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"I decided I
had to rebuild my health."
 My
name is Dan Curtin, I'm 59 and a half years old. I'm from Wisconsin,
"America's Dairy Land". I'm a poet, songwriter, and folk-singer.
Every poet, however, needs a day job, so for more than 30 years
I had worked as a Labor Market Analyst for the State of Wisconsin.
I retired a year ago, because I was physically and mentally burned-out.
When I retired I weighed 226 pounds at five feet eight inches in
height! My blood pressure with medication was running around 156/90;
cholesterol was 215, and triglycerides were 175. I became a true
couch potato; all I wanted to do was sleep due to all the drugs
my doctor had me taking. I was on an anti-depressant (Celexa), a
blood pressure medication (Diovan), and Allegra and Flonase inhaler
for allergies. For my constant companion, indigestion, I consumed
a handful of Tums every day. I was in terrible physical shape. Finally,
when I couldn't walk up the stairs without chest pain, I knew
I was heading for real trouble.
 In
January of 2003 I decided I had to rebuild my health if I was to
have any quality of life after retirement. I consulted my personal
care physician about my health and my need to lose weight. After
discussing various diets, I told him I'd get to work on exercise
and weight loss, and see him in six months for a follow-up. That
same day I went to our local Barnes & Noble book store to check
out what they had in the way of diet/health books. Man, what a shock!
There were so many diets I was ready to just give up and go home.
As I was scanning the shelves, on my way out the door, one book
caught my eye. Staring at me from the cover was a happy looking
man holding an apple, with pile of veggies and a loaf of bread in
front of him. The book was "The McDougall Program – 12
Days to Dynamic Health" and one of the bullets said, "Decrease
or eliminate your need for medication." I bought the book,
and my life was changed for the better.
I found motivation and help in all the other McDougall books and
especially from the 6-tape video series. Whenever, I got the urge
to indulge in ice cream or double cheese pizza, I got out video
number six, "Keeping Healthy Blood Vessels – Winning the
War on Cancer."
 After
four months on the program I dropped 36 pounds of my excess weight.
I was off the Diovan, and my blood pressure without the medication
was 135/75 mm Hg. (Before, on medication it was as high as 178/100
mm Hg). I was walking three miles per day and doing some light workouts
with my weights, as well as some floor exercises. I bought a new
bicycle to ride with my grandchildren.
On August 1, 2003, seven months on the program, I had my annual
physical. Here are the results: I dropped 40 pounds since starting,
my blood pressure, without medication, is 124/80 mm Hg, cholesterol
is 184 mg/dl, triglycerides are 139 mg/dl, and blood sugar is 84
mg/dl. I have no chest pain and can walk 5 miles and bicycle 10
miles in a single day. I am off ALL medications, and have not had
to use a Tums in seven months! The most noticeable effect of the
program for me is how much energy I now have, and the allergies
that plagued me for years are GONE!!!!
As my doctor was leaving the exam room after my annual exam, he
gave me a high five and said, "Stay with the McDougall Program,
it's great medicine. I'd like to follow this up in six months."
I smiled all the way home. When I got home, I hopped on my bicycle
and went for a victory ride!
"I worked so hard all of my life that I sacrificed my health
for wealth. Now that I am retired I would gladly sacrifice my
wealth to have my health back," so many people remorsefully
say. Fortunately, wisdom, not wealth, is what is required to regain
lost health and appearances. Good food and exercise are essentially
free of costs (and profits). Maybe that is why so few people are
buying this approach. They think, "If this program does everything
he says it does then why doesn't every doctor recommend it,
and why don't more people follow it? If this proposed solution
was really of value then it would cost more."
For those of you trapped in a "world
appraised by money," I have a "new, improved" program
for you. For the diet and exercise to work you must now take two
McDougall Super Formula pills a day.* The cost is $2.45 each (unless
that is not expensive enough for you, then I can also sell you
a slightly more potent version for $12.75 each). You will notice
each capsule is embossed with an identification symbol –
a large "M." Buy no substitutes. This "M"
stands for "McDougall" (and "Money)."
*The secret ingredients in these capsules
are: ½ gram of dried powdered banana, 2 flakes of Quaker
Oats, one broccoli micro-flowerette, ¼ of a kidney bean
and ½ of a small dried potato eye. For the more expensive
formula I have added 3 sesame seeds – increasing the supernatural
value of "essential fats." Do not try to formulate this
on your own (under penalty of some law) – only the McDougall
Super Formula works – and only when you pay full price for
each capsule and take them in recommended amounts, until I pay
off my mortgage. However, all bets are off if you fail to follow
the diet strictly and exercise while taking my magic pills.
I know this is true: most people do not
believe that something as simple and cost-free as food and exercise
can get them out of serious trouble, like overweight, diabetes,
high blood pressure, heart disease, bowel distress, arthritis,
and a cabinet full of medications. The McDougall Program –
12 Days to Dynamic Health book was written as a challenge to you.
In twelve short days you will see that you are not incurably ill,
that your fate is in your own hands, and that this is the easiest
way to live. Think about it, the difficult way is like Dan Curtin
lived before retirement: carrying around an extra 40 pounds, spending
hours in the doctor's office each month, so tired from medications
he was almost bed-ridden, depressed, unable to climb stairs due
to chest pains, and worried about becoming physically disabled
and for his very survival. That's a difficult life. Now,
after retirement – and simply changing his diet and lifestyle
– the greatest challenge he faces daily is whether to start
each morning with a 5-mile walk or a bike ride with his grandchildren.
You deserve the same easy life.
P.S. Mary is worried some reader will soon
be calling to buy the McDougall Super Formula pills and not understand
this is a joke. I assured her no one who reads our newsletter
would be so gullible.
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