The Wahls Protocal-How I Beat Progressive MS.Using Paleo Principles and
Functional Medicine by Dr. Terry Wahls with Eve
Adamson
This book details
her diet and health protocols to return her from her tilt/recline wheel chair
to biking and working as an MD in Iowa City. Her lectures detail information
from the European Medical Journals citing the role of the right blood levels of
vitamin D3 in boosting the anti-depression neurotransmitter serotonin. Dr.
Wahls Lazarus like return to life is detailed in this book.
She is a fan of the
right blood levels of Vitamin D3 and Vitamin complex in reversing the MS.
Instead of Death and Disability she chooses to read the European Medical
Journals in the evening. These journals pointed to more optimum blood levels of
50-80ng/ml for disease prevention. Disease prevention includes autoimmune
disease, cancer and depression. Dr.
Wahls states in her presentations that we either invest in ourselves and our
family’ health now with the right nutrition and health habits or we pay for our
poor choices with disability and premature death.
Vitamins and Nutrition:
On Page 36 she
cites The Oregon Brain Aging Study. The results of this study that high levels
of of vitamins and fatty acids, “ were the most powerful predictors of brain
health”.
The 9 cup
Rule: 3 cups of greens; 3 cups of color; 3 cups Sulfur rich vegetables.
Dr. Wahls mantra is
9 cups a day fruits and vegetables every day. She breaks this down into 3 cups
of greens of raw or cooked vegetables “the darker the better”; 3 cups of
colored vegetables and fruits (
tomatoes, berries); 3 cups sulfur rich vegetables (onions and garlic) every
day.
Gluten and Dairy sensitivities:
“Twenty to 30 percent of those with European ancestry
have….greater risk of gluten sensitivity”. The leaky gut related to gluten and
dairy/casein sensitivity can cause an autoimmune reaction.
Color:
Dr. Wahls cites on
page 136. Colored fruits and vegetables have; “ anti-inflammatory properties;
anti-cancer; healthier brain and overall cells; improved prostate health; DNA
protection; anti-bacterial properties; immune system health; skin health;
reproductive health; eye health and stronger more elastic blood vessels”.
Resources:
Dr. Wahls lists
some very helpful resources and some excellent food and recipes tips at the
back of this book. She mentions a quick dinner stir fry but says to make enough
that breakfast or lunch the next day.
The Resources also cites sources of organic
meat and vegetables. This book is a must read for anyone dealing with
potentially long term disability like Parkinson’s Disease, Dementia, MS etc.
Dr. Wahls is proof that we can regain our life and health by following a few
simple principals.
You might find of
interest:
1-
Dr. Terry Wahls 17 minute You Tube TEDx Iowa
City how she Beat MS.
2-
Minding Your Mitochorndria- How I over came
Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis ( MS) and got out of my wheel chair. (
Paperback 4/1/2010)
