i took pills for chronic urdicharea. bad hives and swelling. a really debilitating disease. i took the pills for eight long years. something happened when i turned 40. it was like that wake-up call of four is a lot closer to a five whereas a three is closer to a two. i felt wow, i'm 40. i'm looking in the mirror here. i'm taking medication night and day. high blood pressure, prediabetic, high cholesterol. i'm a walking time bomb. so i decided to super charge that journey by drinking just fresh fruit and vegetable juice for 60 days. then i did another 90 days of eating fruit, vegetables, nuts, beans, seeds. after five months of just plants, i was off all medication and i was close to 100 pounds lighter after five months. that was six or seven years ago. >> how have you managed to sustain it? that's the key thing that so many people find so difficult. they can do a diet for a little bit, but then the reality checks in and then they go back. how have you managed to stay so disciplined? >> sure. well, the first thing i'd say, piers, i didn't look at what i did as a diet. i looke