Welcome to Living Well with MS – your go-to podcast for making informed choices to support your health and well-being with MS! In this episode we are pleased to welcome Dr Terry Wahls, a respected clinical professor of medicine, researcher, and someone with lived experience of MS. Diagnosed with secondary progressive MS, Dr Wahls has dedicated her career to exploring the impact of lifestyle interventions on MS and other progressive health conditions.

You can learn more about her work at terrywahls.com, or follow her on Instagram @drterrywahls, and on Facebook/Twitter at @TerryWahls.

01:30 Meet Dr Terry Wahls: her MS journey and the inspiration for her research.

07:35 Lifestyle and MS what the research really says about improving outcomes.

08:26 Various diets and their impacts on MS.

11:41 The role of dairy and its impact on MS.

13:22 The science of nutrition: what MS studies are missing and why it matters.

15:25 When will neurologists recommend a whole food diet as standard care?

20:16 Real results: practical symptom improvements through lifestyle changes.

24:42 MS in families: understanding risk and tips for reducing it.

27:46 Good stress: and how to harness it to live a longer, healthier life.

31:33 Hope in action: small powerful steps to lifestyle change.

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