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Show Wednesday, April 12, 2006 D1 Imp with the 'Dr. Wright Diet' By Janine Shannon Express Writer Atkins, low-carb, Weight Watchers, LA Loss, South Beach, Sonoma, and The Zone, are just a few of the diet programs pro-grams on the market now to help people get rid of unwanted pounds. Sometimes they work, and sometimes they don't. The answer to weight-loss, and consequently con-sequently a healthier life, may not be found in a popular diet book or on TV. Dr. Charmian Wright quit eating altered foods and lost 50 pounds, but more importantly, she helped to restore her husband's quality qual-ity of life. Gordon Croissant, 42, had heart problems, chest pain, high blood pressure, high triglycerides, tri-glycerides, high cholesterol, severe heartburn, acid reflux disease, and neck and facial pain. Doctors prescribed drugs and told him to go on a low-fat low-fat diet. Nothing helped, and he faced surgery to open up clogged arteries. His veterinarian wife, Dr. Charmian Wright, decided to try something else. Since the late 1980s, she had been researching the effects of food on the human body. Among her readings was a book on the diets of indigenous people in the past called "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration" by Dr. Weston Price. In looking at the lifestyles of these healthy indigenous indig-enous people, she found that they did not necessarily cut out dairy or meat like some popular popu-lar diets suggest. They simply ate unaltered foods like seeds, whole fruits, raw dairy products, prod-ucts, grass-fed meat, vegetables, and fish caught in the wild. With this reading and extensive study of medical research journals such as the "American Journal of Clinical Nutrition," Wright pin-pointed two problem areas in the standard stan-dard American diet (SAD): sweeteners (including sugar, all natural and artificial sweeteners, sweet-eners, and fruit juice) and wheat (including all pastry and pasta products). Both sweeteners sweeten-ers and wheat increase insulin response, which is the main cause of obesity, diabetes, and other chronic diseases. She and Croissant cleaned out their cupboards, getting rid of store-bought milk, processed meats, whole wheat bread, arti- After six weeks on the diet, Croissant around on the San Juan Islands. Ifonn furniihirtgt for Your umnu Basin rove your $1 If J P2 After three years, and significant weight loss, the couple are enjoying a high ficial sweeteners, fruit juice, corn chips, molasses, and even honey. Instead, they stocked their kitchen with items like whole grain brown rice, fresh unsweetened goat milk yogurt, apples, berries, extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil, and meat from grass-raised buffalo. After two weeks on the diet, Wright had no more pain' in her arthritic ankle. She' lost 35 pounds in the first four months, ending the year with a total weight-loss of 45 pounds. Croissant lost 60 pounds. Within one month of starting the diet, his acid reflux and high blood pressure were gone, and all of his blood work was back to normal. By four months on the new diet, his chest pain had disappeared. Through her research Wright discovered that the typical SAD promotes inflammations inflam-mations in the body, and such inflammations are the root of diseases like heart disease, diabetes, dia-betes, multiple sclerosis (MS), some cancers, and Alzheimer's. Most people, however, are emotionally emo-tionally attached to their food and are unwilling to change and Wright had already lost weight. Expressions jliiiMjilJIUJiiiUBiiipii villi iq U( LjuiiMiiDpijUMi'H flWP m JJi HHMMMMHVVBWBMMMMHMBMHBB .- x'.f'k'- r- C ' Ik ... 1 ' J f v 'I fen. VI HlnA Croissant, before losing weight on the "Dr. Wright Diet" - unless faced with a serious health problem. By then it may be too late. "People need to realize the seriousness of this condition," "Wright said. She adds that for the first time in the modern age, life expectancy is actually decreasing. While medical studies have already explored these topics, Wright's diet plan is unique. "It's not that different from several diets already out there, but there's nothing exactly like it," she said. "It's actually a diet of my own design." Wright researched in medical medi-cal journals and wrote a paper With the pain in his chest nearly gone, t Lire quality of life v quality of life. Dr. Wright, before starting her in 2004 outlining in detail her particular diet method, called the "Dr. Wright Diet." She describes what to eat and what not to eat, the general philosophy behind the diet, and practical suggestions for implementing it. Basically, followers fol-lowers of the "Dr. Wright Diet" should eat only foods in their original form because accord- Croissant felt good enough to bike 'ft- I ! I I II 0 mm if 'dap 1 self-developed diet. ing to Wright, "the more steps between the original form of the food and your kitchen, the less beneficial (and more damaging) dam-aging) that food becomes." This even means avoiding fanned fish, pasteurized milk, ground grains, and dried fruit. The diet also calls for eliminating white potatoes and corn and limiting limit-ing the intake of sweet tropical fruits. Many may argue that it would cost too much to fund such a diet, as most items cannot be found in a regular supermarket. But in her paper, Wright points out that money spent on healthy food is significantly signifi-cantly less than money spent on prescriptions and health issues resulting from an unhealthy lifestyle. After three years on the diet, Wright and Croissant are exercising, not to lose weight, .but because they are healthy enough to do so. Wright is training for a half-marathon, and Croissant is training for a "century," a one day, 100-mile bike ride. She suggests that people look ahead 10 years and take a fresh look at their quality qual-ity of life. , "We both experienced far, far more benefits from this diet than I expected," she said. "It's truly a life changing thing." Wright runs .and owns Mountain Horse Medical in Park City, Utah. She grew up in Salt Lake City, and went to veterinary school at Colorado State University. For more information on this diet and where to purchase food products, e-mail Wright at cameldoctorhorsevet.net. . 8 Community Calendar April 14 Good Friday services will be held at St Paul's Episcopal church, 12 noon and 7 p.m. Kingsbury Community Church of Christ and St. Paul's will share leadership of these services. All are welcome wel-come to worship and make Good Friday a part of their preparation for Easter. April 14-15 National Reining Cow Horse Competition held at the Western Park Convention Center (435) 789-7396. Free to the public. April 15 Dippy the Dino Easter Egg Hunt will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Utah Field House, 496 E. Main. Age groups: 1-3 yrs old and 4-8 yrs old. Free. Constitution Party of Utah will hold the Uintah County Convention Saturday, April 15 at 11 a.m. at the Golden Age Center, 155 S. 100 W. The public is invited to attend and meet the candidates and learn more about this growing national movement. KXRQ (X94) Easter Egg Hunt will be held at 9 a.m. at the Naples City Park. Ages 0 tol2.Free. Vernal Elks Annual Community Easter Egg Hunt will be held at 10 a.m. at the Vernal Baseball Complex by the junior high. Free. "Kick Up Your Heels For Charity" Rotary auction at Western Park. 781-0404. April 18 Kindergarten Round-Up for Maeser Elementary is scheduled sched-uled for 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Parents may choose which time to attend. Parents are requested to bring copies of birth certificates and immunization immu-nization records to the Round-Up. Round-Up. April 19 Kindergarten Screening to be held at Maeser Elementary. - - April 19-20 - Senator Bennett Economic Summit will be held at Western Park. More information informa-tion can be found by calling 781-6791. April 20 Bedtime Story Hour at Duchesne Co. Library Children's Room, third Thursday of every month at 6 p.m. April 22 Back Country Horseman annual Poker Ride at Dog Valley between mile marker 138 and 139 on West Hwy 40. Be saddled and ready to ride at 10 a.m. Bring your lunch. Everyone is invited. Uintah Basin Christian Academy annual fund-raiser, at Western Park beginning at 5 p.m. Tickets are $25per-son $25per-son or $50couple. 789-9322 for info. April 24 TriCounty Health Department in conjunction conjunc-tion with TriCounty Safe Kids Coalition and Uintah County Sheriffs Department announce Utah Infant Immunization Week, April 24 to April 28. There will be drawings during the week for a free infant car seat, free bike helmet, and free emergency emer-gency preparedness car kit. April 26 Kindergarten , Screening to be held at Maeser Elementary. April 27 Kindergarten Round-Up for Davis Elementary is scheduled sched-uled for 10 a.m. Parents are requested to bring copies of birth certificates and immunization immu-nization records to the Round-Up. Round-Up. To place items of public interest in the Community Calendar, call 789-3511 789-3511 or email them to editorvernal. com. |