Clint,

You might take a look at John McDougall's book, MAXIMUM WEIGHT LOSS
(1995). This is similar to the Dean Ornish diet, but more restrictive --
keeping total fat to about 10% of dietary intake. It is working for me.
What is more important is what this diet is doing to my lipid numbers.
In the past six months my triglycerides have dropped 42% (from 150 to
87). I weighed 242 lbs when I started chemotherapy on 9/7/06, which I
terminated on Nov. 16, 2006. My weight at the moment is 205 lbs, with a
target goal of 175 lbs be the end of 2008.

Duane Christensen



Clint Bishop wrote:
> I have the book by Dean Ornish but we have just started on a NutriSystem
> diet to loose weight. I would like to go from my current weight of 220 to
> at least 170 (155 or 160 would be nice). Hopefully, this will also help
> keep the Pca in check.
> Anybody else done the NutriSystem thing?
> Clint
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Duane Christensen" <dlc@...>
> To: <natural_prostate_treatments@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 6:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [NTPC Yahoo Group] Clint's Incomplete History
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>> Clint,
>>
>> From what you said earlier, I think you probably went on the so-called
>> *ultimate fast* in conjunction with your vegetarian diet. I have been
>> following DR. DEAN ORNISH'S PROGRAM FOR REVERSING HEART DISEASE (1996),
>> which I strongly recommend for your reading. I weighed in at 205 lbs
>> this morning, which means I have lost 38 lbs since the time I started
>> androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer on Sept. 7, 2006.
>> I have another 30 lbs to go to get where I should be in terms of weight.
>>
>> Prostate cancer is a strange disease in that there are often no symptoms
>> at all. The only reason I went in to get my PSA checked in 2000 and
>> again in 2006, was my response to the fact that two of my brothers had
>> just had their prostates removed surgically because of prostate cancer.
>> I had a biopsy each time -- the first was negative and the second
>> positive. I wish that I had done my homework and studied the matter in
>> depth years ago. If I had done so, I would have made some very different
>> choices.
>>
>> Duane Christensen
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>> Clint Bishop wrote:
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>>> Duane,
>>> I was 51 when diagnosed with prostate cancer. The first that I knew of
>>> it was when the VA did a PSA test and my PSA was 6.9. I went on a
>>> vegetarian diet immediately and my weight, cholesterol and PSA dropped
>>> significantly. I have not stuck with that regimen throughout my ordeal
>>> and my weight is up to a little over 200 now. We are going to start a
>>> Nutri-System diet next week for two months and see where our weight is at
>>> the end of that time. I will also check my PSA next month to see if it
>>> has stayed below 4.0, but I feel fine other than the weight gain.
>>> Clint
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