the wahls protocol

The Wahls Protocol is a prescriptive guide that explains using functional medicine and nutrient-dense foods to address autoimmune conditions. It recounts the author's personal recovery from progressive MS and, in the revised edition, adds updated research plus new tools such as diet levels, an elimination diet, new recipes, and material on intermittent fasting and the microbiome.

The cookbook companion offers more than 150 nutrient-dense, Paleo-inspired recipes tailored to each Wahls diet level. It emphasizes easy-to-prepare meals and includes practical tips for budget cooking, reducing waste, holiday strategies, and community-sourced suggestions from other readers.

Both titles are available in paperback. Page counts vary by edition, with listed editions ranging roughly from 368 to 560 pages.

Beyond food choices, the protocol covers intermittent fasting and the microbiome and discusses broader lifestyle factors such as nutrition, exercise, and healthy living as ways to improve outcomes for MS, other autoimmune conditions, and chronic disease.

The revised edition outlines a stepped approach: the Modified Wahls Diet, the Wahls Paleo Diet, and the more advanced Wahls Paleo Plus Diet. It also offers a Wahls Elimination Diet to help pinpoint individual food sensitivities.

The cookbook lists more than 150 recipes covering breakfasts, smoothies, skillet meals, soups, wraps, salads, snacks and similar easy-to-prepare, nourishing options.

The books are listed under Health & Wellness and Cooking/Food categories (the cookbook is additionally tagged Health & Healing). Both editions show a suggested reader age of 22 years and up.