Muscular dystrophy
From The Nutritional Health Bible by Linda Lazarides (1997). This free database is provided for interest only. Linda's later writings refer to more up-to-date research.
Some causative factors- Selenium deficiency
- Vitamin E deficiency.
High doses of selenium with vitamin E may bring improvement. Orndahl G: Selenium therapy of muscular dystrophy. Acta Med Scand 213:237-9, 1983
High doses of selenium and vitamin E improved grip strength and physical capacity in five patients with muscular dystrophy, especially in patients in earlier stages of the disease. Orndahl G et al: Myotonic dystrophy treated with selenium and vitamin E. Acta Med Scand 219(4):407-14, 1986
A boy diagnosed with myopathy and motor neuropathy was found to have a defect in the enzyme NADH dehydrogenase and dramatically improved on vitamin B2 and carnitine therapy, with normalization of the enzyme defect. Bernsen PL et al: Successful treatment of pure myopathy, associated with complex I deficiency, with riboflavin and carnitine. Arch Neurol 1991 48(3):334-8, 1991.