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Long-Term Health and Weight-Loss. Where’s the Proof?
Many diets and home-delivery food plans claim results, but where’s the proof? The published scientific studies? Glitzy TV commercials or ad campaigns showing a few people paid to tell about their weight-loss “miracles” is not scientific proof.
For more than three decades, Pritikin has put its money where its mouth is. Pritikin’s focus has not been on glitzy ad campaigns or paid endorsements, but instead, on scientifically proven results. To date, more than 110 scientific studies, all published in peer-reviewed medical journals, have documented the Pritikin Program’s success in helping thousands not only lose weight but also prevent and reverse America’s #1 killers, including heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension.
The Pritikin Program has been proven to:
Shed Excess Weight
Research on 4,587 people in need of weight loss found that they lost on average 11 pounds within three weeks of starting the Pritikin Program. Archives of Internal Medicine, 151: 1389, 1991.
Reduce Key Risk Factors For Heart Disease, Including
Cholesterol
Analyses of 4,587 men and women staying at Pritikin for three weeks showed an average 23% drop in total cholesterol and 23% drop in LDL "bad" cholesterol. New England Journal of Medicine, 323: 1142, 1990; Archives of Internal Medicine, 151: 1389, 1991. See also Circulation, 106: 2530, 2002.
Triglycerides
These 4,587 Pritikin guests also reduced triglycerides on average 33%. New England Journal of Medicine, 323: 1142 ,1990; Archives of Internal Medicine, 151: 1389, 1991.
C-Reactive Protein
In just two weeks, inflammation markers like C-reactive protein plunged 45% in women at the Pritikin Center. No other lifestyle-change program or drug therapy, including statins, has proven to lower C-reactive protein so dramatically or rapidly. Metabolism, 53: 377, 2004.
Enhance Effectiveness of Statin Therapy/Reduce Statin Needs
Prior to attending Pritikin, 93 men and women had reduced their total and LDL cholesterol levels about 20% on statins. After two weeks at Pritikin, they demonstrated an additional 19% decrease in cholesterol levels. American Journal of Cardiology, 79: 1112, 1997.
Lower Blood Pressure To Normal, Medication-Free Levels
In a study of 268 men, 83% lowered their blood pressure to normal levels and left free of all drugs for hypertension. Journal of Cardiac Rehabilitation, 3: 839, 1983. See also Circulation, 106: 2530, 2002. In a meta-analysis of 1,117 hypertensives, nearly 60% normalized blood pressure and no longer required medications within three weeks of starting the Pritikin Program. Journal of Applied Physiology, 98: 3, 2005.
Control Diabetes and, For Many, Eliminate the Need For Drugs
A meta-analysis of 864 Type 2 diabetics found that 74% on oral agents left Pritikin free of such medications, their blood sugars in normal ranges; and 44% on insulin left insulin-free. Those who continued the Pritikin Program stayed off the medications. Journal of Applied Physiology, 98: 3, 2005. See also Diabetes Care, 17: 1469, 1994.
Reverse the Metabolic Syndrome
Having the Metabolic Syndrome, a condition now epidemic in the U.S., puts one at major risk for diabetes and heart disease. In about 50% of men studied, the Pritikin Program reversed the clinical diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome. Journal of Applied Physiology, 100: 1657, 2006. Among children with the Metabolic Syndrome, 100% no longer had the syndrome within two weeks of starting the Pritikin Program. Metabolism Clinical and Experimental, 55: 871, 2006.
What Works Long-Term?
Short-term, virtually any diet works. That’s why the glitzy ad campaigns and paid endorsements work.
What counts are long-term published results. The most comprehensive studies of long-term weight loss, part of the National Weight Control Registry from Brown University and University of Colorado, found that the vast majority of its 4,500+ successful dieters follow a diet, like Pritikin, that is low in fat and high in natural, fiber-rich carbohydrates. Like the Pritikin Program, the registry members also exercise daily. The members lost, on average, 66 pounds and have kept it off for six years. Less than 1% follow a high-protein, high-fat diet. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 98: 480, 1998.
Pritikin Program: Success That Lasts
Scientists at UCLA have published equally impressive long-term success rates on men and women following the Pritikin Program:
In two studies, each of which followed people on the Pritikin Program for 5 years, more than 85% reported they were successfully following the majority of Pritikin guidelines. They not only kept the weight off, they restored their health. A 5-year follow-up of 64 men who came to the Pritikin Longevity Center instead of undergoing heart bypass surgery that had been recommended by their doctors found that 80% never needed the surgery. Journal of Cardiac Rehabilitation, 3: 183, 1983
Another 5-year study found that diabetics who had left the Pritikin Longevity Center with blood sugars normalized and completely off all diabetes medications never needed to take their medications again. Diabetes Care, 17: 1469, 1994.
This is success – scientifically proven success. This is why researchers at top institutions nationwide, including Harvard, Stanford, and UCLA have lauded Pritikin’s results. Make them your results. Choose Pritikin – proven to work.
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