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There\u2019s no medical method to cure MS or even stop it from progressing.<\/p>\nThere\u2019s no medical method to cure MS or even stop it from progressing.<\/p>\n
But a common supermarket vitamin could do the trick, according to a study published in JAMA<\/em>.<\/p>\n So drastic improvements, actually, that it cut some of the symptoms in half.<\/p>\n The very first signs of MS are often diagnosed as clinically isolated syndrome (CIS).<\/p>\n Not everyone with CIS goes on to develop full-blown MS, but many do.<\/p>\n A team of scientists from 36 hospitals across France ran a two-year clinical trial involving 303 patients, all recently diagnosed with CIS.<\/p>\n Everyone in the study had low vitamin D levels and no prior MS treatment.<\/p>\n They were randomly assigned to one of two groups.<\/p>\n One group received a high dose of vitamin D: 100,000 IU of cholecalciferol every two weeks.<\/p>\n The other group received a placebo or fake treatment.<\/p>\n Then, the team followed all participants for 24 months, regularly checking their condition through brain scans and monitoring any MS symptoms.<\/p>\n They were specifically looking for signs of disease activity\u2014like new lesions on brain scans or MS relapses.<\/p>\n Throughout the study, neither the participants nor the doctors knew who was getting vitamin D and who was getting the placebo.<\/p>\n This “double-blind” approach helps ensure the results aren\u2019t influenced by expectations.<\/p>\n The results were encouraging for the vitamin D group:<\/em><\/p>\n 2.\tOn average, people in the vitamin D group went 208 days longer without disease activity.<\/p>\n 3.\tThose getting vitamin D had fewer new lesions on their brain scans: 46.2% developed new lesions compared to 59.2% in the placebo group.<\/p>\n 4.\tFewer people in the vitamin D group had active, inflammatory lesions: 18.6% versus 34%. In essence, vitamin D cut this symptom in half.<\/p>\n 5.\tThe treatment seemed especially effective for those who started with very low vitamin D levels, people with normal body weight, and those without spinal lesions at the beginning.<\/p>\n 6.\tNo serious side effects related to vitamin D were reported.\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n Since the vitamin D dose used in this study was really high, you are unlikely to obtain it from sunlight, fatty fish, mushrooms, or fortified food.<\/p>\n It\u2019s also better to take such a high dose under a doctor\u2019s supervision, as too much can cause problems like kidney stones and high calcium levels.<\/p>\n And if you\u2019ve already been diagnosed with MS, it\u2019s unlikely that vitamin D alone will stop it.<\/p>\n\n