Re: potassium bromate in bread contributing to rise in MS, hypothesis...

An excellent blog with lots of great dietary suggestions although I have not found reference to iodine.

http://www.msdietforwomen.com/



Also, from her site: "It is a well known fact that MS strikes women at least twice as often as men, with far more signs of MS in women. The reason for this ratio is not yet known. The proportion of women living with multiple sclerosis jumped by 50 percent between the 1980s and the 1990s, while new cases of MS in men remained relatively the same. Another reason why I wanted to reach out to the MS women community."

I have looked for an "official" source on the statistics quoted here, in particular the info on MS rates jumping 50% between the 80s and 90s.

Hmmmmm. Weren't Iodine based dough conditioners removed from bread around 1980? And replaced with potassium bromate based dough conditioners?

That would definitely be a double whammy . Suppressed thyroid function due to the potassium bromate and an autoimmune response from the wheat.

Could certainly be a part of the picture.

I'd love to see a table that showed the rise of autoimmune diseases in general since around 1980 or so. Tweet