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Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare

789 - The Wahls Protocol: Treating Autoimmune Diseases With Diet

Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare

Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.6804 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Combining her professional experience with clinical and functional medicine and personal experience with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, Dr. Terry Wahls created the Wahls Protocol®. This protocol, which is a modified Paleo diet, personally helped Dr. Wahls go from surviving to thriving with multiple sclerosis. Learn more about how she designed the protocol, what foods are a part of the protocol, and what successful outcomes she's seen from it on healthy aging and chronic health conditions.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Dr. Rousho Radio, providing practical and science-based solutions to feeling your best.

0:15.4

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0:22.9

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0:30.6

The following discussion is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or

0:36.0

treat any disease. Please do not apply any of this information

0:39.6

without first speaking with your doctor. Now, let's head to the show. Today I speak with Dr. Terry

0:45.8

Wals. She is a clinical professor at the University of Iowa School of Medicine and a prolific researcher

0:52.3

in multiple sclerosis, a condition she had herself, and as you'll hear

0:57.6

during her story, was able to get herself out of a wheelchair with an approach that is centered in

1:03.9

dietary and lifestyle practices. One of the things that I really appreciate about Terry, again, is the fact that she

1:12.2

publishes so much research, as well as the fact that she has been there herself. This

1:18.3

conversation isn't limited to utility for only those with MS multiple sclerosis because

1:24.7

the concepts of the diet and lifestyle recommendations that she espouses

1:30.8

have applicability for brain health across the board partially via favorably manipulating or

1:39.4

modulating microglial and astrocytic cells as you'll learn about in the body of the episode.

1:46.2

So if you or someone you love has MS, or you care about general healthy principles for diet and lifestyle

1:55.3

to improve but not limited to your brain health, then I think this episode will be really insightful.

2:03.4

Terry, again, thank you for the work that you do and the great conversation.

2:06.7

And now we will go to the show.

2:09.2

All right.

2:09.9

Hey, Terry.

2:10.4

Welcome back to the show.

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