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Summary: Hard to swallow.
Review: Although its probably unintentional, this seems to be a retread of the Zone diet. What gets people's attention is that Dr. Perricone's suggestions do include some foods that people actually like to eat, like salmon and berries. That's the good news; now the rest. Say goodbye, not only to sweets and junk food, but also bread, rice, potatoes. Diet soda or regular? Neither. Butter or margerine? Neither. I tried the introductory diet and darn if my skin did not improve (a little) but if I have to live on protein and 12 glasses of water, I'll settle for less than perfect skin.
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Summary: A little dissapointed.
Review: The book is not as good as watching him on PBS. I felt that the things that one needs to do to follow his program would be difficult to implement. I was dissapointed that he wasn't more through in explaining about the nutrients and the products that are recommended. I have to admit that taking a hard look at the before and after pictures in his book makes me question if his program is worth all of the effort.
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Summary: It really LIVES up to the promises!
Review: Having read some unfavourable reviews of this book which is not yet available in Australia and having been on the diet for 10 days, I am so pleased with the results that I felt compelled to put pen to paper and give it a support vote.
What interested me most about what Dr Perricone promised were the promises of body rejuvenation and, importantly for me, steady insulin levels resulting in more energy.After 2 days I was so surprised to have continuous energy all day. Like everyone, my job is demanding and full on for an average 10 hrs each day.
Now after 10 days I have dropped 4 kg, my secretary asked me what have I been doing to my skin as it and my eyes looked brighter and the younger lawyers ( females) in my firm have decided to try the diet based on what they see has happened to me.
Notwithstanding that I always loathed salmon and cantelope, I am fast changing my view.
Having had two clashes with breast cancer in four years ( I won -touch wood !)steady insulin levels are very NB to me and people like me.Having read the papers of a Canadian oncologist linking steady insulin levels to longer survival rates, I obviously was motivated to find a diet that did just that. I have tried all the popular diets around and this is the first eating regime that is easy to live with and enjoy indefinitely which is critical for long term maintenance of any weight loss.
Now, if in the process of being on it , it prevents me from looking like a Bassett Hound in 20 years time then that is a bonus.
I would highly recommend this diet and the book and I am so very pleased it looked sufficiently interesting on the Amazoncom menu that I was persuaded to order it, especially given the scary rate of exchange of Australian dollars. The book is the most important purchase that I have made in recent times.
Anyone who is run down, time poor, overweight and wanting to improve yourself should buy this book, get organised and try the diet. Just think, psychologists tell us that it takes but 21 days to change a habit, good or bad. So how hard is that.
I am grateful to Dr. Perricone as his work has made a positive improvement to my life.
Finally, for completeness I will confess to being a lawyer which makes me as cynical and sceptical as they come when grandiose claims are made. However, I am convinced.
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Summary: The Perricone Prescription
Review: Dr Perricone has some very interesting ideas. He does a great job of documenting why his suggestions work and provides numerous diet menus and activity suggestions. There are times when he gets a littel over dramatic (a Snickers bar is better for you than a baked potato!?) but generally speaking his advice is sound.
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Summary: 5 stars if you have not read the wrinkle cure
Review: I think Dr. Perricone's work is excellent. His book gives great and useful information that works. But this new book is much too costly. A careful reading of the "Wrinkle Cure" shows that there is not too much more revealed in the book that one could not get from the "Wrinkle Cure." I have read the "Wrinkle Cure" as well as this new book - the latter I refuse to purchase for [$$$]. If you have some cash to burn, and you have not read the earlier "Wrinkle Cure," then buy this. But if you already have the earlier book, or you wish to save, buy the earlier book and you would not have missed much.
Despite my one star because of the unreasonable cost of this book, do not be distracted into believing that the information is not great. HIS FORMULA ABSOLUTELY WORKS. But why pay twice as much for basically the same information and ideas from the very same author?
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Summary: THE PERRICONE PRESCRIPTION'S JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED!!!
Review: When I heard that some doctor had written a book telling people that they'd be healthier by not eating carrots, I knew that this was a book I had to see! I'm still not sure about carrots, but Dr. Nicholas Perricone's THE PERRICONE PRESCRIPTION is convincing for just about everything else the good doctor talks about, like why he says to drink lots of water, avoid fruit juice, milk, butter, margarine, Corn Flakes, Rice Crispies, and Rice Chex, eat celery, spinach, and yogurt, and to get plenty of olive oil! And unlike most health books, THE PERRICONE PRESCRIPTION's got lots of pictures of people who've tried his program, terrific before-and-after photos of a rogues gallery of people who needed help, and knew where to go to get results! THE PERRICONE PRESCRIPTION IS JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED!!! Chari Krishnan RESEARCHKING
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Summary: Confusing Errors
Review: This book is an entertaining read, and the program may even work. But did no one edit it?
A few things I noticed: The shopping list for the 3-day diet calls for 8 oz. sliced chicken or turkey; the diet itself calls for 12. The supplement recommendation for alpha lipoic acid is 200 mg on page 78, but 100 mg on page 107. Most glaringly, the 28-day program calls for a bedtime vitamin supplement which is *never specified* -- at least not where the morning and lunchtime doses are listed!
This author's last book was a bestseller. Surely they could have spent a few bucks to make sure this one checked out.
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Summary: Dermatologist's theories on health and aging
Review: Perricone offers some interesting new insights into health, particularly diet and aging, and pulls them together with other established/current theories to provide a more complete view. Percicone's chief insight seems to be the role of inflammation in disease and aging. Much of approach relates to avoiding and reducing inflammation. Fats - fish oil in particular are considered (the benefits of fish oil is nothing new of course) - and sugars (and their effect on insulin, again not new) get special attention. Being a dermatologist, the author is also an enthusiast for the topical application of medicines (there are apparently advantages in some cases in terms of increased effect and decreased side-effects). This is something fairly new, applying medicines directly to the skin has been around a long time but has only recently recieved much serious consideration, and Perricone sees this as something which will be used far more widely in the future, backed up by studies.
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Summary: Dermatologist's theories on health and aging
Review: Dr. Perricone offers some interesting new insights into health, particularly diet and aging, and pulls them together with other established/current theories to provide a more complete view. Perricone recently featured in a PBS special where he discussed his ideas in some detail. Percicone's chief insight seems to be the role of inflammation in disease and aging. Much of approach relates to avoiding and reducing inflammation. Fats - fish oil in particular are considered (the benefits of fish oil is nothing new of course) - and sugars (and their effect on insulin, again not new) get special attention. Being a dermatologist, the author is also an enthusiast for the topical application of medicines (there are apparently advantages in some cases in terms of increased effect and decreased side-effects). This is something fairly new, applying medicines directly to the skin has been around a long time but has only recently recieved much serious consideration, and Perricone sees this as something which will be used far more widely in the future, backed up by studies.
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Summary: Getting UNDER your skin to have better, younger skin
Review: In a nutshell, Dr. Perricone advocates what many people should already know - what you eat affects how you look. In other words, slathering all the (often expensive) creams, oils and other skin care products on your skin may not make much difference if you don't pay equal attention to what you put UNDER that skin - what you eat. No revolutionary message, here, but not one that many people looking for a "quick fix" want to hear.
But one worth heeding because I've followed this diet, exercise program and skin care regimen and I can testify from personal experience that it can make a huge difference - not only in how you look but how you feel. Not only did my skin look better but I felt better - and isn't that really a huge part of what looking younger and more vibrant is all about? As a bonus, many of the recipes require nothing more than turning on your broiler and they taste good enough that your kids may even eat them (mine did). This is a program I can follow for life.
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