Fred Pescatore is a

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-based author and internist who specializes in nutrition. He is best known as the author of the bestselling children's health book ''Feed Your Kids Well'' (1998) and ''The Hamptons Diet'' (2004). Pescatore served as medical director of Dr. Robert Atkins’ Atkins Medical Center from 1994 to 1999. He opened his own medical practice, Partners in Integrative Medicine, in October 2003. Pecastore also serves as president of the International and American Associations of Clinical Nutrition.

Hamptons Diet

Pescatore has developed and marketed a

low-carbohydrate Low-carbohydrate diets restrict carbohydrate consumption relative to the average diet. Foods high in carbohydrates (e.g., sugar, bread, pasta) are limited, and replaced with foods containing a higher percentage of fat and protein (nutrient), pr ...

, low-calorie diet known as the Hamptons diet.Frey, Rebecca J. (2008). ''Hamptons diet''. In Jacqueline L. Longe. ''The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets: A Guide to Health and Nutrition''. The Gale Group. pp. 493-496. The diet is described as a mixture of the

Atkins diet The Atkins diet is a low-carbohydrate fad diet devised by Robert Atkins in the 1970s, marketed with claims that carbohydrate restriction is crucial to weight loss and that the diet offered "a high calorie way to stay thin forever". The diet bec ...

and the

Mediterranean diet The Mediterranean diet is a diet inspired by the eating habits of people who live near the Mediterranean Sea. When initially formulated in the 1960s, it drew on the cuisines of Greece, Italy, France and Spain. In decades since, it has also incor ...

. Pescatore departed from the high level of saturated fat recommended in the Atkins diet. Instead, the Hamptons diet focuses on eating

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s. The diet advocates the use of

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and lean meats such as chicken and fish. Foods high in

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are allowed in moderation. In 2008, ''The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets'' noted potential risks of the diet, "The Hamptons diet has been criticized by nutritionists for its inadequate allowances of fiber, vitamin C, calcium, folate, vitamin D, and vitamin E. The diet is also high in fat, which provides as much as 70% of the calories in some menu plans." Another criticism of the Hamptons diet is that the foods chosen for recipes are often expensive or hard to find. The recipes are also time-consuming and many require advance preparation. There is no scientific evidence that the Hamptons diet is effective as there have been no reports of clinical trials in mainstream research journals. It became a fad reported in celebrity and fashion magazines. Clinical dietician Shweta Rastogi has listed the Hamptons diet as an example of a

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. Dietician Sue Baic has commented that "there is an unnecessary emphasis on cutting out carbohydrates and using very expensive foods which limits the application to most people".

Selected publications

*''Feed your kids well : how to help your child lose weight and get healthy'' () *''Thin for good : the one low-carb diet that will finally work for you'' () *''The allergy and asthma cure : a complete 8-step nutritional program'' () *''The Hamptons diet : lose weight quickly and safely with the doctor's delicious meal plans'' () *''Boost your health with bacteria'' () *''AHCC : Japan's medical breakthrough in natural immunotherapy'' ()

References

External links

Dr. Pescatore’s Official Page
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