Anti Oxidants & Other Medications Self Study

Taken from Steven Shackel's Website

This time last year I was housebound and only able move around by shuffling between furniture and fixtures for support and balance: I now walk at least 2 kilometres (1.25 miles) daily over uneven and differing surfaces without the aid of a stick. I have returned the wheelchair loaned to me by the ALS/MND Association. My general health and wellbeing are better than I can remember in several years. Muscle bulk in my right and left thighs has increased by 5cm and 4cm respectively and some leg and arm reflexes have improved. My left arm is marginally worse and, at this stage, responds poorly to exercise. I hope to improve on this during phase two.

People now greet me by saying how well I look rather than by enquiring how I am "coping". For me
this study has been a tremendous success. I can only hope improvements are permanent and that
others may benefit from following a similar anti oxidant and liver function treatment.

As with any single case study it is important to point out that any improvement I have experienced may be temporary, spontaneous, unique to me or due to other, unknown, influences. However, other people replicating my study as best they can (given their different symptoms, ages and rates of onset) have started to report improvements or apparent stabilisation of their condition. As some of these people were more physically disabled when they started emulating my study, this is extremely encouraging.

I am not "cured" at the time of writing this. I still experience fasciculations although they are greatly reduced in intensity and duration. Muscle wasting is still visibly apparent, particularly in my left arm and leg. I am still weak and have yet to recover visibly discernible muscle bulk and strength, if indeed this is possible. Muscle spasm/cramping and debilitating headaches are now extremely infrequent and, on the rare occasions they do occur, far less intense. I have been (quite unexpectedly) able reduce my prescribed medications for pre-existing injuries by about two thirds and have discontinued anti inflammatory medication entirely. My general health, quality of life and wellbeing are greatly improved.

My diagnosis was "slow, limb onset - possibly atypical ALS/MND" so the supplements and approach I have taken may be inappropriate for people with more aggressive forms of the disease.
Until more people attempt to combine anti oxidants and improve liver function, record their progress and share their findings with me, my study will remain an interesting hypothesis only. As my intent has always been to provoke a full scale medical research project into the use of combined anti oxidants and improving liver function in an attempt to slow or even stop the progress of ALS/MND, I can only suggest that the course of therapy I pursued appears unlikely to cause harm and may offer hope for many people who currently have none.

It would be wrong to make claims for the study that can not be adequately substantiated. As I do not sell the anti oxidants and the other supplements I have used, or profit from promoting them, I have no bias and can conceive of no reason to falsify results or mislead by implying benefits not recorded. I set out to investigate my hypothesis and was originally expecting, at best, to slow the progress of my illness slightly. My study results so far demonstrate that I have achieved this and more. I hope I have helped the ALS/MND community by sharing this information.
Most sincerely, Steven Shackel, Justice of the Peace. April 1998.

Please note: Steve has done a wonderful job with his research but it's costly in both time and money, I think he is really onto something here and it would be a great loss if he was unable to continue it due to lack of funds.  He is currently looking for a Research Grant, if you know how he goes about achieving this or if you found his research helpful, as I did, and would like to make a small donation please e-mail him.