The Perricone Prescription: A Physician's 28-Day Program for Total Body and Face Rejuvenation

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Perricone's clear explanation about the adverse effects of inflammatory foods persuasively argues for shunning destructive, low-fat favorites (including watermelon, carrots, and bagels) and "culinary horrors" like pizza, pasta, and beef.

Better to eat anti-inflammatory choices (those with a glycemic index of 50 or less) like salmon, halibut, and trout.

While the book's mega list of recommended supplements is a bit hard to swallow (literally and figuratively), the supportive information Perricone supplies about each is certainly helpful.

Another detailed grocery list--this time for topical anti-inflammatories--addresses skin care, and his wrinkle-free fitness plan promotes flexibility, muscle strength, and endurance.

Finally, a handful of savory recipes offers respite to those who only know how to broil. So, despite all the salmon (and the angry kids whose parents have purged their high-glycemic kitchens), Perricone's prescription doesn't sound fishy at all. --Liane Emory Thomas --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Dr. Perricone is certified by the American Board of Dermatology, is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition.

He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and the Society of Investigative Dermatology.

He is the recipient of the 2002 Eli Whitney Award, awarded annually to an outstanding individual for significant contribution to science.

Prior recipients include National Medal of Science recipient, Igor Sikorsky, (founder of Sikorsky aircraft) inventor of the first practical helicopter, which established the bedrock upon which today's helicopter industry rests, and Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome -- the lightest, strongest, and most cost-effective structure ever devised.

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Perricone holds dozens of US and international patents for the treatment of skin and systemic disease, and for the use of topical anti-inflammatories for reversing and preventing damage to skin caused by age, the sun, the environment, hormonal changes, etc. He is the author of numerous scientific articles documenting the results of his research and is a contributing editor to the peer-reviewed medical journal Skin and Aging and is a member of the editorial board of Archives of Gerontology & Geriatrics. He is Chairman of the International Symposium on Aging Skin, an annual meeting in which researchers come together from around the world to share their latest scientific breakthroughs in the prevention of aging and aging skin.

Vogue magazine has named Dr. Perricone one of the top four dermatologists in the United States.

His latest book The Perricone Prescription, A Physician€™s 28-Day Program for Total Body and Face Rejuvenation, is being published by HarperCollins to coincide with the premier of his second television special for PBS-TV, the leading national educational television network, in September of 2002.

Editorials

	Amazon.com
	Healthy, vibrant skin depends more on what you put in your cheeks than what you rub on them, says dermatologist Nicholas Perricone. In The Perricone Prescription, fresh salmon tops the list of must-eat foods for total body... read full editorial
	From Publishers Weekly
	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... read full editorial
	Book Description
	We generally believe that lines and wrinkles are an unavoidable part of the aging process. According to Nicholas Perricone, M.D., they are actually due to "inflammation" caused by poor nutrition, pollution, sunlight,... read full editorial

Customer Reviews

	The doctorsecret is now out.
	(Seattle,WA) February 21, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars
	Hi fellow antiWrinkle and antiagers!I wrote this before on a different book review. The book is really a good menu or instruction set. It is written well and very enlightning. I'm sure it was made to promote his products... read full review
	Response to "what about mercury poisoning?"
	(Juneau, Alaska USA) April 2, 2003 - 4.0/5 stars
	Dr. Perricone is on the money with his dietary advice. As for the concern about mercury, consider that Salmon is not associated with mercury poisoning. Go to google and search on something like "salmon... read full review
	It works!
	(Seattle, WA USA) June 20, 2003 - 4.0/5 stars
	Well, I don't know about the vitamins and the skin products (though I bought them) but the book makes sense (almost too much technical detail) and I lost 10 pounds! Could use more recipies though...

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