Episode 306: Making Meal Planning and Prep Easier When You're Living with MS with Trevis Gleason

Living your best life with MS often means planning ahead and, when circumstances require, knowing when and how to adapt. Many of us find ourselves in the kitchen every day. And, while cooking can be pleasurable, it can also be a chore that only gets worse if you're dealing with pain, fatigue, mobility issues, tingling in your hands and arms, unsteady balance, or other MS symptoms. Award-winning author, chef, and blogger, Trevis Gleason joins me to talk about how planning ahead and adopting new behaviors can ease the burden of meal preparation. Trevis was diagnosed with secondary progressive MS in 2001, and he's sharing tips and strategies designed to make your meal planning and prepping easier.  We're also sharing the details about Crush MS, a fantastic mix of wine, food, and music that raises funds for MS research.  We'll introduce you to Air4All, a company that's out to make air travel a much better experience for wheelchair users. We'll share the outcome of a study that has identified a single genetic variant that may determine how fast an individual's MS will progress. We'll tell you about another study that gives us one more important reason to quit smoking if you're living with MS. And we'll share study results from Denmark that demonstrate the impact of a plant-based diet on people living with MS. We have a lot to talk about! Are you ready for RealTalk MS??! This Week: How to make meal planning and prep easier if you're living with MS  :22 I'll be at Crush MS! Will I see you there?  1:23 Air4All may change everything about air travel for wheelchair users  3:10 Researchers have identified a single genetic variant that may determine how fast MS progresses   5:55 Study results provide one more really good reason to stop smoking if you're living with MS   8:10 Study results illustrate the impact of a mostly plant-based diet on people living with MS  11:08 Award-winning author, chef, and blogger, Trevis Gleason, shares tips and strategies designed to make meal planning and prep easier if you're living with MS  13:54 Share this episode  29:29 Have you downloaded the free RealTalk MS app???  29:51 SHARE THIS EPISODE OF REALTALK MS Just copy this link & paste it into your text or email: https://realtalkms.com/306 ADD YOUR VOICE TO THE CONVERSATION I've always thought about the RealTalk MS podcast as a conversation. And this is your opportunity to join the conversation by sharing your feedback, questions, and suggestions for topics that we can discuss in future podcast episodes. Please shoot me an email or call the RealTalk MS Listener Hotline and share your thoughts! Email: [email protected] Phone: (310) 526-2283 And don't forget to join us in the RealTalk MS Facebook group! LINKS If your podcast app doesn't allow you to click on these links, you'll find them in the show notes in the RealTalk MS app or at www.RealTalkMS.com Crush MS https://crushms.org If you're living with MS, email [email protected] for special deep discount code Crush MS 10% Discount Code for everyone is Realtalkmsdiscount (case sensitive) RealTalk MS Episode 302: De-Stressing Air Travel If You're Living With MS with Dr. Scott Crawford https://realtalkms.com/302 Air4All https://air4all.net STUDY: Locus for Severity Implicates CNS Resilience in Progression of Multiple Sclerosis https://nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06250-x STUDY: The Effects of Different Types of Smoking on Recovery From Attack on Hospitalized Multiple Sclerosis Patients https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0303846723002627 STUDY: Dietary Patterns and Their Association with Symptom Levels Among People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Real-World Digital Study https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40120-023-00505-5 Join the RealTalk MS Facebook Group https://facebook.com/groups/realtalkms Download the RealTalk MS App for iOS Devices https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/realtalk-ms/id1436917200 Download the RealTalk MS App for Android Deviceshttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.wizzard.android.realtalk Give RealTalk MS a rating and review http://www.realtalkms.com/review Follow RealTalk MS on Twitter, @RealTalkMS_jon, and subscribe to our newsletter at our website, RealTalkMS.com. RealTalk MS Episode 306 Guest: Trevis Gleason Privacy Policy