Autoimmune Diet and Lifestyle Help with Dr. Terry Wahls

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Incorporating a therapeutic diet and lifestyle is a central tenet of a lot of different approaches to health. It's always fascinating to see where these paradigms collide and reinforce one another, so hearing about the amazing results Dr. Terry Wahls has seen is truly inspirational.</span></p> <p>If you've been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis or really any autoimmune disease, Dr. Wahls' research is a great window into how focusing on the way we nourish ourselves can improve our cellular health, give us more energy, and reduce pain. </p> <p><strong>On Today’s Episode of A Healthy Curiosity:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What opportunities we can take advantage of during the disruption from COVID-19</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How her understanding of disease and health transformed through her own journey</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why we have such a hard time changing and her advice to break through it</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The positive effects her protocol can have even as a preventative measure</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Some background on what her protocol is and why she set it up that way</span></li> </ul> <p>Dr. Terry Wahls is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner and a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa where she conducts clinical trials. In 2018 she was awarded the Institute for Functional Medicine’s Linus Pauling Award for her contributions in research, clinical care, and patient advocacy. She is also 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 is the author of <a h