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The diets of faddists and ordinary
mort features. Both are high in fat
tein， and their followers are unlike
lives.
Did your ancestors live to a
probably in your favor， but it s
health.
What about the many dieters who
Unfortunately， even optimal exercise
move them from jeopardy.
exercise regularly?
~s not enough to re-
If you take the time to check your cholesterol， trigly-
eerides， total lipids， blood pressure， and stress-treadmill
heartbeat， you might be unpleasantly surprised. Those
readings can give you a fair idea of what your life-style
has done to your body， particularly to your arteries and
heart.
If you are an average American， you have a fifty-fifty
chance of dying of stroke or heart disease before your
time. Your risk of getting arthritis and diabetes and
cancer rises dramatieaUy as you grow older. Your hearing
acuity almost certainly is diminishing. Your eyesight may
be failing. Your ability to taste and smell differences in
food declines with age. Your touch perceptions also
diminish. In sum， you are slowing down. This diet can do
something about that.
You might be interested in the Pritikin Program if
you d like to go swimming with your great-grandchildren
when your peers are either in the grave or playing check-
ors in a nursing home. You might want to keep a job you
like when your colleagues have all retired. In other words，
when others your age have grown old and tired of ex-
~ istenee， you may be able to find pleasure in riving， loving，
working， and playing.
For convenience I call the diet by m
principles are as old as man. For centu~
most long-lived peoples in the world have
foods.
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name， but its
the hardiest，
rived on these
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