Diabetes Undone Workshop

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Currently, 26 million Americans have diabetes and 79 million have prediabetes. Both of these conditions significantly increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and other complications. The prevailing medical paradigm teaches that diabetes is a chronic, incurable disease, and diabetics surrender to the idea that they will struggle with the disease for the rest of their lives. In our fast-paced, money-driven healthcare system, providers often don’t have adequate time to educate patients about how to be healthy. All too often, patients are treated for the symptoms of disease, while the underlying causes of disease are not addressed. Dr. Wes Youngberg, DrPH, has been working with diabetics for the past twenty-five years. He has found that, by addressing the cause of illness rather than just treating the symptoms, type 2 diabetics can experience dramatic health improvements, avoid complications, and possibly even reverse the condition. Drawing from Dr. Youngberg’s extensive experience, Life & Health Network produced Diabetes Undone, a research-tested intervention in reversing type 2 diabetes and other lifestyle diseases. The Diabetes Undone curriculum includes a cookbook, workbook, and informational videos and can be taken in a group setting or on an individual level from home. Participants will learn to form new habits and make better choices based on increased knowledge, skills, and encouragement. The program is designed to empower participants to optimize their nutrition, exercise, and other powerful lifestyle strategies, all of which enable them to reclaim their health. The same strategies that are taught to fight diabetes also combat heart disease, obesity, cancer, autoimmune disease, and many other lifestyle-related health conditions. Really, it’s quite simple, the things I had to do. It wasn’t a hardship at all. Six months later, I was declared non-diabetic. I reversed it. And since then, I had extensive tests done two months ago, and I’m still not diabetic or prediabetic. And that itself is the reward. —Tom Zapara, 91-year-old Diabetes Undone participant ________________________________________________________________________________ We here on the local level also have amazing testimonies just like Tom has. You could also have a life-changing testimony and undo Diabetes in your life. This workshop is starts Tuesday July 18th and runs until Aug 10th meeting every Tuesday and Thursday night. Informative video format with discussion and question and answer time as well as sample food dishes each night. This workshop is sponsored by the Tri-City Natural Health Initiative, a department of the Johnson City Seventh-day Adventist Church. Participant cost is $65.00 which includes a workbook, cookbook, DVD, free food, and lifetime access to website educational materials. We encourage all participants to bring a spouse or friend with them at no cost as a support team member. Financial Aid is available for this workshop. For further information or to RSVP your seat in the workshop please contact Fred and Julie Douville (423) 302-7266 tricitynatuarlhealthinitiative@gmail.com