Could Diet Reverse the Course of MS? Dr. Terry Wahls' Remarkable Recovery

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I would love to have you share a little bit about your background because you were really trained as a traditional doctor. You developed a really severe and progressive disease, which in my training and in your training was a one-way street. You could mitigate the symptoms, you can maybe relieve a little suffering, but it's kind of a bad new situation. Just so people understand like you're a background a little, haven't heard you, tell us what happened to you. As an adolescent, I struggled with depression. Then I'm a farm kid, physically very active, I'm an artist. I decided I don't want to be a starving artist. I decided to get back into science. I get into medical school, complete my internal medicine residency. When I'm 45, I have some weakness in my left leg, which ultimately is diagnosed with relapsing, remitting, multiple sclerosis. I said, 13 years earlier, you had a period of dim vision in your left eye, that was probably optic neuritis.