First Look - Master Illusionist Penn Jillette Drops 105 Pounds!

Master illusionist Penn Jillette shows off his recent 105 weight loss in the new issue of PEOPLE. The 60-year-old entertainer made the decision to get healthy after an unexpected stay in the hospital due to high blood pressure.

"I was on six very powerful meds to bring the blood pressure down," Jillette tells PEOPLE. "My doctor said I needed to get my weight down, and if I brought it down 30 or 40 lbs. it would be a little easier to control. And then he said something in passing that completely blew my mind - he said, 'If you got down to 230, you probably wouldn't need any of the meds.' "

Jillette spent a good part of the winter on an "extreme low-calorie program" in which he took in only 1,000 calories a day and dropped an average of 0.9 lbs. a day. Since that time, the magician began Dr. Fuhrman's Nutritarian diet in which he avoids all ANIMAL products, processed grains, and added sugar or salt. "I eat unbelievable amounts of food but just very, very, very healthy food," he says.

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