{"id":38,"date":"2010-12-03T23:22:46","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T23:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/medicinetomoveyou\/2010\/12\/seniors-curing-disease-without-medication.html"},"modified":"2010-12-03T23:22:46","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T23:22:46","slug":"seniors-curing-disease-without-medication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/medicinetomoveyou\/2010\/12\/seniors-curing-disease-without-medication.html","title":{"rendered":"Seniors Curing Disease Without Medication"},"content":{"rendered":"

Story time!  <\/span>I had
\nanother amazing experience at the office today. 
\n<\/span>A 77 year old woman came to us just a few months ago with arthritis,
\nhigh blood pressure, high cholesterol, acid reflux and prediabetes- not to
\nmention her obesity.  <\/span>She was on a slew
\nof prescription medications but was prompted by her daughter to check us
\nout.  <\/span>By the way, if you were to ever
\ntalk to this sparkly senior on the phone without looking at her, you would
\nthink you were talking to a 40 year old. 
\n<\/span>Her positive energy is magnetic and limitless.  <\/span>But, how could someone so happy and positive
\nbe at the mercy of all these diseases? 
\n<\/span>She, like many people who see us, did not believe that health was
\npossible for her.  <\/span>The obstacle in her
\nmind was her age; for others we see at the office, it is their weight, their
\nsadness, their convenience, their spouse, their finances, their hatred for
\nvegetables… I hear them all.<\/p>\n

This woman started with some simple changes to a low
\nglycemic index, Mediterranean diet supplemented with high quality fish
\noil.  <\/span>Her initial labs were taken so she
\ncould witness her change in just 3 months time. 
\n<\/span>She incidentally had a fall and was unable to fully implement the
\nexercise portion of our Therapeutic Lifestyle Change program due to a bum
\nback.  <\/span>But she did not quit on the
\nnutrition!  <\/span>She kept up with it,
\nfollowing our 90\/10 rule- 90% of the time eating the foods that heal her so
\nthat 10% of the time when birthdays and other special occasions come by, there
\nis room for a little ‘cheat.’  <\/span>So, what’s
\nthe ending of this little story, you may ask? 
\n<\/span>Drum roll…….<\/p>\n

Her LDL cholesterol dropped 22 points, her total cholesterol
\n30 points, her cardio CRP (measure of inflammation in the heart) went from a whopping
\nhigh risk 6.8 down to a low risk 0.5, her blood sugar down to normal; she lost
\nover 10 lbs and dropping clothes sizes as we speak.  <\/span>This story happened in just 3 months, and the
\nunlikely heroes of our totally telling tale- Dashing Diet and Elegant Exercise!<\/p>\n

Our ‘Little Engine That Could’ is one of many that inspire
\nour entire team and should make you seriously reconsider your life story.  <\/span>If a 77 year old woman can make it happen,
\nwhat are you waiting for?  <\/span>Find the Hero
\nof your story.  <\/span>Or, if you have already
\nwon your race as the Tenacious Tortoise (and put that High and Mighty Hare to
\nshame), please reply with your very own story complete with Happy Ending to this
\npost! Thanks for paying it forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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