Episode 227: Managing The Pain Of Multiple Sclerosis With Cannabis
We spoke with Chris Reilly two years ago in Episode 139 about how he was managing the excruciating constant pain of Multiple Sclerosis with cannabis. Once an active cyclist, he is now wheelchair bound, but medicating with cannabis (along with having a supportive wife) keeps him going.
I just listened to this podcast with Chris Reilly. Great podcast. Thank you. I just thought I’d like to mention something that might be considered for MS (along with the amazing cannabis plant!). There is an engineer in Alberta, Grant Genereux, who developed a theory called ‘subclinical Vitamin A toxicity’, for auto-immune diseases and other chronic diseases. He developed head-to- toe eczema and chronic kidney disease in his 50’s, among other ailments, many of which he attributed to aging. CKD was going to kill him but the eczema was harder to live with. He looked up the trigger foods for eczema and, whether animal or vegetable, the only thing they all had in common was retinol aka vitamin A or the VA precursors such as betacarotene. He experimented on himself by going on a zero A diet. (His skin wouldn’t start the healing process until he went zero A. Others do ok eating low A.)
He wrote about his amazing results and further research in 3 free ebooks @https://ggenereux.blog.
Incredibly faulty science in the 1920’s, either by mistake (or by design )(my thought), declared retinol to be a vitamin. There is too much to write about here but maybe Chris might be interested in what Grant has written about MS.
VA is a fat soluble vitamin. It gets stored in the liver and when the liver and other storage sites get full it spills over into the tissues. It’s the retinoic acid (that retinol turns into) that eats away at skin if one is prone to eczema or your inner skin if one is prone to gut issues. If one is prone to the epithilial (skin) cells covering your nerves being affected that could result in MS. Also normalizing your VA levels seems to naturally raise your Vitamin D levels. I would stop any Vitamin A/betacarotene supplements, read labels and do not ingest ‘retinol palmitate’, the water-soluble synthetic version of VA. Also limit the big-ticket VA/carotenoid foods. No culture has been so encouraged to eat these foods as our western culture. Big salads, daily green smoothies, regular liver consumption, fish oil, cod liver oil, sweet potatoes now considered the better alternative to white potatoes, as a few examples.
Monsanto recently developed beta-carotene rice (aka golden rice) ‘to prevent VA deficiency’ in 3rd world countries. hmmm.Bill and Melinda Gates foundation vaccine program includes an oral dose of VA. hmmmm
Thanks for sharing this detailed information, Ellen. Very interesting! Diet can play such a critical role in our health. It’s good to explore different options to see what works.