Success Stories From Our Guests

"I'm no longer a diabetic! By my third day at Pritikin, I was off all diabetic medications. My cholesterol fell 40 points, too! WOW!"
Read more on Jeff Garlin's success story...

Jeff Garlin
Co-Star/Co-Producer of Curb Your Enthusiasm,
Golden Globe Winner for Best Comedy TV Series

"Pritikin is a life-changing experience with lifelong rewards."

U.S. Congressman
Charles B. Rangel
New York

"Our members are all young and in good health. Pritikin gave us the education to continue on a healthy path. And just in time! I came to Pritikin with poor eating habits. What a difference a few days at Pritikin made! All of us gained knowledge that has changed our lives forever."

Michelle Trulaske
Young Presidents Organization Forum

"Two years ago I had quadruple bypass surgery. Shortly after, I came to Pritikin to learn how to keep my four new arteries nice and clean. Boy, did it work! I'm 72, and I look and feel 45! I just ran the New York Marathon in five hours and nine minutes. My cardiologist ran with me, and I kicked his butt, and he's 25 years younger than I am!"

Bautista Locatelli
Las Vegas, Nevada

"When my doctors told me 20 years ago I needed coronary bypass surgery, I told them I had a better solution. I went to Pritikin instead. I'VE NEVER HAD ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH MY HEART. No chest pains. No angioplasty. No bypass surgery. Every six months, I see my cardiologist and take a battery of tests, and every six months he says that my coronary risk profile is right on target."

Daniel Kanouse
Downingtown, Pennsylvania

"We sent 21 pilots who were grounded because of heart disease, diabetes or hypertension to Pritikin. Three months later, 18 were back flying again."

Harvey Watt
President, Harvey Watt and Company,
Aviation Insurance, Atlanta, Georgia

"My blood pressure this morning was 114/60. My cholesterol is 120. Not bad for an 80-year-old guy! In my 25 years of going to Pritikin, I've seen many, well, I have to call them miracles. I especially remember a pharmacist from Norfolk, Virginia. He was a diabetic. His doctors had told him that his toes and possibly his feet would need to be amputated. Instead of signing up for surgery, he flew out to Pritikin. At our graduating ceremony at Pritikin, 30 days after he arrived, he took off his shoes and stockings and showed everyone, his eyes full of tears, his big pink, healthy foot. Then he started dancing! And we all danced with him. Now that's a memory."

Charles Sigety
Boca Raton, Florida

"My father, aunt, and grandparents all had Type 2 diabetes. Sure enough, at age 49, my blood tests showed I had high sugar readings. I was on the verge of becoming a diabetic. After just two days at Pritikin, my blood sugar dropped down to perfectly normal levels. So did my blood pressure. It was amazing! Plus, I felt wonderful. You read books all the time that say how important good diet and exercise are, but until you see the numbers in black and white - your cholesterol dropping down, your blood sugar plummeting to normal levels, and your blood pressure falling into perfectly ranges - well, it's just a totally different experience. Pritikin gave me DEFINITIVE PROOF that diet and exercise are critical to my health and well-being."

Karen Klouda
Coralville, Iowa

"I came to Pritikin because my health was like a runaway freight train. I was taking multiple pills for diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. After one week at Pritikin, I was down to one pill for diabetes. By the end of the second week, I wasn't taking any pills! I didn't need them anymore! Going to Pritikin is the best experience I've ever had. I've been recommending Pritikin to family and friends ever since. A lot of people think that Pritikin is some sort of hospital. Nothing could be further from the truth! It's in a beautiful waterside resort, and the other people you meet come from all walks of life, both young and old. We had a delightful time together. And we ate like kings and queens! The food is fabulous! I can't wait to go back."

Tom Eng
Minneapolis, Minnesota

"I was very ill. My blood pressure was dangerously high, 220/115, and I was on three blood pressure medications. I was feeling very blue and weak. I even missed the christening of my goddaughter's baby. But by my third day at Pritikin, my blood pressure had shot down so low that I couldn't even believe it. I'm so thrilled! My blood pressure is now normal, and I'm off all my medications. Plus, I have so much energy! I just feel 100% better. I'm proud of Pritikin, and I'm proud of myself."

June Fowler
Washington, D.C.

"I'd been on blood pressure medication since I was 20 years old. Well, after four days at Pritikin, my blood pressure literally plummeted! It's been nine months since I was at Pritikin, and my blood pressure is STILL LOW--116 over 68. I've lost 70 pounds, and my cholesterol is 113! I have a good friend, a physician, who'd been encouraging me for years to come to Pritikin. My only regret is that I didn't take his advice sooner. The lectures at Pritikin are superb, the food is delicious, and the benefits are mind-blowing!"

Herb Rafael
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

"Twenty years ago, when I first went to Pritikin, I weighed 206 pounds. I lost 45 pounds - and I NEVER GAINED IT BACK. But more important than my weight loss is what Pritikin has meant to my health. You know all those diseases like hypertension and heart disease that people think they have to spend the rest of their life with? Well, that's baloney. It's just not true. I love being free of all that. I love being healthy."

Arnie Zaslow
Owner, ATD-American Company
Wyncote, Pennsylvania

"I've lost 78 pounds on the Pritikin Program. I've gone from 265 pounds to 187, from a size 44 waist to a size 34. I have this belt that I love, and I've had to put two extra holes in it to keep wearing it - that's a good problem to have! People ask me: Isn't the Pritikin Program rigid and difficult? I reply that I've tried every diet, including the Atkins diet. On Atkins, steak tastes like steak. Bacon tastes like bacon. I craved sugar, but you can't have any fruit on Atkins. With Pritikin, I can have just about everything I desire. I don't ever walk around feeling unsatisfied."

Michael Pouls
Gladwyne, Pennsylvania

"#1 to people at spas is weight loss - I've been to many GREAT spas offering weight loss, but when you go home, how do you continue? At Pritikin I had a learning experience that is on my mind always, one that I shall always use and remember. Pritikin really teaches people how to succeed AFTER they leave. You have a disciple!"

Pete Ellis
Chairman/CEO, SpaFinder

"In 3-1/2 months, I lowered my cholesterol to a very healthy 159 and dropped 36 pounds. I went down two full sizes. When I arrived at Pritikin, my size 16 Liz Claiborne jeans were too tight to wear. Now I'm into a size 12, and they're loose! I feel like a million. And people tell me I look like a million."

Jane Angerer
Tallahassee, Florida

"Over the years, I've probably tried every program you can think of to lose weight, lower cholesterol, prevent hypertension, and keep blood sugar in check. Without question, Pritikin is the one that works miracles."

Gerry Kogan
Supreme Court Justice of Florida

"One of the best ways to stay on top personally and to have your company succeed is to book all your corporate retreats at Pritikin. The benefits of the Pritikin Program will amaze you."

Don Nickelson (ret.)
President, Paine Webber Group, Inc.

"I always look forward to coming back to Pritikin, and I've sent many of my executives to the resort. I've personally lost 20 pounds, reduced my cholesterol, and lowered my blood pressure."

David Anderson
President, Famous Dave's BBQ Restaurant & Club

"Pritikin is an ideal place to hold executive retreats. The program offers preventive maintenance of your most important assets - your human resources. To maximize your employees' health, productivity and longevity, Pritikin is by far the best investment you could ever make."

Bob Small (ret.)
Executive Vice-President,
Walt Disney Resort Attractions, Worldwide
President and CEO, Fairmont Hotels

"I'm very pleased I came to Pritikin. My cholesterol is looking real good--it's 150. My blood pressure is on its way down, too. Most importantly, I feel great. And I've been pleasantly surprised with how satisfying the Pritikin Eating Plan is. Every meal, I come away full. I certainly don't feel deprived, ever. I want to KEEP feeling this good, and I know I can because of the education and inspiration I received at Pritikin."

David Dinkins
Mayor of New York City, 1989-1993
Professor, Columbia University

"I'm 66 years old now, and I have no heart problems. I've found the Pritikin Program to be highly beneficial. A week at the Pritikin Center rejuvenates me. I really feel better, both physically and emotionally. I have much more energy. I'm more alert. I certainly feel much, much younger."

James Sasser
U.S. Ambassador to China, 1995-1999;
U.S. Senator (Tennessee), 1976-1994

"I'm a grandmother, I'm a size 6, and I'm very, very healthy! My husband and I escape for a two-week vacation every January to the Pritikin resort. If you ask me where in the whole wide world I'd like to go, I'll always say 'Pritikin.' I eat well there. I exercise. I even sleep best at Pritikin. It's bliss! To me, it's the most stress-free, relaxed two weeks of my year. And when we return home, we're in such great shape that we rarely see our home physician. He must feel like the Maytag repairman! Pritikin has taught us how to live well, how to enjoy every day of our lives."

Barbara Dreeben
San Antonio, Texas