The Pritikin Program Was Found To Control Diabetes and Hypertension And, For Many, Eliminate the Need For Drugs
Roberts, C.K. and Barnard, R.J. Effect of diet and exercise on chronic disease. J Appl Physiol 98:3-30, 2005.

Conversion of Western-Style Diet To Pritikin Diet Lead To Normalization of Blood Pressure
Roberts. C.K., N.D. Vaziri, Z. Ni, X.Q. Wang and R.J. Barnard. Correction of long-term diet-induced hypertension and protein nitration by diet modification. Atherosclerosis 163:321-327,2002

The Pritikin Program Was Found To Lower Blood Pressure To Normal, Medication-Free Levels
Roberts, C.K., N.D. Vaziri, R.J. Barnard. Effect of diet and exercise intervention on blood pressure, insulin oxidative stress, and nitric oxide availability. Circulation 106:2530-2532,2002

Switching From a High-Saturated-Fat, Refined Carbohydrate Diet To a Low-Fat, Unrefined Carbohydrate Diet Led To Normalization of Blood Pressure In Both Male and Female Rats
Roberts, C.K., N.D. Vaziri. Effects of estrogen on gender specific development of diet-induced hypertension. J. Appl Physiol. 91:2005-2009,2001

A High-Fat, Refined Carbohydrate Diet Inactivated Nitric Oxide and Induced Hypertension; A Low-Fat, Unrefined Carbohydrate Diet Did Not
Roberts, C.K., N.D. Vaziri, X.Q. Wang, and R.J. Barnard. NO inactivation and hypertension induced by a high-fat, refined carbohydrate diet. Hypertension 36:423-429,2000

Hypertension Induced By a High-Fat, High-Sugar Diet Was Associated With Impaired Endothelial Function, Which Increases the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease. Switching To a Low-Fat, Unrefined Carbohydrate Diet Reversed This Effect.
Reil, T.D., R.J. Barnard, V.S. Kashyap, C.K. Roberts and H.A. Gelabert. Diet induced changes in endothelial dependent relaxation of the rat aorta. J Surg Res 85:96-100,1999

The Pritikin Program Was Found To Control Diabetes and Hypertension and, For Many, Eliminate the Need For Drugs
Barnard, R.J., E.J. Ugianskis, D.A. Martin. The effect of an intensive diet and exercise program on patients with NIDDM and hypertension. J Cardioresp Rehab, 12:194-201, 1992

In Men With High Lipid Levels, the Pritikin Eating Plan Significantly Reduced Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels, Platelet Aggregation, and Thromboxane Formation
Barnard, R.J., J.A. Hall, A. Chaudhari, J.E. Miller and M.A. Kirschenbaum. Effects of low-fat, low-cholesterol diet on serum lipids, platelet aggregation and thromboxane formation. Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Medicine, 26:241-252,1987.