Diabetes Testimonials

Diabetic Ulcer and Eye Problems Much Improved
"I Have Been Able to Eliminate or Reduce Most of My Drugs"
Nutrients Protect Against Ravages of Diabetes
"I Take No Prescription Medication for My Diabetes"
No More Diabetes Drugs

Diabetic Ulcer Healed, Eye Problems Improved

I am a type 2 diabetic. While at the clinic I received hyperbaric oxygen therapy, EECP, and IV treatments for the diabetic ulcer on my left heel and the retinopathy in my right eye.

After a three-week stay, my heart function and the circulation in my legs has improved. The ulcer on my right heel, which I have had for 15 months, is almost completely healed. My legs are no longer swollen, and I can walk further than ever. My eye has improved, and I feel much better overall.

I am now taking half as much insulin as I was when I arrived here and am planning to get off insulin completely in the future.

— Haroldine Musch

"I Have Been Able to Eliminate or Reduce Most of My Drugs"

After following the advice of conventional physicians for decades, first for my type 2 diabetes, then arthritis, and more recently a heart arrhythmia, all I had to show for it were more and more prescription drugs. After three weeks on the Whitaker Wellness Program I have been able to eliminate or reduce most of my drugs, and I've shown actual improvement in the symptoms of all these chronic diseases.

I was originally skeptical about the use of alternative therapies and supplements but the holistic approach of the doctors at Whitaker Wellness has done for me in a few weeks what years of conventional medicine did not. The Whitaker Wellness Institute has opened the door to an active lifestyle again. It is now up to me to go through that door and practice what I have learned.

I've been able to get to the point with my peripheral neuropathy where I can walk longer distances on my own without the use of my walker and the amount of pain that I had been feeling has been considerably reduced even though I've cut back on the pain killers that I was using before. I still have to use the walker for going longer distances but I'm hopeful that I will even be able to discontinue that in the future.

— Gerald Schwartz

Nutrients Protect Against Ravages of Diabetes

Zachary Jessup is a 13-year-old boy who was recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. He had been having symptoms of excessive thirst, hunger, and urination for several months prior to that, and, despite eating like a horse, he was as thin as a rail. For some time his parents attributed all this to a growth spurt, but they eventually took him to his pediatrician, who made the diagnosis based on a blood sugar reading of 320 (normal is less than 100).

The day Zach was diagnosed his father called the Whitaker Wellness Institute and scheduled an appointment for the following week. He also picked up a copy of my book Reversing Diabetes at a health food store on his way home — along with all the nutritional supplements recommended in the book. So just hours after his diagnosis, Zach started on a full-scale nutritional treatment program.

When he and his family came out to the clinic the next week, we adjusted his supplement regimen a little, refined his diet, encouraged him to exercise, and underscored the importance of sticking with these therapies. His blood sugars stabilized in the low 200 range, and it was agreed to give this program a try before starting him on insulin.

I talked to Zach's father recently, and he told me that his son is doing extraordinarily well. During the first three months after starting on his nutritional regimen, Zach gained 28 pounds, from 98 up to 126, most of it muscle, and he feels and looks terrific. But the most amazing part of this is that all this occurred without insulin!

This is unheard of. While many patients with this disease undergo a "honeymoon period," when blood sugar levels go down and less insulin is required (it's as if the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas are making a final rally), they don't gain weight as dramatically as Zachary has without insulin. Even his endocrinologist is baffled.

Well, honeymoon or not, the nutritional approach this boy is taking is making a significant difference in the course of his diabetes — not just today, but for the rest of his life. The ultimate success of Zachary's treatment is not how much insulin he will need to keep his blood sugar under control. Blood sugar levels do need to be controlled, and in patients with type 1 diabetes, insulin is ultimately necessary. (Zach just started on low doses.)

The true test of success is whether or not he can get through the next 60 or 70 years without losing his eyesight, legs, kidneys, and other body parts. And because this boy and his family are aggressively taking the bull by the horns, replacing lost nutrients and adding others to preserve beta cell function and ward off complications, his odds of living a long and healthy life are pretty darn good.

— from Health & Healing by Julian Whitaker, MD

"I Take No Prescription Medication for My Diabetes"

I probably had diabetes for 10 years before I was diagnosed. Whenever I had my yearly check-ups, my fasting blood sugars were always within normal limits. Several years earlier, I told my doctor that it hurt when I clapped my hands. He said, "Well, don't clap." After months passed, I noticed that my hands were hurting more than ever. My doctor sent me to a neurologist, who sent me to another specialist who diagnosed me with type 2 diabetes and diabetic neuropathy. The doctor told me four times that I would never improve, that I should avoid stress, keep moving, and try to control my diabetes. He said that there was no treatment for my neuropathy, and that possibly I would be in a wheelchair within one year. I went home very depressed.

I had been subscribing to Dr. Whitaker's Health & Healing for about six months. I had stacked the magazines by my chair, but hadn't read very much. About three days after my diagnosis, one of the papers fell open at my feet to that said, "If you have Diabetic Neuropathy, this is what you should do." It told that Alpha Lipoic Acid would help the regeneration of nerves. I immediately went to the health food store, purchased it, and began taking it. Six weeks later, I began to drop things such as my keys, a water glass, etc., but two weeks after that this problem stopped. Also, the pain in my hands and feet stopped. (I was told later that nutritional supplements sometimes take about two months before they start showing a positive response.)

I returned to my doctor and he noted that coordination was normal in my right and left leg and ankle, and I was no longer dragging my left foot. Pinpricks tests showed improvement in the hands and legs. The doctor was astonished. He said they had never had a neuropathy patient improve like I had. He wanted to know what I had been doing, and for twenty minutes we discussed Alpha Lipoic Acid. I believe that without my regimen of Alpha Lipoic Acid (I take 600 mg daily) I would be in a wheelchair or even dead. I continued to improve but was told they had nothing for me, and since I was doing so well, I could just return as needed.

I felt that since I had a major improvement in my life by reading Health & Healing, I should go to the Whitaker Wellness Institute in Newport Beach, CA, for other health benefits. My doctor there fined-tuned my vitamin supplement program and recommended EECP, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, chelation, Anodyne treatments, and a number of nutritional supplements. Every one of these treatments has helped me. Although I take prescriptions for other health problems, I take no prescription medication for my diabetes, which I control with diet, exercise, and these supplements.

I believe God helped me by having that magazine fall open at my feet to the page about diabetic neuropathy and Alpha Lipoic Acid, and I am so thankful for Dr. Whitaker and his Health & Healing newsletter. Without his magazine, I believe I would be dead or helpless.

— William Bellomy

No More Diabetes Drugs

In 2003, Ken Wright was 63 years old and seriously overweight. He had been diagnosed with diabetes 10 years before, and he suffered with many of the complications of this disease, including diabetic neuropathy and retinopathy. He had multiple problems with his legs, thanks to an earlier accident, as well as peripheral vascular disease and severe swelling, and he was unable to walk on his own. He was also plagued with an itchy rash on his legs, arms, and back that he would often scratch so much that he drew blood. He had high blood pressure, asthma and bronchitis, severe arthritis in his neck and knees, and bowel and bladder problems. He was in constant pain, and he slept poorly. He felt hopeless because his doctor had told him there was nothing else he could do for him.

His wife, Mourlene, who is a subscriber, decided to take charge. She called the Whitaker Wellness Institute, and in June 2003 they visited our clinic.

When they got here, Ken was taking 13 different drugs: two for his diabetes, an ACE inhibitor for his hypertension, a very potent diuretic, three inhalers and an oral drug for his lung problems, an antibiotic, a thyroid medication, a topical steroid and another cream for his legs, and 15 or 16 aspirin a day for unrelenting headaches and arthritis pain. No wonder he had so many problems!

Unlike his doctors back home, we were quite confident that we could help Ken, so we got to work. He received IV infusions of glutathione and oxygen treatments, and within three days he was breathing normally and off his inhalers. He underwent a course of acupuncture and reflexology, and his urinary incontinence cleared up after a week. For his knee and neck pain he had prolotherapy injections, and for his diabetes, hypertension, and weight he was placed on a comprehensive nutritional supplement, diet, and exercise program.

The Wrights returned home after two weeks, highly motivated by Ken's improvements to continue with the program. In Mourlene's words, "He went from a pessimist to an optimist real fast. He was a different person!"

Over the next few months, Ken's headaches and neck pain resolved, and he stopped popping aspirin. He started using honey on his legs in place of the prescription steroids and creams, and the itching receded. He also began losing weight. He came back to the clinic in March for a course of EECP and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and his improvements accelerated. The swelling in his feet went down, and the sensation and function in his legs increased by 100 percent.

As of August 2004 — one year and two months after his conventional doctor gave up on him — Ken had lost 165 pounds and 20 inches from his waist. His blood pressure is under control. His blood sugar is within normal limits, and he takes no diabetic drugs. His asthma and bronchitis are gone, and he now boasts that he has an "iron bladder." Ten of the 13 drugs he was on have been discontinued — he only takes a thyroid medication and half-doses of an ACE inhibitor and a diuretic. His vision has improved, and he is driving again. He still has some problems with his legs, but he's able to walk and work out in a gym, and he feels better than he has in 20 years.

— from Health & Healing by Julian Whitaker, MD