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" Curious patients are more receptive to new ideas, and those who engage their health practitioners in a dialogue are much more likely to adhere to these recommendations. "

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" Let's all be more humble about the evidence behind medical advice but also respect the challenges to providing accessible lifestyle guidance. "

Dean Ornish

Medical

Challenges

Humble

" 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. "

" 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. "

" In our home, we serve mostly healthful foods. "

" A valid scientific theory is predictive, verifiable, and replicable. To me, that's beautiful. "

Dean Ornish

Scientific

Beautiful

" If I eat mindlessly while watching television, reading, or talking with someone else, I can go through an entire meal without tasting the food, without even noticing that I've been eating. The plate is empty but I didn't enjoy the food - I had all of the calories and little of the pleasure. "

" You can meditate on almost anything: a prayer, song, image or word. Close your eyes; sit in a comfortable position. Take a breath, and say the word out loud, emphasizing the humming sound at the end. When you come to the end of the breath, take another one and say the word again. And so on. "

" Alas, bacon and eggs are not health foods. "

" When we torture people, even if we win the battle, we've already lost the war for hearts and minds. Especially our own. "

" When you grow up in an extended family, or in a stable neighborhood with two or three generations of families who live there, you feel seen. Not just the good things you've done, the stuff you put on your resume. You know they've seen you in your dark times, when you've messed up - but they're still there. "

" Awareness is the first step in healing. "

" Telomeres are the ends of our chromosomes that control how long we live. As telomeres become shorter, then cells age and die more quickly. In simple terms, as your telomeres get shorter, your life gets shorter. "

" Make choices to empower yourself. "

" What's personally sustainable is globally sustainable. "

" What we do eat is at least as important as what we don't eat. "

" An Asian way of eating and living may help prevent and even reverse the progression of coronary heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, prostate cancer and breast cancer. Incorporate more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, soy products and fish in your diet. Eat at home more with your family and friends. "

" In a global economy, the Bush doctrine of unilateralism - going it alone - has been disastrous. It's becoming increasingly clear that we're all in this together. Your happiness is my happiness, your suffering is my suffering, your recession is my recession. "

" Earlier in my life, I had a tendency toward depression. "

" Too much power in any institution tends to stifle innovation. "

" Parents and kids know they should pass up the fries for an apple and exchange the video game for a game of tag - but knowing and doing are certainly different things. "

" Smaller portions of good foods are more satisfying than larger portions of junk foods, especially if you pay attention to what you're eating. "

Dean Ornish

You

Good

" The power of the Internet is also its limitation - it provides access to large amounts of information without providing guidance on how to sort out what is credible and what is not. "

" Knowing that changing lifestyle changes our genes is often very motivating - not to blame, but to empower. "

" Intimacy is healing. "

Dean Ornish

Healing

Intimacy

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

" 'I resolve to eat less food' sounds good in theory, but it's often hard to sustain. And if you believe that it's all willpower, then you're likely to be upset with yourself if you don't succeed. "

" To the degree you eat less of the bad carbs and fats and enough of the good carbs and fats, you're likely to look better, feel better, lose weight and gain health. "

" Joy of living is sustainable; fear of dying is not. "

" 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. "

" All divisions are man-made. "

Dean Ornish

Divisions

Man-Made