The Pritikin diet is named after its creator Dr. Nathan Pritikin that created in the 80’s.
Initially used to treat heart disease, but as he was allowing weight loss began to be used also as a weight loss regimen.
Dr. Pritikin is the author of “The Pritikin Principle, the calorie density solution (Pritikin Principle: the solution of the density of calories). It discusses the importance of basing food in natural products, which have lower caloric density. (more…)
