A Testimonial of Jim Hippard's Successful Journey back to Health 

I am 58 years old. A year ago I weighed 340 lbs., was on medication for type II diabetes, medication for high cholesterol, medication for high blood pressure, felt like I needed a nap all the time, generally felt bad and was kind-of-a jerk around my family too much of the time. Then, to top it all off, my Ophthalmologist took a picture of the back of my eyes and told me I was going to go blind in about 10 years if I didn’t make some changes in my life.

The truth is that I already knew I was on a down hill slide. I had tried dieting and exercise on several occasions in the past. I always followed the standard low fat - rubber chicken and dry broccoli - type diet and what I now call the chronic cardio exercise protocol (better known as “aerobics”) all with good but temporary success.  I was never happy or comfortable with these protocols and the fat problems always came back, usually with a vengeance. At some point in about 2001 I pretty much gave up and slowly but surely achieved the new horizons of un-health described above.

After the eye doctor gave me the blindness prognosis I started trying to find some new answers to my old problems. My newly found solutions still involved diet and exercise, but in very different ways than the doctors, the nutritionists, the government and the fitness industry have historically described to us.

I could write a book about my success, but let me cut to the chase: I now weigh 285 lbs. and dropping; I no longer take any medication; my blood values are good; I have lost 8 inches in my waist; I have terrific energy; I interact with my family in a more positive way and I feel great. I have lost fat at a rate of about 5 lbs. per month.

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“The stress at work is sending my blood pressure through the roof,” a patient told me. His instinct was good, because experts who study stress are increasingly seeing how it connects to illness. Stress affects your heart, weight, and skin. It’s also linked with physical training, an increased risk for developing depression, the common cold, and influenza, as well as associated with increased symptoms among those with chronic illnesses,” says Dr. Sheldon Cohen, a professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

Confronted by sudden danger, the human body instantly pumps the bloodstream full of adrenaline. This hormone, along with cortisol raises your:

• blood pressure
• heart rate
• blood sugar

temporarily giving you additional strength, speed, and stamina. In emergency situations, stress can save your life.

But ongoing stress—the kind you might face when you’re experiencing marital, financial, or work-related problems or are caring for a sick relative—influences your ability to function and may lower your immunity. Even your genes can be affected, says Dr. Elissa Epel, a health psychologist at UC, San Francisco, because stress changes “the protein output of our DNA.” That’s like saying it affects the core of what we are made of.

Here’s what else we know about stress and sickness.

Heart

“There is overwhelming evidence that stress creates an environment where heart attacks and even sudden death become more likely,” says Dr. Joel Dimsdale of UC, San Diego, in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Job stress has been found to increase cardiovascular risk by up to 50%. In addition, stress lowers estrogen production, which reduces protections against heart disease in women, explains Dr. Stephen Manuck, a professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh.

Headaches

Stress appears to change the balance of chemicals in the brain in a way that may contribute to the narrowing of blood vessels—one theory for why we get migraines. Stress also is a factor in tension headaches. And physical reactions to stress—such as tensing the neck and shoulders, grinding teeth, or clenching the jaw—may make headaches worse.