The Wahls Protocol: How I Beat Progressive MS Using Paleo Principles and Functional Medicine

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. Wahls 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. Review Praise for The Wahls Protocol “InThe Wahls Protocol Dr. Wahls provides elegant first hand validation that diet truly represents the most powerful medicine. This book is totally supported by the most leading edge research and provides a beacon of hope when compared to the ever changing landscape of pharmaceutical recommendations for multiple sclerosis.”-David Perlmutter MD #1New York Times bestselling author ofGrain Brain “Groundbreaking! Once you understand why you need to eat for health Dr. Wahls delivers a detailed road map guiding you step by step.  This will be life changing for many. “-Robb WolfNew York Times bestselling author ofThe Paleo Solution “Using clear language Dr. Wahls teaches how our food and lifestyle choices create health or disease depending on our choices. For anyone suffering from autoimmune or other chronic health problems this book will be life changing.”-Mark Hyman M.D. #1New York Times bestselling author ofThe Blood Sugar Solution.  “Whether or not you struggle with autoimmune diseases I cant recommendThe Wahls Protcol highly enough. Dr. Wahls provides a clear in-depth copiously researched dietary and lifestyle protocol to help you take charge of your health and your life. An absolute must-read book.-JJ VirginNew York Times bestselling author ofThe Virgin Diet “Terry Wahls is a hero to many for her discovery that a nourishing ancestral diet can heal multiple sclerosis. InThe Wahls Protocol Terry sets forth a straightforward plan for achieving good health through good food. Not just for MS patientsThe Wahls Protocol is a fascinating tale that proves the wisdom of Hippocrates: ‘Let food be thy medicine.’ Try it it works!”-Paul Jaminet Ph.D. author ofPerfect Health Diet and editor-in-chief of theJournal of Evolution and Health “Dr. Wahls teaches you how to eat and live so that you can upgrade dramatically your brain and body.”-Sara Gottfried M.D.New York Times bestselling author ofThe Hormone Cure “Terry Wahls new book is one of the most important books on health ever written. Thats not a hyperbolic statement just plain fact. If doctors would take this incredible information to heart (and into their practices) the health crisis in this world would be over--the cancer industry crushed and the rise in autoimmune conditions would fall. True health reform is contained within these pages. I cannot recommend a book any more highly. Bravo Dr. Wahls!”-Leanne Ely C.N.C.New York Times bestselllin