Pritikin Diet

THE CONCEPT

This diet is very similar to the Perricone Diet, they both stress healthy eating as a means to a healthier body. While Perricone stresses healthy skin, Pritikin is more concerned with overall health of the body. Foods rich in oils, fatty acids, complex carbohydrates are important. The diet is meant to help with heart disease and cholesterol, as shown by the reversal of Dr. Pritikin's personal reversal of his own life-threatening heart disease through the eating habits encouraged in his diet.

THE PLAN

The Pritikin Longevity Center is a diet "resort" located in Florida. The goal of this center is to work with experts in diet, exercise, meal preparation, and more. Together, visitors and experts develop life and diet changes that implement the focus of the diet.

Yet the majority of people following Pritikin do so through the use of his books, which tell readers the guidelines to follow to be able to eat large portions and fill up on low-calorie foods. His diet is a low-fat, high carb diet. It is very healthy, and is easier to follow than most other diets that require calorie counting and other calculations.

The plan requires that users choose foods appropriate to the stage they are in. The book will explain certain aspects of your meals, such as "eat 4 ounces of fish" or "drink or eat 2 servings of dairy products". Users are given the means of knowing the foods that are low in simple carbs, the foods rich in the fatty acids that are recommended. The goal is to plan a full meal with foods low in calories per pound. That way people can prepare larger portions, while not gaining weight due to the low fat, low calorie content of the food.

This diet is very healthy. It prevents or reverses heart and cholesterol problems, helps keep a healthy colon, prostate, and promotes an overall higher level of health. The diet does not provide specific meal plans, only guidelines on meals, the rest is up to you. Though it is not a "weight loss" diet, significant weight loss and management is achieved by following the plan.

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