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Minding your mitochondria | Dr. Terry Wahls | TEDxIowaCity

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NutritionImmunity and infectionDiets comparedVitamins and mineralsThe immune system

Terry Wahls shares her personal story of using a nutrient-rich paleo diet to manage and improve her multiple sclerosis symptoms.

Note from TED: This talk, which features health advice based on a personal narrative, has been flagged as potentially outside TED's curatorial guidelines. Viewer discretion advised. The guidelines we give our TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: ted.com/pages/tedx_curating_speakers ***** Dr. Terry Wahls learned how to properly fuel her body. Using the lessons she learned at the subcellular level, she used diet to cure her MS and get out of her wheelchair.

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hvassin Hacker News • Recommends

On “Over 40% of cancers due to lifestyle, says review”

…nsors, but she changed her lifestyle after spending hours on Pubmed doing research on nutrition's impact on the brain and specifically the mitochondria. I highly recommend the talk, it is both very informative and very moving. And there are some saddening statistics about the lack of vitamins and minerals in the American population. 1 link 2 link to this video…
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On “Algorithm Finds Thousands of Unknown Drug Interaction Side Effects”

…gs (cholesterol, blood pressure, etc.). It was surprising how quickly the intervention reversed his numbers. There are other pioneers working in this area. There's Dr. Terry Wahls, an MD who reversed her multiple sclerosis by eating what some would call a "paleo" diet (only vegetables, fruits, nuts, meat). Here's her TED talk if you're interested: link to this video She's currently workin…
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specialistin Hacker News • Recommends

On “Ask HN: tips for fueling your brain each day?”

I've been transitioning to the troglodiet (tm): fresh veggies, legumes, meat. More or less the caveman diet, Atkins, paleo, Eat to Live, etc. This Dr Terry Wahls TEDx talk has been very motivating. Minding Your Mitochondria link to this video Dr. Wahls is mitigating her MS thru nutrition. For me, eating lots of vegetables makes my chronic psoriasis go away. When I slack on the nutrition (eg traveling), my psoriasis comes back. I believe, but cannot prove, that psoriasis is basically external arthritis. I figure better nutrition is improving my health overall, including brain function. One side effect I did not expect: I now crave hearty kale salads. Years ago I had a gf who was really gunghu for kale,…
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On “Depression is an inflammatory disease; where does inflammation come from? [pdf]”

…people who have reversed their MS almost completely on diet alone. The diets consist of A LOT of high-nutrition fruits and vegetables along with Omega 3's, organic meats, etc. These Paleo-like diets also forbid gluten with the main reason being that it causes serious inflammation in some folks. This TEDx video by Dr. Terry Wahl was very helpful ( link to this video ). I read her book and it literally laid the foundation for which changed our eating habits entirely. A month or so after, we flew out to Massachusetts to a well-known wellness center where they performed various blood and stool tests. The Dr's (including a Nutritionist) sat down with us for the entire day and asked about daily habits from…
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BadCookiein Hacker News • Recommends

On “Researchers Find Missing Link Between the Brain and Immune System”

I risk getting downvoted for this, but have you tried any dietary changes? There are cases of people with MS who have seen tremendous improvement on a low histamine or paleo style diet. There are no guarantees, of course, but what do you have to lose? I would think it would be worth the inconvenience of trying it out for a few months even if the odds of success are very small. Here's an example: link to this video
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bellwetherin Hacker News • Recommends

On “Ask HN: How can I improve my immune system?”

My wife has an auto immune disease and we have both switched (through progressive stages) to the Wahl's Protocol. I've never felt healthier and her symptoms are improving--she's also on disease modifying treatment, so we're doing this in addition to medication, not instead of it. The Wahl's Protocol is designed for cell and brain health, so it may be exactly what you're looking for. See Dr. Terry Wahl's Ted Talk here: link to this video
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wtetznerin Hacker News • Recommends

On “Multiple Sclerosis Causality”

An interesting talk about someone who was able to reverse a lot of her MS symptoms with a change in diet: link to this video
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mekokain Hacker News • Mentions

On ““Paleofantasy”: Stone Age delusions”

I can agree with him on that specific point, but beyond that there's the issue of people he calls pseudo-scientists (who are actual scientists that do actual academic research on the topic), that are linking degenerative diseases and grain consumption. link . That and the accompanying evidence on actual people link to this video .
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saidajigumiin Hacker News • Mentions

On “This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again”

> You sound like an industry-insider explaining why a new startup will fail. I certainly don't want to rain on some new visionary's parade, but I spend a lot of time tracking folks who I consider to be the real visionaries in this field. As in we are currently in the midst of the greatest revolution in human health of our lives, and this guy is running in the wrong direction. We're seeing astonishing results with dietary remediation of a vast array of conditions that were previously considered unrelated. And this isn't just "remedial eating", it's discovering that our current ways of eating are killing us but that diet can likewise help heal us. It's a Khunian revolution out of "the pill and…
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mrtesthahin Hacker News • Mentions

On “Postmortem assessment of olfactory tissue degeneration in patients with Covid-19”

It might be worth understanding the mechanism of damage in order to self-attempt reparative therapies (however theoretical or experimental). For example: Dr. Terry Wahls‘ Anti-MS diet: link to this video Or BDNF-boosting strategies. Or strategies such as IF to tamp down overactive microglial cells that afflict nearby neurons with inflammation. link link
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