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FASTING RESEARCH The
doctors
of chiropractic and medicine affiliated with TrueNorth Health
Education Center have been conducting ongoing scientific research involving the use of
fasting and a health promoting diet and lifestyle program in the treatment of numerous clinical conditions including High Blood Pressure and Diabetes. In June of 2001, our 12-year study, completed in conjunction with
our colleagues at Cornell University, was published in the scientific, peer-reviewed and indexed,
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. This paper, entitled Medically
Supervised Water-only Fasting in the Treatment of Hypertension, detailed our outstanding results in the treatment of 174 consecutive
program participants presenting with high blood pressure. Click here to read this study. (You must have Adobe
Acrobat to view the study. Click here to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.)
Our study demonstrated the remarkable effectiveness of water-only fasting in
the treatment of the leading contributing cause of morbidity and mortality in industrialized countries. A second study evaluating the effectiveness of fasting
in the treatment of borderline high blood pressure
was accepted for publication and appeared in
the October 2002 issue of the Journal of Alternative
and Complementary Medicine. Click
here to read this study.
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Based on the remarkable
success demonstrated in these studies, the TrueNorth Health
Education Center's program, including fasting, has been included as a fully covered benefit by a major labor union
(International Union of Operating Engineers).
We are currently conducting a prospective study to evaluate the clinical and cost
of medical care outcomes resulting from the use of fasting
by persons with diabetes and high blood pressure.