Sugary drinks associated with 5X worse Multiple Sclerosis (reduces vitamin D levels)

Sugary Drinks May Up Disability in MSMedPage today

• “An an analysis of 135 people with MS, those ranked in the highest quartile for sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake had five-fold higher odds for severe disability versus mild-to-moderate disability (OR 5.01, 95% CI 1.03-24.37, P=0.01 for trend),”

  Does not mention that Sugary drinks ==> Reduced Vitamin D

To be presented at a May 2019 AAN conference

• Bad effects of fructose diet offset by Vitamin D supplementation (mice) - June 2019

• Too much fructose reduced both serum and active vitamin D in rats – April 2013

• Cola Soft Drinks reduce Calcium, Vitamin D, and Magnesium - many studies

• 43 reasons for Vitamin D deficiency sugary drinks was the 9th of 27 reasons

• Fructose reduces blood levels of active vitamin D

• Search VitaminDWiki for FRUCTOSE 338 items March 2019

• Fructose reduces levels of active vitamin D (not measured by standard tests) – April 2014

• High-fructose diet slows recovery from brain injury - TBI, rats - Oct 2015

• Fructose (High Fructose Corn Syrup) consumes 2X more Magnesium than sugar – May 2014