The Traverse City Seventh-day Adventist Church

2055 Four Mile Road North

Traverse City, MI 49686

(Corner of Hammond & Four Mile Roads)

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CHIP - Coronary Health Improvement Project

The Coronary Health Improvement Project (CHIP), is an affordable, 4-week lifestyle education program with thousands of graduates worldwide. It is sponsored by our Traverse City SDA church and led by our Health Ministries Leader, Lucia Tiffany who is a certified leader for the CHIP program. We developed a strong, ongoing support system for participants after the formal program. CHIP encourages a close working relationship with one's personal physician.

Through dynamic and compelling live and video presentations, CHIP provides tools and strategies for making lifestyle choices that will stick. It delivers information, inspiration and motivation. The video presentations will be made by Dr. Hans Diehl.
Hans Diehl, Dr. HSc, MPH is Director of Lifestyle Medicine Institute of Loma Linda, California. His pioneering efforts with Nathan Pritikin and Dr. Denis Burkitt have shown conclusively that many of today's diseases are truly reversible through some simple lifestyle changes. As a best selling author, researcher, dynamic speaker & top-ranking motivator, he has lectured to corporations and governments and has presented seminars on four continents.

The CHIP lifestyle program is designed to dramatically reduce and even reverse your risk of atherosclerosis (narrowing of the arteries).  This silent process in the blood vessels is our #1 killer.  If you are overweight, have high blood pressure, diabetes, angina, or high cholesterol, or wish to avoid these problems, CHIP is for you.

Scientific evidence shows that most diabetic (adult onset), hypertensive and heart disease patients can normalize and even reverse their condition with a healthy lifestyle.  Let CHIP show you how.  CHIP also provides a monthly alumni support program.

CHIP participants receive:

  • 2 HeartScreens - a detailed risk factor analysis which includes
    • blood analysis: total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides, and blood sugar levels
    • lifestyle questionnaire
    • blood pressure and heart rate
    • ideal weight determination
    • evaluation and recommendations
  • 16 evenings of informative and stimulating lifestyle lectures
  • Dynamic Living text and workbook, plus syllabus and other printed materials
  • Menu planning, recipes, food demonstrations and samples
  • Free, monthly alumni support group activities

Our last CHIP program was held in October & November, 2005.  You can see what a typical course agenda looks like below.  The next CHIP program in Traverse City will be held September and October, 2006.  Contact Lucia Tiffany for more information.

FREE 1-hour Information Sessions

Call 231-263-3974 to register for a Information Session.  Registration deadline is October 10.

CHIP Schedule

HeartScreen 1 - Scheduled during registration.  The screen occurs prior to the CHIP program, early in the morning.  Participants attend having fasted for 12 hours.  A heart-healthy breakfast is provided.

Seminars 6:30 - 8:45 PM Monday through Thursday for 4 consecutive weeks.

Week 1 Topics
Monday Miracles, Medicines, & Mirages
Tuesday Portrait of a Killer
Wednesday Stalking the Killer
Thursday Eat More and Weigh Less
Week 2 Topics
Monday The Magic of Fiber
Tuesday Reversing Hypertension: Disarming Diabetes
Wednesday Effective Cholesterol Control
Thursday Fats in the Fire
Week 3 Topics
Monday Walk for Your Life
Tuesday Osteoporosis: Calcium Robbers
Wednesday Lifestyle and Health
Thursday Reversing Disease With Fork & Knife
Week 4 Topics
Monday Diet and Cancer
Tuesday Atherosclerosis of the Mind
Wednesday Building Self-Esteem
Thursday The Gift of Forgiveness

HeartScreen 2 - Repeat of HeartScreen 1.

Graduation - Scheduled for the week following the end of CHIP.

For more information check out the CHIP web site

To report any technical or content problems contact Kerry Kelly by e-mail or call 231-228-4050