“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.”