The Pritikin Program Was Shown To Alleviate the Metabolic Syndrome
Roberts, C.K., D. Won, S. Pruthi, S. Kurtovic, R.K. Sindhu, N.D. Vaziri, R.J. Barnard. Effect of a short-term diet and exercise intervention on oxidative stress, inflammation, MMP-9 and monocyte chemotactic activity in men with metabolic syndrome factors. J Appl Physiol 100:1657-1665,2006; and

Booth, F.W., M.V. Chakravarthy. Physical activity and dietary intervention for chronic diseases: a quick fix after all. J Appl Physiol (Invited Editorial) 100:143901440,2006

The Pritikin Program Was Shown To Alleviate the Metabolic Syndrome
Sullivan S, Klein S. Effect of a short-term Pritikin diet therapy on the metabolic syndrome. J CardioMetab Syndrome. 1:308-312,2006

The Pritikin Program Was Shown To Alleviate the Metabolic Syndrome
Sullivan S, Klein S. Effect of a short-term Pritikin diet therapy on the metabolic syndrome. J Cardio Metab Syndrome. 1:308-312, 2006.

High-Fat, Refined Carbohydrate Diet Leads To Metabolic Syndrome and Lipid Disorders
Roberts, C.K. K. Liang, R.J. Barnard, C.H. Kim and N.D. Vaziri. HMG-CoA reductase, cholesterol 7a-hydroxylase, LDL receptor, SR-B1, and ACAT in diet-induced syndrome X. Kidney International 66:1503-1511, 2004.

Metabolic Syndrome Induced By a High-Fat, Refined Carbohydrate Diet Was Reversed With Implementation Of a Low-Fat, Unrefined Carbohydrate Diet
Roberts, C.K., N.D. Vaziri, K.H. Liag and R.J. Barnard. Reversibility of long-term diet induced insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome characteristics. Hypertension 37:1323-1328,2001

A High-Fat, High-Sugar Diet Induced Insulin Resistance Before Other Manifestations of the Metabolic Syndrome, Indicating That Diet, Not Obesity, Is the Underlying Cause of the Syndrome. A Low-Fat, Unrefined Carbohydrate Diet Did Not Induce Insulin Resistance.
Barnard, R.J., C.K. Roberts, S.M. Varon and J.J. Berger, Diet-induced insulin resistance precedes other aspects of the metabolic syndrome. J Appl Physiol, 84:1311-1315,1998

The Pritikin Program Was Found To Control the Metabolic Syndrome Within Three Weeks
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