title: Multiple sclerosis and possible relationship to cocoa: a hypothesis.
abstract: The hypothesis presented in this paper suggests that MS may be caused by an allergic or other adverse reaction to certain foods, mostly cocoa products, cola, and coffee. Many MS patients have one or more manifestations of other well known reactions to those foods, such as migraine, urticaria, or gastrointestinal disturbances.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002099:Cacao / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002110:Caffeine / Q000009:adverse effects; D004739:England; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009664:Norway; D010945:Plants, Edible; D051381:Rats; D012426:Russia; D013557:Switzerland
chemical_list: D002110:Caffeine