Dean Ornish is an American physician and researcher renowned for his advocacy of plant-based diets and healthy lifestyle changes for treating and preventing heart disease. His work focuses on the profound impact that significant lifestyle alterations can have on our well-being. Ornish's vision extends beyond merely treating symptoms, emphasizing a holistic approach to wellness. His approach has inspired many to take control of their health through conscious choices.
The founder of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute outlines scientifically based recommendations for reversing heart disease and other chronic health problems through lifestyle changes designed to slow cellular aging
Exploring the profound connection between love and survival, this book delves into how healing relationships and intimacy are essential for individuals, communities, and cultures. It presents a compelling argument that our ability to thrive, both personally and collectively, hinges on the strength of our connections and the transformative power of love.
"Dr. Dean Ornish revolutionized medicine by directing clinical research proving?for the first time?that heart disease and early-stage prostate cancer may be stopped or even reversed by his program of comprehensive lifestyle changes, without drugs or surgery. His newest research was the first to show that changing your lifestyle changes your genes in men with prostate cancer?"turning on" disease-preventing genes, and "turning off" genes that promote breast cancer, heart disease, and other illnesses, and in only three months. This study documented, also for the first time, that these lifestyle changes may significantly increase an enzyme that lengthens telomeres?the ends of your chromosomes that control how long you live. As your telomeres get longer, your life gets longer. Your genes are not your fate. The Spectrum features one hundred easy-to-prepare, delicious recipes from award-winning chef Art Smith. Whether you want to lose weight, lower your cholesterol, reverse a major disease, or find a sustainable, joyful lifestyle, The Spectrum can make a powerful difference in your health and well-being."--Author's website
Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Losing Weight Safely While Eating Abundantly
This bestselling book has been thoroughly revised and updated to resonate with contemporary readers. It explores themes and insights that remain relevant in today's society, ensuring that its powerful message continues to engage and inspire a new generation. The updates reflect current trends and perspectives, making it a must-read for both new and returning audiences.
150 easy, low-fat recipes. You no longer have to choose between good food and good health.
The author, who believes that the telling of stories is the way in which wisdom is passed along from generation to generation, relates tales from her own life and experiences as a physician, professor, therapist, and survivor of a chronic illness
Our survival depends on the healing power of love, intimacy, and relationships. As individuals. As communities. As a country. As a culture. Perhaps even as a species. Ornish teaches that comprehensive lifestyle changes may begin to reverse even severe coronary heart disease without drugs or surgery. Perhaps the most powerful intervention is love and intimacy and the emotional and spiritual transformation that often results
Focusing on what people eat rather than how much they eat, a guide to losing weight and living healthier advocates a change in the types of food we eat.
The Ornish Diet has been named the “#1 best diet for heart disease” by U.S. News & World Report for seven consecutive years! Dr. Dean Ornish is the first clinician to offer documented proof that heart disease can be halted, or even reversed, simply by changing your lifestyle. Based on his internationally acclaimed scientific study, which has now been ongoing for years, Dr. Ornish's program has yielded amazing results. Participants reduced or discontinued medications; they learned how to lower high blood pressure; their chest pain diminished or disappeared; they felt more energetic, happy, and calm; they lost weight while eating more; and blockages in coronary arteries were actually reduced. In his breakthrough book, Dr. Ornish presents this and other dramatic evidence and guides you, step-by-step, through the extraordinary Opening Your Heart program, which is winning landmark approval from America's health insurers. The program takes you beyond the purely physical side of health care to include the psychological, emotional and spiritual aspects so vital to healing. This book represents the best modern medicine has to offer. It can inspire you to open your heart to a longer, better, happier life.