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Almost without exception, among all the experts in the integrative health field I know of, every single person with a traditional medical education but later turned to a more natural way of healing, either has had a personal health crisis, or have witnessed that from a loved one. Dr. Terry Wahls is one of them.
在我所知道的所有那些接受了传统医学教育，但后来开始提倡自然疗法的专家当中，几乎没有例外，这些人要么经历了个人健康危机，要么目睹了家人朋友经历过健康危机。特里·沃尔斯医生就是其中之⼀。
Dr. Wahls is a professor of medicine at the University of Iowa. In 2000, she was diagnosed with a disease that is supposed to have no cure: multiple sclerosis.
沃尔斯医生是爱荷华大学的医学教授。 2000年，她被诊断患有⼀种无法完全治愈的疾病：多发性硬化症。
Multiple sclerosis is a type of auto-immune disorder where the immune system attacks the protective sheath that covers nerve fibers and causes communication problems between the brain and the rest of your body. This results in muscle weakness, fatigue, deteriorating vision, pain, cognitive decline and other symptoms. It is very likely, almost expected, that the patient will end up in a wheelchair. It is truly a devastating disease.
多发性硬化症是⼀种自身免疫性疾病：免疫系统攻击覆盖神经纤维的保护鞘，致使⼤脑与身体其他部位之间的通讯出现问题。这会导致肌肉无力，极度疲劳，视力下降，疼痛和认知能力的下降等等症状。几乎可以断定，患者最终会需要轮椅。实在是让⼈心碎的⼀种疾病。
Being trained and practiced in traditional medicine, she immediately went to the best MS center in the country: Cleveland Clinic, doing what she was supposed to do, using her own words:“ I saw the very best doctors, received the best care possible, taking the latest newest drugs.”
沃尔斯学习的和践⾏的都是传统医学，她⽴即去了美国最好的治疗多发性硬化症的地方：克利夫兰诊所。⽤她自己的话说：“我看了最好的医生，得到了最好的护理， 服⽤了最新的药物。”
But she kept on deteriorating. In 2003, she received recommended chemotherapy. That did not help.
但她的病情却⼀直在恶化。 2003年，她接受了医⽣推荐的化疗，也没有什么帮助。
Dr. Wahls had to buy herself a wheelchair, because she could no longer walk normally.
沃尔斯博士给自己买了个轮椅，因为她不能再正常行走了。
She continued with the treatment and tried the newest drugs. In 2007, she had to buy a zero gravity chair because she could no longer sit in a normal chair.
她继续接受治疗并继续尝试最新的药物。 2007年，她不得不购买了⼀个零重力的椅⼦，因为她连直坐在普通椅子上都不能了。
Knowing that MS will eventually lead to brain shrinkage, she started researching how to protect her brain, and found that studies in mice showed fish oil, creatine, and co-enzyme Q provide some protection. So she started on the road of self experimentation with those supplements.
知道多动性硬化症最终会导致大脑萎缩，她开始研究如何保护自己的大脑。她发现对小白鼠的⼀个研究表明，鱼油，肌酸和辅酶Q可以给大脑提供⼀定的保护作用。于是，她开始服⽤这些保健品，开启了她自己的探索之路。
The decline continued, but the speed of the decline slowed, which really encouraged her.
病情继续恶化，但恶化的速度明显放慢了，这让她感到了鼓舞。
More research led her to find out what compounds and nutrients are critical for neurotransmitter and mitochondria to function properly, both of which are especially important for MS patients.
她开始研究哪些元素和营养会帮助神经递质和线粒体的正常运转，因为这两者对于多动性硬化症患者非常重要。
She first started incorporating those supplements in the diet, and then it occurred to her: why not get this directly fromthe food? She tried to turn to medical textbooks and the food texts to find out which foods would supply her with those nutrients, but could not find the answers.The internet delivered to her what she needed.
她开始服用更多的保健品，然后她突然想到：为什么不直接从⻝物中摄取这些营养呢？她试图去医学教科书和关于饮食的课本里找出哪些⻝物可以提供这些营养，但找不到答案。最终给了她答案的是互联网。
Then she started a diet she specifically designed for herself using some of the paleo diet principles and making sure she’s incorporating all the critical nutrients.
然后，她开始了⼀种全新的饮食方案，利用了⼀些paleo diet (古饮食）的原则，并确保食物里包含所有那些非常关键的营养素。
Three months after she started, she could walk short distance using one cane.
三个月后，她可以靠⼀根拐杖开始走小段的路。
Four months after she started, she could walk throughout the hospital without a cane.
四个月后，她可以在医院里走来走去，完全不用任何扶助。
Five months after she started, she got on a bike for the fifirst time in a decade and rode around her neighborhood.
五个月后，她在她的小区骑了⼀圈自行车。这是十年来第⼀次。
Nine months after she started the diet, she biked for 18 miles.
在开始她新饮食方案的九个月，她骑了18英里的自行车。
The next year, she did a trail ride in the Canadian Rockies.
第⼆年，她在加拿大落基山脉进行了越野穿行。
What the modern medicine failed her, food gave it to her.
现代医学没有能够给予她的东西，她在食物里找到了。
Here is what Dr. Wahls describes as “The Wahls Protocol”:
沃尔斯医生将这个饮⻝称为“沃尔斯规程”：
You should have at least 9 cups of fruits and vegetables every day, divided into 3 groups:
每天⾄少吃9大杯水果和蔬菜，分为3类：
1. 3 cups of Leafy greens. These are rich in vitamin B, A, C, K and other minerals.
1. 3⼤杯绿叶蔬菜。这些蔬菜富含维⽣素B，A，C，K和其他矿物质。
2. 3 cups of sulfur rich vegetables. These include cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussel sprouts, turnips, rutabagas, radishes, kale, onion, garlic, leeks, chives, shallots, mushroom, asparagus, etc.
2. 3⼤杯富含硫的蔬菜。包括卷心菜，西兰花，花椰菜，球芽甘蓝 ，萝⼘，大头菜，羽衣甘蓝，洋葱，⼤葱，韭菜，小洋葱，蘑菇，芦笋等。
3. 3 cups of colored vegetable and fruits, such as beets, carrots, peppers, berries, red cabbage, oranges, etc.
3. 3⼤杯有颜⾊的蔬菜和水果，例如甜菜，胡萝⼘，菜椒，莓果，红卷心菜，橘子等。
3 cups are basically a dinner plate heaped high.
3大杯基本就是⼀个餐盘上摆的高高的那个样子。
You should also include high quality protein, such as wild salmon, herring, grass-fed meat.
还应包括优质蛋白质，例如野生三文鱼，鲱⻥，草饲的肉等。
Have organ meat once a week.
每周吃⼀次内脏。
Have seaweed at least once a week.
每周至少吃⼀次海藻。
Potatoes and legumes intake is limited. Grains, dairy and sugar are excluded.
土豆和豆类不要吃多。谷物类，乳制品和糖完全不吃。
This diet is not just great for MS patients, it is great for other autoimmune disorders as well. As a matter of fact, this could be a blueprint for people without serious diseases. If you can truly eat this way, you will probably keep all diseases at bay all your life.
这种饮食不仅对多动性硬化症患者有好处，而且对其他自身免疫性疾病也很有帮助。实际上，这对很多没有任何严重疾病的⼈来说也可以作为⼀种饮食蓝图。如果你真的能坚持这些饮食原则，那么很可能你⼀⽣患重病的几率都会很低。
