Pritikin: my ticket to longevity

Old Boy · Joined: 18 Feb 2008 Posts: 2

Celebrated New Yorker theatre critic John Lahr heaps praise on a fat
farm that actually works

News on the transatlantic fat front these days is not good. Thirty-one
per cent of Americans are clinically obese; at twenty-three per cent,
the British are not far behind, with new studies showing that by 2050
nine out of ten adult Brits will be either overweight or obese.

The message is clearly not getting through to those eating high on the
processed food chain. Oppressed by affluence and by entropy, the
inhabitants of the fat First World are increasingly faced with hard
choices for their soft life: either change soon or die early. But how?

"Nobody gets out of life alive," Tennessee Williams said; however,
since 1975, in order to improve the odds on long life, over 100,000
mostly ageing, unhealthy, overweight, affluent souls like myself have
found their way to Pritikin Longevity Centre, not so much a fat farm
as a boot camp for hardcore health, which now resides in Miami,
Florida.

It houses up to 110 guests at £2,500 a week in peak season (December-
March) and £2,000 off-peak. The price is high; but then so are the
stakes. How much is getting healthy worth to you?

Interesting diary and report on Pritikin diet

http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/?storyID=17906

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Cookie Cutter · Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 6

Pritikin has been around 33 years. If it actually worked any better
than any other program out there for long term weight loss, Pritiken,
himself, would have received a posthumous Nobel prize. This ultra,
ultra low fat program works just fine while people are imprisoned at its
retreats, but so do all the other programs out there that isolate people
to control what they eat.

Old Boy wrote:
> Celebrated New Yorker theatre critic John Lahr heaps praise on a fat
> farm that actually works
>
> News on the transatlantic fat front these days is not good. Thirty-one
> per cent of Americans are clinically obese; at twenty-three per cent,
> the British are not far behind, with new studies showing that by 2050
> nine out of ten adult Brits will be either overweight or obese.
>
> The message is clearly not getting through to those eating high on the
> processed food chain. Oppressed by affluence and by entropy, the
> inhabitants of the fat First World are increasingly faced with hard
> choices for their soft life: either change soon or die early. But how?
>
> "Nobody gets out of life alive," Tennessee Williams said; however,
> since 1975, in order to improve the odds on long life, over 100,000
> mostly ageing, unhealthy, overweight, affluent souls like myself have
> found their way to Pritikin Longevity Centre, not so much a fat farm
> as a boot camp for hardcore health, which now resides in Miami,
> Florida.
>
> It houses up to 110 guests at £2,500 a week in peak season (December-
> March) and £2,000 off-peak. The price is high; but then so are the
> stakes. How much is getting healthy worth to you?
>
> Interesting diary and report on Pritikin diet
>
> http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/?storyID=17906
>

Old Boy · Joined: 18 Feb 2008 Posts: 2

I did think its very easy to eat healthily while you are at a
'retreat'

Id imagine the weight comes back on when youre back in the real world
and eating day to day food....!

On 18 Feb, 17:16, Cookie Cutter wrote:
> Pritikin has been around 33 years. If it actually worked any better
> than any other program out there for long term weight loss, Pritiken,
> himself, would have received a posthumous Nobel prize. This ultra,
> ultra low fat program works just fine while people are imprisoned at its
> retreats, but so do all the other programs out there that isolate people
> to control what they eat.
>
>
>
> Old Boy wrote:
> > Celebrated New Yorker theatre critic John Lahr heaps praise on a fat
> > farm that actually works
>
> > News on the transatlantic fat front these days is not good. Thirty-one
> > per cent of Americans are clinically obese; at twenty-three per cent,
> > the British are not far behind, with new studies showing that by 2050
> > nine out of ten adult Brits will be either overweight or obese.
>
> > The message is clearly not getting through to those eating high on the
> > processed food chain. Oppressed by affluence and by entropy, the
> > inhabitants of the fat First World are increasingly faced with hard
> > choices for their soft life: either change soon or die early. But how?
>
> > "Nobody gets out of life alive," Tennessee Williams said; however,
> > since 1975, in order to improve the odds on long life, over 100,000
> > mostly ageing, unhealthy, overweight, affluent souls like myself have
> > found their way to Pritikin Longevity Centre, not so much a fat farm
> > as a boot camp for hardcore health, which now resides in Miami,
> > Florida.
>
> > It houses up to 110 guests at £2,500 a week in peak season (December-
> > March) and £2,000 off-peak. The price is high; but then so are the
> > stakes. How much is getting healthy worth to you?
>
> > Interesting diary and report on Pritikin diet
>
> >http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/?storyID=17906- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Cookie Cutter · Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 6

They are also very, very pricey. If were going to spend that kind of
money, I would want a spa retreat in Paris or Rome, or maybe Tahiti!

Cookie

Old Boy wrote:
> I did think its very easy to eat healthily while you are at a
> 'retreat'
>
>
> On 18 Feb, 17:16, Cookie Cutter wrote:
>> Pritikin has been around 33 years. If it actually worked any better
>> than any other program out there for long term weight loss, Pritiken,
>> himself, would have received a posthumous Nobel prize. This ultra,
>> ultra low fat program works just fine while people are imprisoned at its
>> retreats, but so do all the other programs out there that isolate people
>> to control what they eat.
>>
>

Stromata · Joined: 16 Feb 2008 Posts: 4

Cookie Cutter wrote:
> Pritikin has been around 33 years. If it actually worked any better
> than any other program out there for long term weight loss, Pritiken,
> himself, would have received a posthumous Nobel prize. This ultra,
> ultra low fat program works just fine while people are imprisoned at
> its retreats, but so do all the other programs out there that isolate
> people to control what they eat.
>
>

It wasn't the low-fat, it was calorie restriction and exercise that did it.
Once outside that envirnoment, they couldn't sustain low-fat eating, so they
returned to their previous high-carb intake and they gained all the weight
back and more so. Low-carb is the only sustainable weight-loss method.

dkw12002 · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 242

On Feb 18, 10:12 am, Old Boy wrote:
> I did think its very easy to eat healthily while you are at a
> 'retreat'
>
> Id imagine the weight comes back on when youre back in the real world
> and eating day to day food....!
>
> On 18 Feb, 17:16, Cookie Cutter wrote:
>
>
>
> > Pritikin has been around 33 years. If it actually worked any better
> > than any other program out there for long term weight loss, Pritiken,
> > himself, would have received a posthumous Nobel prize. This ultra,
> > ultra low fat program works just fine while people are imprisoned at its
> > retreats, but so do all the other programs out there that isolate people
> > to control what they eat.
>
> > Old Boy wrote:
> > > Celebrated New Yorker theatre critic John Lahr heaps praise on a fat
> > > farm that actually works
>
> > > News on the transatlantic fat front these days is not good. Thirty-one
> > > per cent of Americans are clinically obese; at twenty-three per cent,
> > > the British are not far behind, with new studies showing that by 2050
> > > nine out of ten adult Brits will be either overweight or obese.
>
> > > The message is clearly not getting through to those eating high on the
> > > processed food chain. Oppressed by affluence and by entropy, the
> > > inhabitants of the fat First World are increasingly faced with hard
> > > choices for their soft life: either change soon or die early. But how?
>
> > > "Nobody gets out of life alive," Tennessee Williams said; however,
> > > since 1975, in order to improve the odds on long life, over 100,000
> > > mostly ageing, unhealthy, overweight, affluent souls like myself have
> > > found their way to Pritikin Longevity Centre, not so much a fat farm
> > > as a boot camp for hardcore health, which now resides in Miami,
> > > Florida.
>
> > > It houses up to 110 guests at £2,500 a week in peak season (December-
> > > March) and £2,000 off-peak. The price is high; but then so are the
> > > stakes. How much is getting healthy worth to you?
>
> > > Interesting diary and report on Pritikin diet
>
> > >http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/?storyID=17906-Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Hey, you can even eat healthy on a cruise ship once a person decides
they are serious about dieting. I did it, so I know. I managed to come
back exactly the same weight I left. The captain or somebody said the
average person on a cruise gains 4 or 5 pounds, I don't remember
which. anyway, they always have food...ALWAYS and a huge selection.
Fortunately that selection includes foods that work for any diet I am
aware of, and if it doesn't, they will even provide food for you that
does fit your diet, if you talk to them ahead of the cruise. I go out
to eat with others who are not dieting all the time, but I never eat
anything that does not conform to my diet. I also eat very low fat.
You just can't eat something because it is presented to you or you are
obviously gonna fail. Easy for me to say, but I did lose a bunch of
weight. Nancy Reagan was right. Just say no. dkw

Bad Ass · Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 3

Old Boy wrote:

> Celebrated New Yorker theatre critic John Lahr heaps praise on a fat
> farm that actually works
>
> News on the transatlantic fat front these days is not good. Thirty-one
> per cent of Americans are clinically obese; at twenty-three per cent,
> the British are not far behind, with new studies showing that by 2050
> nine out of ten adult Brits will be either overweight or obese.
>
> The message is clearly not getting through to those eating high on the
> processed food chain. Oppressed by affluence and by entropy, the
> inhabitants of the fat First World are increasingly faced with hard
> choices for their soft life: either change soon or die early. But how?
>
> "Nobody gets out of life alive," Tennessee Williams said; however,
> since 1975, in order to improve the odds on long life, over 100,000
> mostly ageing, unhealthy, overweight, affluent souls like myself have
> found their way to Pritikin Longevity Centre, not so much a fat farm
> as a boot camp for hardcore health, which now resides in Miami,
> Florida.
>
> It houses up to 110 guests at £2,500 a week in peak season (December-
> March) and £2,000 off-peak. The price is high; but then so are the
> stakes. How much is getting healthy worth to you?
>
> Interesting diary and report on Pritikin diet
>
> http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/?storyID=17906

Actually this information is 110% useless to almost everyone. Where is
the average person going to get the 4 or 5 Thousand dollars a week for this.

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