CHIP program registration tonight

Jan Rustad was a helicopter pilot instructor who managed the Canadian Helicopters Mountain Flying School at Penticton Regional Airport, now known as HNZ Topflight for 37 years before his retirement in May 2014.

Rustad said that the years of building and running a very busy international flight training school and business took its toll on his health.

In 2004 he was diagnosed with an almost blocked main left artery requiring a stent. Only two months later, he developed angina and within a few months had a second stent in a branch artery.†

Following the stents despite trying to comply with medical advice regarding diet and exercise, he had to take a number of medications for blood pressure and cholesterol control. As time progressed he developed pre-diabetic symptoms and neuropathy.

In 2011 he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. In late 2014, a diagnosis of diverticulitis resulted in several runs of heavy antibiotics.

In early 2016, Rustad and his wife attended the Penticton Healthy Living Fair at the Trade and Convention Centre where they found out about the CHIP (Complete Health Improvement) program.

Rustad signed up. He weighed in at 205 pounds on the March 29, 2016 and by the end of the fiveweek program he had lost roughly 25 pounds. He was amazed at the health benefits he received during those few weeks. In addition to losing the angina and the excess weight, his diverticulitis was gone and his blood pressure was that of a teenager. He looked and felt better than he had in many years and was able to get off almost all of his heart medications. Almost one year later, he is still off them including the statins.

To sum it up correctly Rustad says that he has had a complete change in his health and he now exercises for one hour each day as well as taking a daily one hour walk.

His 71st birthday is coming up in May of this year yet his CHIP Health Risk assessment calculates his current health age as 60.

Since embarking on the CHIP program Rustad has kept the weight off, his prostate cancer is in remission, he no longer has prediabetic symptoms, very little arthritic pain and neuropathy is almost gone.

There is no question in his mind that the CHIP program has completely changed his life. Rustad challenges all South Okanagan residents to consider CHIP to renew their health and vitality. The next program beginss April 4.

He says “that once you get on the road to health you get hooked and will never turn back.”†

A free CHIP information and registration session will be held on tonight (March 14) at 7 p.m. at the Penticton Lifestyle Centre, 290 Warren Ave West, Penticton.

For more information, contact Connie Kiefiuk at 250-496-5966.†

CHIP is a not-for-profit program.