Pritikin Edge - by Robert A Vogel & Paul Tager Lehr (Paperback)

About the Book

From a renowned cardiologist and the president of the world-famous Pritikin Longevity Center comes the definitive guide to weight loss and well-being from the longest running, most scientifically documented lifestyle program.

Book Synopsis

Sharing recipes and lifestyle tips, Robert A. Vogel and Paul Tager Lehr reveal the ten essential steps of The Pritikin Program to help you get healthy and energized.

We Americans may reside in the greatest nation on earth, but our lifestyle is killing us. One quarter of us still smoke, two-thirds of us are fat, three-quarters of us don't exercise, and stress and depression are ubiquitous. Despite all our advances in drugs and surgery, obesity and the diseases it causes have shortened life expectancy; this is the first time in history that children can expect to die younger than their parents.

The Pritikin Program was the first comprehensive lifestyle program in America, and after fifty years on the cutting edge of lifestyle science, it is still the longest-running, most successful program for reversing many of modern society's diseases, including obesity, heart disease, and diabetes.

Here you'll find the ten simple lifestyle ingredients that will change your life. Stick with them and you'll lose weight without feeling hungry, your energy will surge, and you will look and feel healthier and stronger than you have in years.

The Pritikin Edge gives you the real facts so you can take control of your health and add years to your life and quality to your years. Once you begin living with these principles, you'll wonder how you ever lived any other way.

Review Quotes

"As a food journalist, I review every different diet and lifestyle program every year and I have no doubt that the best is The Pritikin Edge; it is the perfect guidebook for people, including baby boomers like me, who want to follow the path to good health for the rest of their lives." -- Phil Lempert, The Supermarket Guru, NBC's Today Show

"Pritikin is not just about looking your best; it's about feeling your best. It is something you definitely take with you." -- Adrienne Vittadini, American fashion designer

"Pritikin is one of the most scientifically proven and effective lifestyle programs anywhere. I highly recommend it." -- Dean Ornish, M.D., author of The Spectrum and clinical professor of medicine, University of California, San Francisco

"Run, don't walk, to Pritikin! That's what I tell people who ask me what program delivers results for lasting weight loss and health and lifestyle changes. Pritikin changes -- and even saves -- lives." -- Susie Ellis, president, SpaFinder, Inc.

"Staying at Pritikin is the best thing I've done for myself in years." -- Tim Zagat, chairman and CEO, Zagat Survey

"The food at Pritikin tastes great and you can follow the program in the real world, and that's saying something for a steakhouse guy like me. Pritikin works, not only short term, but long term." -- John Timothy Gannon, cofounder, Outback Steakhouse, Inc.

"The Pritikin Program, pioneer for the last 50 years and proven in more than 110 studies in leading medical journals, is a must to live the healthiest life we can. After years of helping celebrities and CEOs, the Pritikin Program is now neatly packaged in a fabulous new book -- The Pritikin Edge. Oh, and I don't want to forget to mention those recipes -- they're awesome." -- Charles Stuart Platkin, author of the nationally syndicated column Diet Detective

"To achieve my maximum level of fitness, Pritikin is the perfect nutrition and lifestyle plan." -- Amy Yoder-Begley, 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, women's 10,000-meter run

"Whenever I need to get back down to 147 for a welterweight title defense, the Pritikin approach is the best and healthiest way to do it." -- Bob Costas, NBC/HBO broadcaster

About the Author

Dr. Robert A. Vogel is a cardiologist, Pritikin's chief medical director, and professor of medicine at the University of Maryland. He has been designated as one of the best doctors in America by Good Housekeeping magazine and is a weight and heart consultant to the National Football League and a diet consultant to the National Health Institute.

Son of Pritikin cofounder Dr. David Lehr, Paul Tager Lehr is the president of the Pritikin Organization, which has helped more than 100,000 people worldwide who have gone to the Pritikin Longevity Center & Spa and the 10 million plus readers of Pritikin books lose weight and prevent and reverse obesity, heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.