The Critical Need for Dietary Research into the Cause and Progression of Multiple Sclerosis

Preface This essay was submitted in January, 2000 to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Multiple Sclerosis: Current Status and Strategies for the Future which was commissioned by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS). The purpose of the essay was to convince the Committee to include a recommendation for research into the likely role that diet plays in MS onset and progression.