Marshall Horseman

(Reverse HEART DISEASE)

At the age of 61 we were moving into our new home when all of a sudden I felt very weak and out of breath. I felt a sharp pain in my throat and neck, and I could barely walk. My wife, Rose, said I was looking gray, and that we were heading straight to the doctor's office.

It was all I could do to get from the car to the doctor’s office. From my appearance and symptoms, he did an EKG and I heard him whisper to my wife, "He's going into coronary failure." He called for an ambulance and at the hospital Coronary Intensive Care Unit, I was given emergency services, including a heart catheterization which revealed 9 coronary artery blockages of 95%, with an order that I be prepared for bypass surgery that day. I was visited by the Director of Nurses at Pueblo Norte facility, whose husband had faced a similar emergency and had gone to Weimar Institute with good success. I called Weimar to find out if I could come.

My cardiologist predicted, "You'll never survive the trip to Weimar." It was all I could do to walk from the car past the flagpole to the NEWSTART® Lodge. I soon learned that my previous diet was the source of my clogged arteries. After only two or three days, my body responded to this new way of living. My energy increased, and I could walk about a half mile. After a week I could walk over a mile a day with no shortness of breath, weakness or cardiac symptoms. I was feeling one hundred percent better! After four weeks, I was vigorously walking about 4 to 5 miles a day without distress.

The entire NEWSTART® program was exactly what I needed. And to think that I almost submitted to the dangers of bypass surgery and would never have known the lifetime benefits I learned at Weimar.

I continued to make periodic visits with my cardiologist and he was "happily shocked" to see my great improvement without bypass surgery. After about 18 months, he did a thallium treadmill test which revealed clean arteries. And now I have good health and go to work every day without chest pains. I give credit and praise to God and all the great staff at Weimar for saving my life.

Toni West

(Terminate SUBSTANCE ABUSE, Overcome DEPRESSION, Eliminate INSOMNIA, Reverse ARTHRITIS)

I am originally from the Bay area of California. As a child my home was beyond broken! I started recreational drugs, drinking and smoking to numb myself throughout my lifetime. As an adult I later developed fibromyalgia and traded recreational drugs for prescription drugs. I could always quit the alcohol for years at a time, only to pick up where I left off. I never quit smoking cigarettes. I smoked for 37 years.

I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis. Due to the prescription drugs and alcohol I was never "clear and present". I was very unhappy and went into a severe depression. I have always had problems sleeping but my insomnia was now off the charts. My average nights sleep was 2 to 3 hours usually drug and alcohol induced. I was in a viscous cycle and getting nowhere. After dropping 12 more pounds I could barely look at myself. With my family's support I decided I needed to get help. I knew there was a way to do it — even get off the medications I was taking from so called medical doctors. I knew I was going to need help to do it all.

I've lived in Auburn for the last 17 years with Weimar being only 10 miles away. I thought it was only for diabetes, heart conditions, high blood pressure or weight issues, etc. With a bit of research I called Weimar and by that afternoon I was up touring the campus and within two weeks I started my 18-day NEWSTART® Lifestyle Program.

Now I am tobacco, alcohol and almost pain free. I walk 5 to 10 miles a day and I sleep 6 to 7 hours per night. Most important I am back to my old self again. Happy to be alive — A WHOLE NEW PERSON. I owe my new life to the NEWSTART® program. The staff is truly incredible. They are there for you whenever you need anything with their unending support and love. I can't thank them enough. I want my entire family to go through the program so we can all live happy healthy lives together.

Dr. Gnanamuthu S. Wilson

(Recover from a STROKE, Increase MOBILITY, Normalize BLOOD PRESSURE & CHOLESTEROL)

"My doctors said I would never recover... five months later I proved them wrong." —Dr. Gnanamuthu S. Wilson

A major stroke put him in hospital for weeks. He is making a full recovery after 5 months on the NEWSTART® Lifestyle Program at Weimar Institute.

"In April I came to Weimar in a wheelchair with no motor control on the right side of my body. Doctors gave me no hope for recovering from a major stroke. They predicted I would be confined to bed rest and would only be able to get around in a wheelchair or with a quad-cane. Five months later, not only am I walking three-plus miles a day, but my life has made a complete turn-around and it's all because of NEWSTART."

"Head of the Department of Humanities at Strayer University, where I had been an active professor for the last nine years, I was enjoying teaching in the prime of health until a major stroke brought me to a hospital bed. With the focus center located in the brain stem, I lost all motor control on the right side of my body, my right leg becoming paralyzed and right hand weak and unusable."

"After being admitted to Potomac Hospital in Virginia, my doctors predicted I would be in hospital and rehabs for a year. Four days later I was released to the National Rehab Center from where I went from rehab to rehab for the next nine weeks. Each one was the area's best; yet they gave me no hope for recovering. I began suffering from sky-high cholesterol and blood sugar and a blood pressure of 188/115. I had many sleepless nights and lived with an abnormally rapid heartbeat. As I grew sicker by the day, and as doctors tried their best to reverse my condition, I continued to be served fat-filled meats and foods drenched in oil, butter, sugar, and milk."

"Finally I decided to handle this myself. While prayerfully searching the web one day, I came across Weimar Institute of Health and Education, a website that promoted health and healing through the use of natural remedies and a whole-foods diet. It promised a complete overhauling of my eating habits, banning milk, meat, butter, mayonnaise, oil, and sugar, and reverting completely to a plant-based vegetarian diet with plenty of raw foods."

"I entered the 18-day program and with the help of Dr. Clarence Ing and many other friendly staff, my health began to turn around. To date, I have logged 380 miles on the trails and I keep walking! My leg has become strong, my hand has been restored again, and my motor control has come back. My blood pressure now fluctuates from 125/60 to 138/70, my cholesterol has dropped from 207 to 186, and my blood sugar has returned to normal."

"All I can say is, once more, NEWSTART® has achieved its ultimate goal - changing lives - through changing me, a bed-ridden stroke patient, back into a vibrant healthy 73-year old who is excited about life again. It is truly an amazing miracle!"

Dr.Wilson today continues teaching students and challenging their bright enquiring minds.

Jackie Sipes

(Reverse FIBROMYALGIA, Reverse HEART DISEASE, Eliminate DEPRESSION, Increase MOBILITY, Lose WEIGHT)

Depression. Obesity. Heart Disease. Fibromyalgia. Alcohol. Drugs. These are just a few of the things I've had to deal with. I lived in that long, dark tunnel with no light at the end. The doctors said, "This is your life, get used to it." I was so sick with pain, anger, and hopelessness. I used to beg God, night after night, "Please, let me go to sleep and die!" Yet, at the same time, I still had a kernel of hope. Maybe, just maybe, something would change. For over 10 yrs. I lived with unrelenting pain and couldn’t care for my children.

A friend had mentioned Weimar to me. I didn't want to hear it. Eat rabbit food, I thought? But, then I started researching and decided, I was dying anyway, why not? When I first arrived, I was very skeptical that this program could help me. I had been sick for so many years. Had tried so many different therapies, drugs, herbs, massage etc.

Weimar was offering something a little bit different. When have you ever in your life had a doctor pray with you and for you? Or walk with you? Or come to your room late at night to make sure you are okay? Everywhere you go, everywhere you look there are people here who care. Not because they are paid to. Not because they just want your money. They truly care! I learned about the proper diet, exercise, healing emotionally, spiritually and physically. I am now walking 4-5 miles a day, minimum and some days more. I've hiked mountains. I swim. I am preparing myself to walk a marathon. I am no longer depressed. I take NO medications. I'm losing weight faster than I thought possible. It’s been so many years since I’ve felt so happy and joyful.

How much is real health worth? To feel good again? It's worth everything!

Max Steindel-Cymer

(Reverse DIABETES & NEUROPATHY, Increase MOBILITY, Lose WEIGHT)

"About ten years ago I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I was 435 lbs., and way out of shape with little to no exercise and my eating habits were atrocious. Most people said they 'eat to live' but I 'lived to eat.' I was so sick in my desire for what I thought was decent nourishment that I'd order a bucket of chicken at KFC, gobble it all down fast, discard the trash and air out the car by driving on the freeway in the opposite direction from home for a while so that by the time I got home my wife wouldn't tell what had occurred. I didn't care how serious my diabetes was until I developed neuropathy and it became too difficult for me to walk. My wife was in major tears and could only see her husband throwing way his life at an early age. She remarked that she could see her husband with amputated legs and knocking on deaths door."

"When I arrived at NEWSTART®, along with the rest of the treatment, I adopted their lifestyle of truly nutritionally healthy eating and exercise. My weight loss exceeded my expectations — more than 40lbs in the two sessions I was there, and my insulin has gone down from 112 units per day to 8 units per day and my neuropathy is slowly reversing. By the end I was able to do up to 18 miles a day on the recumbent bike. Thanks to the care and warmth of the staff and the help of the Lord, I can see a light at the end of the tunnel and my life is taking an about face."

"I would say that if you want to extend your life and finally become the 'You' you've always wanted to be, then the 18-day NEWSTART® program at Weimar is where you want to be. Think about it — how much would you pay to extend your life?"

Joi Avante

(CANCER Remission)

"After months of progressively worsening mid-back pain, I was diagnosed by Mayo Clinic biopsy with mediastinal, non-operable, non-hodgkins lymphoma. After four CHOP chemotherapy sessions, then two for 'good measure', I was declared to be in remission."

"Thinking remission meant 'cured', I returned to long hours of office work, skipping breakfast and lunch, with a late 'quick something' at night. There was no time, energy or desire for exercise. Similar pain to the original began again. A subsequent biopsy revealed that remission had ended. I was informed that non-hodgkins lymphoma recurs aggressive and is therapy resistant. I was given four ESHAP chemo sessions with no improvement. The next suggested treatment was for the complex stem cell transplant. Two attempts for collection were non-productive. A third attempt was scheduled in just three weeks. What to do to strengthen my body to get a successful collection!"

"I called Weimar Institute and I informed them of my condition and I was told that they could help me and I attended the next NEWSTART® session. I worked hard during this 18-day 'bootcamp – eating healthy food, drinking fresh veggie juice, 'enduring' fever treatments, increasing my daily walking from half-mile on day one to seven miles by session end. I was pain free and very impressed by the disappearance of even smaller symptoms like numb fingertips, and welcomed the half-inch appearance of hair covering my bald head! The lecture information was amazing as were the presenters who prayed for each individual during their staff meetings."

"After my return home my oncologist did another PET scan. He remarked that he was 'intrigued' that the report showed no cancer activity. He also stated 'you should not have had this remission without further chemotherapy.' So he postponed stem cell collection with no follow-up visit for six weeks! No human words can describe my gush of happy, grateful tears!"

David Dobson

(Reverse SARCOIDOSIS, Reverse DIABETES, Eliminate ARTHRITIS, Overcome LUPUS)

"When I was 38, my doctor told me that I would not see 40, but here I am, 45 years old and in very good health. Ten years ago I became very ill. It took 9 months and nearly 20 different doctor's visits to be diagnosed with sarcoidosis, a rare autoimmune disease. The primary treatment for this disease is prednisone, which suppresses the immune system and comes with many side effects including weight gain and it can lead to diabetes."

"After over a year and a half of taking prednisone, I gained over 160 pounds and developed diabetes. Eventually I was hospitalized with a blood sugar reading of 1300. The doctor in the emergency room was amazed that I was still conscious. The doctor gave me 180 units of insulin a day for the diabetes, yet my blood sugar was still constantly over 500. The diabetes was so severe that I would wake up every night completely dehydrated with severe cramps in all of my lower leg muscles. By this time I had also been diagnosed with lupus and was given another powerful drug with bad side effects, methotrexate."

"One day, I received an email from a friend telling me about Weimar Institute's program for reversing diabetes. I was very skeptical about it, yet I was eager to try anything that might help. I went there actually hoping that one of the doctors there might know of a natural substitute for the prednisone, I was not expecting it to do anything for my diabetes. By the second day of the program, my blood sugar reading was 356, a lot lower than it had ever been since I became a diabetic. The morning of the third day, my blood sugar had dropped to 84, and within 3 weeks, I was able to stop taking insulin and my blood sugar stabilized at around 82."

"Within three months I was able to stop taking all medications and my doctors were surprised that I no longer had any symptoms of sarcoidosis, arthritis, diabetes, or lupus. One of my doctors even called it a miracle."

Jerry Durett

(Eliminate IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME, Reverse HEART DISEASE, Normalize BLOOD PRESSURE & CHOLESTEROL, Lose WEIGHT)

"My medical conditions were many. Most of them started four years ago with one exception, I have had irritable bowel syndrome for over ten years. My chest pains started four years ago, my cholesterol was on going, my high blood pressure and weight problem came along with these conditions. I could not walk more then twenty feet without pain in the chest. The I.B.S. continued to wake me up in the night. All these conditions taken together made me a pretty miserable person."

"It finally came down to my cardiologist telling me that he could do no more and if I wanted relief I should attend a session at the Weimar Institute. Telling me also that he saw this as my last chance for a cure. I had confidence in the doctor (Stephen Peters M.D.) as he had attended a session at the Weimar Institute with his son with great results."

"To make a long story short, I left Weimar with no pain, lost sixteen pounds, LDL down, HDL up, blood pressure down to normal, I.B.S gone, chest pain gone, down to two pills a day and soon to be none."

"Weimar gave me what I asked for and a lot more. If you believe, then it can work miracles."

Samuel and Marlene Moffett

(Lose WEIGHT, Normalize BLOOD PRESSURE, Increase MOBILITY)

We were so thrilled with the miniature five day NEWSTART® Program that we attended back in the United Kingdom, that we decided to travel 6000 miles from Northern Ireland to participate in the 18-day NEWSTART® Lifestyle Program at Weimar Institute in California.

The first time we attended the NEWSTART® Lifestyle Program it was all that we had understood it to be and had hoped for. We will be eternally grateful for the dedication of all the staff in caring for the guests. As a result of their care and the lifestyle changes we both benefited considerably. After attending the NEWSTART® Lifestyle Program Marlene went on to lose 30 lbs in weight, she reduced her blood pressure and considerably increased her mobility.

Having enjoyed this wonderful program we came again for a second time again just for the experience. We would without reservation recommend the NEWSTART® Lifestyle Program.

David and Mary Rollans

(Renew ENERGY & Build STRENGTH, Normalize BLOOD PRESSURE & CHOLESTEROL, Overcome ANGINA, Lose WEIGHT)

Mary Rollans

"A cruise aboard ship couldn't be better than my experience here at NEWSTART®. I feel so good after just one week! The food is marvelous and guilt free and the hydrotherapy and massage has been so relaxing. I sleep at night and awaken with more energy and I'm gaining strength. We have made new friends and have enjoyed hiking and going on picnics with them. The care we receive is genuine because the staff care about us and even pray for us. The most exciting thing is how my husband David's blood pressure and cholesterol has dropped to normal without medication!"

David Rollans

"My experience here NEWSTART® has been a wonderful blessing. I came just in time because when I came my heart wasn't getting enough blood. Now I praise God I'm not having the same amount of angina that I had before. My blood pressure has dropped over fifteen points and I have been taken off my cholesterol medication. I've lost three pounds and I feel wonderful. Now when I sleep I wake up rested. I haven't felt this good in years. I can't praise the Lord enough!"

Lily-Mae Jolly

(Normalize BLOOD PRESSURE)

Since becoming a Seventh-day Adventist six years ago in Jamaica, I became aware of the health message that the church has. From watching the program "Wonderfully Made", on 3ABN , I found out about the NEWSTART® Lifestyle Program at Weimar Institute.

I have suffered with hypertension for the past thirty-two years and was very excited to know that I could live a lifestyle that could reverse or improve my condition. I imagined how I would feel not having to take my medication and with my high blood pressure under control just from eating the right kind of food and exercise.

My dream eventually became a reality in October of this year when I registered for the NEWSTART® Lifestyle Program. From the moment I entered the facility I felt confident that this was an answer to prayer. I started learning the importance of exercise, proper nutrition, fresh air and rest. I am also being taught how to prepare these meals so that I will be able to do this by myself at home. I feel pampered with the hydrotherapy, massages and personal attention, visits to the doctors and the interest displayed in my recovery to good health.

After only 11 days at NEWSTART my blood pressure was already lower - and without medication! I have gotten to like the food which was totally new to me and I have been surprised, because the food, which is the key to all these illnesses, coupled with the benefits of exercise has totally turned my life around. I am still working on getting the blood pressure to normal levels after 32 years of medication.

NEWSTART® is really a new start for me for the rest of my life and with the help of God, I plan to continue this lifestyle. My life is completely changed and TO GOD BE THE GLORY.

Wesley & Jean Higgins

(Increase MOBILTY, Overcome EDEMA)

Coming to the NEWSTART® Lifestyle Program at Weimar has been a wonderful experience and we feel fortunate to have participated in it.

I had a few health issues for which I hoped the doctors would be able to find an answer. First was the limited ability to use my arms - I had a difficult time raising them above a 45 degree angle or extending them for more than a few seconds, before they would become extremely painful. For the past 8-10 years, I have undergone x-rays, injections, NSAID's, physical therapy and none have worked. The hydrotherapy and massage treatments here at NEWSTART® greatly improved my shoulder range of motion and eliminated most of my arm pain.

Also, I first arrived at NEWSTART® I could only walk abut 1/2 mile. Weimar Institute has several miles of walking trails and walking is strongly encouraged each day. This has improved the circulation in my legs and I can now walk 5 miles a day in divided intervals.

My eyesight was also a challenge. For the past 2+ years I have experienced blurred vision when reading. My medical provider has checked my vision several times and has told me that my eyesight was fine for my age and I just needed to change my glasses. New glasses never solved the problem. When my eyes were checked at NEWSTART®, all I could see with my right eye was the big "E". Dr Ing examined my eyes very thoroughly and discovered what the problem was and what to do about it. I am so grateful.

Jean has experienced left leg edema for the past four years and the doctor has always told her that she would just have to live with it. After receiving the massage and hydrotherapy treatments, walking the minimum of 3 miles a day and changing to a vegan diet, she has improved to where she does not have the pain and the edema has decreased substantially.

The dedication of the doctors and the rest of the staff is absolutely outstanding. The care we have received has been individualized to each ones needs and has been provided by very dedicated professional staff members. With the knowledge that we have gained during this 18-day program, especially regarding nutrition and exercise, we will be able to live a healthier lifestyle.