Wow!! You definitely are living up to the moniker of Mr. Transformer. Jeff, you are changing your diseases and health status as quickly as you are changing the dosages of, and eliminating, your prescription medications. Eight weeks ago you started back on a regular exercise regimen and modified your diet by adding a fiber supplement and cutting back on your fructose intake. Four weeks ago you got off of Glyburide and now how full control over your blood sugar ... a sign of regression of your non-insulin dependent diabetes. Three weeks ago you temporarily eliminated fructose and fruit to modify your elevated triglyceride levels ... to eliminate endogenous production of triglycerides. Today you are off of Lipitor, Avapro, and Niaspan ... a sign of regression of your hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia, and hypercholesterolemia and a significant lowering of your heart disease risk. Today you are down from 270 pounds to your current level of 250 pounds (and dropping) ... a clear sign of improved health and reversal of your overweight state. Today exercise, yoga, lifestyle changes and a healthy diet are all part of your every day life ... a clear indication your are making a permanent and positive change. What incredible and wonderful news. Your changes have been nothing less than dramatic and sensational. Simply by dedicating yourself to a healthier lifestyle incorporating diet modification, exercise, stress reduction and replacing prescription medications with healthy alternatives - namely supplemental fiber, a glucosamine / chondroitin supplement and minor dietary changes - you've made your diseases regress. And in the near future completely disappear. Why were your physicians skeptical at first? I like to think the best of them and hope their apprehension was due to concerns of you falling off your Fountain of Youth Project and reverting back to your diseased condition. But if that ever were the case then, and only then, would you get back on some meds. Until that time it is great to hear that Dr. Swamy eliminated those meds, which were no longer serving their purpose. They definitely aren't needed and only provide their toxic effects on your liver, kidneys, and other organ systems. Not only are you pumping fat ... you are gaining health. Congratulations again - Metabolic Wiseman | 
