Maybe change in diet accounts for the increased incidence of MS in Japan over the past 30 years.
The traditional Japanese diet based on rice, fish and vegetables nourishes and protects,
the "western" diet based on wheat, meat, and dairy (saturated fats) leads
to immune system stress, vascular stress and venous blood reflux. (My
kinesiologist feels that up to 80% of the population has a gluten
intolerance.) Genetics? Try a genetic intolerance for glutens (and junk food
in general).
Why complicate things beyond the obvious?
Original entry:
Squiffy on the ThisisMs.com site wrote Nov 14, 2012
"Genetic and Infectious profiles of Japanese MS patients"
Background Nationwide surveys conducted
in Japan over the past thirty years have revealed a four-fold increase in the
estimated number of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, a decrease in the age
at onset, and successive increases in patients with conventional MS, which
shows an involvement of multiple sites in the central nervous system,
including the cerebrum and cerebellum. We aimed to clarify whether genetic
and infectious backgrounds correlate to distinct disease phenotypes of MS in
Japanese patients.... Read More - http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm/fuseact ...
ageid/232
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