Nicholas Perricone, MD, FACN, is a board certified clinical and researchdermatologist. He completed his internship in Pediatrics at Yale Medical School and his Dermatology Residency at Ford Medical Center. Dr. Perricone is regarded as the father of the Inflammation Theory of Ageing. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Wrinkle Cure which reached # 1 on both the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times bestseller lists in 2002 with sales of one million copies. 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 the recipient of the 2002 Eli Whitney Award, awarded annually to an outstanding individual for significant contribution to science.
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 a month-long program broken up into daily menus as well as a more restrictive three-day regimen designed to produce immediate results. Perricone's guiding principle, which he explains in some depth, is to reduce inflammation at the cellular level, which, he believes, causes the skin to age and is also linked to degenerative disease. Perricone suggests that protein and some fat is essential for everyone. He is particularly keen on the benefits of fish. Certain foods high in carbohydrates cereals, breads, bananas are taboo in this plan because of their high glycemic index; they cause a spike in blood sugar and prompt the body's insulin response, which stores rather than burns fat and causes inflammation. Perricone also recommends an exercise regimen, and nearly a third of the book is devoted to a discussion of antioxidants, vitamin supplements and creams. Some may question his nutritional theories, and others may find the diet difficult to stick to, with its almost total restriction of starchy foods. Still, Perricone is a proponent of Barry Sears's The Zone, and readers who have followed that book and Perricone's own bestselling earlier volume will probably appreciate this one. (Aug.) Forecast: Given the author's track record with his previous book, there's little doubt that this one will hit the lists especially with the help of media attention and the summer publication, when many people are suffering from the effects of too much sun. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
`You can achieve the positive effects of a face-lift in just three days...A revolutionary diet.' DAILY MAIL `To many of his fans- including Jennifer Lopez and Bruce Willis- Perricone is a hero, a skincare visionary.' TELEGRAPH MAG `A new diet craze...It is already a huge hit in the U.S., threatening to unseat the popular Atkins diet as a best-seller.' DAILY MAIL `Desperate to look radiant and toned for her wedding, Jo.Lo's said to have called on Dr Nicholas Perricone, the diet guru who'll soon be as famous as Atkins.' MORE `[Atkins has] been guilty of rigidity, which opens up his diet to criticism. That's left a gap for other doctors to move in... Enter ... Dr Nicholas Perricone.' SHE `Forget Atkins, the next big food craze is the Perricone Diet.' MIRROR `Follow the Perricone 'Wrinkle Free' way of eating. It is a 28 day diet that assists in firming and toning the skin primarily, while at the same time assisting in losing a few unwanted kilos.' THE TIMES