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By Kerry Weiss
Medically Reviewed by Rosalyn Carson-DeWitt, MD
Last Updated: 1/15/2020
BEST OF TIPPI: These MSers have figured out how their eating habits affect their condition. Here are their top foods to eat and avoid, plus kitchen hacks to make healthy eating easier.
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While an exact MS diet doesn’t exist, “clean eating” and eliminating certain trigger foods can provide benefits like improving your energy level and reducing the impact of other symptoms. According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS), diet could even play a role in disease progression.
But don’t just take it from us. You can read hundreds of real-life tips in the words of people who have tried it all on TIPPI MS. Here are just a few of their best diet tips.
TIP #1: Start With “Clean Eating”
Because there’s no specific diet for MS, navigating diet advice might seem confusing. But quite simply, the best diet for MS may be to follow the same healthy eating guidelines as everyone else. The NMSS recommends eating a low-fat, high-fiber diet that focuses on real food (like vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and lean protein) as opposed to processed foods that are high in salt, sugar, and other additives.