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Taking Diet
22 Patients currently take Diet
0 Patients stopped taking Diet
Mene Mouth/throat: none Arms: moderate Chest: none Legs: moderate See profile Mene Avoid/Reduce Sugar, since Mar 30, 2007
Jimmy G Mouth/throat: none Arms: none Chest: mild Legs: mild See profile Jimmy G Low carb diet, since Apr 27, 2008
dsaunders Mouth/throat: none Arms: moderate Chest: mild Legs: moderate See profile dsaunders Avoid/Reduce Sugar, since May 01, 2007

Brand Names: Avoid Carbonated Drinks, Avoid/Reduce Sugar, Body for Life Nutritonal Program, Budwig Diet, Casein Free Diet, Fish 6oz., High fiber diet, Increased Salt, Low carb diet, Low Fat Diet, McDougall diet, MS Recovery Diet, No Red Meat in diet, Protein Shakes, Pureed meals, South Beach Diet, Stop eating nuts, Stop eating red meat, Stop high-fat dairy, Sugar free/reduced fat soft food, nectar fluids, Swank MS Diet
See also: Breakfast, Breakfast--mocha, Breakfast--Naked Juice/Smoothie, Diet change r/t food allergies: gluten & dairy, Diet change r/t food allergies: gluten & eggs, Diet for Candida and Malabsorption, Extensive Supplements, Dinner--food, Fresh meat, Fruits & Vegetables, lunch--food, lunch--mocha, lunch--Naked JuiceSmoothie, Salmon, Zero fat diet

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Reasons Taken

22 patients in the community are taking or have taken Diet.

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
General health	10	45%
Slow my ALS progress	5	22%
Other	4	18%
Pain	1	4%

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Diet or how long patients were taking Diet before stopping.

Currently taking Diet

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
1	1	3	2	7	3

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 1 patient evaluation. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major	100%	1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	0%	0
Moderate	0%	0
Mild	0%	0
None	100%	1

Top reported side-effects include: Dietary restrictions

Summary results are based on 1 individual response. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 1)

Jimmy G

Mouth/throat: none

Arms: none

Chest: mild

Legs: mild

See profile
by Jimmy G
Aug 27, 2008

EfficacyMajor
Side-effectsNone

Other

Advice/Tips: jim.garibaldi.weebly.com

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