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In The Perricone Weight-loss Diet, the father of the Inflammation Theory of Aging reveals the role of internal micro-inflammations, caused mainly by additive-packed foods and a sedentary lifestyle, not only in accelerated aging, but also in unwanted weight gain. The good news he shares is: it is possible to slow down the clock, clear the skin, and shed the pounds by following a diet of whole foods and natural supplements, and by progressively adopting an "anti-inflammatory lifestyle", including quality sleep and stress-reducing activities (pet lovers will especially appreciate the passage on the healing power of pets.)
If Dr. Perricone's division of high- versus low-glycemic index foods, and healthy (Omega-3-rich) versus unhealthy fats, doesn't especially sound like breakout news, he has to be credited for his uniquely convincing way of (re-) laying out these dietary principles, and for incorporating them into a global plan to achieve better health and weight loss. "Treat yourself well and the weight will come off," he suggests. And this anti-alarmist, anti-paternalistic, and confident delivery (he doesn't fear complimenting competitor Tammi Flynn on her sensible Three-Apple-a-Day Plan), paired with his stellar success record in the health field (The Perricone Prescription; The Perricone Promise), forces your attention.
Readers will dive effortlessly into the easy-flowing chapters, from "Breaking the Inflammation-Fat Connection" to "The 10 Top Food Groups for Permanent Weight Loss" (headed up with mouthwatering wild Alaskan salmon), to Perricone's signature threefold plan, which he promises will show dramatic results in as little as 14 days. Complete with a full 14-day meal plan, detailed nutritional information for each recipe, a seafood safety guide, and a supplement and organic food retailer guide, The Perricone Weight-loss Diet will naturally find its place on the eye-level shelf of your home library.-- Nathalie FarageAmazon.com Exclusive Video
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Book Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Perricone– respected physician, award-winning research scientist, and trusted expert on health and beauty–comes the biggest breakthrough in weight loss since Atkins.
Millions of women and men have restored youthful radiance, smoothness, and suppleness to their skin through Dr. Nicholas Perricone’s advice, care, and transformative eating plan–and all with the welcome yet unexpected benefit of losing excess weight along with the wrinkles! Building on this discovery, Dr. Perricone breaks new ground with his trademark anti-inflammatory program based on the foods, supplements, and lifestyle changes with the proven ability to accelerate fat loss by increasing metabolism and building and maintaining muscle mass.
Consider this staggering fact: As we age, we can expect to gain ten pounds of fat and lose five pounds of muscle each decade. In three easy steps, Dr. Perricone shows how to fight this weight gain and rebuild muscle mass, and avoid the haggard, aging, and drawn appearance that results from other weight-loss programs.
Inside The Perricone Weight-Loss Diet discover
• the rejuvenating and slimming secrets of the anti-inflammatory diet
• which foods, supplements, and lifestyle changes enable us to lose fat while maintaining muscle
• how to control hormones such as insulin and cortisol to lose weight
• how to maintain youthful, firm, and radiantly toned skin on the face and body during weight loss
As an added bonus, as you follow Dr. Perricone’s program you’ll sleep better, have more energy and less stress, and experience greater mental clarity without the food cravings. Lose the weight, the wrinkles, and the years!
Customer Reviews:
Review #1: Awesome results if you have time and $$
2007-12-08 
Awesome diet! You receive so much information if you actually read his book. His supplements are great and so are the skin creams. I bought his Neuropeptide Facial Conformer and it is awesome.
Pros- If you do all 3 parts to what he says, you will look and feel 10 years younger. You will lose 1/2lb per day.
Cons-This diet is costly, and quite time consuming. Nothing is for free, however! The NPFC that I wrote of above is $600.00.
I love all of Dr. Perricone's books.
His understudy, Ester Blum has a super book out that I recommend, Eat Drink and be Gorgeous. She is so sweet, and is always available to answer questions for you at his NYC office.
Oh, yeah. I was 30lbs overweight, and kept it off for 3 years now.
Thanks so much Dr. Perricone!
Review #2: Essentially the same book as the first two, but the recipes are always worth it
2007-11-15 
I first caught Perricone on PBS several years ago. It was all relatively new to me. I don't think I had ever heard of a diet that championed huge amounts of Salmon, but taken altogether it had a true enough ring that I gave it a try. Many years later, Perricone has been one of the best diets that I have tried and one of the few that I have stuck with for any lengthy period of time. It is quite similar to a lot of diets that have popped up since, like the Omega Diet, the GI diet, etc. (or at least I discovered them afterwords) Here is the skinny on Perricone as I view it:
1) It is essentially a diet that calls for eating non-processed foods and staying away from sugar. In many ways it is just another low-carb diet (minus processed foods) but with its own unique qualities like eating Salmon and lots of olive oil. If you have ever done weight watchers it is pretty much what they call a 'core' diet.
2) The recipes are really what differentiate one book from another. Each book has similar content with some minor differences or evolutions, like the introduction of Kefir and Acai in book 2 (The Perricone Promise). Every time he comes out with a new book, I'm always slightly put off because they're the same except for a few new recipes, but I have to say, those recipes are gold. I made the Curried Stew over the weekend and it is just fabulous, eating it for the third day in a row here at work.
3) This diet can be complicated or simple, boring or quite extravagant, it's quite up to you and it may take some time for you to settle into it. In the beginning, when I tried to follow his plan, I frankly found it very taxing. His recipes require a lot of cutting, chopping, and ingredient buying and if you try and make a new recipe every day like in the book you may become disgruntled, not to mention waste a ton of food and money. Over the years, though, I have become quite good at making things more or less Perricone compliant. Last night I had a salad with some pre-marinated lime chicken, mixed some salsa with cilantro and olive oil for dressing, a little sea salt, and voila, a meal I can be satisfied with. I guess my (somewhat long) point is, in the beginning this diet can seem daunting, but over time it gets easier. Lest I discourage anyone from the complexity of the recipes, let me tell you, I have not found many cookbooks with better ones. It is hard to believe that something so healthy can taste so darn good.
4) Of course, the results - I almost guarantee you that if you follow this diet, you will lose weight. It takes some effort, but it has been ultimately more satisfying than other diets that I've tried. It has been easier and I have felt better on this than on any other diet I've tried, and I've tried a lot, from going Vegan, to Atkins, to raw foods, you name it. I am back on it, and after being on it again for a few weeks, it makes me wonder why I ever stopped.
Cheers, and good luck
Review #3: This helped me lose the weight after 40!
2007-11-01
I was referred to Dr. Perricone books by a friend who did his diet a couple of years ago and lost over 90 lbs. The supplement list and explanations and the top choices for foods, spices and such helped me so much. I have lost 15 pounds in 4 weeks. Now, I don't always follow all his recipe plans because some of the meals I just didn't care for. But I did follow the fundamentals of his diet and I do take all of the supplements. I truly believe it's the supplements he recommends that gave my metabolism a jump start. I have done all the well known diets in the past and am fully aware of the protein-carb-fat balance, so eating less and controlling portion size isn't new to me. I would recommend this book for all the combined information it contains!
Review #4: It works for me!
2007-10-13
I first saw Dr. Perricone on the Oprah show. Fascinated with the concept and the before and after guests on Oprah's show I read more about his book. Time went by and again I saw his show on PBS. I decided to try the diet and bought the book. I'm no doctor but I do have a B.S. degree in Biology. So I understood most of what he says in the book. I tried to follow the diet exactly but without the expensive supplements. I could clearly see a difference in the way I looked after two weeks. I had lost 7 lbs, my face didn't look drawn any longer, I had more color and general overall look of healthiness. I'm 55 and don't have that many wrinkles, but I just wanted to lose weight, lower my cholesterol, look and feel better. The tiny lines I do have were the same as before but my skin looked a lot nicer after three weeks. Later I bought supplements from another company and I take those when I think of it. Before visiting my son and his family for Christmas last year I jumped on Perricone's 3-day Face Lift diet and followed it to the letter. When my son picked me up at the airport he said, "You look great! What did you do?".
The three day diet is ok, but you really need to give it a couple of months to see results. I didn't see much in three days except to get rid of bloating and bags and dark circles under the eyes, and some of the saggyness around my eyes was a little less, and an overall softer look to my skin. Some folks are just genetically predisposed to have deeper wrinkles or wrinkle earlier than others so results may vary.
My overall opinion of the book is it's easy to read and understand. The recipes are yummy but have way too many ingredients and take a long time to prepare. I spent a lot of time in the kitchen preparing food every day. Not my favorite thing to do. I would like to see Dr. Perricone come out with some new easy to prepare 30-minute meals. I'm so burned out on salmon that I can hardly eat it now. Yuck! I take salmon oil capsules now just to get it in my body. The other thing is many of the ingredients in his recipes aren't carried by local grocery stores. I had to hunt to find many of them or buy online. Consequently I had to improvise because the stores in my town don't carry some of the more unusual items like almond butter or soy flour for example. Hey Dr. P! How about some Perricone diet dinners in my grocer's frozen food case?
I rate the book a 5 for content and results that I got. The recipes get four stars.
Review #5: I Like His Approach But...
2007-09-07
I totally buy into his approach and have been doing it for 2 weeks. I bought my own supplements, not his ridiculously expensive ones. I have no sugar cravings which is an all-time first for me. I also think my skin is looking better.
That said, I am barely able to do the shopping and meal preps, it is way more work than any other approach. Something has to be prepped/cooked at all three meals. I work at home and don't have kids. If that were not the case I don't know if I would be able to do this. |
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