Another Success Story

My husband John is a huge cyclist and of course a healthy eater!  However, back in October 2009 he went into have a check up and discovered that his cholesterol was high.  The doctor strongly suggested he get on meds right away.  John decided to see if I could tweak his diet or help him try to decrease this the natural way.  The doctor really believed this would all be in vain and said it must be hereditary..how could he be eating any healthier? 

Well, I did some research and spoke to Dr Joel Fuhrman's staff.  He is author of the book "Eat to Live."  We changed John's diet and went totally vegan.  He gave up all dairy, meat and coffee.  He ate exactly what Dr Fuhrman recommends: Veggies, Beans, Fruit, Whole grains, Raw nuts, and more veggies!  He added garlic tablets, Vitamin C with Bio, 1/2 glass of POM juice a day and completely quit coffee. 

He continued his regular exercise program of cycling and weights.

The results are below:
Oct 23, 2009   Total Cholesterol 244
Nov 23, 2009  Total Cholesterol 179

The doctor was amazed...they could not believe that diet alone could take down someone's cholesterol within 30 days!  He continued eating vegan for a few months.  However, we have added some fish and other lean meats back into his diet.  He will be going in for a recheck soon.  I will let you know if adding the meat back into his diet increased the results.

I would highly recommend you reading the book "Eat to Live".  Regardless if you are a vegetarian or not...adding more greens into your diet will help you live a healthier life.

Remember you are what you eat!!!

Melissa