of those hormones has a profound effect on others. And when these ten
hormones are in perfect balance, you will not only lose weight, but you will also
dramatically turn back the aging clock.
The Perfect 10 Diet has fewer rules and restrictions than other diets that leave
you hungry, unsatisfied, or less healthy. Better yet, you won’t ever have to count
calories, fat grams, or net carbs again. The Perfect 10 Diet is designed to serve as
an eating-for-life plan, not a quick-fix-andfail diet.
Unlike diet books that limit food choices to one country’s cuisine, the Perfect
10 Diet is about eating delicious, world-class choices from a variety of cultures,
all the way from American to Vietnamese.
The food choices are rich, varied, and satisfying, including everything from
fish poached in champagne to a decadent cheesecake. The Perfect 10 Diet takes
into account the best aspects of myriad healthy cuisines and incorporates them
into a single master eating plan that anyone can follow, maintain, and benefit
from. Imagine that—an international diet that can be followed by people from all
walks of life, with few rules or restrictions. Pick your adjective. Amazing.
Astounding. Unbelievable. Unbeatable. All of them apply and give this one-of-a-
kind diet a perfect 10 score.
The Development of the Perfect 10 Diet
My journey as a doctor to develop the Perfect 10 Diet was a path that I’d never
planned. In 1998 I started a private practice in internal medicine. I was
enthusiastic about starting my career after many years of medical school and
graduate training. But before long, my hope had turned to despair.
During my residency, I’d always assumed that seeing a large number of
patients was just the nature of medical training, and it was the experience I
needed to become a better doctor. But in private practice, nothing changed. In
fact, it became worse. I found that I was caring for more patients in less time and
drowning in paperwork from an ever-increasing bureaucracy. I was also seeing
an increasing number of young people suffering from the onset of serious
chronic illnesses, such as heart disease, elevated cholesterol, hypertension,
diabetes, cancer, and obesity. All these conditions are traditionally treated with
drugs and other medical interventions, but they also require extensive nutritional
counseling to improve significantly.
Each day, I’d ask myself, “How can this be accomplished in a medical system
that favors cost cuts rather than emphasizing prevention?” After less than 2 years
in practice, I found myself questioning why I’d spent 12 to 13 years of my life
training for this. Dealing with the bureaucracy and having only a few precious
minutes to spend with each patient left me totally demoralized. I read countless