The Doctors Talk show welcomed Dr. Wahls on their show in February 2020 where she discussed at the same time sharing her own story of how she let food be her medicine. She was diagnosed with a chronic progressive neurological disorder and secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. She however recorded changing her diet from a wheelchair to now walking on her own.
Her symptoms began with face pain, visual issues, and brain fog, followed by weakness in her legs. Her pain began to intensify and eventually, she was wheelchair-bound. She began researching how food could affect her MS and decided to change her diet instead of getting nutrients from supplements, she got them from the foods she ate.
Wahls says in just the first few months of the change, her pain began to lessen and soon she was able to walk again for the first time in 4 months, and then she eventually was able to ride a bike once again. She says she also got rid of all sugar and processed foods.
