Testimonials

"Dr. Tancheff and Dr. Amy are professional, compassionate and truly caring individuals and have been great help to me during my over a month long water fasting period. My essential hypertension has been resolved following my 43 day fast and I am no longer on any western medications or medications of any kind. If it were not for their genuine care and coaching, I would have not been able to make it through my water fasting, and we have since then kept in contact as friends." Ben Kaboly, age 72

"For forty days from the end of August to the beginning of October in 2005 I was supervised by Nick Tancheff and Amy Smith and a couple of other doctors at True North Health. Both Nick and Amy provided compassionate care for me while I went through my fast. Nick inspired me with his many years of experience and his knowledge of fasting and raw food. On many occasions when I was discouraged they prayed for me and spent extra time with me. I have made many positive changes in my life with encouragement from Nick and Amy. In particular, I am now 100% raw and have much more vitality than I had before my fast. I wouldn't hesitate to be part of the Choose Life community for any period of time." Laurie Dunford (Inflammatory Breast Cancer)

"I fasted for 15 days at True North Health Institute from the 3rd week of Sept. until the the 2nd week of Oct. 05. I then refed for 7 days. Nick Tancheff was an intern there at the time and I am very grateful he was there. It was very inspiring to me to have a caregiver who had been very ill himself and had used fasting and diet to recover his own health. The rest of the staff there had never been sick and most had never fasted for more than a few days saying they couldn't make it any further when asked about their personal experience with fasting. Not encouraging to hear when one is having a difficult time. Nick however has fasted more than once and at one time for 30 days.

I was very concerned when I arrived about losing too much weight since I was already quite underweight - 95 lbs at 5'5". Nick related to me his own experience becoming very underweight during his healing and explained it was part of the process - the body cleaning house. And looking at how healthy he is now, I knew I could trust him. He also provided much information about refeeding and the importance of eating raw. That is something I now realize in many cases is essential to recovery from chronic illness, so it was a blessing that he was there to provide us with that information.

During my fast, my pain and inflammation - I am currently experiencing the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis - which I know I will soon heal from all of these efforts with natural hygiene - went way down. Upon refeeding I ate some cooked food as is the general practice at True North so some of the pain returned. However now I am doing my best to eat raw fruit and vegetables and keep my fat intake way down. With that plan, my pain and inflammation are lessening and my energy is increasing. It took years for my body to create this illness under the poor conditions I was living so it will take awhile of good living to correct the problems.

Nick is a very committed and inspirational individual. I think he would do an excellent job of establishing and running a fasting retreat in Kenya. I hope to fast with him there one day!

If anyone has any questions about my experience, feel free to contact me."
moniquesauve@shaw.ca Monique Sauve

"While on a recent water-only fast I had the pleasure of being under the care of Amy Smith and Nick Tancheff. Not only did they display confident and competent professional care but their attention to the  individual during such a sensitive time was paramount. It was refreshing to meet two people who really walk their talk! I look forward to visiting their new facility for a future fasting experience." Julie Engfer, Fort Bragg, CA

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