THANKS for sharing your story and encouragement with me. I will keep sharing the truth about low-carb living.

Dr. Freed,

THANK YOU for informing me about the teleconference with Dr. Bernstein and I have been trying to set up an e-mail interview with him on my blog for over a year. Please e-mail me at livinlowcarbman@charter.net so we can get that done.

I’m not set up to do interviews on the podcast show yet, but I will certainly want Dr. Bernstein on as soon as I do. THANKS again!

If you have Type II Diabetes or know someone who does, please do yourself a favor and sign up for this teleconference. When his new book comes out, rush out to buy that as well.

I have absolutely no affliation with Dr. Bernstein other than I credit him with saving my husband’s life!

Jimmy, I hope you will consider taking up Steve’s offer and have one of their diabetes specialist on your show.

I coach obese and Type II Diabetics. I can’t tell you how excited I have been and continue to be when I bring them the message of how a controled carbohydrate lifestyle and exercise can change their lives in a way they never dreamed possible! We work hand in hand with their doctor to help them lower their medications and improve their health.

My husband is a recovering Type II Diabetic. He has had diabetes for over 25 years. About 7 years ago, I stumbled upon Dr. Richard Bernsteins book, “Diabetes Solutions Revised and Updated” as I read that book I realized that he was talking about my husband!! I told my husband that I knew what to do to help him and that he could in effect cure himself of the diabetes. He didn’t want to hear any of it. He said that he was going to the doctor and doing what he had to do. He didn’t want to take responsibility for the disease. He just wanted to take his pills and be cured.

My husband and I have been married for 46 years. In the beginning years of our marriage, he was always loving, caring and full of energy.

When the diabetes took hold of him his energy levels steadily declined. He saw his doctor faithfully every 3 to 6 months. He took his medications religiously. He tried to lose weight but to no avail. Exercise? His only exercise was his thumb on the remote control for the TV.

His Hemoglobin A1c (HA1c) was 11 (doctor wants it to be 7 or lower). His blood sugars were fluctuating between 150, 250 and 350. He became angry and irritable, he could not walk more than 50 feet at a time because of the neuropathy in both of his feet, his weight ballooned to 275 pounds, he was put on insulin and had to steadily increase his dosage. He was up to 43 units of insulin a night. The diabetes makes your energy levels so low that you fall asleep at the drop of a hat. My husband even fell asleep once at the wheel of the car on the freeway-hitting the medium strip woke him. He used to whistle a lot and was good at it. He told me that he lost the ability to whistle! He watched TV constantly — he and I had a strained relationship to say the least.

When I reminded him that his doctor said that if he lost weight and exercised, he might lose the diabetes, he would glare at me and angrily tell me, ” I am trying to lose weight and I can’t even walk 50 feet and you want me to EXERCISE! When are you going to understand that I can’t exercise!”

Five years ago, I told my childrden that in 6 months I will be pushing Dad around in a wheelchair and I meant every word of it.

The picture that I paint is true and then some! I had lost him as a husband and as my best friend.

After retiring, he continued his TV watching but I made sure that he watched Dr. Phil and Oprah. He finally got the message from Dr. Phil that he was in charge of what was happening to his body and that it was up to him to take control.

I immediately went to work - we cleaned up our environment by throwing out all of the junk food, etc. I have always taken pride in being a great cook - Polish ethnic foods. I now planned our meals around controlled carbohydrates.

Within 2 weeks of eating a controlled carbohydrate diet, I saw my husband’s warm and loving personality returning!!!! I was stunned! I never thought this would or could happen. He started feeling better, and he started losing weight! His attitude changed 180 degrees. His energy levels went through the roof! The neuropathy in his feet has decreased dramtically. He started whistling again! He decided to take up a the saxophone! He is now in a band!

Within a few weeks, we joined the local recreation center. When he walked the track for the first time, I thought I would break down and cry I was so happy! Now it is exciting to see him actually running the track.

In the first 9 months on our program, he lost 75 pounds. and has kept it off going on 4 years now! He has now been off of insulin completely for over 3 years and his doctor wants to lower his other medications as well. He has walked in 2 - 5K races, he walks 2 miles at the gym 4 times a week and uses the Nautilus equipment.

Oh, and his Ha1c is 6.6. His doctor is amazed - I am thrilled - I have my wonderful, fun loving husband back!!!

We have 11 grandchildren. My children tell me that the last 3 grandchildren know a different grandfather than the first 8 did! WOW! They are so right!

Sometimes I feel like I am either living in a dream or seeing a miracle happening in my own home. But it’s not a dream and it’s not really a miracle. It’s controlling carbohydrates and exercise. It’s taking charge of your life.

Our program works. I have coached many people all with the same results. Their doctors want to refer their patients to me as well.

Our program is not a diet, it’s not a new medication. It’s a change of lifestyle. It’s taking responsibility for this dreaded and awful disease - taking control instead of allowing the diabetes to be in control. It’s all about learning how carbohydrates and exercise affect your body!

I talked to a woman from the American Diabetes Association. She is a diabetes educator and a nutritionist. She disputes the low carb diet because she says that it can cause kidney problems/failure. Hello? What in the world does she think Type II Diabetes causes?

I love low carb living! Please keep your message coming. I will send my clients to your web site to help motivate and re-enforce my message to them.

There is a cure for Type II Diabetes. It requires that the person acknowledge that they are in charge of their bodies/not the diabetes. It requires a change of lifestyle - a change that will give them incredible energy and they will, indeed, live a better life!

I ‘ve ordered your book from Amazon.com and I am looking forward to reading it. You do a GREAT job. Please keep it up!

P.S. Our web site is still under construction but if you go there, you will see a photo of my husband and me that was taken recently. BTW I lost 40 pounds and have kept it off for over 4 years as well.

THANK YOU so much for sharing! I am always thrilled to learn about people who are new to the low-carb lifestyle and it is my heartfelt desire to help people like you discover all the wonderful aspects of this amazing way of eating.

Regarding your comments, keep in mind that throughout the month of February I have been focusing on “just the facts” to show people the evidence that low-carb is what we believe it is–a nutritious and delicious way to lose weight and get healthy for good!

While you are already convinced of this yourself, there are MANY more who are still skeptical. That’s why I’ll never stop discussing WHY livin’ la vida low-carb works by pointing to the studies and research that comes out about it. We NEED that to be trumpeted, too.

But if you like practicality, that’s what I’m all about and have been at my LivinLaVidaLowCarb.com blog for nearly two years. If you go there, then you can access over 1600 articles I have written with reviews of products (including ChocoPerfection and Stallone puddings), book reviews, news and info about low-carb, and MORE!

I haven’t put a lot of emphasis on that in my podcast show yet, but I’m certainly willing to if enough people ask me to. Rest assured it will continue to happen at my blog, so be sure to check it out. I update it quite often and I think you’ll like what you see.

Best wishes to you as you make livin’ la vida low-carb your permanent lifestyle change. KEEP IT UP, Andi! Let me know what you think about my book when you are done reading it!