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Missing Stories of 2009
These healthy-lifestyle-promoting stories and dozens more got little or no media attention in 2009. That's a shame because they're the real health stories of 2009, not the headline-grabbing, weird and wacky cures like “undershirts that melt off fat.” (Yeah, wouldn’t it be nice?)
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5 Best Gifts for 2010
"Health is the greatest gift," wrote Buddha, and the greatest health comes from Pritikin living.
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10 "Meaty" Alternatives To Red Meat
One of the things people like about red meat is its filling, stick-to-the-ribs quality. Meat, however, is not the only food that gives us long-lasting satiety. Plenty of meat-free options score very high on satiety scales, including beans, potatoes, whole-grain pasta, hot cereals, and fiber-rich fruits like apples and oranges.
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9 Tips For Controlling Holiday Binges - And Having a Great Time To Boot (12/9/2009)
How often have we arrived at holiday parties stressed-out, shopped-out, and worn-out? Is it any wonder we say “To hell with my health” and “Let me at that buffet bar”?
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Pritikin Will Be Moving to a Magnificent New Home (12/2/2009)
Pritikin Longevity Center & Spa, the world's most highly respected health and wellness destination, will re-locate its facilities and debut December 2009 at a state-of-the art facility at the famed Doral Golf Resort & Spa, A Marriott Resort in Miami.
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Teenage Triumph (11/18/2009)
About 18 months ago, near the end of her 7th grade year, Brianna perked up one evening at the family dining room table. Her father was talking about his upcoming trip to the Pritikin Longevity Center in Florida, his third retreat at the healthy-living resort, and mentioned the swimming pools and tennis courts there.
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Thanksgiving Dinner Menu & Recipes (11/11/2009)
Enjoy Thanksgiving without raising your cholesterol or expanding your waistline. It’s all doable (and very delicious) with these recipes from our Executive Chef Anthony Stewart and his talented culinary team at the Pritikin Longevity Center.
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10 Tips For a Happy, Healthy Thanksgiving (11/4/2009)
Going to someone else’s home for Thanksgiving? No problem. Here are 10 tips for success.
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Smart Snacking - 7 Quick and Easy Combos (10/22/2009)
Cheesy-Crunchy-Sweet-Salty Snacks can undermine your healthy eating plan in just a few bites. In fact, the biggest source of artery-clogging saturated fat in the American diet is cheese. Just one ounce of full-fat cheese can have as much saturated fat as a McDonald’s Quarter-Pounder.
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Salt - Key Player In Resistant Hypertension (10/8/2009)
People with resistant hypertension (there are 15+ million in the U.S.) are told that there’s nothing they can do about it. They’re given the bad news that their blood pressure will remain high – 140/90 and higher – despite their being on three or more anti-hypertensive drugs.
But new breakthrough research has found just the opposite. The study evaluated the effects of a very-low-salt diet on people with resistant hypertension and found that blood pressure drops were "striking."
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7 Tips For Lowering Your LDL Cholesterol (9/30/2009)
To avoid a heart attack, more and more research is finding that your #1 strategy is getting your LDL (bad) cholesterol not just down, but way down. Striving for LDL levels of 100 and below is good, but dropping to 80 and lower may be even better.
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The Right Carbs - Healthy Vs. Boxed (9/16/2009)
It is well established that a diet low in cholesterol and fat, particularly saturated fat, reduces blood levels of cholesterol, which reduces the risk of a heart attack. Now research has found that picking the right carbs to go with that low-fat diet – carbs like fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and beans – will reduce cholesterol levels even more.
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Tips For Choosing a Health Club & Personal Trainer (9/9/2009)
Keep the following factors in mind when choosing a health club or personal trainer, advises Scott Danberg, MS, Director of Exercise at the Pritikin Longevity Center & Spa.
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Snoring - Are You Headed For a Heart Attack? (9/2/2009)
New research found that among nearly 3,000 American men ages 40 to 70, those with sleep apnea were twice as likely to die over an eight-year period as those without the condition.
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Want to Live to Be 100? Eat More Beans!
Many of the longest-living populations in the world are lovers of legumes (more commonly known as beans). The people of Okinawa, Japan, who have the highest percentage of centenarians on earth, eat a diet rich in soybean-based products like tofu. Here are some simple tips for getting more beans - and their many benefits - into your life.
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Your Cholesterol Numbers: Do you know what they mean? (8/19/2009)
We call heart disease the silent killer. Many people usually feel fine the day before a heart attack or stroke, but they are really a coronary time bomb. Did you know that 85% of 50-year-old people in America have blockages in their arteries without any symptoms? It really is a tragedy that risk factors like high cholesterol are not painful until it is too late. In this article, we’ll discuss the most important things you can do to avoid a heart attack, as well as optimal levels for LDL (bad) cholesterol, total cholesterol, HDL (good) cholesterol, and triglycerides.
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A Poster Child For Healthy Living - "You don't even miss the cheeseburgers" (8/12/2009)
In 1976, Hal was anything but healthy. His arteries were so clogged that he couldn’t walk around the block near his home without suffering chest-squeezing angina pain. His doctors told him he needed double coronary bypass surgery immediately, or he could try "this new diet-and-exercise program" being taught up in Santa Barbara by a man named Nathan Pritikin. Hal chose the latter. He’s never needed bypass surgery or angioplasty. And he’s never suffered a heart attack. In fact, last year cardiac testing showed that his coronary arteries had no blockages. None.
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12 Tips For Oh-So-Easy Summer Treats (8/5/2009)
Make the most of summer's sweets - all those luscious berries, melons, peaches, and other fruits now at farmers' markets and stores. Just rinse and enjoy! It's all about savoring summer the old-fashioned - and finest - way.
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Saying Goodbye To Arthritis Pain (7/29/2009)
One in five Americans suffers from some form of arthritis. As yet, there is no cure. Doctors have focused on reducing symptoms, usually with drugs. But a growing body of research is now finding that a healthy lifestyle like the Pritikin Program can do much to decrease – or even eliminate – arthritic pain.
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What’s Wrong With Olive Oil (7/22/2009)
Many of us love all things Italian, from Edie Falco to Ferraris to olive oil – especially olive oil. And the olive oil industry and media spur us on with articles asserting that olive oil is a "good" fat. But many journalists do not fully dissect the scientific studies they’re reporting on. Press releases aren’t questioned. Facts get distorted. Qualifiers disappear. Headlines turn sensational.
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Oh, What Just One High-Fat, High-Calorie Meal Can Do! (7/15/2009)
We all know that eating gut–buster meals year after year can take a toll on our arteries, causing heart disease, strokes, and diabetes, but a report on ABC World News on Monday night showed, graphically so, that they have an immediate impact on our arteries as well.
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6 Tips For Safe, Tasty Summer Grilling (07/01/2009)
Ah, summer! And 4th of July barbecue parties! Many of us are concerned, however, about the carcinogens that may come with grilling and other types of high-temperature cooking. The good news, too, is that there are many strategies for improving the safety of grilling and other high-temp cooking like broiling. Here are 6 tips for safe, tasty summer grilling.
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Ideas for Simple Sandwiches (6/24/2009)
Everybody loves sandwiches, but a greasy burger or processed meat sub isn’t going to do much to lower your cholesterol. Yet for many of us these nutrition nightmares are a staple of our busy day.
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Chef Anthony is coming to town! (6/17/2009)
See Anthony Stewart, Executive Chef of the Pritikin Longevity Center & Spa, whip up scrumptious Pritikin foods, like Bison Steaks With Blueberry Balsamic Reduction, on local TV and in bookstores throughout America this summer. (See complete schedule below.)
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Is 5-A-Day Enough? (6/10/2009)
Five fruit and vegetable servings a day is great, but 9 or more servings a day is best (4 fruits and 5 veggies minimum).
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The Dirty Dozen: Top 12 Lifestyle Risk Factors (6/3/2009)
An important new study* has found that the biggest premature killer of Americans is not big bad things like acts of Mother Nature, jumbo jet crashes, or flu epidemics. The biggest premature killer in the U.S. is, essentially, ourselves.
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The Latest Science On Food, Fitness, and Losing Weight (5/27/2009)
My brother Joe can’t resist steering his car into one of his favorite fast food drive-thrus at least three times a week. This 52-year-old physical therapist from Southern California loves his Del Taco beef burritos, In-N-Out burgers, and super-sized sodas.
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Would you really eat THAT if you knew?! (5/19/2009)
Did You Know...A Vanilla Bean Frappuccino, Venti, at Starbucks tallies up a belt-busting 600 calories? Or a cheese quesadilla appetizer (yes, just an appetizer!) at Don Pablo's Restaurants packs in 1,600 calories?
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Does Your Weight Yo-Yo? (5/12/2009)
In the past, some studies have indicated that “yo-yo” dieting or “weight cycling” (losing weight, regaining it, losing it, and so on) may be harmful to health, but important new research on thousands of women affirms just the opposite. The study found that women who intentionally lost weight did not suffer adverse health as a result, even though they’d been yo-yoing for years.*
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Is Sleep Loss Making You Fat? (5/6/2009)
Doctors have long known that excess weight leads to sleep problems, but new research is finding that the reverse is also true. Sleep problems in and of themselves can pile on the pounds. Yes, it’s a vicious cycle. You put on weight, so you don’t sleep as well as you used to, so you put on more weight. Oy.
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Pritikin Brown Bag Lunches (4/29/2009)
Pritikin brown bag lunches not only save you money, they can help you cut out a bunch of calories from your daily eating plan, which can ultimately shave inches off you.
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Oprah Magazine Praises Pritikin Program (4/22/2009)
The May 2009 issue of 0, The Oprah Magazine tells the inspiring story of a 14-year-old boy who weighed 260 pounds, his three sisters (10-year-old triplets) who were "verging on chubby," and mom, a former model who was carrying an extra 10 to 20 pounds that "seemed impervious to diets."
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Healthy Habits, Smarter Kids? (4/15/2009)
There’s plenty of research showing that healthy eating habits and daily physical activity can help children shed extra weight and improve heart health. Scientists at UCLA, for example, studied children in the summer family programs at the Pritikin Longevity Center in Florida and found that in just two weeks the kids lost nearly 10 pounds, decreased LDL bad cholesterol 25%, and reduced inflammation makers like high sensitivity C-reactive protein 41%.
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"What Can the Pritikin Program Do For Me?" (4/8/2009)
If you’re looking for the healthiest – and happiest – way to live your life, you’ve found it with the Pritikin Program. What’s more, Pritikin is so simple and inexpensive. You won't be throwing away money on pricey (and highly questionable) gizmos like "high energy" powder drinks or "fat-busting" machines.
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Cut Salt Way Down, CDC Says (4/1/2009)
Using national survey data, government health experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced March 26 that two out of three adults in America should consume no more than 1,500 milligrams of sodium per day, which have been Pritikin guidelines for sodium consumption since 1958.
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Health Alert: High Triglycerides (3/25/2009)
While nearly everyone knows about the link between high cholesterol and heart disease, few are aware that high triglycerides also increase the risk of a heart attack, and that 1 in 2 Americans have borderline-high to high levels of triglycerides.
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Let the Government Pay Part of Your Pritikin Stay (3/18/2009)
"Going to Pritikin was unquestionably the best thing we've ever done for ourselves," smiles Dave. "And to think that it all came about because of the government."
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Calorie Density - Key to Losing Weight (3/11/2009)
While many diet plans focus on restrictions, such as “cut calories,” “don’t eat carbs” and “don’t fill up your plate,” a growing body of research is finding that additions, specifically nine or more servings daily of fruits and vegetables, is the best strategy for shedding pounds.
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Pritikin Exercise Plan (3/5/2009)
"Pritikin is not just about looking your best; it's about feeling your best," renowned fashion designer and Pritikin enthusiast Adrienne Vittadini recently told us.
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Put An End To Compulsive, Mindless Eating (2/25/2009)
Start to learn about your psyche; it’s a worthwhile investment in your health portfolio. Knowing what’s on your mind, how you feel, and what you need in your life, will help you stay on track with Pritikin’s eating plan.
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17 Lifestyle Tips For the Menopause Years and Beyond (2/18/2009)
Below are 17 lifestyle changes proven healthful for the menopausal and postmenopausal years, from Pritikin physician Danine Fruge, MD, part of her Women's Health seminar at the Pritikin Longevity Center.
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Reducing Salt - It's Time To Take Action (2/11/2009)
In an op-ed in The New York Times on February 6, Michael Alderman, professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, wrote that the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene "has embarked on a campaign to persuade the makers of processed food to reduce its salt content by more than 40 percent over the next 10 years," with the goal of preventing "strokes and heart attacks."
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Medical Minimalism (2/4/2009)
A recent study of nearly 3,000 Americans aged 57 to 85, funded by the National Institutes of Health and published in the December 24, 2008, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, warned that at least two million older Americans are taking a combination of drugs or supplements that can be a risky mix.
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Resveratrol, Red Wine...Fountain of Youth? Not So Fast. (1/28/2009)
Don’t start guzzling the vino, even if you were intrigued by Sunday’s night’s 60 Minutes, which featured scientists aglow about a new compound found in foods like grapes and red wine, called resveratrol, that they suggest might be the anti-aging potion.
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Which Diet Lowers C-Reactive Protein? Which Diet Raises It? (1/21/2009)
A chemical in our bodies called C-reactive protein (CRP) has gotten a lot of press lately because key research is finding that high levels of CRP signal inflammation, and chronic inflammation is now linked with several diseases, including diabetes and heart disease.
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New Year, New Food for the Children in Your Life (1/14/2009)
Fed up with kids and grandkids who think that a daily diet is a pop tart at breakfast, burgers and fries for lunch, and fried chicken for dinner?
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Announcing My Pritikin Online (1/7/2008)
Now, for the first time, you can follow the Pritikin Program, entirely online, with interactive tools, meal plans, recipes, tips, video workshops, and direct access to the Pritikin Longevity Center’s world-renowned team of doctors, dietitians, exercise physiologists, and psychologists.
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