28/5/2015

Let me tell you a little about myself. I am 72 years of age  married with 2 children and 6 grandchildren. I live on an acre and a half at Warner. My wife and I live in a duplex with our daughter and son in law and 3 grandchildren. My mother-in -law also lives with us. I’m a pastor part time with Bray Park Community Church. When I joined the DHC course I weighed 95 kg, had a waist measurement of 115cm and 44cm around the neck. I was a type 2 diabetic. My HbA1c was 7.9 and my LDL 1.6. In 1994 I had a triple bypass and in 2010 I had 2 stents inserted in one of the bypasses. I have used a CPAP machine for the past 2 years and while I have tried diet and exercise I have not been able to lose weight and keep it off.

My Doctor wanted to increase my Metformin from 1000mg a day as my HbA1c reading had gone from 7.0 to 7.9 in the past 6 months. I asked for 3 more months to try to get it under control. A friend gave me the DVD “fat sick and nearly dead” and offered me some healthy eating ideas including cinnamon tablets. Then I received an email from Bennie, a friend from church who went to the Diabetic Health Clinic in 2014. His weight had gone from 97kg to 79 kg and lowered his sugar reading to a level where he went off his metformin. This was timely for me and more than a coincidence so my wife Ann and I turned up at the first meeting to learn more about a lifestyle change that has changed my life.

We were blown away at where sugar was found in all the processed foods we were eating and when a label said sugar free there was corn syrup used to sweeten the product. We watched DVD’s from medical researches and listened to testimonies from people who had beaten their diabetics. For 6 or 7 weeks we soaked up all this knowledge which I now know was preparing me mentally for the juicing fast I was about to start. Because of the possible side effects of fasting I stopped drinking Tea where  I was using 1 tea spoon of sugar and started making one juice a day to try the different recipes I found on the DHC web site. I cut back on carbohydrates. The last thing I gave up was coffee and then I was ready to start juicing 3 times a day. I did not experiences any of the side effects that others experienced and I guess it was because I started preparing for the changes I was going to make.

By the time I finished the 30 day juicing fast I had lost 14kg in weight, reduced my waist measurement by 12 cm and the neck size by 2.5 cm. My HbA1c reading was down to 6.7. I must add this is a 90 day reading and I had only been juicing for 21 days when I had the test. Can you imagine what my reading will be like in 90 days time. My Doctor was  surprised as my cholesterol came down from 3.2 to 2.3 and the LDL from 1.6 down to 0.8. Other things that I noticed was that  I did not need to use my Ventolin which I was using for my Asthma. I could go for a 20 minute walk and not come home breathless. I can no longer use my CPAP machine as it blows air into my mouth as I do not need its help to breath at night. My wife tells me I sleep like a baby and no longer snore which I had been doing for 45 years. My present weight 81.6 is about the same weight I was 35 years ago. You should hear the comments from people who see me. One lady asked me if I was well because she noticed I had lost a lot of weight. I told her my story and now she is now looking up Diabetic health Clinic to see if she can do what I did to lose the weight she wants to loose.

If you are serious about losing weight or if you are a type 2 diabetic and you want to reverse your condition then I can recommend this program to you. Diabetes is a lifestyle disease and can be reversed. I am living proof that it is possible. It took knowledge, understanding of how the body works, a good dose of determination and the support of my loving wife for me to do what I did.

My new goal is to stay healthy choosing the right kind of food to eat but most important to stay away from processed foods. I’m learning every day enjoyable ways to stay healthy and am so thankful for my friend Bennie who told me about the Diabetic Health Clinic. I have all the support I need at the end of the phone or by email and regular contacts with the friends I met while doing the course.

I would like to offer a special thank you to Peter Pratt, the coach who led me through the program. His enthusiasm, knowledge and desire to help others has been an inspiration to me.

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