among doctors who practice nutritional medicine and among Indian and other foreign-born doctors.

In the case of MS, here is a doctor who cured herself of an aggressive form of MS.

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