Men’s residence director now a CHIP fan
Brenton Stacey
Public relations officer
Avondale College of Higher Education
Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia
Pr Mark McNeill shares his testimony in a promotional video for CHIP.
Pr Mark McNeill thought he had a healthy lifestyle until a cardiologist told him his arteries were blocked—he had five bypasses. Even after surgery, Mark’s blood pressure and cholesterol continued to rise.
Then an Avondale PhD student—Paul Rankin, living in Watson Hall at the time—introduced Mark to the Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP). Still not convinced, Mark accepted a loan of a book about reversing heart disease from colleague Dr Darren Morton, a senior lecturer in health and exercise science in the School of Education. “I thought, I have to do this,” says Mark, the men’s residence director at Avondale, in a video promoting the program.
CHIP lowered Mark’s cholesterol, blood pressure and medication intake. “I don’t worry anymore,” says Mark, whose family has a history of heart disease. “I’m convinced I’ve now got another chance.”
Both Paul and Darren are also CHIP advocates—Paul is the new CHIP in Churches program director for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific; Darren is leading a team of researchers studying the health benefits of CHIP and is one of three presenters on a new CHIP DVD series.