Dr. Terry Wahls is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa and a staff physician at the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Hospital.

Dr. Wahls is also a patient with a chronic progressive neurological disorder, secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, which confined her to a tilt-recline wheelchair for four years. But thanks to the power of the Wahls Protocol™, which is based on functional medicine and the Wahls Paleo™ diet, Dr. Wahls restored her health and now pedals her bike five miles to work each day.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Dr. Wahls' battle with multiple sclerosis
• Has Dr. Wahls overcome MS?
• What is MS?
• Was the vegetarian diet a factor in Dr. Wahls' health decline?
• The evolution of your mitochondria
• How to fuel your mitochondria
• The three levels of the Wahls Diet
• It's time to stop eating gluten, dairy and eggs
• Is MSM a good source of sulfur?
• Does red meat contain nutrients not found in chicken and fish?
• Ways of including seaweed into your diet
• Organ meats for beginners
• Is the ketogenic diet for everyone?
• MCT oil and exogenous ketones
• Feeding your microbiome with carbohydrates
• Using electrical stimulation of muscles to accelerate the benefits of exercise
• We need stress in our lives

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