	June 28, 2005 \| Issue 19
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In just six weeks, men and women of widely varying ages – 43 to 81 years – made simple changes in diet and exercise that resulted in profound reductions in risk for killer diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, new research has found.*

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“Although the notion that proper nutrition and exercise is good for you is not revolutionary, it’s important that people know that major health benefits can come quickly,” stated lead investigator Dr. Steven Aldana of Brigham Young University in a press statement prepared by the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, the journal that published the study.

In the study, half of 337 volunteers, all residents of Illinois, participated in a 40-hour educational course over four weeks. Like the Pritikin Program, the course taught the rationale and practical “know how” for adopting a healthy new lifestyle that included daily exercise and a diets emphasizing fiber-rich, unrefined carbohydrates like fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and beans. The other half of the volunteers, the control group, did not attend the course.

Several risk factors for both groups were measured at the beginning of the course and six weeks later.

The results: Compared to the control group, the group attending the 40-hour course in diet and exercise education showed ...

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