Weight Management Programs at Spas
Pritikin Longevity Center & Spa in Aventura, Florida

• Overweight/Obesity
• High Blood Pressure
• Diabetes
• High Cholesterol
• Heart Disease
• Prostate, Colon, and Breast Cancer Risk Factors

Called the "Harvard of Good Health," the Pritikin Longevity Center & Spa attracts all ages, from 9 to 90. Some come to renew their health. Others come simply to renew their spirit in a spectacularly beautiful setting.

Pampering is not just on the outside. You’ll be astonished at what’s happening on the inside – real, substantial benefits like dramatic reductions in cholesterol. No other lifestyle-change program has been more closely studied by the scientific community, or has achieved such phenomenal success. More than 90 studies in key medical journals like the New England Journal of Medicine have documented the extraordinary results of the 75,000+ men and women who have attended the Pritikin Longevity Center. Here are highlights:

• Significant and lasting weight loss
• Freedom from drugs for hypertension, diabetes, and high cholesterol
  
• Huge reductions in cholesterol (average 23%) and triglycerides (33%)
  
• Avoidance of heart surgery
  
• Control of type 2 diabetes
  
• Reductions in risk factors for breast, prostate, and colon cancer
  

In addition to its world-renowned lifestyle-change program, the Pritikin Resort offers stunning scenery and luxurious accommodations. You’re surrounded by breathtaking waterways, lush landscaping, and the elegant Turnberry Yacht Club. And you’ll bask in outstanding spa amenities.

Spa: The Pritikin Longevity Center & Spa is hailed as the most effective lifestyle-change program in the world with unparalleled weight-loss and health results. Nestled in a tropical paradise, it is the vacation of a lifetime. Indulge yourself with therapeutic spa amenities in a 10,000-square-foot spa oasis. Enjoy massage therapies such as shiatsu, Swedish, aromatherapy, Trager, neuromuscular therapy, reflexology, and deep tissue. Pamper yourself with a variety of facials and wraps as well as deluxe paraffin treatments, revitalizing eye treatments, and purifying back treatments. Relax in an indoor or outdoor whirlpool, steam room, and sauna.

Activities, Facilities, & Services: Nathan Pritikin and cardiologist David Lehr laid the foundation for the extraordinarily effective Pritikin Diet-and-Exercise Program in 1975. Indeed, countless journalists and health experts assert that Pritikin is where America’s health and fitness revolution began. Programs range from one to three weeks; some guests are so impressed with their progress that they stay even longer.

Upon arrival guests at the Pritikin Health Resort receive a complete health evaluation by an unsurpassed team of physicians, dietitians, and exercise experts. Then, from morning till night, [Hubert Wewer] guests attend a wide range of activities, all geared at helping you turn healthy intentions into sound, healthy habits. You’ll be immersed in:

• Workshops and one-on-one coaching in nutrition and weight loss
  
• Cooking classes that show you how to create healthy meals with ease
  
• Seminars on dining out healthfully
  
• Eye-opening classes in heart disease, diabetes, and cancer prevention
  
• Workshops for women that clarify often confusing issues like hormone therapy, menopause, and breast cancer prevention
  
• Intimate, productive seminars on stress management
  
• Custom-designed exercise classes, including carefully monitored cardiovascular training, sunrise stretching, Pilates, aquatics in the pool, yoga, salsa aerobics, cardio-boxing, strength training, and meditation.
  

The Pritikin Longevity Center also offers some of the most advanced wellness testing available, including:

• Dexa Bone Density Testing: This state-of-the-art test gives you early, accurate detection of bone loss. The doctors will also recommend the best strategies to help you maintain strong, healthy bones for years to come.
  
• Dexa Body Composition Testing: This is the most accurate and advanced method for assessing fat and lean tissue in each region of your body. That’s important because the location of your fat tissue may be associated with your risk of heart disease, stroke, and hypertension. The test also does an excellent job of showing you how lean you’re becoming. It’s a real motivator!
  
• IMT Testing: Carotid Ultrasound Intimal-Medial Thickness (IMT) testing is a 100% safe, highly effective, pain-free way of showing heart attack and stroke risk. For the last several years, it has been used as a research tool in universities nationwide. It has just become available to the public in a few select heath facilities, one of which is the Pritikin Longevity Center. IMT testing is such a breakthrough in cardiovascular health that it is now part of the standard medical recommendations for guests at elevated risk for a heart attack or stroke.
  

Between classes and personal consultations, treat yourself to all sorts of downtime delights. Relax on your private balcony and let balmy breezes and the peaceful intercoastal waters envelop you. Play golf at two Robert Trent Jones, Sr., championship courses. Enjoy day and night tennis on Turnberry’s clay or hard courts. Stroll along an emerald four-mile walking path shaded by lush foliage and exotic trees. Refresh yourself with a leisurely walk on the beach. And plunge into exhilarating outdoor sports, like sailing, deep-sea fishing, biking, canoeing, and kayaking. It’s everything you could ever want in a vacation – plus the world-famous Pritikin Program.

Accommodations & Dining: Though the Pritikin Longevity Center is a health program, its setting is a stunning, waterfront resort with 75 very large, deluxe rooms or suites – all with a spectacular water view and balcony. Each room features exceptional amenities like huge whirlpool tubs, plush terry cloth bathrobes, and cotton slippers. You’ll also enjoy fresh orchids, turndown service, an inspiring "thought of the day" tucked under your pillow every night, and more.

Dining at the resort is pure pleasure as well. The Pritikin Diet, rich in fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, whole grains, pasta, seafood, and moderate servings of lean meats and nonfat dairy foods, was originally founded by Nathan Pritikin in the late 1950s. Unwilling to accept his newly diagnosed heart disease, the 41-year-old engineer thoroughly studied cultures from around the world that were virtually free of heart disease and adapted their diets to American tastes. His cholesterol plummeted from almost 300 to 120 – and his angina (chest pain) vanished. Thus, the Pritikin Program was born.

Today at the Pritikin Longevity Center & Spa, guests discover how doable – and absolutely delicious – the Pritikin Diet is. Award-winning chefs prepare a full array of sumptuous dishes that are as pleasing to the palate as they are to the eye. And the food is bountiful! Guests eat five to six times daily. Delectable highlights include: Sockeye Salmon Served on Morel Risotto, Panzanella Herb Salad, Tuna Carpaccio, Stone Crabs, Grilled Filet of Bison With Warm Onion Marmalade, Eggplant Curry on Peppersi, Chocolate Mousse, and Chardonnay Poached Pears.

Guests are treated to gourmet delights, yet they still lose weight. Many shed 10 pounds and more in just two weeks. The primary goal has been, and will always be, helping you achieve your health and weight-loss goals.

Contact: 
Pritikin Longevity Center
5875 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida 33180
305-935-7131
http://www.pritikin.com/

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