Talk:Nicholas Perricone

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I wonder how old this guy is. There doesn't seem to be a date of birth listed. If he was born before 1945 his products might be worth checking out.

As far as I can tell (from Pubmed research) this guy hasn't done any research in almost 10 years, and what research he did publish all concerned the application of mild acids to geriatric patients' skin. Calling him a "brilliant researcher" as Catherine Goode does isn't just POV, it appears to be factually incorrect. Sliderman 23:43, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to see pictures of Perricone when he was younger. I'm sure he's had facial work done. He has that "look". My boyfriend thinks Perricone has NOT had facial work. He believes everything Perricone says. My boyfriend also believes everything every other diet/self-help guru says though LOL WikiFan60 11:25, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

The one thing I think this guy's on about is the effect of having too much glucose in your body. I was the brief owner of a copy of the American Association of Medical Transcriptionists Book of Style and it listed Type 2 diabetes as being caused by insulin resistance. Most of what I've read seems to indicate that docs think there is a genetic tendency to Type 2, but that doesn't explain why people are coming down with it who have no family history. Also, more and more docs are prescribing low-carb diets to their patients with prediabetes and diabetes.

I'm a bit disturbed by this article because of the tone that we should just accept everything the USDA tells us because it's the USDA saying so. We had fewer cases of diabetes in this country when people were following the Four Food Groups and getting maybe four or five servings of grain food a day instead of the six to eleven the USDA wants us to eat now. And that's not lack of diagnosis. Diabetes isn't like cancer; you can't avoid noticing you have it once it's full-blown. We also eat exponentially more sugar today than we did a hundred or even thirty years ago, plus we make up the calories in a low-fat diet with starch carbohydrates.

So Perricone's not off-base in this one instance, but I hate to think he's right enough about the effects of glucose that people are falling for everything else he's saying. I had someone on an email list tell me, apparently with a straight face, that omega-3 fats from plants cause inflammation while omega-3s from fish don't. Hope she enjoys mercury poisoning. (That was mostly tongue-in-cheek.)

Here's an interesting bit from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition to, er, whet your appetite: http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/84/2/274 ...Enjoy.--Dseilhan 17:40, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

I have his date of birth from IMDB Pro as 23 June 1948. The year is also available on several other sites, but I know IMDB isn't usually considered autoritative enough for Wikipedia. Does that apply to the Pro area, also? Can anyone verify this fact anywhere that makes the grade? Joe JJC 01:56, 23 September 2007 (UTC) Re: Publications. Went digging around on Wiley InterScience and found two that seemed credibly linked to Dr Perricone by virtue of referencing nearly the same address in Meriden, Connecticut as the registration of his website. Found two:

Inflammation & ageing

Letter to the Editor Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology Volume 3, Issue 1, Pages54 - 55

Inflammation & ageing Nicholas Perricone Connecticut, USA Correspondence to Nicholas Perricone, MD, 377 Research Parkway, Meriden, CT 06450, E-mail: goodnews@vermontel.net

ABSTRACT No Abstract

Accepted for publication 16 August 2004 DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI) 10.1111/j.1473-2130.2004.00102.x

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Pyrrho

Letters to the Editor Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology Volume 3, Number 3, July 2004, pp. 179-179(1)

Pyrrho† Nicholas Perricone Meriden, CT, USA Correspondence to Nicholas Perricone, 639 Research Parkway, Meriden, CT 06450 USA. E-mail: goodnews@vermontel.net †Pyrrho of Elis, 3rd century BC, considered to be the inspiration for one of the schools of scepticism

ABSTRACT No Abstract

Accepted for publication 14 October 2004 DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI) 10.1111/j.1473-2130.2004.00133.x

Is it proper for identify a letter to the editor as published research? Though I do particularly like the footnote on the title of Pyrrho.

Snertly (talk) 04:32, 4 December 2008 (UTC) Don't know what made the boxes. Sorry 'bout that.

notability
I think he's borderline notable, not as a scientific dermatologist, but as a popular writer on the subject. The article should reflect that more closely. As is, I thinks it's not unlikely to end up nominated for deletion. DGG (talk) 23:43, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

snakeoil jackassery
It'd be appreciated if someone with a scientific background would systematically address the foolish claims in this article, and strengthen the criticisms section.--Xris0 (talk) 21:15, 9 December 2008 (UTC)