Minding your mitochondria | Dr. Terry Wahls | TEDxIowaCity

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters point to it as a moving personal story that motivated dietary changes, though it is also cited as anecdotal evidence.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

TEDx Talks

Topic

diet and multiple sclerosis

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

7

HN mentions in dataset

10

Recommendation years in dataset

2011–2022

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From the original HN conversations

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• Related to this topic I think you might find Dr. Terry Wahls' story fascinating, she pretty much 'cured' herself from Multiple Sclerosis by adopting a 'paleo' diet. She presented her findings at the 2011 Neuroscience conference ("Effects of intensive directed nutrition, progressive exercise program and …

• Less than 2 years ago, my wife was diagnosed with MS (Multiple sclerosis). As soon as we found out, I started digging like crazy to learn more about why this happened and what we could do to prevent it from progressing. I'm a big believer …

• Just one anecdote on that point. I'm pre-med and I recently shadowed the director of cardiac research (a cardiac surgeon) at the big hospital/medical school in this area. He was asked point-blank by a patient, "I've been reading that with diet and exercise I might …