New Study: Eating More of This Protein Could Slow Autoimmune Symptoms
Of what we know about autoimmune illness, one of the most pervasive understandings is that in many cases, autoimmune symptoms are often strongly tied to inflammation. One major contributor to inflammation tends to be dietary pattern. And even though so much insight on autoimmune conditions is relatively new, multiple sclerosis is one of the longer-known diagnoses connected to the body’s immune system in this way.
A team of researchers in Sweden and China noted that previous science, such as a 2022 study in Italy, found that “a Mediterranean diet, including regular fish consumption, correlated with lower disability status in MS patients.” With that in mind, the team—specializing in a combination of neuroscience and nutrition—set out to narrow in on fish consumption and its effects on this condition.
First, the study defines multiple sclerosis (MS) as “a complex inflammatory and neurodegenerative disorder of the central nervous system,” noting there are also genetic and environmental factors involved. The included study participants had Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) scores, a common ranking scale used to determine the severity of disability in MS patients.
A January 2025 study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, researchers followed patients from a Swedish population-based case-control study. At the outset, 2,880 newly diagnosed MS patients were onboarded to the study between 2005 and 2015, then they completed a digital follow-up questionnaire in 2021 to track changes in their lifestyle over that time.
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