It's fantastic news - I healed my own fibromyalgia on this diet. At the very least, I have 3% of the severity and only one or two symptoms total (there are so many possible symptoms, and I had almost all of them). That is a heck of a lot of veggies to eat in one day, though.

But it's relative.

We're all different. Some cultures eat a peleo-esque diet that only has like 20% calories from protein and fat and for some reason they are just as healthy as paleo-eating cultures that have the opposite ratios and partake of the dairy. I think it's all about what your metabolic type is. Everyone can benefit from a paleo diet as long as they can learn to listen to their bodies and figure out what ratios of macronutrients to bring into balance.

nods I put my MS into remission using ancestral diet. I don't eat that many veggies, though. My diet leans much more towards fats. I do eat a good bit of mashed cauliflower whipped with home-made cream cheese, though.

That being said, I won't say that I 'cured' my MS -- it's a degenerative condition, and because mine is remitting/progressive, until I've gone the rest of my life without another relapse/progression... well... I guess I won't know for sure that it's "cured". My goal is to extend the period of remission as long as possible, and minimize any damage if I relapse/progress.... and the outcome won't be decided until I'm dead and my body is properly donated to science. grins

I would LOVE to see more SAD MS patients influenced by a successful gluten-free, whole-food strong, grass-fed, offal-eating, seaweed-laced Paleo-ish diet. Wonderful that it's on TED.

I think it's awesome that it works for her, but that much vegetables would put my stomach into spasms. It is a wonderful testament though that people can adjust a diet under the paleo paradigm to work for them.

Here is the original video http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxIowaCity-Dr-Terry-Wahls-Min

Cure? Or remission? The former is a hypothesis and a hope. The latter is as good as the day. This holds for myriad diseases and maladies. Here's to remissions that last.

I think it's one of the best things I've heard this year. Good on her!

And her son is freakin' adorable. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSQQK2Vuf9Q

I always said that TED talks are the way to go... And of course, what a great result!

Just some thoughts I have after watching the video:

• She could/should have talked more about the things she avoided and their role in auto-immune disease.

• She almost certainly must have read some of the paleo/primal/ancestral blogs. If she did, it would have been nice if she would aknowledge her internet sources.

• Should the paleo world somehow invite her, like guest blogging, AHS12, ...? She could be Dr. W

• She could have mentioned that her diet is delicious, and not that hard to follow.

But than again, there's only 18 minutes in a TED talk. And she did great.

How does one apply to talk at a TED conference? If I would have to choose for paleo TED talks, I would choose Mark Sisson, Erwan Le Corre and Staffan Lindeberg.

Mark Sisson can reach a great lay audience with his style.

Erwan Le Corre only has to show one of his video's and talk with his French accent to convince many.

And Staffan Lindeberg can be the more scientifically substantiated talker, someone the hardcore scientists will listen too.

This is an amazing video. Thanks for sharing!

No I hadn't but now I have :-) The most powerful paleo talk I've seen so far! Reversing severe myelin degradation as in MS would have seemed impossible. Gives me several good clues to helping my Dad's Parkinsonism. I'm off to find the paper she said she was presenting!

Great video!

That said, I would go for more organ meats, bone broth & gelatin & skip most of those veggies.

Hers is not a great diet for adherence, IMO.

Where is any mention of Vitamin D? Most of the health problems she attributes to casein, I could just as easily link to Vitamin D deficiency.

I, too, was impressed when I saw her video because it makes sense. I practiced toxicology for several decades but it is still difficult for me to identify the best diet I can afford. Her discussion (video) helped me understand the diet. While all the information is impressive, so are the costs for her books. I am continuing to research whether her diet is the best since I never take anyone's word without verification. It would be nice and reassuring if this information were presented to the general public at a much lower cost. Once again I wonder where the humanitarian part comes in especially with Dr. Wahls who had such a miraculous recovery from MS.

If Wahls truly wanted to help every interested individual in a humanitarian way, this information would be made available for all to "digest". Thus my dismay to hear that once the hook is set, you must buy buy buy(obviously not at cost to her either).

IMO, the world will more quickly become a much better place to live if information is shared unselfishly and not for profit.

That's great news. I wonder if any here eat that many vegetables. Like Melissa said, I can't imagine the digestive system being too happy.

That's amazing. A good friend of our family died of it. I always thought it was un-cureable, as we got a sad presentation about the disease at school when raising money for people with MS.

On a sidenote : 9 cups of veggies, how much grams would that be? I never really understood why people measure in cups.

That was amazing. Thank you for sharing!

Please no one beat me up, but I just wanted to say that while I was watching Dr. Wahl, I was reminded of "The Zone" where, to me and my mind, I got the impression from "The Zone" that food is a prescription in a sense, dosaging, delivery of the proper nutrients, chemicals, whatever you wanna call'em, to our cells at a low level, to operate and function properly.

Isn't juicing the perfect way to get all those vegetables easily into the diet.