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Journal of Biotechnology and Phytochemistry| Volume: 2

October 25-26, 2018 | Frankfurt, Germany

Joint Event

Biotechnology & Medical Microbiology

World Congress on

International Conference on

Food Science & Technology

Possible reasons for the difference in the prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis between European -American

and African - Asian Jews, as based on their diet: Ecological considerations

Klaus Lauer

Griesheim, Germany

n the population of Israel, a marked difference has been

reported in the prevalence of multiple sclerosis between

European / American (EA) and African / Asian (AA) inhabitants

(Alter

et al.

2006): EA Jews have a two - fold higher rate than

AA Jews. This distinction in population groups is similar of

the variation in Ashkenazim and Sephardim. As a first step to

elucidate dietary reasons for that difference, the bibliography

of Ashkenazim diet in Europe and America was compared with

that of the Sephardim diet in North Africa and the Middle East.

As a result, it became evident that Sephardim used a higher

amount of: (1) vegetable oil; (2) turmeric; (3) dried vegetables

and dried fruits; (4) garlic; (5) cinnamon; (6) nuts; and (7)

onions than Ashkenazim. Many of these foods were shown to

have immunosuppressive effects in the experimental - allergic

- encephalitis (EAE) model of MS. In contrast, Ashkenazim

cuisine was particularly rich in a variety of smoked meats

that were unknown to Sephardim. Thus, it might be advised

to all people to approximate rather more the Sephardic

cooking methods, to remain free of MS during lifetime.

Speaker Biography

Klaus Lauer worked in patient care. Since 1980 he was responsible, in the same hospital, as

leading physician in a long - term research project on the epidemiology of multiple sclerosis

(MS). During that time, he had visited and interrogated more than 1,000 MS patients, and

he published many scientific papers on MS. He was also engaged in teaching activities

for medical students. In 2000, he was retired as physician, but he continued has scientific

publications on the epidemiology of MS until the present day. In the last 10 years, dietary

factors, as one possible reason for this multivariate disease, came into the focus of my

research.