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Pritikin Diet
What is the Pritikin diet?
The Pritikin diet is named after its creator: Dr. Nathan Pritikin that created in the 80′s.
Initially used to treat heart disease, but when he saw that allowed to lose weight, began to be used also as a weight loss regimen.
Dr. Pritikin is author of “The Pritikin Principle, the calorie density solution (Pritikin Principle: the solution of the density of calories.) It explains the importance of basing food in natural products that have lower caloric density.
Pritkin diet is a diet that is based on the low consumption of fat and a diet rich in complex carbohydrates (75% -80%) and fibers. Read the rest of this entry »