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Participant comments after just four weeks...                Read short stories from CHIP participants

"I am in amazement at all the things I have heard and seen. I feel better and I look better. I feel hope for my future. I want to help someone else to find what I have found. This is the way I want to live for the rest of my life." WM

"I learned more than I ever imagined I would. I took all the information home and [my wife] did it too. The other day someone at work asked her if she was losing weight, so people are noticing that it really works." TK

"This is a wonderful program ... it is a great program where people can chose to live healthy." RC

"By eating beans every morning I keep my blood sugar in the normal range." JC

"I want to learn to cook like this -- everything tastes great!" BC

"The value [of the program] is priceless." BW

"I love the program!" MH

"The program could very well save your life." DH

"I got far more than I expected." EH

"Awesome! Very good!" PP
Average CHIP Program Results


Pooled 4-week results (4 CHIPs, n=62)
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The October 2007 CHIP program was conducted as a research study in collaboration with Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, VA.
"The outcomes exceeded our expectations," wrote the Carilion research team.
Download brief report of CHIP study (150Kb PDF)
Participant stories...

I.F. had been taking insulin for his diabetes for over 20 years. He developed chronic foot ulcers and had to wear special shoes that made it difficult to walk or exercise. The ulcers had been open and would not heal for the last two years, and his doctors were saying they might have to amputate his toes. He attended the CHIP program with his wife, coming every night and applying what they learned. At the end of just four weeks he gave the following report.
"I have been off of insulin for four weeks now, and my sugars are better than before. And my ulcers are completely healed up with no open sores at all. Praise God, I have been healed." IF

A.M. had been taking oral diabetes medications for years and was not always able to control his blood sugars. He attended the CHIP program with his wife. He carefully followed what he learned. At the end of two weeks he had to stop his medications due to repeated low blood sugars. After four weeks he was feeling better than ever with blood sugars in the normal range. He won the award for the greatest reduction in blood sugar with a drop of 44 mg/dl.
D.H. had been a diabetic for just one year. She had taken a diabetes education class and tried to follow what was presented. She found it difficult and could not seem to make it work at all and her blood sugars were not well controlled. Her doctor was concerned and encouraged her to join the CHIP program study. She was skeptical another education program would make much difference, but she came each night. After a couple of weeks and seeing others improving, she decided this was for real and started using what she was learning about the imortance of making "plant foods as grown" the main part of her diet. After four weeks she was feeling better than ever with blood sugars in the normal range for most of the week.
D.H. was on multiple medications for diabetes, blood pressure and high cholesterol. She joined the CHIP program and came almost every night. The nights she could not come she made up by viewing the video lectures at home. By the end of the third week her doctor had taken her off one of her blood pressure medications and her blood sugars were better than ever. She had more energy and felt more alert. By the end of four weeks she was off 3 medications and doing better all the time.
T.P. was taking several medications for high cholesterol, high blood pressure and reflux, as well as pain medications. After four weeks of CHIP he had stopped over 5 medications, including the ones for reflux and pain. He lost 17 pounds and feels better and reports having more energy.