Perricone Prescription: A Physician's 28-Day Program for Total Body and Face Rejuvenation » (Abridged)

Long recognized as a pioneer in reversing skin damage caused by aging, adjunct professor of dermatology at Michigan State University and No. 1-bestselling author Nicholas Perricone, M.D., has brightened the complexions of scores of readers with books like The Wrinkle Cure and The Perricone Prescription.

The Perricone Prescription explains the rock-solid laboratory research behind Dr. Nicholas Perricone's revolutionary anti-aging theories, giving you the knowledge and the tools to fight aging from the inside out while at the same time decreasing the likelihood of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, and a host of other degenerative diseases.

Step by step, Dr. Perricone guides you on the road to improved health and looks and increased well-being, providing: a three-day "jump start" diet, the 28-day Perricone Program of meals, exercise, and skin care, delicious, nutritious, easy-to-follow recipes, the latest news in topical applications, supplements, and age-defying technology, and much more!

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Perricone (The Wrinkle Cure), a professor of dermatology at Yale Medical School, believes that relatively simple changes in eating can effect dramatic changes in physical appearance and well-being. He has created a month-long program broken up into daily menus as well as a more restrictive three-day regimen designed to produce immediate results. Perricone's guiding principle, which he explains in some depth, is to reduce inflammation at the cellular level, which, he believes, causes the skin to age and is also linked to degenerative disease. Perricone suggests that protein and some fat is essential for everyone. He is particularly keen on the benefits of fish. Certain foods high in carbohydrates cereals, breads, bananas are taboo in this plan because of their high glycemic index; they cause a spike in blood sugar and prompt the body's insulin response, which stores rather than burns fat and causes inflammation. Perricone also recommends an exercise regimen, and nearly a third of the book is devoted to a discussion of antioxidants, vitamin supplements and creams. Some may question his nutritional theories, and others may find the diet difficult to stick to, with its almost total restriction of starchy foods. Still, Perricone is a proponent of Barry Sears's The Zone, and readers who have followed that book and Perricone's own bestselling earlier volume will probably appreciate this one. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.