I found a recent article from ECTRIMS (The European Center for Treatment and Research in MS).
Several researchers are looking at risk factors and triggers of MS. Two major discussions, smoking, and vitamin D deficiency.
In a study by Dr. A.K. Hedström and team from Stockholm, Sweden, they confirmed that cigarette smoking increased the risk for developing MS at any age, and climbed with the amount smoked. They also found that quitting smoking completely flattened out that risk back to normal within a decade.
The same team reported that smoking could increase a person’s risk of developing the kind of antibodies in their blood – called neutralizing antibodies – that can block the ability of interferon beta to reduce MS disease activity. All good reasons to quit.
Research is increasingly pointing to a reduced level of vitamin D in the blood as a risk factor for developing MS, and studies are underway to determine if vitamin D levels influence MS disease activity.
Discussions are underway about clinical trials to determine if Vitamin D can delay the development of MS, and currently the MS Society is supporting a trail to see whether Vitamin D can reduce MS activity in people that are already diagnosed.
Days 33 and 34 210 x 1
Day 25 - Team workout
3 person team, 20 mins
200 m run
bench press @ 115lbs
box jumps
One person runs, one benches the other does box jumps, when the runner returns the team rotates, the score is the number of box jumps.
Kate, Gerald, and I did 303 box jumps
Squat 210 x 1
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