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Number of |
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Number on the Diet |
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Percent |
Responses |
Volunteers |
Rigidly |
Somewhat |
Not |
of Total |
Marked Positive1 |
2162 |
178 |
38 |
0 |
28.3 |
Positive3 |
340 |
183 |
157 |
0 |
44.4 |
Not on Diet4 |
151 |
8 |
56 |
87 |
19.8 |
Negative5 |
56 |
24 |
9 |
23 |
7.5 |
Totals |
763 |
393 |
260 |
110 |
100.0 |
1 Marked improvement; discarding canes, walkers, wheelchairs;
immobile joints now mobile or becoming mobile. |
2 Volunteers were on the diet 6 months or more, some over 3 years. |
3 Noticeable response, many still with problems. |
4 Comments indicated not actually on the diet, as "can not
resist tomatoes on occasion," or "these staples too difficult to
avoid." |
5 Apparently tried the diet, 40% rigidly, for several weeks to a year
or more without improvement. But 55% said they were still on the diet. |
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