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for actually probably

couple of years.

Does that mean that you

don't have diabetes anymore?

I no longer have

diabetes, so --

So you are not taking any

medication for your diabetes.

No, and before I was

taking daily medication

or twice daily medication

for my diabetes.

What we were taught

in medical school is that

you can't reverse diabetes that

was really what we were taught,

that it was kind of like a

runaway train, and once it was,

you know, the breaks

were off, it just --

it was never coming

back to the station,

and you really have disproved

that and I just find it amazing,

and you are not alone

but it's something

that's very inspirational

for other people to know that

that can happen.

My life, especially

in the last ten years or so

has been about trying

to establish routines

where I could

be comfortable

and focus on what's

really important to me.

If the revolution

continues the way

it's gone the

last five years

I think we will have to

see some dramatic changes

that dietary interventions may

have a much bigger of influence

I think in medical care;

both prevention

of diseases

but also treatment

of various disorders.

Yeah I kind of think

of it too as that's money

that I don't have to spend

going to the hospital

or something else later.

It's a part of my

insurance plan.

Hi! I am Daphne Miller.

Oh hi! Nice to meet you!

Thank you!

All right! We had

an epidemic of diabetes,

epidemic of

nutrition-related problems

and I show up at Harvard

and there is only one M.D.

in my nutrition program

and that was me

and I was absolutely shocked.

I had a couple of people lower

their cholesterol over 50 points

in 10 days.

If you can lower your

cholesterol 50 points

in 10 days,

why would you want

to take a statin drug

that's known to cause

liver damage, muscle damage,

memory loss and -- I mean,

now there are lawsuits about

Lipitor causing diabetes.

Why would you want

to take that stuff

if you can

do it naturally?

And by the way the side-effects

of doing it like that is, well,

your blood sugar gets better,

your blood pressure gets better

and you might lose

weight if you are --

well, you will lose weight

if you are overweight.

Here in the United States,

the number one killer is diet.

So what we eat

determines our lifespan,

our health span in terms of

both disability and mortality.

I went from -- close to 300

pounds with a 42-inch waist

down to about a 190

with a 34-inch waist.

Blood pressure was probably

one of the biggest things

that changed.

I was diagnosed

pre-diabetic

because both my blood

pressure numbers

were completely

off the charts

and that almost

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