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Dean Ornish

American Educator

Born: Jul 16, 1953

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Related authors: Bill Nye Booker T. Washington Horace Mann John W. Gardner Michael Pollan Michael Porter Temple Grandin Timothy Leary

When we understand the connection between how we live and how long we live, it's easier to make different choices. Instead of viewing the time we spend with friends and family as luxuries, we can see that these relationships are among the most powerful determinants of our well-being and survival. Dean Ornish

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I strongly believe that the Founding Fathers of our country got it right: power corrupts, and any time you have too much power concentrated in one place, it tends to get abused, so checks and balances are always needed. Dean Ornish

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The need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food. Dean Ornish

Food Water Community Air Primal Connection Fundamental Need

In our home, we serve mostly healthful foods. Dean Ornish

Home Our Foods Mostly Healthful Serve

Your genes are not your fate... if you change your lifestyle, you change your genes. Dean Ornish

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Nobody wants to feel controlled or treated like a child. Dean Ornish

Feel Nobody Like Child Controlled Wants Treated

Meditation is the practice of giving something your full attention and awareness. When I eat a truffle, for example, I focus fully on it and involve as many of my senses as possible. Dean Ornish

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Lifestyle changes may slow, stop, or even reverse the progression of early-stage prostate cancer. Dean Ornish

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Make choices to empower yourself. Dean Ornish

Yourself Empower Make Choices

How you eat is as important as what you eat. If I eat mindlessly while watching television, I get all of the calories and none of the pleasure. Instead, if I eat mindfully, paying attention and savoring what I'm eating, smaller portions of food can be exquisitely satisfying. Dean Ornish

Reimbursement is a major determinant of how medicine is practiced. When reimbursement changes, so do medical practice and medical education. Dean Ornish

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Whether it's by helping us search for health-related information, connecting us with doctors through online portals, or enabling us to store and retrieve our medical records online, the Internet is starting to show the promise it has to transform the way people interact with and improve their own health and wellness. Dean Ornish

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When we realize that something as primal as the food that we choose to eat each day makes such an important difference in addressing both global warming and personal health, it empowers us and imbues these choices with meaning. If it's meaningful, then it's sustainable - and a meaningful life is a longer life. Dean Ornish

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Trust leads to intimacy, which leads to healing and meaning. We can only be intimate to the degree we can make ourselves vulnerable. But when we open our hearts, we can get hurt. Dean Ornish

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When the U.S. claims the right to invade any country unilaterally and then defines a country like Iran or North Korea as 'evil,' then it is a rational response for these countries to develop nuclear weapons as the only military deterrent to invasion. We create what we most fear. Dean Ornish

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The reason I spend so much of my time doing science is that the whole point of science is to help people resolve conflicting claims by saying: 'Show me the data.' Dean Ornish

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With everything that you can imagine at our fingertips, many of the social interactions that help tie people together in a community have faded away. Are communities traditionally built on relationships, trust and familiarity a thing of the past? Dean Ornish

If we are going to find sustainable ways of dealing with global warming, we have to base it on love and feeling good, not fear and loathing. If it's fun, then it's sustainable. Dean Ornish

Love Good Fear Feeling Loathing Ways Find Feeling Good Global Global Warming Dealing Going Sustainable Warming Then Fun Base

If you go on a diet and feel constrained, you are more likely to drop it. But if you see your food choices each day as part of a spectrum, then you are more likely to feel free and empowered. Dean Ornish

When you're feeling stressed, your breath becomes more rapid and shallow. Take some slow, deep breaths, which will reduce your stress level almost immediately. Dean Ornish

When you eat mindfully, by paying attention to what you eat, you get more pleasure with fewer calories. Dean Ornish

You Pleasure Eat More Attention Calories Get Fewer Paying

What matters most is your overall way of eating and living. Dean Ornish

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Whether you're six or sixty, if you go on a diet and lifestyle program and feel constrained, you're likely to go off it sooner or later. Offering a spectrum of choices is much more effective; then, you feel free and empowered. Dean Ornish

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