John's Story

In February, 1995, I had just lost my 26 year old sister to cancer (Hodgkin’s disease). My mother died the year before from a car wreck and I had just purchased a ranch the day she died. I was in the process of moving into a new home, trying to establish the proper permits, installing a water line, installing a septic tank, and establishing electric and phone service.

I worked as a technical analyst at a major corporation and was under stress. During the previous three months, I had lost 55 pounds. I began to drink a lot of fluids and by February, I had to go the restroom about every ten minutes every day. I had to continuously take naps throughout the day and became so weak that I could not drive. I could not press on the brake hard enough. My dad took me to the doctor and there we discovered that I had high blood sugar. I went to a Diabetic specialist and through lab results; I had a sugar count of over 700. According to the doctor, I should have been in a coma by that time. He immediately put me in the hospital and began an IV with insulin shots and a diet of 2000 calories. The doctor and the dietician said I would have to live with diet pop, low calorie diet and insulin injections for the rest of my life.

Although I did not meet Denise until July of 2001, I seemed to have already possessed some very powerful healing abilities. I told the doctor and the dietician that I refuse to believe that I would be insulin dependent for the rest of my life and that I will prove it!

Every quarterly checkup, my doctor had to decrease the amount of insulin I was taking because my sugar levels were dropping below normal. By May, 1997, I no longer needed insulin and I have remained off of any insulin or medication since that time. My hemoglobin count, LDL, and HDL levels have been better than a normal person since May, 1997. The doctor cannot explain it; but, I can.

I began walking at lunch during work and doing ranch work outdoors while maintaining a low fat and low sugar diet. Something also occurred during this time. My sugar levels began to drop below normal and I was not on insulin. This was a mystery to my doctor.

I noticed that I had headaches at certain times and felt like taking a nap sometimes. I did some research and began to implement a high protein, low carbohydrate diet along with weight and cardiovascular training. My sugar levels improved dramatically, I seldom had headaches, and I felt energized.

The protein, when digested, converts to sugar slowly because protein breaks down slowly. Carbohydrates, on the other hand, break down quickly; faster than sugar does. If the body cannot consume and readily burn the carbohydrates, it will store it as fat. By including weight resistance training, insulin production increases along with endorphins to energize the body and burn the sugar. The insulin is created by the pancreas and released in the blood stream. The blood cells have gates which open and close and allow sugar to enter the cells to burn which gives you energy to move about and do the things you do. The insulin is what opens the gates for the sugar to enter. Take in mind that everything you eat converts to sugar; except water. If you eat several carbohydrates, your sugar level is spiked fast and your pancreas must produce the insulin faster to keep up with the sugar level in your blood. When the sugar is consumed or stored as fat while the pancreas flooded your blood with insulin, the left over insulin keeps the blood cell gates open longer and your sugar level drops below normal.

I also realized that I have a strong connection with nature and trees. The energy flows through me and I believe that nature and the trees assisted me with my healing process. The weight resistance training along with higher proteins, lower carbohydrates, utilizing good fats and reducing bad fats, cardiovascular training, a determined mind set, belief, faith, and visualization made my healing possible. These are the techniques that Denise uses in her courses and I will provide the weight training and outdoor adventure fun.

Come join us!

John

You may e-mail John at: john@mindbodypotential.com