Reversing Major Disease with Nutrition

Have I learned to eat a more wholesome diet, while avoiding processed foods filled with non-foods, chemicals and Franken foods?

Am I enjoying tasting real fresh produce, wonderful greens, beautifully delicious real fruits that explode with flavor when I bite into them?

Am I taking advantage of fresh raw nuts, and enjoying the many nutritious advantages of those as whole foods?

What have I done in the past year to improve my physical well being?

Am I moving more while breathing much deeper?

Please meet Terry Wahls. She used to be a champion athlete, then went on to become a doctor, and then was diagnosed with M.S. in 2000.

I am sure that many of you are familiar with M.S. I know how devastating it can be, although I haven't had to live with it.

I do have some friends that have it, and one of my dear friends died because of complications of M.S. and the medications she was given. It was a premature death that just shouldn't have happened.

Dr. Wahls speaks of the quick deterioration with M.S. She began to lose her abilities, quickly found herself in an electric wheel chair, and then in a tilt chair because she just couldn't sit in a chair such as we you and I are able to use.

She began to do research deep into the night and finally began to supplement her diet using the nutrition she learned about. It slowed the progress of the disease, but, did not halt it.

Then she decided she needed to get her nutrition from real foods, and in that way she would have all the companion nutrition that real food brings. That was excellent thinking, and it began to turn things around for her.

Image: Dr Wahls in 2007. She is in her wheel chair.

When people tell her that they cannot afford to eat healthy organic or grass fed meats she tells them they will pay for it in one way or another.

What does she mean?

She explains, you will either pay for your health and vitality now, or you will pay later. It is only a question of when you will pay, and how you will pay. It also means there is a difference in your physical condition if you pay it now or later.

She states that if you don't learn these important wellness lessons and then apply this information as well as good food into your lives --you will pay or already are paying in doctor visits, prescription drugs, and surgeries, missed time from work, early retirement and nursing home care. That doesn't sound like lots of fun, but it is a fact. Also, she shares the facts to back up her statements.

So, instead of stating that we can't afford to eat healthy, we should say: "I can't afford not to eat healthy."

Image: A much healthier version of Terry Wahls in 2008

Internal medicine physician Dr. Terry Wahls treats many of her patients at her primary care and traumatic brain injury clinics using an intensive nutrition program. She is getting fantastic results, and thus many are thanking her for her research and tireless work.

This program was developed by Wahls based on her research into multiple sclerosis and different treatment options. As a recovered MS patient, Wahls successfully transformed herself into a healthy woman who strives to educate others on the essential link between food and wellness

As stated - she now continues her work, and she has written a book to help others that need specific help.

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Do Terry Wahls' findings apply to Parkinson's disease as well?
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Terry Wahls MD
November 23, 2011 at 9:41 am

The Wahls Protocol would likely benefit those with Parkinson's disease, mild cognitive impairment, or mood problems. Learn more from my book MINDING MY MITOCHONDRIA (amazon) which details what I did to get our my tilt recline wheelchair.