laura's Story

Do you want to die young?  That was the question I asked myself a little over two years ago.  So, after a lifetime of yo-yo dieting, I finally decided to give Dr. Fuhrman’s plan a try. 

At forty-three years old, I had five years of experience with type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, and sleep apnea.  In addition, I have a repeated history of depression.  I felt defeated and really had given up hope of feeling good again. I was settling into “old age” and accepted that I was going to be morbidly obese, weighing 252 plus pounds for the remainder of my life.  After all, “it was in my genes” and I had always been overweight.  But I had not totally given up.   I was a daily two-mile walker for the past 23 years and practiced yoga on a regular basis.  I faithfully worked with my doctors, specialists and dietitian to keep my diseases managed in an appropriate manner.  I was on four different medications and slept with a CPAP machine to help assist with my sleep apnea.  

While eating my dietitian approved diabetes snack of cheese and whole wheat crackers I watched, with eager excitement, Dr. Fuhrman on TV explaining that type 2 diabetes could be completely reversed.  Honestly, this was news to me. I ordered Eat To Live, which became my bible, along with his DVDs. I watched, studied and changed.  After detoxing from my “healthy diabetes diet,” I never looked back.  I followed Dr. Fuhrman’s principles in Eat To Live.  And, within a few weeks, the weight just began to fall off of me.  I was amazed.  I had spent the last five years between 245 to 255 pounds.  

As my weight continued to drop, my level of energy skyrocketed.  I did not have a trace of depression.  No longer did I wake in a fog, feel sick to my stomach or have a feeling of despair.  I was alive and happy.  After about six months, I was feeling so good that I decided to join a gym and start running.  I always hated running and criticized people who ran thinking that it is bad for them, they will ruin their bodies. Hmm, what I needed to do was look in the mirror and realize that I was ruining my body by eating an American diet and getting minimal exercise.

After a few months I reversed my type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol and depression. My cholesterol was lower following the Eat To Live program than it had been on 40mg of a popular statin drug. I have the blood work results to prove this fact. And, finally after about 18 months, I was able to reverse my sleep apnea. 

Today, at forty-five years old, I feel better than I did in my twenties.  My energy is sky high as I continue to eat well and exercise.  I ran my first half-Marathon in October 2013.  I loved it and will definitely run more races. I am forever and deeply grateful to Dr. Fuhrman for sharing his knowledge.  He truly saved my life.  In my opinion, he is a true hero.  Thank you.