Jack Osbourne, 40 years old and the youngest son of icon Sharon Osbourne and the late legendary rock star Ozzy Osbourne.
He was 26 years old when he was first diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in April 2012, receiving the news shortly after he and his now ex-wife Lisa Stelly welcomed their daughter Pearl Clementine, according to PEOPLE magazine.
During the podcast, he explained that he “takes a lot of supplements,” adding, “I’ve had a number of alternative therapy treatments over the years. I’m not currently taking any traditional MS medications.”
“I have always preferred alternative therapies,” he said.
He then recalled having a spinal procedure, which was a bio-cellular therapy treatment on his spine where doctors injected cells into his intervertebral discs.
According to the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies, “Cellular therapy (CT) is the transplantation of human cells to replace or repair damaged tissue and/or cells.”
“I had a procedure called disc sealing,” he noted, before emphasizing that it is “not directly related to MS, but it is kind of true [he] always lean[s] now with any treatment or medication.”
“I like the idea of alternative. Although I do, but I do believe that pharmaceutical products produce amazing results. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that,” said Jack.
His mother, Sharon, asked if he thinks both alternative therapies and pharmaceutical treatments would work together. “Both together when necessary is a great option,” he replied.
“I’m just choosing not to go down the drug route for my MS at this time,” Jack emphasized. “I’m absolutely open to it if that’s what it takes.”
Jack said he received the biocellular therapy at the Stem Cell Institute of Los Angeles: “And the amazing thing about it is that most people feel like you have to go abroad, but if anyone is listening, if they’re struggling with any health condition and they want to look into biocellular therapy, it’s a very interesting landscape right now.”
He continued, “They want to treat the cause of the problem, not the symptom of the problem. So American health care is all about, oh, if you have symptoms, let’s treat them.”
“Take MS for example. You will rarely find an MS doctor… who treats the root cause of the problem. You go to a neurologist because your nerves are damaged by the MS,” the Osbournes star said.
Jack Osbourne’s mother, Sharon, hypothesized that autoimmune diseases originate in the stomach. According to him, a new study says “multiple sclerosis could be a virus that comes from your stomach.”
“My belief is that with my immune system, things are a little compacted,” Jack added. “I don’t think there was a single event that flipped my immune system and caused multiple sclerosis,” he concluded.
