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| things every day. We may think we're eating a variety of foods but in most cases it's just different combinations of refined wheat, eggs, milk, potatoes and beef. A breakfast of eggs, sausage, milk, white toast and hash browns is the same as a lunch of hamburger, milkshake, white bun and fries or a dinner of pizza, steak and potatoes or pasta with ice cream for dessert. These meals, which are typical for adults and children across the country, are devoid of fruits and vegetables, low in enzymes, fiber and nutrients, high in fat, calories and toxins and as likely to generate modern illnesses as the white flour and white sugar that wrecked the health of Dr. Price's native tribes. |
| But when nutritionists, medical doctors and heart researchers discuss diet, the result is a lively and often acrimonious debate. No one can agree on all the details of the "right" diet to prevent heart disease. However, there is general agreement that a heart-healthy diet is low in fatty animal protein (meats, cheeses, ice cream), sugar and refined foods and high in plant fiber and nutrient-rich whole grains, vegetables, legumes, and fruits. |
| Nathan Pritikin was one of the first to make a low-fat diet popular. In 1955, when Pritikin was diagnosed with severe heart disease, he discovered that his doctors knew nothing about its cause or how to prevent its recurrence. With the help of books and other sources of information, he developed his own solution to the problem: a diet extremely low in fat. Nathan Pritikin proved how well the therapy worked when he died years later after developing cancer. His autopsy showed arteries clean as an infant's. |
| Dean Ornish prescribed a diet very much like Pritikin's in his famous clinical trial, the first to prove in |
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