Dr. Terry Wahls (IG: @drterrywahls) is a functional medicine practitioner and a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa where she conducts clinical trials.
She’s a patient with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, which confined her to a tilt-recline wheelchair for four years. Dr. Wahls restored her health using a diet and lifestyle program she designed specifically for her brain and now pedals her bike to work each day.
She’s the author of The Wahls Protocol.
Today, Dr. Wahls and I go deep into the specific diet and lifestyle she used to heal her MS. This is a powerful protocol for anyone suffering from an autoimmune condition or chronic disease.
Watch the full video version of this conversation below.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Dr. Wahls diagnosis of a progressive pain disorder & multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Mitochondrial dysfunction and multiple sclerosis
- Signs & symptoms Dr. Wahls was experiencing
- The power of positive affirmations for healing chronic disease
- The supplement protocol that changed her life
- Shifting the focus to what you CAN eat
- The possibility of recovery exists
- How changing her diet had a big impact on MS recovery
- Starting a clinic to share her diet & lifestyle with patients
- You have to inspire hope
- The Wahls Protocol helps you heal from chronic disease
- Are you a meat-eater or vegetarian/vegan?
- Supplement recommendations for vegetarians and vegans
- The benefits of sulfur-containing vegetables
- 9 cups of vegetables & fruit a day
- Monitoring your vitamin D levels
- Getting a homocysteine test
- Eating 200 different plant foods a year
- Taking time to meditate
- Committing to daily exercise when you have a chronic disease
- Peer support is important for any behaviour change
- An update on Dr. Wahls current health status
- Starting your healing journey
- The biggest leverage factor for healing
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Related links:
Dr. Terry Wahls – The Wahls Protocol (book)
Dr. Terry Wahls’ website
Follow Dr. Terry Wahls on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
Listen to Dr. Terry Wahls previously on TUHP (episode #120)
Dr. Terry Wahls – The Wahls Protocol Cooking For Life (book)
The Institute for Functional Medicine
Linus Pauling Institute
Tedx Talk: Dr. Terry Wahls – Minding Your Mitochondria
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Iowa City Veterans Administration Health Care
1-Page Diet Cheat Sheet
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Danielle Walker on Finding Health After Being Diagnosed With an Autoimmune Disease (#401)
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