In 'Brave New Medicine', Dr. Cynthia Li shares her personal struggle with an autoimmune thyroid condition and her journey to find healing beyond the limitations of conventional medicine. Drawing on cutting-edge science, ancient healing arts, and intuition, she offers a new perspective on healing that addresses the whole person—mind, body, and spirit.
This cookbook is a companion to Dr. Terry Wahls' groundbreaking *The Wahls Protocol*. It offers a variety of easy-to-prepare, nutritionally dense recipes designed to help alleviate symptoms of autoimmune disorders and other chronic conditions. The book includes strategies for cooking on a budget and reducing food waste, making it accessible for readers to adopt a healthier lifestyle.
The Wahls Protocol is a comprehensive guide that outlines Dr. Terry Wahls' approach to treating autoimmune diseases, particularly multiple sclerosis. The book details her personal journey from being confined to a wheelchair due to progressive MS to regaining her health through a diet and lifestyle program based on Paleo principles and functional medicine. The protocol is divided into three levels: the modified Wahls Diet, the Wahls Paleo Diet, and the more advanced Wahls Paleo Plus Diet. It also includes the Wahls Elimination Diet to identify individual food sensitivities. The book features new recipes, content on intermittent fasting, and how the protocol impacts the microbiome, making it a key addition to the 'whole food' revolution[1][3][4].
Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease offers a detailed and authoritative exploration of human diseases, covering topics such as molecular biology, disease classifications, and new drug therapies. The book is highly illustrated with full-color designs and includes interactive online resources for enhanced learning.
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As a whole, autoimmune disease affects over 80 million Americans and five percent of the population in Western countries. They include type 1 diabetes, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, colitis, Crohn’s disease, and dozens of others. While your body is designed to fight off harmful things like infections, toxins, allergens, or a stress response, with autoimmune issues the body directs a hostile attack on its own joints, brain, skin, and more.
In this episode, Dr. Hyman speaks with Dr. Cynthia Li and Dr. Terry Wahls about their personal stories of working through autoimmunity and how it led them to help others using Functional Medicine. They also dive into the underlying triggers of inflammation such as stress, hidden infections, food allergies or sensitivities, toxic exposure, genetic predisposition, nutrient deficiencies, and leaky gut.
Dr. Cynthia Li received her medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. She’s practiced as an internist in many settings, including Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco General Hospital, and St. Anthony Medical Clinic serving the homeless. She currently has a private practice in Berkeley, CA and is the author of, Brave New Medicine: A Doctor’s Unconventional Path to Healing Her Autoimmune Illness.
Dr. Terry Wahls is 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, she was awarded the Institute for Functional Medicine’s Linus Pauling Award for her contributions in research, clinical care, and patient advocacy. Dr. Wahls was confined to a tilt-recline wheelchair for four years. She restored her health using a diet and lifestyle program she designed specifically for her brain and now pedals her bike to work each day. She is the author of The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles, and the cookbook The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life.
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