Biography of Nick Delgado
Nicholas R. Delgado, Jr., Ph.D., Is the Director of Healthy Studios,
Inc. After graduating from the University of Southern California (U.S.C.)
with a BA degree in Psychology, began his postgraduate studies on Physical
Therapy at U.S.C. Rancho Los Amigos Hospital, followed by volunteer work
at Daniel Freeman Hospital and Chino hospital. Through his experiences
in physical therapy, Nick Delgado became deeply concerned by the large
numbers of people dying from such degenerative diseases as heart disease,
stroke, diabetes, and cancer.
Nick was motivated to undertake in-depth postgraduate studies in nutrition
at Cal State Los Angeles and Cal State Long Beach University. He also
spent years studying medical journals at U.S.C. and U.C. Irvine in his
search for solutions to degenerative diseases. In 1982, Loma Linda University
offered a Masters leading to a Doctorate program in Health Science and
Delgado was accepted as a Doctoral candidate. Loma Linda School of Public
Health was founded by Christians who faulted the vegetarian type diet
described in the Bible that is free of meat and dairy products. They were
motivated to do research based on holistic nutrition and exercise. Most
universities in the country only offered dietitian training based on the
outdated four food group provided by the dairy and meat industry sponsored
textbooks. In 1993, Nick was accepted to do independent research under
academic guidance at the American Holistic College of Nutrition. Doctor
Nick Delgado completed his Ph.D. thesis by doing a study on 693 people
in a wellness program provided at seminars with Tony Robbins. Nick received
his Ph.D. in Health Science.
He began to apply what he was learning to his medical problems of obesity
and high blood pressure. After just five months, Nick reduced 50 lbs.
of body fat, and lowered his blood pressure (from 200/90 to 110/70) and
was able to get off blood pressure medications. Nick maintained optimum
health for over 20 years and at the age of 42 he competed in an intense
strength and endurance test in Kona, Hawaii and set a record at the time
against all participants of any age.
Nick then developed his highly successful nutrition, exercise, motivation
and stress management program (forerunner to today's Healthy Aging Plan).
In 1979, Nick became the Director of the Pritikin Better Health Program
studying with the famous research scientist, Nathan Pritikin. Nathan Pritikin
taught Nick Delgado to sift through the misinformation and take complex
medical journals and make it easy for everyone to understand them. Nick
teamed up with health experts and looked for consistent themes of aging
and diseases and came up with new answers to these age-old problems. Nick
studied with Nathan Pritikin at the Longevity Center for three years,
during this period he met and studied with many world-renowned scientists,
including Dennis Burkitt, MD, Ernest Wynder, MD, Arnold Fox, MD and Cleaves
Bennett, MD.
Later that year, Nick became involved with creating a wellness program
centered in hospitals and with medical groups. In December, 1982, Nick
began education and medical services in Southern California. Nick Delgado
puts on dynamic seminars and refers to counseling services with anti-aging
doctors and highly trained professionals. The Healthy Aging plan has enabled
thousands of participants to feel better and become renewed. In all, Nick
has presented over 20 years: 3,500 seminars at medical clinics, hospitals,
community centers and large corporation including Aerospace and TRW. In
1992 to 1997 he set up and provided wellness testing using live blood
cell hematology, oxidative stress analysis, carotid artery scans,blood
lipids, biochemical hormones and seminars for over 10,000 participants
with Tony Robbins Mastery University.
Nick is now considered one of the leading wellness advocates in the nation.
In 1999, Nick began a national education program on talk radio CBS's KLSX
9.
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