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" I am as non-accepting of medical quackery and unscientific approaches as anybody else. I've grown up as a card-carrying scientist, and I know the power of science to answer questions, and for many questions I don't know of anything better than scientific approaches to answer them. "

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" 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. "

Dean Ornish

Reading

Eating

Television

" 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. "

" Preventing cardiovascular disease can help free up critical resources for treating HIV/AIDS and other illnesses. "

Dean Ornish

Resources

Disease

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

" I'm as deeply suspicious of big government as anyone. I'm strongly in favor of universal coverage but not single payer. "

" While the digital age has done so much to improve our world, it has dramatically changed our social structure, often further isolating us from each other. "

Dean Ornish

Digital

World

" Educators and school personnel work on the front lines of childhood obesity, but every day they face the challenges of budget cuts, mandated tests, rushed lunch periods, and a decrease in time for physical activity. "

" I never give up hope. "

Dean Ornish

Hope

Never

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

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

" Fear leads to more fear, and trust leads to more trust. "

Dean Ornish

Leads

Fear

" No one has all the answers, so whatever a woman who has the BRCA mutation chooses to do requires courage and an element of faith. And a lot of love and support. "

" As a veteran of the diet wars, I think it's time to call a truce. Rather than hear experts argue, most people want practical information they can use. "

" Knowledge and engagement are a powerful antidote to forces that often work against our kids being healthy. "

" Not everything that lowers HDL is bad for you. If you change from a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet to a healthy low-fat, low-cholesterol diet, your HDL levels may stay the same or even decrease because there is less need for it. When you have less garbage, you need fewer garbage trucks to remove it, so your body may make less HDL. "

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

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

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

" 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

Choices

Diet

" When we exercise, it feels like we're really out there doing something, whereas spending a few minutes with your eyes closed in meditation may feel a little, well, wimpy. "

" Nobody wants to feel controlled or treated like a child. "

" 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. "

" Intimacy and community buffer stress. "

" When it's good business to make healthier food, then it becomes sustainable. "

" In our experience, when people make comprehensive lifestyle changes, they usually can reduce or discontinue medications such as cholesterol-lowering drugs, anti-hypertensives, beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, nitrates, insulin, and so on. "

" Small changes in diet don't have much effect on preventing coronary heart disease and cancer. But bigger changes in diet and lifestyle may prevent heart attacks in almost everyone. "

" 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. "

" Just like navigating in the open sea, triangulating the information you collect from media with your doctor's advice and some common sense will help map a sound path to safety. "

" I'm a big admirer of Walter Willett's work. I think he's done some really important research. He and I agree on most things. "

" Think about it: Heart disease and diabetes, which account for more deaths in the U.S. and worldwide than everything else combined, are completely preventable by making comprehensive lifestyle changes. Without drugs or surgery. "