The Pritikin diet is a low-fat, high-fibre diet which forms part of the "Pritikin Program for Diet and Exercise", a lifestyle regimen originally created by
Nathan Pritikin
Nathan Pritikin (August 29, 1915 – February 21, 1985) was an American inventor, engineer, nutritionist and longevity researcher. He promoted the Pritikin diet, a high-carbohydrate low-fat diet combined with regular aerobic exercise.
Biography
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. The 1979 book describing the diet became a best-seller.
Reception
The diet is based around low-fat, high-fibre food and limiting red meat, alcohol, and processed food.
When it was launched, the diet was considered radical, but its precepts are now considered largely in alignment with mainstream nutritional advice.
[ The Pritikin Diet has been categorized as a fad diet with possible disadvantages including a boring food choice, ]flatulence
Flatulence, in humans, is the expulsion of gas from the intestines via the anus, commonly referred to as farting. "Flatus" is the medical word for gas generated in the stomach or bowels. A proportion of intestinal gas may be swallowed environm ...
, and the risk of feeling too hungry.David Hershel Alpers
David Hershel Alpers is a gastroenterologist, researcher, professor, and former president of the American Gastroenterological Association (1990–1991).
Early life and education
David Hershel Alpers was born 9 May 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvan ...
and colleagues described the Pritikin diet as "nutritionally adequate, but the low fat content makes it unpalatable, and the likelihood of compliance is low."[Alpers, David H; Stenson, William F. Bier, Dennis M. (1995). ''Manual of Nutritional Therapeutics''. Third Edition. Little, Brown and Company. p. 495]
See also
* List of diets
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Diets
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American inventions
Fad diets
High-fiber diets