Health food stores, drugstores and even gas stations were selling DMSO to an estimated 23 million people. The only negative aspect of DMSO was its strong, sulfurous smell and the taste it left even when applied to the skin. By 1978, Jacob and Herschler had also become intrigued with MSM, one of the active forms of DMSO in the body. Unlike DMSO, MSM is found in many foods, and it is normally present in the bodies of people and animals. Food refining and processing remove MSM much the way they reduce Vitamins and Minerals.
Sulfur is an important building block.
That, in fact, is almost an understatement. In addition, sulfur per se, has been one of the least researched nutritional minerals MSM Benefits Many Varied Conditions. Much of what is known about MSM gets back to Jacob's clinical experience in treating a wide range of conditions, as well as animal experience by other researchers. Jacob says that DMSO and MSM have very similar effects. DMSO is the more potent pain reliever and an antioxidant.