Nancy
Heading for Remission
In November 2015, I happened upon Dr Marlene Merritt and the Merritt Center in Austin, Texas. I watched her video, read her book and visited her site. I was very excited and thrilled to find her. Through her own education, research and practice, she was saying, practicing (and having results putting diabetes into remission!!! – I wanted this!!!) what my research showed and what I had achieved briefly. I joined her site and receive meal plans from her center weekly. Her meal plans are easy and excellent tasting and the principles of high protein, high fat, low carb can be followed where ever I go. I also learned on Merritt Wellness Center Site, that Marlene does phone consultations and scheduled one. It is so good to talk to a person who knows that this way of eating works and has a long term track record of success. Her phone conferences with me are full of support, encouragement and targeted recommendations for supplements and things for me to do to bring me to success. Around 2012 I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes with an A1C of 12.9. It was a very scary time. Genetically, diabetes runs on both sides of my family and I have seen its effects: including being on medication. I decided to turn these numbers around through diet and made it my mission to find what works. My primary doctor told me of the risks of not taking this diagnosis seriously and not going on medication. I asked her for two weeks and she agreed, since I would be seeing her again in two weeks. Through the support and encouragement of my neuro-muscular therapist, I made changes to my diet and brought down my fasting blood sugar from 290 to 199 in that time period. My doctor was thrilled and gave me clearance to continue on that path with regular 3 month A1C testing by her. In the months that followed I extensively researched diabetes and tested regularly my blood sugar readings. I eventually reached the conclusion that high protein, high fat, low carb was the way of eating that worked best at bringing my readings down. In December 2014 my A1C reached 6.3 but stress in the following months quickly brought the A1C higher. It was hard going it alone and I was getting discouraged.. Today, August 2016, my body is still going into remission but my last A1C was 6.4...this was after a 3-month period of massive stress involving 2 eye surgeries and running a business while recovering (and under the guidance of Marlene Merritt. I so strongly encourage you to talk to Marlene and join her center. No matter where you are in the world, Marlene does phone conference calls, after receiving your test results (she will ask for specifics). I am staying off of medication by simply doing the finger sticks and monitoring with traditional blood testing through my primary doctor, and conference calls with Dr Marlene Merritt and the Merritt Wellness Center. I had the theories and was practicing high protein, high fat, low carb eating but working with Marlene has definitely expanded my world and provided me with the professional support that I need to continue on this journey. It is much easier connecting with this world. I recommend highly Marlene Merritt and the Merritt Wellness Center.