Dr. Terry Wahls stopped taking her custom supplement regimen and within 36 to 72 hours couldn't get out of bed. Restarting the supplements restored her function by the next morning. Repeating the cycle showed the same pattern, suggesting the supplements slow her functional decline.
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So I gradually create a supplement cocktail for my mitochondria. And then after about 6 months into this, I think, you know, it's not helping. I'm annoyed. I stop my supplements. 36 hours later, I really can't get out of bed to go to work. And at 72 hours, my spouse comes in and says, you know, honey, why don't you take your supplements again? And I take them, and the next morning I can get up and go to work. And I think, wow, that's really interesting. So 2 weeks later, I stop all my supplements. At 36 hours, I cannot function. At 72 hours, I take them again. Interesting. And I can get up and go to work. And so now my conclusion is the supplements are clearly doing something. Maybe they aren't helping me recover, but they're slowing my decline.