This week we discuss the chronic neurological condition Multiple Sclerosis.

Samantha Joseph BA (Hons), DipBCNH, mBANT, CNHC, is a Nutritional Therapist. Her husband Danny was diagnosed with MS in 2002 which led her to specialise in this area.

She has been a guest lecturer for colleges of Integrative Nutrition covering modules on MS, Parkinson's disease, mental & behavioural health. In 2018 she joined the charity Overcoming MS as a senior facilitator.

Samantha also worked together with the MS Academy (www.neurologyacademy.org) giving nutritional advice for their Healthy Living Services clinics and collaborated on the a paper pending in Frontiers of Neurology, highlighting holistic management of MS,

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Karen Lee, previously intensive care nurse and practising registered nutritionist, combines her love of food with her professional background to inspire others to experience the powerful effects of food as medicine. 

As ‘The Sensitive Foodie’, Karen has run courses, workshops and cooking classes, and has a blog – The Sensitive Foodie Kitchen. In 2019, Karen published her first book Eat Well Live Well with The Sensitive Foodie and is currently working on her second.

Karen is an Ambassador for Overcoming MS and helped to create The PBHP-UK factsheet on MS. She was co-author on a case study in The American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. She is also Events Manager for Plant-Based Health Professionals UK.

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Evers I, et al. Adherence to dietary guidelines is associated with better physical and mental quality of life: results from a cross-sectional survey among 728 Dutch MS patients. Nutr Neurosci. 2022 Aug;25(8):1633-1640