"Research Shows Immune System Bacteria Linked To MS" - Cathy Chester
Research suggests that diet may help with changing the composition of gut bacteria, according to a pilot study conducted by Ilana Katz Sand, MD, assistant professor of neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and associate medical director of the Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis that wanted to find out if the Mediterranean diet reduces MS symptoms. “We know that 70 percent of the body’s immune system is housed inside the gut and there are very important communications between the immune system in the gut and the peripheral immune system, as well as direct communication between the gut and the central nervous system,” she said.
- Ilana Katz Sand, MD, Assistant Professor, Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Associate Medical Director, The Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis