| Written by the Editors at Weight Loss
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| | ï(R) In about half of the participants
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| Buddy Press in colaboration with Hans A.
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| | with type 11 diabetes, a dramatic
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| Diehl, DrHSc, MPH, FACN, CNS
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| | reduction in need for insulin and
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| It is well known that about two-thirds of
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| | hypoglycemic agents
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| the U.S. population is either overweight
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| | ï(R) Lowering of high blood pressure
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| or obese. The U.S. Surgeon General has
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| | levels
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| stated that approximately 75% of Western
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| | ï(R) Diminishing of angina
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| diseases, such as heart disease, stroke,
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| | ï(R) Reduced levels of depression and
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| hypertension, diabetes, gout, arthritis,
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| | increase in self-esteem
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| excess weight gain, hypertension,
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| | Class & Video Lecture Schedule
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| diabetes, some cancers, impotence,
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| diverticular disease, constipation,
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| | Modern Medicine: Miracles, Medicines,
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| heartburn, and gallbladder disease, are
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| | & Mirages
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| ?lifestyle-related.? They are directly
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| | The limitations of high-tech medical
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| correlated with our high fat diet,
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| | approaches in dealing with lifestyle
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| inadequate amounts of exercise, smoking,
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| | related diseases
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| high intake of caffeine, and high amounts
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| | Portrait of a Killer: Onslaught from
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| of stress coupled with insufficient
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| | Within
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| support.
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| | Atherosclerosis, the culprit in many
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| Hoping to address this alarming
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| | lifestyle diseases
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| situation, more than 20 years ago,
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| | Stalking the Killer
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| cardiovascular epidemiologist Hans A.
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| | Reviewing the risk factors for coronary
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| Diehl, DrHSc, MPH, created the Coronary
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| | heart disease
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| Health Improvement Project (CHIP). Since
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| | Eat More and Weigh Less
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| then, this 40-hour community-based
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| | Basic guidelines for healthy, sustained
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| lifestyle intervention program has helped
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| | weight loss
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| more than 40,000 people rediscover their
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| health by preventing, arresting and
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| | Going Up in Smoke
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| reversing their diseases. It has been
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| | Smoking ? the most controllable risk
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| conducted in more than 150 North American
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| | factor for coronary heart disease
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| cities as well as in Bangalore, India,
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| | The Magic of Fiber
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| Australia and Switzerland. Depending upon
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| | The role of fiber in preventing and
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| the needs of the group, the meetings are
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| | reversing lifestyle diseases
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| held either ?live? with Dr. Diehl
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| | Reversing Hypertension
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| delivering the program personally
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| | Changing the major risk factors for high
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| (usually meeting four times per week for
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| | blood pressure
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| four weeks) or as a ?video-based? program
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| | Disarming Diabetes
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| with certified CHIP facilitators
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| | Lifestyle factors that can arrest or
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| (normally two times per week for eight
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| | reverse diabetes
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| weeks). In addition, Dr. Diehl is a
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| | Effective Cholesterol Control
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| best-selling author ? To Your Health,
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| | Dietary factors that prominently affect
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| Dynamic Living, and Health Power
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| | blood levels of cholesterol
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| (co-authored with Aileen Ludington, M.D.)
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| | Fats in the Fire
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| -- as well as the executive editor of a
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| | The role of excessive fat intake in
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| 24-page quarterly Lifeline Health Letter;
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| | lifestyle diseases
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| he has produced scores of health videos.
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| CHIP empowers people through its
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| | Fit at Any Age
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| scientifically-documented, educational
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| | Benefits of regular exercise in
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| and inspirational program that addresses
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| | preventing and arresting disease
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| common western diseases -- those that
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| | Boning Up on Osteoporosis
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| used to be seen primarily later in life.
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| | Cause and prevention of this so-called
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| Today, these diseases increasingly appear
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| | ?disease of aging?
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| at far younger ages. CHIP may make all
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| | Lifestyle and Health
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| the difference in one?s life -- even the
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| | Clinical studies that demonstrate how
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| difference between life and death.
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| | lifestyle choices are related to health
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| In 1999, CHIP launched a ?community
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| | The Optimal Diet
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| health transformation template? in
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| | Positive dietary guidelines for the
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| Rockford, Illinois, a city with a
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| | prevention and reversal of Western
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| population of 130,000. The intention was
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| | diseases
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| to transform Rockford into the healthiest
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| city in American, thereby enabling it to
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| | Diet and Cancer
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| serve as a model and template for
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| | Dietary factors in the development and
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| cultural transformation on a
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| | prevention of common cancers
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| community-wide level. Recently, CHIP was
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| | Atherosclerosis of the Mind
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| recognized as just such a model by HHS
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| | The importance of adaptability in
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| Secretary Tommy Thompson and was
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| | achieving and maintaining optimal health
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| ?approved? under the National Institutes
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| | The Gift of Forgiveness
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| of Health (NIH) and Centers for Disease
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| | How a spirit of forgiveness enhances
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| Control and Prevention (CDC) as a ?STEPS
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| | emotional and overall health
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| to a HealthierUS? applicant. In addition
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| | Building Self-Worth
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| to ?live? CHIP, a series of CHIP videos
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| | The development, preservation and role of
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| are offered through schools, churches,
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| | self worth in a healthy person
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| corporations, and hospitals. In Rockford,
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| | Connie Thebarge?s Story
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| CHIP is sponsored by the Swedish American
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| | At the age of 59, Connie Thebarge, a
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| Health System?s Center for Complementary
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| | patient at the Ottawa Heart Institute in
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| Medicine.
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| | British Columbia, Canada, was told that
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| Who is the typical CHIP participant?
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| | her doctors could no longer help her.
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| Generally, CHIP participants are over the
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| | After all, in addition to suffering from
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| age of 40. Most are between the ages of
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| | hypertension, she had diabetes and
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| 50 and 59. There are twice as many women
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| | painful diabetic neuropathy. She had two
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| as men, and almost 90% are married.
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| | heart attacks followed by a triple
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| Clinical research, published in peer
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| | coronary bypass surgery and an
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| review journals, has found that they have
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| | unsuccessful angioplasty. Every day, she
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| the following lifestyle diseases:
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| | had to take 27 pills. Not surprisingly,
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| ï(R) 10% report having heart disease
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| | she was also depressed.
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| ï(R) 27% have elevated blood sugar
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| | Yet, today, more than a decade later,
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| ï(R) 42% are overweight
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| | Thebarge walks three miles a day, swims
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| ï(R) 49% show evidence of hypertension
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| | twice a week, dances, and travels to
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| ï(R) 60% are obese
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| | Florida and Europe. No longer depressed,
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| ï(R) 89% are cholesterol above 160mg%
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| | she also requires far fewer pills. How
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| Over the course of the program, strict
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| | was this accomplished? Thebarge
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| adherents are likely to experience
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| | participated in CHIP and transformed her
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| significant clinical improvements such as
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| | life.
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| the following:
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| | Copyright ? 2005, by Weight Loss Buddy
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| ï(R) Serum cholesterol reduction
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| average 15 ? 20%
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| | May be reproduced and distributed as is.
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| ï(R) Average weight loss of six pounds
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