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