Nathan Pritikin

Nathan Pritikin was an American inventor, engineer, nutritionist and longevity researcher. He promoted the Pritikin diet, a high-carbohydrate low-fat plant-based diet combined with regular aerobic exercise to prevent cardiovascular disease. The Pritikin diet emphasizes the consumption of legumes, whole grains, fresh fruit and vegetables and non-fat dairy products with small amounts of lean meat, fowl and fish.

29 August 1915

Born on the same birth date (29 August 1915): Ingrid Bergman

Born on the same birth day (29 August): Charalampos Xanthopoulos • Charlotte Ritchie • Dave Reichert • Eddie Murray (American football) • Heinrich von Bellegarde • John Hensley • Jon Dahl Tomasson • Juan Bautista Alberdi • Jörn Großkopf • Kevin Kaesviharn • Leonardo De Lorenzo • Mallu Magalhães • Patrick van Aanholt • Ruhila Adatia-Sood • Thom Gunn • Vivien Thomas

Born in the same month (August 1915): Al Hibbler • Alfred Rouleau • B. A. Santamaria • Edward Szczepanik • Gary Merrill • Humphrey Searle • Ingrid Bergman • Ivo Rojnica • James Hillier • James Tiptree Jr. • Jumbo Elliott (coach) • Mareta West • Max Lanier • Michael Kidd • Morris Weiss • Norman Ramsey Jr. • Pete Newell • Ring Lardner Jr. • Robert Strassburg • Signe Hasso • Tasha Tudor • Warren Avis • Wynonie Harris