The
Pritikin diet is one of the most effective ways to turn off the gene expression that increases risk for cardiovascular disease.
While not entirely vegetarian, the
Pritikin diet includes primarily vegetables, fruits and whole grains and contains no more than 10 percent fat.
He developed the Pritikin Diet Program based on cases he treated at the first Pritikin Longevity Center in 1976.
An offshoot of the Pritikin Diet, the Ornish Diet is the creation of Dr.
Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft talk about their commitment to a
Pritikin diet low in animal fats, while Tina Brown advises American eaters to order half portions, as they provide more than adequate amounts of nutrition.
My Mum was into the
Pritikin Diet and we grew our own veggies.
We've got to tell Americans to get off their rear ends and exercise," says UCLA researcher James Barnard, who has studied 4,500 people on the
Pritikin diet.
Robert Pritikin, author of The
Pritikin Diet, was the featured speaker at the Third European Club Leaders Conference in Heidelberg, Germany last August .
Post: Getting back to diet for lowering cholesterol: we have a friend who after triple bypass surgery is trying to stay on the
Pritikin diet.
The
Pritikin diet is a 10% fat diet, with a high carbohydrate content from grain, beans and vegetables and limited protein.
Unfortunately, not until disease of some sort had affected them did they begin to search --as pointed out to me in the case histories documented by Nathan Pritikin in a book, Nathan
Pritikin Diet and Exercise.
