Why do you visit the Pritikin Longevity Center & Spa and follow the Pritikin diet?
Pritikin is just common sense. [Founder] Nathan Pritikin was responsible for turning the food pyramid on its head. It’s a combination of the Harvard and the boot camp of spas. It’s a very serious program and not a place to simply get facials and play golf. The thing that impresses me most is that the Pritikin program is based on continuously updated science. The lectures give you the equivalent of a college education in nutrition. Their scientists are published experts. Unless you can find a diet you can live on for the rest of your life, you’re just spinning your wheels. These crackpot protein and low-carbohydrate theories are dangerous to the body, and they don’t give you complete nutrition. One of the sad things about all of these best-selling diets is that you’re tricking your body to lose weight. You’re doing damage to your health, and in the end, nothing will have changed. Q: What impact has the Pritikin diet had on your life? A: I’ve lost about 90 pounds since December of 2002.
