CHIP Alumni Association (PACAA)

HIP Tip No. 36: Health Tips from Dr. Hans Diehl

You know him as the knowledgeable, charismatic speaker on the CHIP videos you saw in CHIP class. But do you know these other important facts about Hans Diehl, DrHSc, MPH?

• He is director of the Lifestyle Medicine Institute of Loma Linda, Calif.
• His pioneering efforts with Nathan Pritikin and Dr. Denis Burkitt have shown conclusively that many of today's diseases are truly reversible through some simple lifestyle changes.
• As an author, researcher, dynamic speaker and top-ranking motivator, he has lectured to corporations and governments and has presented seminars on four continents.

How does the CHIP program fit into this picture? The program was born in the winter of 1988 when Dr. Diehl was invited to conduct an intensive, in-person four-week lifestyle change program in Creston, B.C., Canada, a community of about 5,000. Some 400 people accepted the challenge to take responsibility for their health and became charter members of the first CHIP program.

Following the Creston experience, Dr. Diehl went on to conduct multiple live programs in Canada, India, Australia and the United States. Because he could not respond to all the invitations for live CHIP programs, Dr. Diehl decided to produce the CHIP video program that has been used effectively in a variety of settings, including in our own Peoria CHIP classes.

Dr. Diehl continues to create new materials to encourage people to improve their health through positive lifestyle choices. Among them are a series of brief streaming videos available on the CHIP Global Web site at www.chipglobal.org. Just click the link on the home page or go directly to www.chipglobal.org/about_hans.htm.

The videos range in length from about 1 to 7 minutes and include these topics:

• Heart Disease
• Obesity: Learn to Cut Your Calories
• Cholesterol Control
• Constipation
• Coronary Risk Factors
• Weight Loss: Apple Pie
• Weight Loss: Candy
• Weight Loss: Crinkly Bags
  
• Obesity: Natural vs. Processed Foods
• Weight Loss: Oil
• Weight Loss: Pringles
• Weight Loss: Sugar
• Estrogen
• Breakfast
• Obesity and Food as Grown
• Water vs. Caffeine