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How 40,000 People Reverse Heart Disease

Written by the Editors at Weight Loss ï(R) In about half of the participants
Buddy Press in colaboration with Hans A. with type 11 diabetes, a dramatic
Diehl, DrHSc, MPH, FACN, CNS reduction in need for insulin and
It is well known that about two-thirds of hypoglycemic agents
the U.S. population is either overweight ï(R) Lowering of high blood pressure
or obese. The U.S. Surgeon General has levels
stated that approximately 75% of Western ï(R) Diminishing of angina
diseases, such as heart disease, stroke, ï(R) Reduced levels of depression and
hypertension, diabetes, gout, arthritis, increase in self-esteem
excess weight gain, hypertension, Class & Video Lecture Schedule
diabetes, some cancers, impotence, Week 1
diverticular disease, constipation, Modern Medicine: Miracles, Medicines,
heartburn, and gallbladder disease, are & Mirages
?lifestyle-related.? They are directly The limitations of high-tech medical
correlated with our high fat diet, approaches in dealing with lifestyle
inadequate amounts of exercise, smoking, related diseases
high intake of caffeine, and high amounts Portrait of a Killer: Onslaught from
of stress coupled with insufficient Within
support. Atherosclerosis, the culprit in many
Hoping to address this alarming lifestyle diseases
situation, more than 20 years ago, Stalking the Killer
cardiovascular epidemiologist Hans A. Reviewing the risk factors for coronary
Diehl, DrHSc, MPH, created the Coronary heart disease
Health Improvement Project (CHIP). Since Eat More and Weigh Less
then, this 40-hour community-based Basic guidelines for healthy, sustained
lifestyle intervention program has helped weight loss
more than 40,000 people rediscover their Week 2
health by preventing, arresting and Going Up in Smoke
reversing their diseases. It has been Smoking ? the most controllable risk
conducted in more than 150 North American factor for coronary heart disease
cities as well as in Bangalore, India, The Magic of Fiber
Australia and Switzerland. Depending upon The role of fiber in preventing and
the needs of the group, the meetings are reversing lifestyle diseases
held either ?live? with Dr. Diehl Reversing Hypertension
delivering the program personally Changing the major risk factors for high
(usually meeting four times per week for blood pressure
four weeks) or as a ?video-based? program Disarming Diabetes
with certified CHIP facilitators Lifestyle factors that can arrest or
(normally two times per week for eight reverse diabetes
weeks). In addition, Dr. Diehl is a Effective Cholesterol Control
best-selling author ? To Your Health, Dietary factors that prominently affect
Dynamic Living, and Health Power blood levels of cholesterol
(co-authored with Aileen Ludington, M.D.) Fats in the Fire
-- as well as the executive editor of a The role of excessive fat intake in
24-page quarterly Lifeline Health Letter; lifestyle diseases
he has produced scores of health videos. Week 3
CHIP empowers people through its Fit at Any Age
scientifically-documented, educational Benefits of regular exercise in
and inspirational program that addresses preventing and arresting disease
common western diseases -- those that Boning Up on Osteoporosis
used to be seen primarily later in life. Cause and prevention of this so-called
Today, these diseases increasingly appear ?disease of aging?
at far younger ages. CHIP may make all Lifestyle and Health
the difference in one?s life -- even the Clinical studies that demonstrate how
difference between life and death. lifestyle choices are related to health
In 1999, CHIP launched a ?community The Optimal Diet
health transformation template? in Positive dietary guidelines for the
Rockford, Illinois, a city with a prevention and reversal of Western
population of 130,000. The intention was diseases
to transform Rockford into the healthiest Week 4
city in American, thereby enabling it to Diet and Cancer
serve as a model and template for Dietary factors in the development and
cultural transformation on a prevention of common cancers
community-wide level. Recently, CHIP was Atherosclerosis of the Mind
recognized as just such a model by HHS The importance of adaptability in
Secretary Tommy Thompson and was achieving and maintaining optimal health
?approved? under the National Institutes The Gift of Forgiveness
of Health (NIH) and Centers for Disease How a spirit of forgiveness enhances
Control and Prevention (CDC) as a ?STEPS emotional and overall health
to a HealthierUS? applicant. In addition Building Self-Worth
to ?live? CHIP, a series of CHIP videos The development, preservation and role of
are offered through schools, churches, self worth in a healthy person
corporations, and hospitals. In Rockford, Connie Thebarge?s Story
CHIP is sponsored by the Swedish American At the age of 59, Connie Thebarge, a
Health System?s Center for Complementary patient at the Ottawa Heart Institute in
Medicine. British Columbia, Canada, was told that
Who is the typical CHIP participant? her doctors could no longer help her.
Generally, CHIP participants are over the After all, in addition to suffering from
age of 40. Most are between the ages of hypertension, she had diabetes and
50 and 59. There are twice as many women painful diabetic neuropathy. She had two
as men, and almost 90% are married. heart attacks followed by a triple
Clinical research, published in peer coronary bypass surgery and an
review journals, has found that they have unsuccessful angioplasty. Every day, she
the following lifestyle diseases: had to take 27 pills. Not surprisingly,
ï(R) 10% report having heart disease she was also depressed.
ï(R) 27% have elevated blood sugar Yet, today, more than a decade later,
ï(R) 42% are overweight Thebarge walks three miles a day, swims
ï(R) 49% show evidence of hypertension twice a week, dances, and travels to
ï(R) 60% are obese Florida and Europe. No longer depressed,
ï(R) 89% are cholesterol above 160mg% she also requires far fewer pills. How
Over the course of the program, strict was this accomplished? Thebarge
adherents are likely to experience participated in CHIP and transformed her
significant clinical improvements such as life.
the following: Copyright ? 2005, by Weight Loss Buddy
ï(R) Serum cholesterol reduction Press
average 15 ? 20% May be reproduced and distributed as is.
ï(R) Average weight loss of six pounds




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