dietary changes. Often a complete overhaul
was in order. On both a personal and
professional level, I knew many of these
people would benefit from Dallas and
Melissa’s healthy eating plan.
There are several good books on the
subject, many of which I recommended. But it
really came down to making it as easy as
possible for people. I knew the diet I was
recommending probably sounded
unappealing, intimidating, or downright
challenging and that only the super-motivated
would follow through with purchasing a book.
So to facilitate compliance with this lifestyle
change, I printed copies of the Whole
program from the Web site and began handing
it out to those patients needing an
intervention. They left my office with four
pages in hand that contained everything they
needed, freshly motivated by the program’s
admonition to start right now.
I did not have a lot of hope at first. The