"...(I) was able to show the nurse and the doctor that... I had quit taking my medications, but my glucose was still normal. I had lost 15 pounds. My doctor’s exact words were, ‘I couldn’t be happier. Keep it up.’ " – Bob Mitchell of Millbrae, CA.

Bob’s wife, Gaylene Mitchell, MSN, RN, says, "At first, I was very skeptical that diabetes could be reversed. As a nurse case manager I had seen only the steady downward progression of its complications. The seminar lectures were well supported by research and yet made a complex disease simple to understand. This approach to diabetes offers hope and motivation, averts the complications, and can reduce health care costs. NEWSTART® offers much better results for diabetes management."

San Diego architect, David Dobson, 38, was rushed to the hospital during the Christmas holidays 2001. His blood sugar was dangerously high at 1300! His doctor immediately diagnosed Type 2 diabetes and prescribed insulin injections.

Eleven months later David was still taking 170 units of insulin daily. Even with the insulin, his fasting blood sugar was 300 in the morning and over 500 at night. David enrolled in the three-day Reversing Diabetes and Obesity seminar presented by physicians of the NEWSTART® Lifestyle Center at Weimar Institute.

Within two weeks his blood sugar dropped safely into the normal range and he was able to discontinue taking insulin. He says in the same length of time he lost 20 lb. After 90 days he lost 52 lb. and he remains off of insulin with normal blood sugar. His doctor is delighted and has encouraged him to keep it up.

"It was with great need and much apprehension that I attended your "Reversing Diabetes" seminar in Wheaton, IL. My fears were inappropriate. I highly recommend this seminar for those with diabetes or heart disease. As I have experienced both, this session was extremely timely."

– Greg Anspaugh, Grand Rapids, MI

John Rowe, R.N., E.R. nurse and a diabetic for eleven years, was injecting up to 144 units of insulin a day. Within two days of adopting the NEWSTART® Lifestyle, his blood sugar returned to normal without medication. He lost thirty-five pounds in four months. His hypertension is gone and his vision is greatly improved.

Kit Carson was taking 85 units of insulin daily. He was a big guy - 6’8" and 440 lbs. He relied on his pickup to go even short distances.

Two days into the NEWSTART®  Lifestyle Program his blood sugar, which had been as high as 500, returned to normal. In two years he lost 135 lbs. and has never used insulin again. He says, "This program has changed my life."

"For thirteen years I have lived with adult onset diabetes. At first, I controlled it with diet. Then it was a single pill and then up to two pills a day. Kidney problems began and I was put on another pill. The fear of dialysis and other pieces of my body failing was overwhelming. I knew there must be a better way.

At the seminar, Drs. Lukens and Teske explained so well what was happening in my body, I saw I was living on a dead-end street. I could only see more pills or the needle and failure of one organ after another. I listened, prayed and understood the program.

I so enjoy the freedom from any medication for my illness that I cannot imagine ever eating any other way. My doctor verifies my neuropathy is completely gone" LeRoy Hill, Bothell, WA

"I recently attended a seminar offered by Weimar Institute where I received training in the NEWSTART® Lifestyle Program, and would like to share my wonderful experience with you. I am a 62 year-old physician with a history of adult onset diabetes for ten years. I am blessed with a busy orthopedic practice and have a hectic schedule. I chose to attend the seminar in order to seek a way to manage my condition without continued reliance on medications."

– Robert W. Hunt, M.D., Orthopedic Surgeon

In 1997, Rev William Erving, a retired Christian Missionary Alliance pastor from Beaver, PA, was suffering from painful diabetic neuropathy in his feet. He reported that the discomfort was so great he had difficulty sleeping at night. He was being treated with oral medication for his elevated blood sugar, but nothing was helping the neuropathy pain.

Two years ago, Pastor Erving attended the NEWSTART® Reversing Diabetes seminar at Sandy Cove Conference Center, near Baltimore. His blood sugar quickly returned to normal. On August 26, 1999 he reported that the pain in his feet has now been gone for two years, his blood sugar level remains in normal range, and he requires no medication. He walks daily and enjoys the recommended plant-based diet.