Last Updated on November 14, 2023 by Cathy
According to the Medical Medium, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) causes multiple sclerosis (MS). Along with heavy metals or dangerous chemicals like pesticides and DDT. He says: “every neurological symptom stems from one group of viruses—the herpes family.”
I’ve been living with MS for most of my life. I was fifteen years old when I had my first MS attack (exacerbation or flare). My ophthalmologist told me “you might have MS someday.” Unfortunately, he was right.
After years of avoiding any MS drugs, my neurologist convinced me to go on one of the interferon drugs. I hated it! Besides redness and swelling from the injection site, there were other side effects. Such as depression, flu-like symptoms, and suicidal thoughts.
As my quality of life continued to degrade I was feeling extremely hopeless. It was thanks to my two young sons that I didn’t follow through with my suicidal thoughts.
The flares were happening more often and they were getting worse. I told my neurologist I thought it was the drug causing my MS to get worse. He told me “how do you know you wouldn’t be worse without it.” – How could I argue with that?
In 2004 I had the worse flare ever, I looked like I had a stroke. I had double vision, couldn’t walk, slurred speech, and had numbness. Plus, half my face numb and paralyzed, my young son told me “you have a crooked smile.”
Food As Medicine
I knew there had to be something better, and that’s when I discovered I could use food as my medicine. Although it was one week before Thanksgiving I immediately started a clean diet. The following year I stopped all drug-modifying therapies (DMTs).
My neurologist thought I was crazy. He told me “diet doesn’t work” and then started lecturing my husband “if she was my wife (blah, blah, blah). I didn’t listen to him, it was my body and my choice.
There wasn’t a lot of information back then and it was before gluten-free diets were popular. Grocery stores had a small natural food section so I had to visit a local health food store. This was before stores like Whole Foods were in my area. Over the years I’ve changed my diet many times including (from first to last):
- Swank diet
- Best Bet Diet (BBD)
- Paleo diet
- The autoimmune protocol (AIP)*
- Wahls Protocol*
- Combination Wahls and Candida diet*
- An anti-inflammatory diet (adjusted to fit my needs)*
- Plant-based diet
*Paleo-based diet.
Fortunately today, there is more information and many options making eating healthy easier.
Epstein-Barr Virus
A study released in 2022 stated Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is the leading cause of MS. This isn’t breaking news since they’ve suspected EBV since the 1970s. But, after a 20-year study on 10 million military personnel, they finally confirmed it.
To learn more about the study read:
When the book Medical Medium: Secrets Behind Chronic and Mystery Illness and How to Finally Heal, by Anthony William, first came out I never read it. I knew he talked about EBV and how it had a possible connection. I’m not sure why but I never looked into his protocol, I guess because it wasn’t an “MS diet ” – that is until this year.
There were several books to choose from and two more were being released in about a month. To save money, I decided to check out his first book from the library. I immediately skipped to the part about MS and wanted to give it a try.
In his book, he says EBV and heavy metals or dangerous chemicals cause MS.
Heavy metals such as:
- Alloys
- Aluminum
- Arsenic
- Cadmium
- Chromium
- Copper
- Lead
- Mercury
- Nickel
- Steels
Dangerous chemicals such as:
- DDT
- Fungicides
- Herbicides
- Pesticides
- Rodenticides
“Viruses and bacteria are the true culprits in chronic illness.” – Anthony William, aka the Medical Medium
Anthony William AKA the Medical Medium
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Depending on what you believe in, you have to keep an open mind when reading his books. I’m the type of person who thinks outside the box. This is pretty obvious since I’ve managed my MS naturally and without drugs since 2005.
Anthony William is not a doctor nor has he trained in medicine. Instead, he gets his information through a connection to “Spirit.” His first experience was when he was diagnosed his grandmother with lung cancer at the age of four.
These are the “Unforgiving Four” Anthony claims causes diseases:
- DDT
- Radiation
- Viral explosion
- Toxic heavy metals
Anthony uses his gift to see into people’s health conditions. He has helped millions of people worldwide. Including movie stars, rock stars, and professional athletes. He became so overbooked he can no longer help people individually. That’s why he’s written books to help as many people as possible.
His current books are:
- Medical Medium: Secrets Behind Chronic and Mystery Illness and How to Finally Heal (Revised and Expanded Edition)
- Life-Changing Foods: Save Yourself and the Ones You Love with the Hidden Healing Powers of Fruits & Vegetables
- Thyroid Healing: The Truth behind Hashimoto’s, Graves, Insomnia, Hypothyroidism, Thyroid Nodules & Epstein-Barr
- Liver Rescue: Answers to Eczema, Psoriasis, Diabetes, Strep, Acne, Gout, Bloating, Gallstones, Adrenal Stress, Fatigue, Fatty Liver, Weight Issues, SIBO & Autoimmune Disease
- Celery Juice: The Most Powerful Medicine of Our Time Healing Millions Worldwide
- Cleanse To Heal: Healing Plans for Sufferers of Anxiety, Depression, Acne, Eczema, Lyme, Gut Problems, Brain Fog, Weight Issues, Migraines, Bloating, Vertigo, Psoriasis
- Brain Saver: Answers to Brain Inflammation, Mental Health, OCD, Brain Fog, Neurological Symptoms, Addiction, Anxiety, Depression, Heavy Metals, Epstein-Barr Virus
- Brain Saver Protocols, Cleanses & Recipes: For Neurological, Autoimmune & Mental Health
Healing Multiple Sclerosis
As MS patients we’re trained to believe brain and spinal cord lesions are what cause symptoms. However, the Medical Medium says it’s common to have “unharmful markings” on your brain.
“Millions of people without MS will live their lives with harmless markings inside their brains.” – Anthony William
He says lesions should not be the number one focus. Viruses such as EBV, shingles, HHV-6, and others release neurotoxins which can cause neurological symptoms. When your immune system gets what it needs recovery is possible.
Here’s a quote from the Medical Medium book about MS:
“It’s likely that a variety of Epstein-Barr virus is releasing an abundance of neurotoxins. Neurotoxins are a harmful byproduct that’s created when a virus feeds off a toxin, such as a heavy metal. This damaging byproduct can interfere with your neurological system’s ability to function and can trigger MS symptoms. This can occur whether or not you have lesions or markings on your brain.”
According to the Medical Medium, there are six stages of EBV. One being the mildest and six being the most aggressive. The most aggressive form of EBV causes MS. Fueled by mercury EBV tries to enter into weak areas of the myelin sheath. This causes it to become inflamed on a deeper level.
Besides EBV there are unique combinations of bacteria, funguses, and heavy metals. If you have MS, you’ll typically have the following EBV cofactors in your system:
- Candida fungus (it’s a friendly messenger of another problem, not a problem causer itself)
- Cytomegalovirus (related to the herpes virus group of infections)
- Herpes simplex (HSV-1 and/or HSV-2)
- Streptococcus (strep)
- Toxic heavy metals
To learn more about Candida, read the book:
Medical Medium: Secrets Behind Chronic and Mystery Illness and How to Finally Heal.
Multiple Sclerosis and Neurotoxins
Anthony says there are two major groups of MS which include:
- EBV is releasing neurotoxins from the liver that are inflaming the central nervous system. This causes various symptoms that lead to a diagnosis of MS.
- EBV itself goes to the brain or brain stem. This causes brain inflammation and sometimes causes brain tissue abnormalities such as lesions.
According to Anthony lesions are not what’s causing symptoms. Symptoms are usually from EBV’s neurotoxins inflaming the central nervous system. What’s really occurring is a chronic viral infection creating chronic inflammation. Aggressive herpes family virus strains attach themselves to nerves. Which is what causes the myelin sheath damage.
A brain lesion is not a deciding factor in how you’re going to feel. No matter what form of MS you have the key is going after EBV.
“Viruses produce large amounts of highly inflammatory neurotoxins. The central nervous system becomes allergic to these neurotoxins, creating chronic inflammation in large nerves deep within the body as well as peripheral nerves.” – from the book Brain Saver
Recommended Supplements for MS
Always talk to your doctor before starting any supplement. Supplements can interfere with certain medications.
Like other diets for MS, Anthony recommends certain supplements specifically for MS. In the book Brain Saver, he has a protocol for MS which includes many different supplements. He doesn’t mean for you to take them all, he’s giving you an option. Some people can take several while other people can only handle one. Pay attention to your body and go at your own pace.
The two supplements he considers “critical” for MS include:
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Here is what he says about drug-modifying therapies (DMTs) for MS:
“Immunosuppressive drugs break down the immune system, so if someone is taking some of these medications, it’s critical that they bring in certain foods and supplements that fortify the immune system.”
Is the Medical Medium a scam?
Some believe the Medical Medium is a scam. No matter what your belief is, the Medical Medium promotes a plant-based diet. A plant-based diet is healing for everyone including people with MS. Dr. Sarah Stancic reversed her MS by following a plant-based diet. She went from using a cane to running a marathon.
You can watch Dr. Sarah Stancic’s YouTube video here:
A plant-based diet improves:
- Better digestion
- Blood sugar
- Brain fog
- Clearer skin
- Detoxing
- Digestion
- Energy
- Inflammation
- Kidney function
- Risk of cardiovascular disease, some cancers, and type 2 diabetes
- Weight
Medical Medium and Multiple Sclerosis
The Medical Medium books have lots of information on multiple sclerosis and a protocol to heal MS. He follows a plant-based diet that focuses on fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs. – The things you need in your diet to help your body heal.
Whether you believe in him or not his books have many delicious recipes that are easy to make. The recipes include every category you can think of. Besides breakfast, lunch, and dinner he also has:
- Cleanse friendly
- Desserts
- Drinks
- Holidays
- International
- Snacks
- Kid Friendly
- Recipes by diet (fat-free, grain-free, low-fat, etc.)
I haven’t bought all of his books so I’m not sure if they all have recipes. The ones I know that include recipes are Medical Medium and Brain Saver Protocols, Cleanses & Recipes.
Next week I will share in more detail about the Medical Medium diet which is a plant-based diet.
NOTE: I was not paid to write this article, I am not an affiliate of Medical Medium aka Anthony William.
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Medical Medium and Multiple Sclerosis
