"My Pritikin Visits Have Been A Blessed Experience!"
Dr. Hooks first came to Pritikin in 2001 at the recommendation of a good friend and long-time Pritikin Alumnus, B.T. Jones. Mr. Jones believed that Pritikin was just what the doctor, overweight and struggling with diabetes and high blood pressure, needed.
Mr. Jones was so very right. Four years and two more Pritikin visits later, Dr. Hooks’ weight has fallen from 214 to 181, his diabetes is under control with diet and oral medications (no insulin shots), and his blood pressure is down to stable, problem-free levels.
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“I would recommend Pritikin to anyone who has a weight or health problem,” enthuses the 80-year-old civil rights legend.
Role Model
And we at Pritikin would heartily recommend Dr. Hooks to anyone looking for a superb role model in faith, hope, and perseverance. Those first two weeks at Pritikin in 2001, though a “fascinating experience,” were not easy. The first five or six days, in particular, “were very rough,” recalls the minister, “because I’d never been on a low-sodium diet. I couldn’t taste anything.”
But upon returning home, he stuck to his newly learned dietary habits, watching his sodium intake religiously, shying away from all his high-salt favorites, like chili seasoning packets with 3,000mg of sodium per serving.
In April this year, visiting Pritikin for the third time, “the same food I had trouble with four years ago tasted GREAT!” Dr. Hooks laughs. “I was eating that salad like it was never going to be served again. And the soups, which four years ago I could not deal with, have now taken on a wonderful taste all their own.”
“Transported To Heaven.”
So have many other Pritikin dishes, like grilled salmon, roasted bison, veggie burgers, and egg white omeletes. “The other thing I loved at Pritikin were those big sweet potatoes. Eating them,” he smiles, “was like being transported briefly to heaven.”
Heavenly, too, were the massages services at Pritikin’s spa, a special comfort to Dr. Hooks, who, as a result of an operation in 1972, has back problems that plague him whenever he puts pressure on his spine. His particular spa favorite at Pritikin – the hot stone massage. “I’d never had that before. It was delightful!”
Most beneficial, in the doctor’s opinion, was the education he received at the Pritikin Longevity Center, notably the label reading classes taught by Director of Nutrition Jeff Novick. “I used to think I was reading food labels. I’d take note, for example, of the 800mg of sodium on a soup can’s label, but it was Jeff who make me aware that 800mg was in just half a can. Just half a can has more sodium than I should eat in a week! ...
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