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" When we forgive someone, it doesn't excuse their actions; it frees us from our own chronic stress and suffering, so it's in our own self-interest. "

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

" For much of my career, I've studied health and how it's intrinsically tied to lifestyle. "

" Chronic emotional stress shortens your telomeres. "

" There's a tendency to dismiss anything having to do with love and intimacy in medicine because it's hard to measure. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes, people do the darkest acts in the name of helping protect their loved ones. "

" I never give up hope. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If we're not careful, we become that which we most fear. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" An educated patient is empowered; thus, more likely to become healthy. "

" 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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" 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. "

" Even more than feeling healthy, most people want to feel free and in control. "

" Rediscovering the wisdom of love and compassion may help us survive at a time when an increasingly balkanized world so badly needs it. "

" Make choices to empower yourself. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "