Mar 19, 2020
Autoimmune skin conditions like scleroderma can progress rapidly. However, safe, well-researched diet and lifestyle changes could slow down the progression of the skin condition.
My guest today is Dr. Terry Wahls, 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, Dr. Wahls 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.
Dr. Wahls is the author of The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles. The updated and revised edition of The Wahls Protocol launched 3/17/2020. NEED LINK
Join us as we discuss how diet can impact autoimmune skin conditions, and Dr. Wahls's latest book.
Have you used diet and lifestyle changes to improve your skin condition? Let me know in the comments!
In this episode:
- Dr. Wahls's journey with MS
- Other conditions that Dr. Wahls has seen success with using the Wahls Protocol
- Why the Wahls Protocol might be helpful for autoimmune skin conditions
- Scleroderma
- What does "nutrient-dense" mean?
Quotes
“As your cells can do the chemistry of life more properly, typically the dysfunction that led to whatever the underlying disease state is, with whatever the skin condition might be, whether it's an autoimmune problem or a degenerative problem will likely begin to calm and self heal.” [23:05]
“The most important lesson to learn is you want to focus on creating health. And to do that, it's about health behaviors. It is about improving, giving yourselves more of what they need to run the chemistry of life, and to get rid of your body and out of your lifestyle, the types of factors that promote disease.” [23:31]
Links
Download the FREE one-page handout for the Wahls™ Diet here
Pick up a copies of Dr. Wahls's research papers here
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