Today, I am blessed to have here with me Dr. Terry L. Wahls. She is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa where she teaches internal medicine residents, sees patients in a traumatic brain injury clinic, and conducts clinical trials.

She 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.

She is the author of The Wahls Protocol: How I Beat Progressive MS Using Paleo Principles and Functional Medicine, Minding My Mitochondria: How I Overcame Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis and Got Out of My Wheelchair and teaches the public and medical community about the healing power of intensive nutrition.

In this episode, Dr. Wahls speaks about the importance of a diverse microbiome for healthy, long-living people. The best way to test your gut diversity is by looking at your poop. Dr. Wahls reveals what you need to look for and how to improve your diversity. Dr. Wahls dives into the hormetic role plants can play in our lifestyle and why variety truly is the spice of life. Tune in as we chat about the Wahls Protocol, the magic of olive oil, and an opportunity for people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

This episode originally aired in November of 2022.

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[16:40] Are You Healthy? You Need To Have A Diverse Microbiome 

• The microbiome is vast; if you have a healthy microbiome, you have five to nine million genes in that microbiome.
• As long as you have a diverse microbiome, you can fill in the gaps and have excellent health. 
• Basically, we need diversity to have healthy metabolites.
• Healthy people have diversity in their guts. 

[20:00] Look At Your Poop: That’s The Best Gut Diversity Test

• More diversity may not necessarily be a good thing.
• Unfortunately, we don’t understand this field well enough.
• You can test your microbiome every single day by pooping and looking in the toilet. 
• Are you pooping rocks, logs, sticky logs, snakes, pudding, or tea?
• Rocks are a problem, and so are sticky logs. Pudding and tea are also problems. 

[25:25] The Hormetic Role That Plants Can Play In Your Lifestyle 

• There are more lectins in plants than there are in animal products. 
• Remember, plants are filled with compounds that are poisons.
• However, plants are incredible hormetic stress for our cellular physiology.
• By eating a large variety of plants, you are giving cells the signals that our ancestral mothers and fathers would have received. 
• Plant variation will be critical for your gut health. 

[34:05] What Is The Wahls Protocol Diet? 

• Whatever you and your family do together, you will be much more successful. 
• The diet that has the most significant effect on fatigue reduction and quality of life improvement is the Wahls diet. 
• It would help if you ate fewer added sugars, fewer processed foods, and fewer carbs than the Standard Amerian Diet.
• Eat grass-fed meats, wild fish, organ meats, oysters, mussels, and clams. 
• Also, eat kimchi and sauerkraut regularly to have a lower rate of respiratory viral infections. Plus, it’s a great source of vitamin C. 

[41:05] A Clinical Trial For People With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

• If you have relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, Dr. Wahls wants you to enroll in her clinical trial.
• She is comparing a ketogenic diet, the modified paleo diet, the Wahls diet, and a usual diet.
• Plus, she will give the usual diet group tips on reducing sugar and eating more non-starchy vegetables.  
• They have MRIs at month zero and month twenty-four. 
• Plus, they will measure walking, hand function, vision function, and working memory. 

[46:00] The Magic of Olive Oil: Potent Antioxidants and Polyphenols 

• There are many studies showing what olive oil does to lower the risk of stroke, heart attack, dementia, anxiety, and depression.
• Olive oil does remarkable things for the risk of relapse as well. 
• Hydroxytyrosol is a very potent antioxidant.
• Take your olive oil cold because you deactivate some of those polyphenols when you heat them.
• Also, put your olive oil in the fridge. If it gels, it’s good; if it doesn’t gel, it has been cut with seed oils.

AND MUCH MORE!

Resources from this episode: 

• Website: https://terrywahls.com/
• Tip Sheet: https://terrywahls.com/diet
• Follow Dr. Wahls
• • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TerryWahls
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/terrywahls
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/FoodAsMedicine
  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drterrywahls/
• Dr. Wahls on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Terry-Wahls-MD/e/B0042SSEYU/benazadi-20
• Join the Keto Kamp Academy: https://ketokampacademy.com/7-day-trial-a
• Watch Keto Kamp on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUh_MOM621MvpW_HLtfkLyQ

Wahls Research Papers 

https://terrywahls.com/researchpapers/

Diet Cheat Sheet Summary 

One page summary of the diet that Dr. Wahls is used in her clinics and clinical trials to restore cellular health. Great for the refrigerator.  www.terrywahls.com/diet

Survey based studies 

https://wahls.lab.uiowa.edu/join-study/bastyr-university-studies 

Wahls Research Lab - 

Efficacy of Diet on Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis 

Comparison of ketogenic, modified Palaeolithic diets to a Usual diet control 

Learn more about the study here 

https://wahls.lab.uiowa.edu/join-study 

Screen to see if you are eligible for Efficacy of Diet on Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis Study 

https://redcap.icts.uiowa.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=JX73EYRJNPF9MHRR

Download research study brochure 

https://wahls.lab.uiowa.edu/sites/wahls.lab.uiowa.edu/files/wysiwyg_uploads/20220707_-_edq-ms_-_recruitment_study_brochure_-_paper_copy.pdf

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