ALS Stories: How Diet Changed My Life

In this video, Bernardo Pinto Coelho talks about his journey with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), explains his five rules for life and discusses how radically changing his diet brought about a change in his ALS symptoms.

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Bernardo talks about how a paleo diet, supplements, exercise, syntonic therapy and his faith in himself have managed to slow the progression of ALS, which he was diagnosed with in 2009. Bernardo and his father, a doctor, devised their own plan for treatment which consisted of a complete lifestyle change, but five years on Bernardo is still fighting fit and exercises for up to four hours each day.

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