b"Thrower-Articialintelligencepresentsolder MS patients about the benets of the promising, challenging, and somewhatMediterraneandietareemphasized.The frightening possibilities for medical science.ndings were published in the journal Aging AI could improve healthcare in some areas, suchClinical and Experimental Research. as imaging. AI-supported screening programsThrower- One of the most common questions have been found to detect 20 percent moreI hear from the MS community is regarding breast cancers than standard mammograms.diet and MS. Does my diet affect my MS? Is In MS, some AI-supported MRI programs arethere a best diet for a person living with MS? shown better at detecting subtle brain changesDietary studies are generally difficult. It can than the human eye alone.be challenging to only change a persons diet I found this study to be a bit alarming andwithout changing other variables. It may be amusing at the same time. Neurologists havedifficult to determine how well a person is been accused at times of not being the moststicking to any given diet. This study looked at empathetic physicians. ChatGPT is a programthe Mediterranean diet. The Mediterranean that can create human-like images, videos,diet is a primarily plant-based eating plan and written material using generative AI. Thisthat includes daily intake of whole grains, is machine learning. This study compared howolive oil, fruits, vegetables, beans and other the ability to answer questions in people withlegumes, nuts, herbs, and spices. Other foods MS differs between ChatGPT and humansuch as animal protein is eaten in smaller neurologists.PeopleratedtheChatGPTquantities, with the preferred animal protein responses to be more empathetic than thosebeing sh and seafood. This study found that from the neurologists. neurologist is felt to bepeoplelivingwithMSwhofollowedthe lessemphatheticthanarobot,some workMediterranean diet had lower risk of being must be done on communication skills. overweight and abdominal obesity, decreased Study nds Mediterranean dietdisease progression and higher muscle mass, health benetsas well as greater physical activity, and better Researchers at the University of the Aegean,quality of life. Association does not necessarily inGreece,ledastudyfocusingonthemean causality, but these results would suggest Mediterranean diet and its potential effect onthere may be benets for people with MS who older adults with MS. They examined 227follow this way of eating. I would add that we older adults, with an average age of 71.5, andneed to think of a persons health overall, not without a history of other severe diseases. Theyjust their MS. The leading cause of death for found that adherence to the Mediterraneanpeople with MS is vascular disease, much diet was linked to various positive outcomeslike the general public. The Mediterranean diet including reduced risk of obesity, slower diseasehas been linked to a lower risk of cardiovascular progression, higher muscle mass, increaseddisease. physical activity, better quality of life, andCNS-active drugs linked to reduced healthylevelsofcertainbiomarkers.TheAlzheimers disease risk study suggests the Mediterranean diet mayResearchers at the University of Arizona benefit older adults with MS by potentiallyled a study investigating how drugs affecting slowingdowndiseaseprogressionandthe central nervous system might inuence improving symptoms. Recommendations forthe risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, informing both the general population andnon-AD dementia, MS, Parkinson's disease, 49 msfocusmagazine.org"