Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Dr. Hoe Bing Lo hosts a popular science and nutrition podcast that is based in Cairns, Australia. www.doctorbing.com

In this podcast focusing on Restless Legs, Dr. Bing analyzes a scientific study that was published in 2013 by Dr. Leonard Weinstock (et. al) titled "Restless legs syndrome - Theoretical roles of inflammatory and immune mechanisms."

Dr. Bing extracts the dense scientific data from the study and presents it in easily understandable terms.

Dr. Bing agrees that inflammation is the root cause, and builds upon the findings of the study by talking about the importance of changing our diet - and gives scientific insights supporting these changes.

You can stream the podcast from the following website:

https://archive.org/details/episode-15---fire-an

(once you arrive on the website, click on the link that says "Stream" and the podcast will start playing)

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His summary about things influencing dopamine levels http://www.rlcure.com/dopamine.html is comprehensive and well worth a read (especially since it is hard to find with google, so many of you will have missed that).

OTOH, I fail to see the evidence about inflammation. Can inflammation cause RLS? Certainly. Does every RLS patient suffer from inflammation? I seriously doubt it. It's like the thing about logic reasoning we learn in high school. If it rains, the street will be wet. If the street is wet, there is some probability that it might have rained, but it could also be a leaky pipe or a cleaning car that passed by.

The study done by drs Weinstock and Walters use the word 'hypothetical' a lot in this article so I think we have to be patient and see what further studies will say about the role of inflammation. Could be a big part or no part at all.
Corrie

That's just science-talk. That's the language they speak.

There are many fellow scientists writing articles based on this study. If they didn't agree with the findings, they wouldn't waste their time doing that.

As a scientist they can't say that inflammation is absolutely the cause of RLS. But a normal person with a normal brain could look at the giant pile of evidence and say, of course it is. And it makes sense.

It's similar to asking a regular person do they think somewhere in the trillions of solar systems in our universe, does life exist? The answer for anyone with half a brain in their head would be "yes ... of course!" What a stupid question.

However, a scientist would say that because of the numbers, other forms of life are very likely, but I can't say yes because there's no proof.

Well, her suggests a pretty radical approach to nutrition. It would be interesting to have a study and see if it hels people, and to what degree. There is enough circumstantial evidence to merit a study, that's sure. Unfortunately no pharma company will be interested, so it may be difficult to get the funding.