Dr. Ian Smith, physician, journalist and well-known author of The Fat Smash Diet ,is teaming up with State Farm Insurance Company to issue a 50 million pound weight loss challenge to African Americans. To help reach this ambitious goal, participants across the country will get information and tools to take off the pounds, receive and give encouragement, as well as track progress.
Dr. Ian Smith's recent partnership with State Farm® is only one of his numerous endeavors to promote healthier lives and more nutritious diets. In addition to The 50 Million Pound Challenge, Dr. Ian provides his expertise as a medical contributor to ABC's The View, Men's Health Magazine, and VH1's popular show, Celebrity Fit Club.
Dr. Smith's understanding of nutrition and weight loss expertise goes far beyond his current projects. Graduating from Harvard College with an AB, he later received a master's in science education from Columbia University. He went on to attend Dartmouth Medical School and then graduated from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Almost as impressive as his academic accomplishments, Dr. Smith is active in numerous charitable causes and has been honored by several organizations.
Currently residing in Manhattan, Dr. Smith has also authored five books to date: The Fat Smash Diet, The Blackbird Papers, Dr. Smith's Guide to Medical Websites, The Take-Control Diet, and the new Extreme Fat Smash Diet. He is presently working on a novel to be released this year.
Read more about Dr. Ian at http://www.doctoriansmith.com/.
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Greetings and God's blessings to all who reads this. My name is Patricia Hatton-Williams and I am a Type-II Diabetic, diagnosed when I was 42 years old which was 12 years ago. At the time, I weighed roughly 225 lbs., and only 5 ft 6 inches tall.
Although my diabetes is mainly caused by genetics, I read everything related to Diabetes and discovered that diet and exercise greatly reduces the risk associated with this disease. But as most who suffers with the disease knows that diet and exercise is a very broad suggestion and without the proper tools is almost impossible to achieve. So, a life-style change was necessary to achieve the results. I changed my way of thinking, my shopping habits, and my eating habits with the help of Action for Diabetes Look Ahead Program with Baylor College of Medicine.
In addition to walking about 5 miles a week, I reduced my carbohydrates intake to 45 grams per meal, almost totally eliminated beef from my diet, and started taking the stairs instead of the elevator, parking my car at the end of the parking lot and walking to work.
I am happy to say that I am maintaining a weight of 185 lbs, and my Hemoglobin A1C is now 6.3. My cholestorol and blood pressure is excellent. I am on insulin injections but my units have been greatly decreased. I have lost a total of 40 lbs., over a 6 year period but the amazing thing is I have not gained it back and continue to decrease the weight. My ideal weight goal is 150 lbs. So, Ihave 35 more to go. With God's grace and strength, I will obtain this goal.
Your sister in Christ,
Patricia Hatton-Williams
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