The Hellers Were
Carbohydrate-Addicted Kids
And It Changed Their Lives

• Was the "stockiest" kid in his class; the last boy to be picked for any team and resolved himself being alone most of the time
  
• Earned the nick-name, "the Human Garbage Can" because he ate whatever anyone left on their plates
  
• Suffered from a low-blood-sugar-related dyslexic-like learning disability that went undiagnosed and untreated and made him fear school
  
• Barely made it through high school, managing to avoid the classes he could not handle because of his inability to concentrate and his learning and reading problems
  
• Taught himself to read in order to try to get into college. He was accepted but flunked out because of his blood-sugar-related learning difficulties
  
• Returned to college part-time and, by manipulating his diet, discovered ways to maximize his ability to concentrate and minimize his reading and learning problems

Dr. Richard Heller today has:

• Lost forty-five excess pounds and has maintained his weight loss for over twelve years
  
• Has found the cure to his concentration and learning problems; now holds three academic degrees (BA, MS, Ph.D.)
  
• Become a well-respected and published research biologist, a visiting professor to NASA's Space Life Sciences Training Program (1988), and Program Director for over a National Institutes of Health's Research Program for over four-and-a-half million dollars over a 12 year period
  
• Been appointed as professor at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine & City University of New York Graduate Center, retired, and Professor Emeritus at the City University of New York
  
• With his wife, revolutionized research into the cause & treatment of carbohydrate addiction and has helped over one million people in their quest for freedom from struggle with their eating and weight
  
• Co-authored the New York Times bestselling book The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet, as well as the national bestseller Healthy for Life, and The Carbohydrate Addict's Program for Success, The Carbohydrate Addict's Gram Counter, Carbohydrate-Addicted Kids, and most recently, The Carbohydrate Addict's LifeSpan Program.
  
• Achieved ideal health, both mental and physical, and lives free from the low-blood-sugar-related concentration and learning problems that ruled his youth.