MSBites

Living with MS is challenging enough without turning mealtime into an overwhelming obstacle course of dos and don'ts. Am I right?

Here's the thing: we live in a challenging information environment where people with MS have become a marketing demographic. The wellness industry exists to sell us products, services, and diets promising to heal, beat, or reverse this complex disease we live with. To put it bluntly, we all have targets on our backs.

I'm Mona - a registered dietitian, MS Certified Specialist, and someone who's been living with MS since 2008. I get it. I know what it feels like when that diagnosis blows up your life, when MS shows up uninvited to disrupt plans big and small, and when every day feels like a different new normal.

I created MSBites because the loudest voices discussing nutrition and MS often promote "alternative approaches," while the conventional nutrition perspective has been notably absent from the conversation. Until now.

On MSBites, I bring context, clarity, and compassionate skepticism to help you distinguish reliable information from wellness woo. We'll explore the science of nutrition and MS, bust myths, answer your questions, and share practical tips to help you eat well - without fear that you're doing it "wrong."

My mission? Unbiased, engaging conversations about nutrition and MS that help you make informed decisions, free from fear, confusion, or overwhelm.

Let's take the overwhelm out of eating with MS. One bite at a time.

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September 27, 2025 • Mona D Bostick

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Living with MS is challenging enough without turning mealtime into an overwhelming obstacle course of do’s and don’ts. Am I right? Hi, I’m Mona—a registered dietitian, MS Certified Specialist, and someone who’s been living with multiple sclerosis since 2008. I know firsthand how exhausting it feels to navigate this complex disease and the confusing world of nutrition advice that comes with it.

Welcome to MSBites, a podcast created to bring clarity and context to the conversation about nutrition and MS. In this inaugural episode, I’ll share a bit about my journey, why I started this podcast, and what you can expect in future episodes.

We’ll take an honest, science-based look at nutrition: busting myths, answering burning questions, and diving into practical tips to help you eat well—without the fear, confusion, or overwhelm that the wellness industry thrives on.

If you’ve ever wondered what role nutrition plays in managing MS symptoms and supporting overall health, this is the podcast for you. Follow, subscribe, and share MSBites with someone who needs it. Let’s cut through the noise and take the stress out of eating well with MS.

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Ever feel like nutrition advice for multiple sclerosis is either too scientific to understand or too good to be true? Same. Welcome to Ms. Bites where we find that sweet spot between evidence and real life when it comes to eating with multiple sclerosis. I am Mona, your host, a registered dietician, MS. Certified specialist, and someone who's been living with Ms. Myself since 2008. I get it. I know what it feels like to receive that diagnosis. It feels like a bomb blowing up in your life and you're left feeling anxious about what it means for, you know, everything. I know how it feels when MS shows up uninvited in ways that disrupt plans, big and small. Small plans like having the energy to go to lunch with friends and big plans that involve airline tickets and a payday. I know how exhausting it feels when every single day feels like a different new normal. It's almost as if normal is a perpetually moving target. I know this both as someone living with multiple sclerosis and as a registered dietician who specializes in MS. Over the past 10 years of helping people with MS. Navigate the confusing, conflicting, and sometimes outright risky advice about nutrition and ms. I'm constantly struck. By how complicated the wellness industry has made the most fundamental human need, which is to eat. I read somewhere that fear sells until you stop buying it. That is Right now the loudest voices discussing nutrition and MS are the ones who seem to promote unconventional nutrition modalities using scare tactics and false hope While the conventional perspective has been notably absent from the conversation until now, that is I created this podcast to unapologetically be that voice and hopefully broaden the conversation around what it means to eat well with multiple sclerosis, Each episode will incorporate context, clarity, and nuance. Rather than use fear-based language to suggest that you might be doing something wrong or suggest that any specific food, diet or supplement regimen will be able to heal, beat or reverse Ms. The uncomfortable truth is that MS is a complex disease with a poorly understood etiology. The exact cause remains unknown, and as of the time of this recording, there is no known cure. I understand that many people with MS are curious about the MS diets regimens, and protocols and other alternative modalities. Which is why I approach these topics with compassionate skepticism, honoring your curiosity, while helping you to distinguish reliable information from misinformation and science from pseudoscience and wellness. Woo, on the internet. On the Ms. Bites podcast. Together we will explore the science of nutrition, its connection to ms, the role of nutrition in managing those unpredictable MS symptoms, as well as our overall health, which if you read the research, it turns out overall health is a pretty important thing for folks with ms. I will discuss a wide variety of nutrition topics, bust a few myths, answer some frequently asked questions, as well as share some practical tips to help you eat well without the fear that you're doing it all wrong. My mission with this podcast is to bring you unbiased, engaging conversations about nutrition and multiple sclerosis. Break down some of the more complex nutrition topics into digestible pieces of information that will help you make informed nutrition decisions free from fear, confusion, or overwhelm. In other words, I'd love to help you stop buying what fear is selling. I am really excited to get started and I would really love it if you would join the conversation. You can use the link in the show notes below to ask me a question or suggest a topic you would like me to address in an upcoming episode. If this sounds like your kind of show, this is your friendly reminder to follow, subscribe, and share it with somebody you think might be interested. You can subscribe to Ms. Bites wherever you listen to podcasts. Thanks so much for tuning in. I'm really glad you're here. Let's take the overwhelm out of eating with MS. One Bite at a time. Take care of y'all.