I turned 59 years old 7 months ago was so sick and depressed I could not
function- literally. I began gaining weight over 10 years ago even though I
ate healthy. I could NOT lose weight even though I was eating low fat, lots
of organic veggies and whole wheat pastas. I went to see 'doctors' and they
assumed I ate cookies and ice cream. I became extremely ill and the day I
decided to go to the doctor, I barely made it. I was throwing up and found
out I had type 2 diabetes which explained the tooth and periodontal
problems, foggy-brain, anxiety, and exhaustion, among other things.
I contacted Maxine, and told her what I had found out.
Maxine designed a food plan and simple exercise regimen for me and I stuck
to it. Literally within 2 weeks my blood sugar went from 358 to 110, and in
one month it was normal. In 3 months the doctors were shocked when they
retested me for everything from blood pressure (which had been high) to
blood sugar, and said "this has never happened". The diet they suggested
would have kept me on medications, and I would have gone down the road of
depending on meds with no weight loss.
Maxine is educated in the science of how obesity, diabetes, high blood
pressure, periodontal problems, high cholesterol all stem from the same
faulty assumptions about diet, and exercise.
I lost 60 pounds over several months and, more importantly, within the first
few weeks I was back to my happy self. As I was losing this weight, and
lowering high BP and then reversing symptoms of diabetes, I sometimes got
frustrated and complained with "how come I'm not losing weight faster", or
"I don't feel good", or "why does this hurt?". But Maxine was knowledgeable
in being able to tell me what was going on with my body during the process.
I realized then that I never was clinically depressed, it was just my body
that was so out of sync.
I would be happy to send any of my medical information through Maxine that
was taken at the U of W with the numbers and data that show such a dramatic
change that the entire staff at the clinic was amazed to see. They are not
trained as Maxine has been - and if you have any of these problems, this may
be the way out for you as it was for me. read more