Dr Meera Gopi Kurian is a medical doctor based in Dubai who attended our 21-Day Health Retreat in June 2017. She posted her recent photo and got a lot of compliments

“Thank you for all the loving messages and wonderful compliments all you dear ones showered on me for my profile pictures.

Quite a few asked me one similar question, what is the secret of looking young. I can assure you that I didn’t look like this 15 months ago. I was around 14 kg more looking quite like a Telly Tubby wrapped in a saree. It all started with me meeting Dr Nandita Shah who is the founder of SHARAN. She claimed to cure chronic lifestyle diseases like diabetes, hypertension, inflammation, thyroid dysfunction, cholesterol and obesity among other things through a change in diet. As a physician, I was curious and sceptical to see if it really worked. So, I decided to go for the 21-day Health Retreat in June 2017 at SwaSwara in Gokarna, Karnataka. It was literally a life-changing experience. Dr Nandita did an extensive blood analysis before starting the treatment. To my horror and shock most unexpectedly I turned out to be a high diabetic. She treated me and all the 25 people who came for this retreat with various ailments with just food – the most delicious varieties of oil-free, organic, whole plant-based dishes. There was a vast variety of cooked and raw food and the most delicious green smoothies.

Instead of putting on weight with all this food tucked away till I burst, and the fruits I ate, I started losing inches and shedding a few kgs of my weight. My energy levels soared, my fitness level which was almost nil improved. Above all my blood sugar levels crashed and became normal in 10 days. From fasting 265 mg% to 110 mg%. All this with delicious food alone.

This gave me a lot of insight about how one feels to be healthy. I have continued to be on the vegan diet prescribed by Dr Nandita Shah. It is the most beautiful space I am in and I love it.

15 months have passed, I have lost 14 kgs, my blood sugar levels are almost consistently normal. My body feels free and lighter. And on top of it I look younger and my skin glows. All this with just the right food. Come to think of it, isn’t it fascinating?

Thank you, Dr Nandita Shah and SHARAN for putting me on the path of health and happiness. I am eternally grateful. Love you all

“I was detected as pre-diabetic in 2007. As per my doctor’s advice I started burning calories. Things were okay till Nov 2015 when we went on an Andamans Tour. There I lost my brand new mobile. This and other tensions at office resulted in a spike in my sugar levels. My fasting and PP sugars were 190 and 290, with HbA1c 10.9 and urine sugar 2++. I was immediately put on medication of 4 tablets – 2 for diabetes, one for BP and one for lipids.

A month later, by mid December 2015, the results were just the same. My dose was doubled with an additional tablet before lunch. From 1st January 16, I started exercise, brisk walking after every meal etc. I could manage the numbers to the required levels of 88 and 97 (F and PP). My physician was happy with me and reduced the before-lunch tablet by the last week of Jan 16. Meanwhile I started feeling hungry immediately after meals.

I saw some of SHARAN’s YouTube videos including ‘Health in your Hands – at Ahmedabad’. I started High Intensive Interval Training (HIIT) exercise, vegan diet, organic and whole foods, green smoothies, oil-free cooking, salads. In a period of 2 months, I reduced by 5 inches and about 18-20 Kg! My HbA1c has come down from 10.9 to 5.5! Right now, I have stopped all medicines!

I along with my wife Jyoti are “SHARAN” to you and would like to contribute to “SHARAN” as volunteers.”

“19th December 2012, the day after the ‘Reversing Diabetes’ seminar, will always be remembered as a very special day in my life. My lifestyle had been extreme: too much of non-veg and liquor were just a part of life. My sugar levels were never less than 250 and my dosage was increasing. Despite medicines before every meal my sugar was not in control.

Now it’s exactly two weeks since I started following your advice. I used to take 3 rounds of my park and my legs used to pain and get stiff. I had to rest for 15 min before taking another 3 rounds. Now I take 12 rounds at a stretch and feel that I can take another 10 rounds.

On day 3 my sugar levels were below 140 and from day 5 my minimum is 80 and maximum is 133. I am monitoring it daily and getting motivated day by day. A week later I went to my doctor to get myself checked. His first comment was that I looked better. My blood pressure was a perfect 120/80 compared to 180/110, 15 days before. My random sugar was just 90. Just 2 weeks ago, my fasting was 215 and PP was 280.

My weight has also decreased from 97.5 kg to 93.5 kg. The doctor cut down my diabetic and blood pressure medications. In just 2 weeks it looks like magic. Now I am not afraid of checking the sugar levels and BP any time and feel proud after that. What an eye-opener seminar and results. Magic is the word.”

“I am Ramesh Hirani. Two years ago, at age 39, I thought I lived a fairly healthy lifestyle with 4 hours of working out every week. Then the bubble burst! After a routine check-up for excess thirst I got diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. There had been no warning signs, no pre diabetic situation – all of a sudden I had a very high sugar count. The doctors wanted me to begin immediate medication.

This diagnosis was a complete shock to me. I was confused and angry. I felt that I had let my family down by allowing my health to deteriorate. These feelings started to affect my energy, work and personal and professional relationships.

Once reality set in, I decided that I would not let my diagnosis and disease beat me. I accepted my situation and chose to take responsibility and started researching for a natural way to combat diabetes. During this search, a friend recommended Gabriel Cousens’ book ‘There is a Cure for Diabetes’. This book gave me hope. It made me realise that I could actually reverse my diabetes rather than living off medication for the rest of my life.

I followed the principles of the book and within a couple of weeks my sugar levels already started to drop. I felt much more positive that there was a way out of my situation. However, after 4 months my blood sugar levels were still above what they should be, and I wanted to eliminate my diabetes once and for all.

I decided to join SHARAN’s 21-day health retreat in June 2014. This was based on very similar principles to what I had learnt in Gabriel Cousens’ book. The program, though, went beyond all my expectations. I learnt to tweak my diet so that my results continued to improve. We were taught about the causes of diabetes, what happens in the body, what medication does, how the disease can be completely reversed and how we could start living a normal life again.

Many participants were on a lot of medication and most had been ill for much longer than I had. By the end of the 3 weeks, all participants were down to normal blood sugar levels and medication was either completely eliminated or significantly reduced.

The difference in my vitality and general health has improved immensely and has already inspired others to learn more and start healing themselves. This is why I have decided to bring this ground-breaking and proven system to the UK – starting with a 1 day ‘Reversing Diabetes’ workshop with Dr Nandita Shah, the founder of SHARAN.

I want to support people in their healing so that they can be free of this dreadful disease just like I am. Learning that diabetes can be reversed has liberated me. I feel I have my life back. More importantly, it also means my wife and kids have me back healthier, happier and grateful.”