Brain & Nervous System
Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS)
A progressive motor neuron disease causing increasing muscle weakness and atrophy — nutritional intervention and toxin avoidance may slow its progress.
Also known as: ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, motor neuron disease, atrophy (definition: wasting away of muscle or tissue)
📝 At a glance
Likely root causes: In 10% of cases, hereditary factors are involved. Other factors: strenuous physical occupation combined with nutritional deficiencies (especially B complex, vitamin E, vitamin C, and essential fatty acids); viral infections; physical exhaustion.
First thing to try: Nourishing diet with complete 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 → supplementation plus fresh fruits, vegetables, and vegetable juices.
See a doctor if: See a doctor if symptoms are severe, persistent, or worsening, or if you are unsure — natural supports are meant to complement, not replace, professional care.
🔎 Start with the cause
Lasting relief rarely comes from covering a symptom. First find what is feeding the problem, change what you can, and then help the body do what it was designed to do — heal.
Likely root causes
- In 10% of cases, hereditary factors are involved. Other factors: strenuous physical occupation combined with nutritional deficiencies (especially B complex, vitamin E, vitamin C, and essential fatty acids)
- viral infections
- physical exhaustion
- trauma. Heavy metals (inhaled or ingested) can induce nervous system damage and appear to contribute.
Change what you can
- Nourishing diet with complete 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 → supplementation plus fresh fruits, vegetables, and vegetable juices.
- Vitamin E (800 IU) deficiency is a specific factor in ALS — supplement daily.
- Flaxseed oil (or wheat germ oil) is essential for essential fatty acids.
- Prolonged neutral baths daily (1–3 hours) and massage.
- Build general health by gentle tonic measures that are slowly increased in intensity.
- Suppress toxic substance formation and promote elimination through clean diet and hydrotherapy.
🩺 When to see a doctor
- See a doctor if symptoms are severe, persistent, or worsening, or if you are unsure — natural supports are meant to complement, not replace, professional care.
🌿 The seven pathways to health
Seven pathways for your lou gehrig's disease (als) — tap the circle to check one off (saved on your device), or ask Remy for help.
“Disease is an effort of nature to free the system from conditions that result from a violation of the laws of health... In case of sickness 1cause should be ascertained, 2go to work intelligently to remove the disease. 3Unhealthful conditions should be changed, 4wrong habits corrected. 5Then nature is to be assisted in her effort 6to expel impurities and 7to re-establish right conditions in the system.”
🌿 Overview
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is the most common motor neuron disease. It destroys the nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement, leading to progressive muscle weakness, atrophy, and eventually respiratory failure. While no cure exists, natural medicine approaches focus on nutritional support, toxic load reduction, and spinal-cord circulation improvement to slow progression and maximize quality of life.
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 especially hard.
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 and dignity. Around medical treatment, supportive measures matter: 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 diagnosis, and compassionate, coordinated care — alongside support for caregivers — is central. Any progressive, unexplained muscle weakness warrants medical evaluation.
Common signs
- Progressive muscular weakness and atrophy
- weakened respiratory muscles (which can lead to pneumonia)
- difficulty chewing and swallowing
- stiffness
- cramping
- involuntary quivering (fasciculations) of small muscles. The disease progresses relentlessly.
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🍽️ Eating to help
Food is one of the gentlest medicines — small, steady changes help most.
Avoid dairy products, meat, sugar, and white-flour products completely — doing so will accelerate whatever healing is possible. Fresh fruits, vegetables (especially juiced), whole grains, nuts, seeds, legumes. Flaxseed oil daily. No processed food, no alcohol, no tobacco.
⚖️ Good to know
- ALS is a serious progressive disease for which no cure is currently known.
- Natural approaches may slow progression and support quality of life but cannot reverse established neurological damage.
- Anyone with suspected ALS should be under neurological care.
- Respiratory support may become necessary as the disease advances.
- Heavy metal testing and removal may be relevant.
⚕️ What a doctor may offerConventional treatments for this condition — for your information.Show ▾
RemedyRank's heart is natural healing — and honest information. Here is what conventional medical care commonly involves for this condition, listed to inform, never to promote. Decisions about treatment belong with you and your own physician.
ALS care focuses on preserving function and comfort, with a few medications that modestly slow it.
Commonly offered
- Medications that may modestly slow progression (riluzole, edaravone)–
- Multidisciplinary care (breathing, nutrition, mobility, speech)–
- Assistive devices and breathing support–
- Palliative and supportive care–
Worth knowing
- There's no cure yet — be wary of products claiming one.
- Breathing and swallowing support are central as it progresses.
- Specialized ALS-clinic care improves quality and length of life.
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