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Anyone on a low carb fat diet who is consuming products labelled ‘sugar free’, ‘diet’ or ‘low carb’ is also at risk as the dangers of artificial sweeteners add to the risk of aging.

Breakfast cereals purchased in health stores are no better than those purchased at the grocery stores. They may not contain sugar or artificial colourings, but these cereals are made by the same process and often in the same factories as the cereals sold at the supermarket.

If you have MS you simply have to learn to live without saturated fats as much as possible. Be careful of trans-fatty acids as food manufacturers try to pass these off as healthy vegetable oils, but in fact they are modified and heated oils which have been made to preserve foods like biscuits, muesli bars etc., which allows them to sit on the supermarket shelfs a bit longer.

Our emotions rule our lives and if we learn to increase positivity in our lives, we can increase happiness. This in turn will help our health and extend our life-span and make us much happier to get on with the things they are needed.

To gain the maximum benefit from our diet, it is important to know which foods are high in this mineral. Virtually all green vegetables such as spinach are good sources of magnesium, because the centre of the chlorophyll molecule contains magnesium.

So how do we get off the treadmill and begin to believe that money doesn’t buy you happiness? For most of us it is about choice and the belief that money buys us options. Sure, having money means you can choose between a Mercedes or a Porsche, but even without money you have a choice - you can choose to be happy right now or not. Choosing happiness is not something you buy, it is something you create and feel.

I have drawn on my clinical experiences of treating MS patents, as well as research on treatment regimes recommended by various MS experts such as Dr Fred Klenner, Dr George Jelinek, Dr Alan Gaby and Dr Roy Swank. I have learned much more from MS patients over the years than form any other source. Often patients with conditions like MS end up doing their own research, whilst some go in-depth and truly astound me. They have been a true inspiration.

The best medicine is prevention. This means a healthy weight, regular exercise and a daily healthy diet to stabilise blood sugar and insulin levels, with the long-term goal of maintaining an appropriate glycaemic response, based on the amount and rate of sugar released into the bloodstream after eating foods.

A detoxification diet is designed to cleanse the body of the existing build-up of waste and to give the liver a chance to rejuvenate without having to constantly fight internal toxins. There are several detox methods available and as a good start, depending upon your circumstances, a natural health practitioner can design a specific diet for your needs.