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DIRECT-MS
DIRECT-MS was formed in 1998 by families affected by MS. Our charity is committed to two main goals: To provide reliable, science-based information on the role that nutritional factors play in MS so as to allow those affected by MS to make an informed decision on whether or not to use dietary strategies for managing the disease and for preventing it in close relatives. To fund scientific research that properly tests the effectiveness of dietary strategies for slowing or halting MS progression and for preventing it in the first place. DIRECT-MS is distinctly different from most other MS charities. First of all, as a grass-roots charity, DIRECT-MS is completely volunteer-driven with very low overhead costs and no paid staff. 99% of the funds raised through donations and events goes directly to funding scientific research or to making available information on nutrition and multiple sclerosis. Furthermore, much of the information prepared and distributed by DIRECT-MS is not available from other MS charities that concentrate mainly on drug therapies. Although drug therapies are of some value, they do not address the causal factors of MS. DIRECT-MS believes that understanding the causal factors and using therapies that counter such factors hold the key to effectively treating MS and for preventing it in the first place.