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Implement the Wahls Diet - Online Course Coming Soon!

Terry Wahls - Wednesday, February 22, 2012
We are working on creating a course to teach you how to implement the Wahls Diet. More information on our course will come in the next newsletter. We are very excited to be able to offer this to those wanting to adopt this new way of eating and living. 

Dr. Wahls has committed to donating a portion of all proceeds from the internet based materials to support doing the research needed to demonstrate nutrition’s impact on the health!

Research and Fundraising Update

Terry Wahls - Wednesday, February 22, 2012
A hearty thank you to those who have been contributing to our work -- we have raised over two thousand dollars. Thank you! Since drug companies won’t fund our work, each donation helps. Consider being a part of the team, helping us do the research necessary to make using diet and lifestyle choices the recommended treatment for chronic diseases like obesity and multiple sclerosis. Your donations can be made ONLINE or via check. Checks should be made payable to the University of Iowa Foundation, with “Dr. Terry Wahls Research UI account” on the memo line. 

Please mail checks to:

University of Iowa Foundation
P.O. Box 4550
Iowa City, IA 52244
U.S.A.

In Health,
Dr. Terry Wahls
The Wahls Foundation, Inc. 

Has Your Family Been Struggling with Weight Issues?

Terry Wahls - Sunday, February 19, 2012
One hundred years ago, most people were very lean. A few had obesity, diabetes, heart disease or other chronic health problems. Most deaths were due to infections and trauma. A lot has changed since those times. We are experiencing an explosion of obesity and diabetes. In this month’s newsletter I am going to focus on health problems related to weight. 

So why are we growing fatter and fatter, all across the world? Has our DNA mutated in the last 100 years? No. Our genes don’t change that rapidly. But our environment does. Every year, we introduce thousands of new chemicals that interact with and can confuse our biology. We have shifted our diets to more and more highly refined foods. Furthermore, each successive generation is eating fewer and fewer vegetables and fruits. The result is that we are starving for the building blocks that we need to conduct the chemistry of life properly. At the same time that we are becoming increasingly obese, we are also increasingly deficient in the vitamins, minerals, and essential fats we need to thrive. 

Most weight loss strategies focus on severely restricting calories without addressing the starvation that is co-occurring with the obesity. Although severe restriction of calories can lead to weight loss, it is very difficult to keep the weight off. 

We have observed in our trial, and I have observed in my clinical practice, that the best way to address obesity is to address the starvation. When people begin the Wahls Diet™, feeding their bodies the vitamins, minerals, essential fats, and antioxidants needed by their cells, they often begin to lose weight with minimal hunger. Furthermore they tend to experience more energy, mental clarity and vitality. Eliminating potatoes, white flour, and sugar and eating more green, sulfur-rich, and colorful foods as well as grass-fed meat is a great place to start if you want the lean hunter-gatherer to emerge from your current self.

You can learn more about the obesity-starvation connection from lectures featured on my DVD or my CD.

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Salmon Salad Kale Wrap Recipe

Terry Wahls - Sunday, February 19, 2012

Collard greens or curly kale, as a tuna, salmon, or chicken salad wrap. 

Image Source: tastefoodblog.com/

Instructions:
Steam the leaves less than two minutes. Dip in cold or ice water to cool. Place a spoonful of tuna, salmon or chicken salad in the steamed leaf. Roll like a taco or wrap around and enjoy.