Bob Kilgor 
Member of Parliament 1988-2004, Mayor of Cornwall since 2006,
Speaking before Parliament regarding the Cornwall CHIP project
“The Cornwall Coronary Health Improvement Project (CHIP) is an innovative community health project that has obtained fascinating results.  During the four-week intensive intervention program, 500 participants lost a total of more than one ton of excess fat.  Elevated cholesterol levels dropped an average of 16%.  In addition, 36 smokers quit, the group collectively walked 12,000 miles, and many participants had marked reductions in medications for angina, hypertension and diabetes."
     "....I believe this program may well hold the key to improving the health of Canadians through a lifestyle medicine approach, and, at the same time, reduce the financial burden that is being placed today on Canada's healthcare system."
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<>Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr., MD, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Clinic, Preventive Cardiology Consultant
Former President of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
“If implemented on a national scale, the CHIP program could improve the health status of people in North America more than all the efforts of modern technological medicine combined.”
Read Dr. Esselstyn's Address on Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease

T. Colin Campbell, PhD, Author of  The China Study
Cornell University, U.S. Director of the China Project, the world's largest study on diet and nutrition

“This CHIP Program, to my way of thinking, can potentially affect the treatment of western diseases in a more cost-effective and outcome-effective manner better than any other strategy I know. "

“I have often told audiences around the U.S. that CHIP is the premier community based program in the country. I have observed the program first hand on several occasions and I could hardly be more positive. Every community in the country should know about the CHIP program and give it a try.

Learn about the China Study here and its implications.

Neal Barnard, MD, Washington D.C.
President, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, PCRM
“Having spoken at CHIP graduations, I have great respect for the program's structure, content, detailed guidance and practical focus. I feel priviledged to be a co-sponsor of this program and am pleased to highly recommend CHIP to any community."
Read about Dr. Barnard's work a clinical researcher, author, and health advocate here .

Denis Burkitt, MD, England
Discoverer of Burkitt's Lymphoma and promoter of dietary fiber.
“The concept that Western diseases are lifestyle related, and therefore potentially preventable and reversible, is the most important medical discovery of the 20th century.”

“You deserve the highest possible commendation for the wonderfully successful way you and your co-workers carried out the Cornwall CHIP program. You have shown in a magnificent way how people can dramatically improve their health by altering their lifestyle instead of resorting to drugs, high technology and surgery…”
Learn about this pioneering medical doctor here and read about his take of modern healthcare here.

Roger Greenlaw, MD, Rockford, IL
Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois,
Medical Director, SwedishAmerican Center for Complementary Medicine
“As Medical Director of the SwedishAmerican Health System's Center for Complementary Medicine and Clinical Professor of Medicine at University of Illinois College of Medicine-Rockford, I have personally witnessed the transformation CHIP participants experience in arresting, reversing, and preventing chronic western diseases. Indeed, CHIP has been recognized as a significant contributor to the Rockford community's overall health and has been awarded an "Excellence in Academic Medicine" grant from the state of Illinois.”

George Gutrie, MD, MPH
Dena Guthrie, RN, MS, ANP
MGroveland, CA
“In  all the years we've been conducting healthy lifestyle programs, we've never experienced anything as effective as CHIP.  For a mere fraction of the cost, CHIP participants get all the benefits of a live-in program while establishing new lifestyle habits in the realistic home environment and in the company of an on-going support group."


John Erickson
CHIP Graduate
“CHIP lowered my cholesterol by 55%, reversed my diabetes, helped me lose 14 pounds...and I feel great!!"

Robert McIntosh, MD, Penticton, BC, Canada
General Practitioner, Private Practice
“As a medical doctor in general practice, I see many patients who would benefit from the CHIP program and I would and do encourage them all to take it.  Those who are willing to make the simple lifestyle steps recommended of following a plant-centered diet really have the power to take control of their health.  We must encourage the local health care system and government into making this program accessible to all in our community on a regular basis, especially in these difficult financial times, as it is one way to improve patient health in a cost effective public health manner."