Raw Food Diet Now

Hypertension, cholesterol, sleep apnea… and now diabetes?

The other day I received this email:

Hello Chuck, Thank you for your e-mails, as I find them so informative. I have quite a few Medical Conditions and I feel like I’m eating myself to death. I know I won’t be able to go RAW 100% to start off with, but I need to lose weight sooner rather than later because my Doctor has told me I could start Diabetes Medication, which means tablets and then maybe Insulin Injections,  and that is not a path I want to follow. I take medication for hypertension, reflux disease, cholesterol and 1/2 aspirin every day. I am not getting enough sleep because of the Sleep Apnoea and my blood pressure is getting higher because of the sleep apnoea. I seem to going round in circles. Will Raw Juicing (vegetables) help with the weight loss. I don’t exercise because I don’t have the energy. Because I have to ease my way into a new way of eating I would like to ask you for your help in working out an Eating Plan for me. I am so desperate for your help Chuck, so could you please contact me ASAP. I look forward to receiving an e-mail from you soon

After reading this troubling note, my heart just ached.  I feel sincerely concerned.  So much so I began to reply right then and there, but then decided to post my reply here in the hopes it could also benefit others: Read more »

Father-in-law finally off blood pressure medication after over 7 years

Early last year, my father-in-law was admitted to ICU for a week after he had a seizure in the bathroom. They found blood pooling in his brain, and had to drain it to relieve pressure. He had been on regular blood pressure medication for over 7 years at that point.

Afterward I recommended changes to his diet. More fresh fruits and vegetables. No more meat (he also had mild symptoms of gout). Less white rice and salty additions like soy sauce. More whole foods. Etc.

Well, I am happy to report that as of this month, his blood pressure is completely normal and he has been off the meds for a whole month! He had been able to reduce the dosage gradually over the course of the past year. But now he is finally off medication completely. After having been on it for so many years!

Of course we had him see the doctor regularly. In the end, his doctor said, “Whatever you’re doing, keep it up!”

What a relief!

High blood pressure is such a nasty thing.