Best of Boston

1977 Best Diet Clinic

Deaconess Center for Nutritional Research

Dr. George Blackburn’s protein-sparing regimen is the stuff diet empires are made of. And his is legit. You’re EKG’d, profiled, nutritionally re-educated, and recycled, all on nine ounces of lean protein a day. You lose weight . . . as well as the will to live.