Good Message -- A Thank You for Kim Sandstrom

[Guest guest]

Hello CR ALL:

What huge differences there are between what people said during

their interviews, and what actually got reported in the NY Times

article. This was done by feature writer Hochman, in the

NY Times feature article 23 Nov 2003, " Eat Less, Live to 140? "

Dr. Walford has spoken up, Sherman has spoken up, and now

Kim Sandstrom (below) speaks up. We have had more of an education

from the aftermath of the article's appearance, than we got from

the content of the article itself!

Thanks again Kim, for your remarks below.

-- Warren

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On 28 Nov 2003, Dean relayed this

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Message from Kim Sandstrom:

I was the women shown eating her greens at the top of the NY Times

Article. I am a newbie to the CRON society, though I have followed the

ideas and studies as they have played out in the media for a few years

now.

I was a little unhappy at the squib written about me in the

article. I was not horrified...but I was disappointed that in the hour

long interview I had with Hochman he did not amplify the most

important message I had: that I HAD already gained life that I thought

was lost to me forever. I didn't think I would live to be 50. The last

5 years of my life were plagued with pain and inflammation and all

this was evident not only in my daily activities but in my

corresponding blood work. I was a sick woman. Restricting my calories

but optimizing my nutrition has bought me a fuller life and brought me

from the brink of an ebbing life. I have already extended my

life...and that was the message I wanted Mr. Hochman to get across

when he used me in the article. The fact that I will be in a doggone

beauty pageant is fun for me...but not my ultimate message.

Please convey this message via your communications when people talk

about this article. Thank you so much.

Sincerely,

Kim Sandstrom