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Food is the
first protocol.

Before medication, before training, before peptides — I had to fix what I was eating. Get the diet wrong, everything else underperforms. Most people know this. Almost no one follows it.

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The approach

Real Food. This is the baseline for an anti-inflammatory diet.

Eat real food — healthy protein, a lot of cruciferous vegetables and leafy greens, good sources of fats, and above all else drop the sugar.

I love food. I love the act of eating food. I think about my next meal all the time. It's 11:52 am right now and I am thinking about what I am going to eat for a light lunch and what I need to do to get dinner prepped. Maybe you are like me, and if you are, here is the good news: you can and should eat a lot of great food throughout the day. (If you are someone who forgets to eat because you don't care about food I simply cannot begin to understand how your brain works.)

Everything about my diet now is about keeping inflammation down, and yours should be too. Stop what you are doing and go read The Wahls Protocol by Dr. Terry Wahls — this one changed my life.

Is radically changing your diet easy? Nope. But ask yourself what you would do to get healthier, to walk more comfortably, to be able to run, to be able to get to your 80's and 90's in exceptional shape, and so on… Changing your diet becomes a bit easier to envision for yourself.

The principles

How I think about food.

Most people don't struggle knowing this. They struggle with doing it consistently. That's exactly what this community is built for.

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01

Reduce Inflammatory Load

Move away from sugars and glutens along with anything else that can increase the risk of inflammation within the system.

02

Gut Health

Rebuild the microbiome with fiber-rich plants and fermented foods. A stronger gut barrier reduces immune dysfunction, which is central to managing autoimmune diseases like MS.

03

Eat Your Protein & Fats

Protein provides the building blocks for tissue repair, maintaining muscle, and supporting the nervous system while healthy fats fuel the brain and stabilize energy which supports long-term function within the body.

04

Consistency Over Perfection

For most of us, it isn't about being perfect — but it is critical that we are consistent with our choices in food. Not the worst thing to take a meal off once in a while but remember, your overall health depends on consistently making choices that support what your body needs to repair and thrive.

The results

What actually changed when I fixed my diet.

  • My major symptoms disappeared
  • I lost 40 pounds
  • Fatigue — or as they say, brain fog — decreased substantially
  • More energy

The First 60

60 days in I had lost a good chunk of weight, I had way more energy than I had ever had — enough to bike 20 miles a day before work — and most of the major symptoms from MS had disappeared. I was eating more than I ever had but it was high on protein and healthy fats along with cruciferous vegetables and leafy greens. I was surprised how much food it was from what I was expecting the new diet to look like.

Long-Term

I have added some foods back into my diet and I am not consistently on the most strict level of the Wahls Protocol and I have seen the same level of success as before. All of my major symptoms from MS are gone, I still have great energy and I have more ability to do things like running and biking. And, no flare ups.

Nutrition is the foundation, not the whole system.

In my experience nutrition might be number one, and without it nothing else will be as effective, but I still use a powerful medication to help keep my body from attacking itself along with peptides and exercise to round out the physical side of the journey. This isn't unique to me. You will get healthier, it just takes work.

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