Figure 4.

A) Jaime Guevara, MD (left) and a GHR deficient subject in the mountains of Southern Ecuador (right) b) Composite photograph of a DR practitioner before starting DR with adequate nutrition (on the left: weight 180 lb or 81.6 kg; BMI 26.0 kg/m2), and after 7 years of DR (on the right: weight 134 lb, or 60.8 kg; BMI 19.4 kg/m2). Total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol declined from 244 mg/dl and 176 mg/dl (pre-DR) to 165 mg/dl and 97 mg/dl respectively, while HDL cholesterol increased from 37 mg/dl to 57 mg/dl. Fasting blood glucose and blood pressure declined also from 87 mg/dl and 144/87 mmHg to 74 mg/dl and 94/61 mmHg, respectively.