I was leery to jump on the bandwagon of this video … the last time something was going around like wildfire among the paleo blogosphere it was that ex-vegetarian everyone thought was all that (but wasn’t really). But I fortunately gave in on this one, as it turns out it is very compelling.
In it, Dr. Terry Wahls talks about her experience treating her own MS with a hunter-gatherer (aka a ‘paleo’ diet).
Of course, perhaps I’m biased, because the diet she recommends sounds a a lot like the way I’ve been eating lately! Her daily diet includes:
- 3 c of green leaves
- 3 c of sulfur-rich vegetables
- 3 c of bright colors
- grass-fed meat
- organ meat
- seaweed
I probably need to work on increasing some of these (I’m doing far less than 9 cups of fruits and veggies a day!) but otherwise I have been featuring each of these in my diet regularly.
Yay for micronutrients ;).
Weight Maven is written by Beth Mazur. Beth believes that obesity is more symptom than cause and that the real problem is our Western diet -- especially sugar, refined grains, and industrial oils. Beth writes about nutrition, ancestral health, & food policy. And cats! 
Doctor Wahls’ TEDx talk is fascinating, and it seems to make a lot of sense. For her sake, I hope that her apparent progress is not just a placebo effect and a temporary remission.
As she said in her talk, we all have choices to make, and self-experimentation like hers can be very useful.
I’m doing my own self-experimentation with what I think of as an evolutionary diet. In my case, that means a high-protein, moderate-fat, low-carb wheat-free diet.
Fortunately, prices of fresh veggies are finally moderating where I live. I’ve missed them.
-Steve
I watched this video recently and was very impressed by Dr. Wahls’ experience. I was a little overwhelmed by the thought of eating 9 cups of fruits and vegetables a day. I can’t imagine eating that much.
I suppose if the alternative is crippling MS, you’re a bit more motivated!