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Summary: OUR SEARCH FOR YOUTH...
Review: I have both of Dr. Perricone's books. They are part
of my ever-expanding library in the search
for continued youthfulness. At 56 years, this has
been an interesting journey. Dr. Perricone offers some valuable information on diet
and supplements. This is a good book for someone who
wants to perk up their appearance and not get too involved
with true health and beauty that starts from within. I believe radiant beauty is a direct reflection of
what's going on inside our bodies and minds.
If you're ready to explore the possibilities of
truly vibrant health and beauty, pick up a copy of
Personal Renewal by Letha Hadady or Ageless Woman by
Serafina Corsello M.D. Both of these remarkable women
are living proof that aging moves at different speeds
for each of us. Read through these and discover that timeless beauty,
energy and vitality can be yours at any age.
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Summary: Great Diet...
Review: I have to say that I became hooked on this when my 65 year old mother shed 20 lbs. after years of not being able to lose a pound. My husband and I just began the 28-day course and while getting used to a no carb diet, we feel great and have much more energy. I would recommend this book only if: 1. you can overlook his egoisim and self-serving attitude 2. overlook his contradictions (ie.,he suggests we eat only organic and non farm raised salmon, a great thing, but he then totes Proctor&Gamble and other animal testing companies...absurd)3. Get over the need to buy his products. Whatever you are doing now is great. He is not some guru, he just tells us that most of the world is pretty healthy and gives us a regime that is pretty easy to follow. Go for it, you have nothing to lose.
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Summary: Fraud!
Review: This book is a complete fraud. The author states that the before and after photos are unretouched - which is true. But the models are not unretouched! In every photo, the before photo of each model is without any makeup. All of the after photos are of the models wearing makeup. Look at their lips and eyses. You can clearly see that they are all wearing lip gloss and eye liner in the after photos. Don't waste your money. The author is a crook!
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Summary: Cure wrinkles? Then why does he have them?
Review: Interesting special on PBS... but, why do people that promise methods to "cure" one of your "problems" still have the problem? Dr. Perricone has fine lines and wrinkles!!!
The Dr. talks about curing wrinkles and has a whole line of products for a whole lot of money to cure them. If he could cure and repair wrinkles with dietary supplements, creams and lotions, his products would be classified as drugs and would have to be approved by the FDA. They are not.
Freedom of speach certainly produces its share of crackpots.
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Summary: prescription missing vital ingredients
Review: I would like to try the diet plan recommended in this book, however the "prescription" is incomplete. The daily meal plans in chapter 7 include indicators for taking supplements at breakfast, lunch and bedtime. Chapter 7 even recommends that we sort the supplements recommended in chapter 4 into bags labeled breakfast, lunch, and bedtime. But the recommended supplement list in chapter 4 (pages 106 and 107) only included supplements for breakfast and lunch. There is no list for bedtime. Without the complete "prescription", I can't begin the plan, and am going to return this book.
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Summary: Skeptical but VERY impressed!
Review: I saw Dr. Perricone on the Today Show and I tend to be a very skeptical person. However, I bought his book (since I just turned 41) ready to prevent wrinkling and perhaps shed a few pounds. After reading the book front to back, I not only FEEL fantastic, I've lost 8 pounds and my skin also looks great. I wasn't too impressed with the "before and after" photos in his book. But I'm thankful that I didn't let that persuade me out of buying it. It's all about balance and eating smart. I swim every morning for 30 - 40 min. and eat limited amounts of carbs. I now eat certain fruits which I never did before and many more vegetables. I also eat salmon once a day, use olive oil in my cooking, and only drink a half glass of wine a few times a week. I also gave up drinking coffe and replaced it with green tea. As we've all heard, another key is to drink lots of water throughout the day. I basically took every suggestion Dr. Perricone made and because of that decision, I feel and look so much better. I am now finding my size 6 too big and am ready to jump back into my size 4 clothes. I also bought his vitamin supplements, taking them twice a day. His daily suggestions for meals and snacks are easy to follow. His skincare products are also worth looking into although they're NOT cheap! You won't regret buying this book if you're ready to make a positive change in your life! You take away an understanding of how certain types of food react inside your body, which causes you to think twice before putting just any food in your mouth.
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Summary: this plan works!
Review: One of the best books to combine good nutrition with sound ideas on keeping your skin youthful. A wealth of information.
An added bonus is that I have lost weight following this plan and it is NOT a diet book. However, the foods and supplements suggested for renewing your skin seem to also renew your body!
I have recommended this book to many!
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Summary: loved the book--not crazy about the results
Review: I thought the book was very good, although I was a little confused as to what constituted the face lift, which products to buy, etc. I have modified my diet--but not totally--and started drinking water. Like many readers, I found much cheaper products through beauticontrol. However, I have been disappointed in the results. Back to the book--I bought it for the information, although self-serving and marketing oozed from every page.
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Summary: Feel run down? Look old?
Review: Get this book and do what it says... and you'll lose a few pounds, look younger, and feel great!
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Summary: A new idea
Review: Perricone's basic idea is that you can rejuvenate your skin more from the inside than the outside. In other words, the best way to keep your skin looking young and healthy is through diet, eating the healthful foods, and avoiding the bad ones, rather than by putting on lots of expensive creams and lotions. I like this idea since there are lots of other reasons why you should eat a healthier, low-fat diet anyway--such as keeping your heart and blood vessels and other organs healthy, keeping your weight down, and so on. Avoiding high-fat, high-calorie foods and maintaining a healthier diet, exercising, and perhaps avoiding stress (I know, hard to do these days) are still the best way we know to live a long, happy, healthy life, so why not apply the same principles to your skin? I would like see some other scientific evidence on the effectiveness of diet in controlling skin aging, and especially on some of the more controversial aspects of Perricone's nutritional theories. For example, he recommends avoiding carrots, long considered healthy because of their containing beta-carotenes and other anti-oxidants, because of their high glycemic index. Fruit, although high in anti-oxidants, also fall into this high-glycemic category, producing an insulin spike from the pancreas, which is bad because you will store fats rather than burn them. My understanding on this was that you should prefer foods containing monosaccarides such as galactose and glucose, rather than disaccharides such as sucrose, because sucrose was hard on the pancreas and caused insulin spikes, but the simpler sugars didn't, being digested and broken down more gradually over time. ... I found his disussion of why you should eat wild salmon as opposed to farm-raised salmon interesting, but again, I'd like to see more evidence on this. I found his recommendation that you should avoid carbs such as cereals and breads interesting ... Finally, there is now evidence that saturated fats and oils such as cocoanut oil, long-considered a real bad guy, don't produce oxidants and free radicals in the body, but that polyunsaturated fats and oils do. Perricone also includes a lot information on vitamins and minerals, which I found to be more helpful and less controversial than his other nutritional recommendations. Altogether, an interesting book with a different slant on skin aging and nutrition in general, but again, I'd like to see more independent evidence on some of the more controversial aspects of his nutritional ideas. His recommendations on exercise, vitamins, and keeping your weight down are hard to fault, however, and overall, I found the book's advice and message to be positive even if I remain somewhat sceptical on some of his nutritional theories.
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