d on strong clr-<br >[ cancer， gall-<br >ular disease of<br >). Bu<br >~.M.<br >rkitt，<br >G.， 17<br >The diets of faddists and ordinary<br >mort features. Both are high in fat<br >tein， and their followers are unlike<br >lives.<br > Did your ancestors live to a<br >probably in your favor， but it s<br >health.<br >What about the many dieters who<br >Unfortunately， even optimal exercise<br >move them from jeopardy.<br > exercise regularly?<br >~s not enough to re-<br > If you take the time to check your cholesterol， trigly-<br >eerides， total lipids， blood pressure， and stress-treadmill<br >heartbeat， you might be unpleasantly surprised. Those<br >readings can give you a fair idea of what your life-style<br >has done to your body， particularly to your arteries and<br >heart.<br > If you are an average American， you have a fifty-fifty<br >chance of dying of stroke or heart disease before your<br >time. Your risk of getting arthritis and diabetes and<br >cancer rises dramatieaUy as you grow older. Your hearing<br >acuity almost certainly is diminishing. Your eyesight may<br >be failing. Your ability to taste and smell differences in<br >food declines with age. Your touch perceptions also<br >diminish. In sum， you are slowing down. This diet can do<br >something about that.<br > You might be interested in the Pritikin Program if<br >you d like to go swimming with your great-grandchildren<br > when your peers are either in the grave or playing check-<br > ors in a nursing home. You might want to keep a job you<br > like when your colleagues have all retired. In other words，<br > when others your age have grown old and tired of ex-<br >~ istenee， you may be able to find pleasure in riving， loving，<br >working， and playing.<br > For convenience I call the diet by m<br >principles are as old as man. For centu~<br >most long-lived peoples in the world have<br >foods.<br > xix<br >name， but its<br > the hardiest，<br >rived on these<br ><br >