ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease Cause and Cure?

This video explores a highly compelling cause of ALS, how it may have given Lou Gehrig himself ALS, and how the ALS Association is ignoring it all.

Sources:
Guam ALS Data, BMAA Brain Tissue Number, etc.:

BMAA in Flying Foxes Study:

BMAA & cyanobacteria:

Animal Feeding Studies of BMAA:

BMAA Kills Motor Neurons:

BMAA Leads to MIsfolding of Proteins:

More BMAA in Hair of ALS Patients:

BMAA in Canadian ALS Brains, not Huntingtons:

Florida Seafood BMAA Study:

Lou Gehrig's PIckled Eels News Clip:

ALS Clusters:

ALS Cluster in Maryland and Crabs:

Wisconsin ALS Cluster and Lake Michigan Fish:

Oceania Report on Mislabeled Fish:

Cornell - over half of grain in US fed to livestock:

BMAA in Shark Fins and "...it may be prudent to limit exposure of BMAA in the human diet.":

95% of Persistent Organic Pollutants are from animal fat:

[webstche]

I was debating to myself whether I should watch this video or not. My father passed away from ALS in 2012. Ironically we are from Two Rivers, Wi where that study took place (this is the first I have even heard of it). He was born and raised there. It breaks my heart thinking if we had known this, how that information could have varied his treatment plan and potentially saved or extended his life. Thank you for making incredibly science based and informative videos. I have recently begun a vegan lifestyle and videos like yours help me educate my friends and family better than any I have seen on YouTube.

[Phoenix-uynm]

My dad died from ALS three years ago. I wish we could have known about this before, maybe he could have been saved. He fished all the time. :(

[tomstoughton]

yeah, they cant make money off telling people to stop eating fish

[ImHavinaHoot]

What the what??? My Grandfather had ALS and passed away from complications after living several years paralyzed and on a ventilator. I've never heard of this correlation, thank you for the information!

[theresabeville]

I have a friend who quit smoking pot and was diagnosed with ALS.. I thought that he should go back to smoking weed but he wanted to die sober.
So he did.
This was a Very sad loss of a great human being, a courageous Dad and good friend and artist.

[tirsohscificartoons]

ALS is a symptom diagnosed illness, not a caused based diagnosis. It has enough differences between people where there is not likely any one cause. I personally hate seafood. I always have. Rarely I will eat tuna, but usually no. My symptoms started in my hands and feet, and then moved up then now it is going for my throat.

My type of ALS appears to be related to toxins, not to what you are talking about. I lived next to a cotton farm for many years. If you look into it, there is also a connection between toxins like agent Orange, and many diseases. ALS is supposedly not one according to the VA website, but there is enough people exposed to Agent Orange and other toxins that get ALS that it is hard not too see some relationship there.

Getting back to me, in my case the M.D. that I am seeing linked mine most probably to toxins. Luckily we caught it early. I cut out all artificial colors, preservatives, and am trying to reduce the amount of food with Glyphosate. Oats have tons in them, as does wheat. I am not allowed oats anymore, even organic. I get heritage grain organic wheat from a local farm. It is very hard to do on my budget, but I am way obsessed with cutting out all chemicals I can. Yes, this has not included cutting out fish, but I never eat fish much anyways. Organic as much as possible, and beware of all cheaper meats.

In my life, this is certainly not a cure. The disease is still progressing, but far slower than it had been. My symptoms are 100% better. I cheated once with a few brownies and I was stiff and sore for days afterwards. If anyone is getting ALS that reads this, I would also immediately cut out ALL food that has high levels of Glyphosate or that has artificial colors or preservatives. Yes I personally know that is very hard, but I do that myself because it makes a night and day difference for me. Again, everyone may have different triggers, but there is NO good reason to eat artificial chemicals. Distilled water helps for me as well. It has no added fluoride, as many brands of water can (Even though it is not labelled). Fluoride is a neurotoxin, and not a nutrient. Much of the fluoride you get is not medical grade, but rather industrial waste grade anyways.

Do what you will, but this works for me. Cut out artificial chemicals as immediately and drastically as you can. Also, check your environment. Do you live near a farm or some business that uses a lot of chemicals? Do you use a lot of weed killer or other chemicals yourself? These are important questions. Doctors will not admit the cause for the most part. It is up to us to be extra careful.

[melidaanyiespinal]

My father has ALS. He has been a committed vegan yogi for over 30 years. He has spent a large part of his life following the healthiest approaches and still got the disease. I wish I could help but he already does not eat or follow any animal products and has even grow his own organic food. It’s taking over very fast.

[JoshuaOtusanya]

So much value in this video!! Fantastic channel man. I'll be binge watching your videos. Life changing

[denisemontgomery]

This is a cruel and devastating disease. My heart and soul breaks for anyone suffering from ALS. I'm so skeptical about this. It just seems too good to be true.

[nitsan]

How the hell can something be called a non-profit if they are pocketing millions?

[superbettynow]

It’s called Motor Neuron Disease (MND) here in Australia. My mum died of it in 2006. She rarely if ever ate seafood, so unfortunately this video doesn’t do much to shed light on what caused it in her case.

[cindya]

My husband was diagnosed with ALS 15 years ago. We both went plant based three years ago. I wish I would have known all that I know now about the dangers of animal products. I have never heard of BMAA before this video. Thank you for this information. I’m going to discourage my adult kids from eating fish.

[Millennial_Mike]

This is absolutely fascinating. I feel like it's not discussed nearly enough.

[Emma-wlbv]

you should send your research to kip andersen for the new "what the health" documentary! I'm sure they're almost done with the research for the movie but you've done such huge amounts of research, might as well check if they can use it.

[jcm]

I have to disagree. I hate seafood, I don't eat it! Though I believe I got ALS from my time in the military as the vaccines are loaded with neurotoxins like mercury and aluminum, amongst the other insidious adjuncts they add to vaccines. Also, 60% of ALS patients are veterans irrespective of age, gender, length of service etc... I am curious to your thoughts on that?

[bobcatt]

I complement you on your great work for the betterment of society. Thumbs up and subscribed. Impressed with the amount of source material you provide.

[PotatoStrong]

Amazing info. A great guitarist Jason Becker developed ALS at about 18. I wonder if he ate lots of those fish.

[tamcon]

This was absolutely riveting to watch--I felt as though I were getting a secret history. Also, I love how clearly geeked you are about getting the information across in your delivery. Thanks so much for doing the critical discovery work necessary for this post : )

[dropj]

What does this mean for the consumption of spirulina (since it's a cyanobacteria)?

thanks for the video mic!

[robpriv]

Wow. This one hits close to home. My dad was a friend and occasional hunting buddy of the famous baseball player Jim “Catfish” Hunter who also died of ALS. Hunter spent all of his non-baseball life on the coast of North Carolina, eating a lot of seafood and also hunting and eating the animals (ducks especially) that survived by getting their water and food from that same coastal area. Makes sense now.