A beautiful story of diabetes reversal and 4 kg weight gain

How FFD helped me reverse diabetes and gain 4 kg of weight

• Name - Mr. Rajagopalan Varadachari
• Age - 74 Years Young
• Profession - Retired
• Place - Vashi

Hello all,

I'm Rajagopalan Varadachari from Vashi, Mumbai.

My diabetes story

In 2006, I initially discovered my highly elevated blood sugar levels by a freak coincidence. The problem was that it was a random blood test. It was quite unconvincing as there were no unusual deviations in food that day.

Fortunately, within a week to 10 days of that, Wockhardt Hospital was opened near my house and a regular check up there confirmed very high BSL.                                                                                                                                                                

I immediately went to my physician who prescribed half a tablet of medicine, to be taken every morning after breakfast. We were to meet a month later for a follow up.

Back home, I hit Google, the Bible and dug up a lot of information on diet. Basically, what to eat, what not to eat, how much to eat etc.

And I devised a set of exercises for myself, predominantly abdomen oriented. From that day, the morning used to start at around 5.30 with a 45-50 minutes jogging and 45-50 minutes of those exercises.

One month down the line, Hb1Ac was 5.1 and my physician recommended the same dosage of the same medicine on alternate days, to follow up one month down the line.

And again the Hb1Ac was 5.1. He then advised me to discontinue the medication but never skip the exercise routine. For the next 13 years, the status quo was maintained with no deviation.

In 2019, due to some high pressure issues, sugar levels started spiking and I was on medication prescribed by my family physician.

How was FFD introduced?

Sometime in late  2020 my son sent me a link which he wanted me to go through. I found that to be the most extensively and intensively researched material on diabetes. We had a joint discussion at home about FFD.

What made me choose FFD?

I joined FFD, essentially because I was never in favour of medication and FFD offered an opening in that direction. The introductory talk on diabetes by Dr. Pramod Tripathi was highly motivating and I joined the one year HTP course online.

Mr. Rajagopalan Varadachari

Reversal story

I followed the diet and exercise protocols religiously and in a matter of about eight weeks, my medication was stopped.

There were enormous value additions during the next 10 months, very ably supported and encouraged by my FFD diabetologist, exercise expert and diet specialist with whom I could freely interact any time.

And the Inner Transformation, meditation and yoga specialists with regular sessions conducted by Dr. Tripathi on various matters.

My BMI when I joined the course was 17.2 and weighed 47 odd kgs. Today, it is a healthy 51 kg, a gain of about 4 kg. The set of exercises prescribed by my exercise expert, on my request which can be made progressive have helped in gaining muscles.

Overall, an excellent experience with FFD which has stabilised my health with Freedom From Diabetes.

Key takeaways

• Medicines stopped
• Weight gain 4 kg