Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS)

🌿 Overview

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS — known as Lou Gehrig's Disease) is the most common motor neuron disease, causing progressive muscular weakness and atrophy. It results from degeneration of motor neurons controlling voluntary movement. Causes include genetics (10%), nutritional deficiencies (B complex, vitamins E, F/fatty acids, C), viral infections, physical exhaustion, trauma, and heavy metal poisoning. While no standard cure exists, improving nutrition, eliminating toxic inputs, and appropriate hydrotherapy can sometimes arrest or significantly slow progression.

Lou Gehrig's disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS) is a progressive disease of the motor neurons — the nerve cells that control voluntary muscles — leading to gradually worsening muscle weakness, wasting, and difficulty with movement, speech, swallowing, and eventually breathing. Thinking and the senses are usually preserved, which makes it an especially hard diagnosis.

This is a serious neurological condition managed by specialist medical teams; there is no cure and no natural remedy that can halt it, so the focus is on care that supports quality of life, comfort, and dignity. Around medical treatment, supportive measures matter greatly: good nutrition (which sometimes needs adapting as swallowing changes), physical and occupational therapy, breathing support, aids for communication and mobility, and emotional and practical support for the person and their family. This is a tender, difficult journey, and compassionate, coordinated care — alongside strong support for caregivers — is central. Any progressive, unexplained muscle weakness warrants medical evaluation to find the cause.

Common signs

• Progressive muscle weakness and atrophy.
• Difficulty chewing and swallowing (dysphagia).
• Stiffness, cramping, and involuntary muscle quivering (fasciculations).
• Weakened respiratory muscles.
• Eventually inability to move or breathe without assistance.

🔎 Why it happens

Common causes and triggers — spotting yours is often the first step to relief.

• Heredity (10%).
• Nutritional deficiency (especially vitamin E, B complex, vitamin C, essential fatty acids).
• Viral infections.
• Physical exhaustion and trauma.
• Heavy metal exposure (inhaled or ingested).
• The combination of strenuous occupation and nutritional deficiency is a known pattern.

✅ What to do

Gentle, practical steps you can take at home — start at the top.

1. Complete nutritional therapy: Take a comprehensive vitaminA natural substance your body needs in small amounts to stay healthy, like vitamin C or D. More →/mineralA natural building block your body needs in small amounts, like calcium or magnesium. More → supplement daily.
2. Key nutrients: VitaminA natural substance your body needs in small amounts to stay healthy, like vitamin C or D. More → E (800 IU daily — a special deficiency factor in ALS).
3. B complex.
4. VitaminA natural substance your body needs in small amounts to stay healthy, like vitamin C or D. More → C.
5. Calcium (2,000 mg).
6. Magnesium (1,000 mg).
7. Potassium (5,500 mg).
8. Flaxseed oil or wheat germ oil (essential fatty acids — take daily).
9. Whole-food diet: Fresh fruits, vegetables, and vegetable juices.
10. Avoid dairy products, meat, sugar, and white-flour products — eliminating these can accelerate improvement.
11. Hydrotherapy (Kellogg protocol): Prolonged Neutral Baths (1-3 hours daily).
12. Carefully applied Cold Mitten Friction or Cold Towel Rub.
13. Massage to support circulation and nerve function.
14. Eliminate toxins: Check for and address any heavy metal exposure.
15. Eliminate all habit-forming substances.
16. Convulsion/spasm support: See antispasmodic tinctureA concentrated herbal extract made with alcohol. How to make a tincture → formula for managing spasms.

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🍽️ Eating to help

Food is one of the gentlest medicines — small, steady changes help most.

Whole-food plant-based diet. Fresh fruits and vegetables daily. Vegetable juices. Flaxseed oil. No dairy, no meat, no refined sugar, no white flour. Comprehensive nutritional supplementation.

📚 Learn more

Trusted, independent sources for further reading. These open in a new tab.

• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — Wikipedia ↗

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