How I REVERSED My Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension
How I REVERSED My Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension
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0.066 -> My name
is Biff Picone, 68 years old.
3.069 -> Now that I've got older
and retired, I
5.372 -> try to look at my life and say,
How can I make it better?
8.675 -> Owning a business and
being on the go all the time?
10.977 -> You don't always eat right
and you don't always sleep
14.781 -> or have any.
You have a lot of stress.
16.649 -> I was really concerned
about my health.
18.585 -> We ask every guest, you know,
what are your goals coming in
22.455 -> so that we know how to customize
and tailor
25.725 -> things for each individual
because everybody's goals
28.695 -> are different and it's important
to know that coming in?
32.132 -> What are your goals
for your health?
33.333 -> I was being treated
for hypertension
36.236 -> and I was also diabetes
type two.
39.272 -> The issue with my type
40.907 -> two diabetes is I was on a pill
and on insulin.
44.911 -> I had had a gastric sleeve done
about seven years ago
48.648 -> and I lost 30 pounds,
50.45 -> And at that point,
the doctor took me off of things
53.253 -> because my A1C was down
below six.
56.756 -> However, because of bad
58.391 -> eating habits
and all of the other things,
60.46 -> my weight
came back and so did the
64.664 -> diabetes or prediabetes.
66.399 -> It can inhibit your weight loss.
68.301 -> If the insulin can promote
weight
71.704 -> gain, the doctors would tell you
and I would go see them.
74.841 -> There's nothing you can do.
76.076 -> It's just you're stuck with it
for the rest of your life
78.311 -> and continue
to take the medication.
80.18 -> They were giving me
all these pills.
81.981 -> And so finally,
I said, you know,
84.017 -> I'm having a problem
in another area
85.919 -> well we'll give you something
for that.
87.52 -> You know, it's like,
but the stuff you're giving me.
89.656 -> Cause that and I really didn't
think that was a good solution.
92.692 -> And I said,
I'm really going to investigate
95.562 -> how I can reduce or eliminate
98.298 -> the diabetes and hypertension
medicine that I was taking.
101.601 -> I needed to address
my eating style,
103.736 -> my eating habits
and not go on another diet
106.106 -> because I've been on
all the diets.
108.007 -> You lose weight
and then you gain more back.
110.276 -> And so we did a lot of research,
and the Pritikin program
114.247 -> always rose to the top of
the places that you should go.
117.917 -> Doctors today don't really do
the kind of blood tests
121.921 -> and really do the things
to diagnose what's really wrong
125.024 -> or what's going on.
126.659 -> And that was one of the other
things that attracted me
129.662 -> to the Pritikin
130.33 -> program was the medical
expertise that you have here.
134.434 -> They did a blood
draw and blood test was amazing.
137.67 -> on what it showed
for cholesterol, my A1C
141.107 -> all of those things
that are important to you
143.81 -> that you really don't hear
about from your doctor .
145.979 -> The doctor actually sits down
147.447 -> and goes through every number
on your blood test.
150.183 -> We get that time
151.184 -> They get that time
152.552 -> to really go over each
individual lab with our guests.
157.023 -> Being able to to do that
allows them to say, Hey,
161.995 -> this lifestyle
change really is working.
163.863 -> The biggest thing for me
is I'm a foodie.
165.665 -> I love food.
166.499 -> The biggest shock for me
when I got here
168.234 -> was seeing the menu
for the week.
169.936 -> It had stuff on there.
I've never eat and stuff
171.938 -> I would always say,
No, I'm not going to have that.
174.14 -> I don't think I'll like that.
175.575 -> I quickly found out
that the food is prepared
179.712 -> all naturally
180.647 -> with fresh vegetables and all
fresh, fresh ingredients.
184.05 -> They don't overseason it
185.418 -> First day or two,
I kept searching
187.854 -> for the salt shaker
and there wasn't one.
189.656 -> The diet is very low in salt,
194.36 -> and most people
don't realize that they don't
195.895 -> get most of their salt
from the salt shaker.
197.897 -> It comes from unknown sources
from restaurant food or takeout.
202.001 -> Somebody else
202.669 -> cooking your meals for you
and putting other things
204.904 -> in that
you're not aware into the food.
206.973 -> And so here, yes,
they focus very much on I'm
209.275 -> a low salt diet,
210.31 -> In the first couple of days,
the soups seem bland.
213.88 -> There was no taste.
215.381 -> And by the third day,
they started to feel good.
218.685 -> Your taste buds
really regenerate and re imagine
222.989 -> what you're eating
in the second week.
224.857 -> I mean, there's stuff
that just blew me away.
227.227 -> My numbers continued to improve.
229.362 -> By the end of the first week,
she cut out the half a pill
233.633 -> that I was taking on the pill
and the the insulin was down to
239.405 -> 28 units. Over the weekend,
242.008 -> I was doing great.
243.309 -> She dropped it
to ten. And yesterday,
245.612 -> Thursday, I met with her
for my results from my second
249.148 -> blood test was even better
than the first, I lost
252.852 -> I lost almost 9 pounds.
255.221 -> I had lost four inches
in my belly circumference.
259.292 -> And she said, you
can take the insulin to zero.
263.396 -> And so that was something
that was music to my ears.
267.3 -> In the two weeks I've been here,
I've lost my hypertension,
270.703 -> I've lost my diabetes
medications,
273.306 -> getting rid of insulin,
which I love it.
275.408 -> When people tell me
276.142 -> you can't do something because
that just motivates me more
280.28 -> that I'm off, I'm free.
283.416 -> And now what happens
is up to me.
285.451 -> We always promote lifestyle
changes and in the office
289.555 -> and in private practice,
291.357 -> and this is a dramatic lifestyle
change and I
295.261 -> I myself am surprised
how powerful it can be.
298.765 -> Seeing somebody
300.033 -> you know, week after week,
seeing different individuals
302.669 -> reduce their insulin
so dramatically,
304.57 -> that's really rewarding to hear
that you know
306.706 -> ,what you're telling people
what you're practicing,
309.509 -> It is true.
311.044 -> And unfortunately,
I think that's lost
314.314 -> because we are
315.281 -> used to prescribing medications
if something goes wrong.
318.384 -> But prevention really is key,
319.919 -> and that's
why most people come here.
321.321 -> I would tell anybody
that's got diabetes.
323.656 -> Don't give up.
If you’re a type two or pre-diabetes.
326.492 -> You can make a difference.
327.827 -> You can change your life.
329.362 -> You can get off of the stuff,
but you need to be dedicated,
333.032 -> you need to be focused
and you need to follow a more
336.402 -> holistic
natural path medicine or drugs.
339.839 -> It's not going to do it for you.
341.607 -> A lot of it is internal.
344.711 -> It's how you eat,
346.446 -> how you exercise
and how you do those things.
349.248 -> You really have to change
your lifestyle.
351.284 -> It's not,
351.751 -> You go home and try this for
two weeks and then you're cured.
354.754 -> It's yes, you'll see progress,
but it's up to me to continue
360.093 -> what I've learned here
to keep that progress going.
363.629 -> It can be done.
364.497 -> The resources are there.
365.798 -> Go to a program
you can immerse yourself in.
368.701 -> You can live the lifestyle,
not just read about it,
372.472 -> and also that they have
373.639 -> a top ranked medical arm
that you can get answers
377.81 -> to your questions.
378.878 -> Get detailed tests
that you couldn't do
382.115 -> unless you immersed yourself.
383.549 -> It is a commitment,
and I know a lot of people
385.685 -> look at it and say a week or two
weeks, that is a lot of time.
390.089 -> But what is the health
for the rest of your life worth?
392.558 -> The things that I've gotten here
from the medical staff,
395.328 -> from the lecturers
and from the kitchen.
398.398 -> It was all worth it.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CtZsGLinuQ