THERE WAS SOMETHING I COULD DO

THERE WAS SOMETHING I COULD DO

The success of my program has been as welcome to me as it has been to my patients. For the past twenty years I have practiced internal medicine. I am associated with two cardiologists. There are many satisfactions that make my profession worthwhile. But for much of my practice I was frustrated. I saw too many people ruin themselves by their eating habits.

They were wrecking their health with food. The wrong foods and too much of them.

I wondered if there was something I could do. I realized that with all my medical training and practice I also needed to bacome a nutritionist. I discovered that the subject of stress required intense study and investigation.

It is no secret that while we have eliminated the historic illnesses, we are struck down by the "modern" plagues—cancer, heart disease, strokes, diabetes and arthritis. These diseases don't just happen. The evidence overwhelmingly shows that most of today's illnesses are due to poor nutrition, poor health habits and a poor handling of stress.

Over the years I realized that if I were to help my patients live healthier and longer they would require a program combining proper nutritional approaches with a regimen reducing stress. They needed to become not only physiologically but also psychologically fit. Thus was born the Beverly Hills Medical Diet and Long-Life Anti-Stress Plan.