The best part of being a physician is helping people get well. Our patients put their trust in us, and it’s a humbling and uplifting experience to be a part of their journey back to health.
I could tell you hundreds of stories about patients I have had the privilege of treating over the years, patients who came to Whitaker Wellness with serious, even life-threatening diseases, were treated with our noninvasive therapies and nutritional interventions, and left with renewed hope and health.
Equally gratifying are those patients who come to the clinic not because they’re sick but because they want to stay well. I want to share some of these success stories from Whitaker Wellness.
Whitaker Wellness Success Story #1: “Don’t Wait Until You’re Sick to Focus on Your Health”
Raymond and Suzanne Berg from Minnesota have been coming to the clinic every year for more than a decade. They don’t come because they’re sick; they come to stay well. And it has paid off. They’re both enjoying second careers as professional models and actors.
Suzanne: “I had no health problems when we first came to Dr. Whitaker’s clinic, but I was intrigued by his approach. Imagine a doctor prescribing supplements! And what a difference it has made in our lives.
“I have early cataracts, and my ophthalmologist wanted to do surgery, so I started taking your vision supplement. At a recent exam, she was pleasantly surprised that my eyes are actually getting better.
“And when my local physician recommended vitamin D and fish oil, I told him I’ve been taking both for years and showed him my excellent vitamin D level. He used to pooh-pooh my trips to Whitaker Wellness, but last year he marveled how most women my age are on 3–5 medications while I am on none.”
Raymond: “When Suzanne indicated she was going to California to see a doctor, I wanted no part of it. I was a healthy but skeptical 60-year-old and thought this was some kind of voodoo vitamin stuff. But Dr. Whitaker’s scientific approach to preventive health convinced me otherwise.
“Whitaker Wellness is way ahead of everyone else and has given us many tests and treatments long before our doctors at home had heard of them. Years ago, the clinic found that my C-reactive protein was high and started me on a program to protect against cardiovascular disease.
“I also learned about the problems with statin drugs, which allowed me to help my 87-year-old mom, who had serious heart failure and was taking a statin. We started her on coenzyme Q10, and within a month, she was up and about cleaning her house. She passed away at age 95.
“I’m so glad we didn’t wait until we were sick to come to the Whitaker Wellness Institute. You have helped us ward off future problems. We will be back next year and the year after—hopefully until we are 100.”
Whitaker Wellness Success Story #2: “I Can See Myself Staying on This for the
Rest of My Life.”
“Over the past few years, I put on 30 pounds. I’m tall and carried it fairly well, but it really bothered me. I tried many diets and I’d lose 5–10 pounds, but I’d invariably gain them back. So I decided to try Dr. Whitaker’s mini-fast program.
“So far, I’ve lost 23 pounds and gone from a size 14—with a muffin top—to a comfortable size 10!! This program has really increased my exercise. Adjusting to no breakfast was hard at first, but now it’s second nature. For lunch, I usually have a salad or protein and no more than five grams of carbs. For dinner, I have whatever I want. That’s important, because I know I will never stick to a diet that makes me want for specific foods.
“I consider myself something of a diet expert, since I’ve tried so many. But this ‘diet’—if you can call it that—is the first one I can actually see myself staying on for the rest of my life. It’s so easy, and it’s a money saver too, since there are no ‘special’ foods to buy or meetings to attend. My advice for anyone considering the mini-fast with exercise would be to just try it. What do you have to lose? Not money. Not time. Just the extra poundage!”
This is a shortened version of Mary Olson’s story from The Mini-Fast Diet. She has been on the program now for several years, and although she has made a few modifications, she is still skipping breakfast and walking for 40 minutes four days a week. To date, Mary has lost 36 pounds, and the best news is that she has kept them off. She knows that if her weight begins to creep up, all she has to do is intensify the program. That’s exactly what she recently did. Her book club had a five-week weight loss challenge, which she won by losing the four pounds she had put on—plus another eight! Mary is obviously sold on the mini-fast with exercise program, and she has never looked or felt better.
More Whitaker Wellness Success Stories
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