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" Even a small amount of dark chocolate can be exquisitely satisfying if you meditate on it. "
Dean Ornish
Even
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" If you indulge yourself one day, you can eat more healthfully the next. To the degree you move in a healthful direction on the food spectrum, you're likely to feel better, lose weight, and gain health. "
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" Having the BRCA mutation significantly increases the risk of breast cancer, but it is not always the only factor. Lifestyle choices may increase or decrease the risk of breast cancer, but that knowledge is an opportunity to empower ourselves, not to blame. "
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" There's a tendency to dismiss anything having to do with love and intimacy in medicine because it's hard to measure. "
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" Connections with other people affect not only the quality of our lives but also our survival. "
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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? "
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" I appreciate the power of a White House bully pulpit - but kids listen and learn primarily from other kids. If your son's friend tells him that the apple is better than the fries, he's more likely to listen. "
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" Too much power in any institution tends to stifle innovation. "
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" 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. "
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Live
" Fear leads to more fear, and trust leads to more trust. "
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" Science is simply a powerful way of understanding what's real and what isn't, what's true and what's not. It can help us determine what works, what doesn't, for whom, and under what circumstances. "
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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. "
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" There's no point in giving up something you enjoy unless you get something back that's even better, and quickly. "
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" 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. "
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Feel
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Free
" A little humility goes a long way. "
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Humility
Little
Long
" The need for love and intimacy is a fundamental human need, as primal as the need for food, water, and air. "
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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
Country
Create
Right
" Although many people believe that the primary emphasis of my work is about diet, it's not. What we eat is important, of course, but what comes out of our mouth may be more important than what goes into it. "
Dean Ornish
Mouth
Important
Work
" 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. "
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Important
Attention
You
" 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. "
Dean Ornish
Better
Enough
Look
" 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.' "
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People
Time
Saying
" Alas, bacon and eggs are not health foods. "
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Alas
Bacon
Eggs
" Nobody wants to feel controlled or treated like a child. "
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Feel
Wants
Child
" Your body has a remarkable capacity to begin healing itself, and much more quickly than people had once realized, if you simply stop doing what's causing the problem. "
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You
Body
Healing
" Multinational food companies can play a large role in helping to prevent chronic diseases around the world by offering healthier choices in the United States and abroad. "
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United
Play
Choices
" What's personally sustainable is globally sustainable. "
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Sustainable
Globally
Personally
" Preventing cardiovascular disease can help free up critical resources for treating HIV/AIDS and other illnesses. "
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" Chronic emotional stress shortens your telomeres. "
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" In an era in which war and terrorism - at home and abroad - are often based on racial, religious and ethnic differences, rediscovering the wisdom of love and compassion may help us increase our survival at a time when an increasingly divided country and world so badly need it. "
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Wisdom
Home
Love
" An educated patient is empowered; thus, more likely to become healthy. "
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" Rediscovering the wisdom of love and compassion may help us survive at a time when an increasingly balkanized world so badly needs it. "
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Wisdom
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