How could diet affect multiple sclerosis?

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    Nick Milazzo

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    Last Updated: October 25, 2023

    There hasn’t been much research on diet and MS, but it’s been hypothesized that hypercaloric and proinflammatory diets like the Western diet may be harmful for MS.[1] Additionally, people who had obesity (BMI of at least 30 kg/m2) in childhood to young adulthood have about double the risk of developing MS as people who did not have obesity during this time period.[2]

    References

    1. ^Riccio P, Rossano RNutrition facts in multiple sclerosis.ASN Neuro.(2015)
    2. ^Alberto Ascherio, Kassandra L MungerEpidemiology of Multiple Sclerosis: From Risk Factors to Prevention-An UpdateSemin Neurol.(2016 Apr)