An integrative approach to healing chronic autoimmune conditions by a
doctor, researcher, and sufferer of progressive multiple sclerosis (MS)
whose TEDx talk is already a web sensation
Like many physicians, Dr. Terry Wahls focused on treating her patients'
ailments with drugs or surgical procedures--until she was diagnosed with
multiple sclerosis (MS) in 2000. Within three years, her back and
stomach muscles had weakened to the point where she needed a
tilt-recline wheelchair. Conventional medical treatments were failing
her, and she feared that she would be bedridden for the rest of her
life.
Dr. Wahls began studying the latest research on autoimmune disease and
brain biology, and decided to get her vitamins, minerals, antioxidants,
and essential fatty acids from the food she ate rather than pills and
supplements. Dr. Wahl's adopted the nutrient-rich paleo diet, gradually
refining and integrating it into a regimen of neuromuscular stimulation.
First, she walked slowly, then steadily, and then she biked eighteen
miles in a single day. In November 2011, Dr. Wahls shared her remarkable
recovery in a TEDx talk that immediately went viral. Now, in The Wahls
Protocol, she shares the details of the protocol that allowed her to
reverse many of her symptoms, get back to her life, and embark on a new
mission: to share the Wahls Protocol with others suffering from the
ravages of multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune conditions.
