David PerlmutterPresident,, Perlmutter Health Center · Board-Certified Neurologist | Functional Medicine Pioneer | #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author | International Speaker | Host of The Empowering Neurologist Podcast

Can ALS Be Reversed? A Case Report Worth Examining

16 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube video, Dr. David Perlmutter interviews a patient (Speaker B) who claims to have experienced a rapid reversal of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) symptoms. The patient describes dramatic improvements in breathing, speech, swallowing, and mobility after an unspecified treatment, asserting that the changes were confirmed by multiple clinical measures. Dr. Perlmutter highlights how the claim challenges the entrenched medical belief that neurodegenerative diseases are irreversible, acknowledging the natural skepticism among clinicians trained to view ALS as a one‑way progression. Both participants emphasize the potential humanitarian impact—saving lives and reducing suffering—if the findings are validated, suggesting that this could represent a paradigm‑shifting discovery in neurology.

You've made one heck of a claim, and you've claimed that you have cured ALS. It really challenges a foundational belief in medicine, and that is that neurodegeneration is kind of one way. It's irreversible.
I was declining very fast in terms of breathing, speech, swallowing, and I was losing the ability to walk. Every other measure that he does, they all showed dramatic improvement.
This is an important discovery. I think there's a natural skepticism If you're trained and learned that that's not possible.
The goal is that lives will be saved, human suffering reduced. It's going to change the world, in my opinion.
I think it's happening right now. And when I say truly where the big secret is, the answer really is