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" 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
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" We all know we're going to die one day, but who wants to think about it? What's sustainable is joy, pleasure and freedom. "
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" 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. "
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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.' "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" In general, losing weight is a good thing for those who are overweight, but it's important to lose weight in a way that enhances your health rather than one that may compromise it. "
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" 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. "
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" Make choices to empower yourself. "
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" Anything that takes you out of the context of being separate is healing. Anything that takes you out of the context of separateness is intimacy. "
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" 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. "
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Need
You
" The choices you make each day in your diet and lifestyle have a direct influence on how your genetic predisposition is expressed - for better and for worse. You're only as old as your genes, but how your genes are expressed may be modified by exercise, diet and lifestyle choices much more than had previously been believed - and more quickly. "
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Day
Choices
" The diets and lifestyles in many other countries are much healthier than in the United States. "
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Other
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" What matters most is your overall way of eating and living. "
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Way
Most
" Earlier in my life, I had a tendency toward depression. "
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My Life
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" 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. "
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Power
Internet
Information
" Let's all be more humble about the evidence behind medical advice but also respect the challenges to providing accessible lifestyle guidance. "
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Medical
Challenges
Humble
" A little dark chocolate in small amounts often helps lift me out of those blue moments. When I walk into my favorite store on Union Street in San Francisco that sells high-quality chocolates from around the world, I feel like, well, a kid in a candy store. "
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Blue
Moments
World
" If you're with a close friend, your anger may raise his blood pressure as well as your own, whereas loving feelings may lower blood pressure in both of you. "
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Anger
You
Friend
" 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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Opportunity
Knowledge
" 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. "
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World
" Although scientists can often be as resistant to new ideas as anyone, the process of science ensures that, over time, good ideas and theories prevail. "
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New
Ideas
Good
" A valid scientific theory is predictive, verifiable, and replicable. To me, that's beautiful. "
Dean Ornish
Scientific
Me
Beautiful
" An educated patient is empowered; thus, more likely to become healthy. "
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" 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. "
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Work
" 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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Healing
" Lifestyle changes may slow, stop, or even reverse the progression of early-stage prostate cancer. "
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Stop
Cancer
Slow
" The need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food. "
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Community
Connection
Food
" Concepts such as 'risk factor modification' and 'prevention' are often considered boring and they may not initiate or sustain the levels of motivation needed to make and maintain comprehensive lifestyle changes. "
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Risk
Motivation
Boring
" 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. "
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