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" Lifestyle changes may help reduce risk, but no study has shown that lifestyle changes alone can eliminate the risk of breast cancer, especially in those carrying the BRCA mutation. "

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" It's true, you can lose weight on these high-animal-protein, Atkins-type diets, but you're mortgaging your health in the process. "

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" Connections with other people affect not only the quality of our lives but also our survival. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" There's no point in giving up something you enjoy unless you get something back that's even better, and quickly. "

" 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. "

" I never give up hope. "

Dean Ornish

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Never

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

" 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. "

" People who are lonely and depressed are three to 10 times more likely to get sick and die prematurely than those who have a strong sense of love and community. I don't know any other single factor that affects our health - for better and for worse - to such a strong degree. "

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

Dean Ornish

Scientific

Beautiful

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

" If we can reach populations in developing countries and help them understand the value of their indigenous diet and lifestyles rather than copying ours, perhaps we can reverse the exponential rise in cardiovascular disease that is plaguing them. "

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

" Even a small amount of dark chocolate can be exquisitely satisfying if you meditate on it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I grew up in Texas, eating meat five times a day, and I liked meat. But I began being a vegetarian when I was 19 because I found that I felt better. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The diets and lifestyles in many other countries are much healthier than in the United States. "

" Eating a stick of butter will raise HDL in those who are able to do so, but that does not mean that butter is good for your heart. It isn't. "

" 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. "

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