Terry Wahls Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Terry Lynn Wahls
Profession(s)	• Physician • Paleo Diet Advocate
Physical Stats
Eye Colour	Moss Green
Hair Colour	Extra Light Ash Blonde
Career
Awards	• 2018: The Institute for Functional Medicine’s Linus Pauling Award for her contributions in research, clinical care, and patient advocacy
Personal Life
Date of Birth	9 November 1955 (Wednesday)
Age (as of 2023)	68 Years
Birthplace	McGregor, Iowa, USA
Zodiac sign	Scorpio
Nationality	American
Hometown	McGregor, Iowa, USA
College/University	• Drake University, Iowa, United States • University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States • University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota
Educational Qualification(s)	• Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Fine/Studio Arts (1976) from Drake University • Doctor of Medicine from the University of Iowa (1978-1982) • Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from University of St. Thomas (2001)
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • YouTube • Twitter • LinkedIn
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Sexual Orientation	Lesbian
Marriage Date	Year, 2009
Family
Wife/Spouse	Jackie Reger
Children	Son- Zach Wahls (Iowa state senator) Daughter- Zebby

Some Lesser Known Facts About Terry Wahls

• During college, she did Taekwondo, a Korean martial art, and also became a national champion at the time.

• In 1983, she began practising as a resident doctor in the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the University of Iowa. She practised there for three years up till 1986.

• In 1986, she received her medical license from the American Board of Internal Medicine.

• In 2000, Wahls moved to Iowa City, Iowa, where she began working as an associate chief of staff for ambulatory care at the Veterans Administration (VA) Iowa City Medical Center and as an Associate Professor of medicine at the College of Medicine at the University of Iowa.

• In 2003, Terry was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis which later progressed rapidly.

• After a year of diagnosis, she got another diagnosis stating that her condition had secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. She began using a wheelchair to move around and was unable to continue practising medicine. She underwent various treatments including chemotherapy but nothing worked.

• In 2011, she appeared at a TEDx event in Iowa City. During the TEDx, she shared her journey through Multiple Sclerosis and also shared the diet and therapy she underwent.
  

  Terry Wahls during the TEDx talk

• By 2017, her condition worsened and she became bedridden. Later, she began researching her condition and started self-experimenting.

• The same year, she came across the Paleo diet, also known as the Stone Age diet that includes foods from the Stone Age, which are helpful in treating her condition. However, she was vegetarian but the diet included consuming meat so she began the diet.

• Within the 6 months of her treatment, she began walking and started biking to and from work.
  

  A collage of Terry Wahls recovery journey

• Later, she started writing a case report on her treatment with the help of her medical team at the University of Iowa.

• In the case report, she recorded her dietary changes, supplements, neuromuscular electrical stimulation treatment and intensive physical therapy.

• She has published many books on her journey with MS including The Wahls Protocol: How I Beat Progressive MS Using Paleo Principles and Functional Medicine (2014) and The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life: The Revolutionary Modern Paleo Plan to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions (2017).
  

  Terry Wahls’s book cover