Seale Harris, MD
 The Lite for Life program is based on the life’s work of Dr. Seale Harris, MD.
Born in Cedartown, Georgia on March 13, 1870 and sometimes referred to as "the Benjamin Franklin of Medicine" by contemporaries because of his extensive research and writings. Dr. Seale Harris' most celebrated accomplishment was his 1924 discovery of hyperinsulinism.
Working with diabetic patients using the newly discovered miracle drug insulin, Harris noticed that patients who received too much insulin would experience low blood sugar symptoms such as weakness, headaches, mood swings, shakiness, forgetfulness, anxiety and irritability.
He also noticed they had a pronounced tendency to gain weight.
Dr. Harris determined that many of his overweight non-diabetic patients were also getting too much insulin—not from insulin injections, but because their own pancreases were overproducing insulin because of the foods they were eating.
Using food as his only medicine, Harris successfully developed a weight loss diet to help his patients control their insulin levels and their weight by eating a combination of foods that produced stable blood sugar levels.
His work was discovered by Lite For Life founder and Certified Nutritionist Maureen Sullivan during her own weight loss struggle in the late 1970s. Maureen successfully put Seale Harris' principles to work for herself for thousands of others through Lite For Life. |
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