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6 SUPPLEMENTS TO REBUILD MYELIN
Myelin is the sheath that surrounds your nervous system and that’s what breaks down in multiple sclerosis It’s an autoimmune process where the immune system attacks that sheath and breaks it down to the point where the nerves don’t conduct the way they’re supposed to.
We see many symptoms of MS, including balance problems, coordination issues, numbness, and so forth When you look at much of the research on rebuilding myelin, unfortunately, almost all that research has been done in mice or other animals It doesn’t necessarily translate to what happens in humans, but there’s no harm in many of these nutrients because they have other potential benefits
I want to share a little bit about my own personal supplement regimen This is what I recommend to my patients in my practice, and I take every day to help rebuild my myelin as someone with MS
MULTIVITAMINS
The first thing I take is just a regular multivitamin This is my particular brand and a lot of good multivitamins nowadays are very high in B vitamins We have some evidence that B vitamins, particularly folic acid and B12 are very nutritive to the nervous system, both the brain and the peripheral ner o s s stem
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COENZYMEQ10
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