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" 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
Us
World
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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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" 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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" Parents and kids know they should pass up the fries for an apple and exchange the video game for a game of tag - but knowing and doing are certainly different things. "
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" 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. "
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" When you eat mindfully, by paying attention to what you eat, you get more pleasure with fewer calories. "
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" Knowing that changing lifestyle changes our genes is often very motivating - not to blame, but to empower. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" Even more than feeling healthy, most people want to feel free and in control. "
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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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School
" 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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" 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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Home
Love
" When it's good business to make healthier food, then it becomes sustainable. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" For much of my career, I've studied health and how it's intrinsically tied to lifestyle. "
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Career
Health
" Lifestyle changes may slow, stop, or even reverse the progression of early-stage prostate cancer. "
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" Getting through the day becomes more important than living a long life when you have no one else to live for. "
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" Intimacy is healing. "
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" If you're at high risk or are trying to reverse heart disease or prevent the recurrence of cancer, you probably need to make bigger changes in diet and lifestyle than someone who just wants to lose a few pounds and is otherwise healthy. If you just want to lower your cholesterol, weight or blood pressure, begin by making moderate changes. "
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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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" Meditation is the practice of giving something your full attention and awareness. When I eat a truffle, for example, I focus fully on it and involve as many of my senses as possible. "
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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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" Because the biological mechanisms that affect our health and well-being are so dynamic, when people change their diet and lifestyle, they usually feel so much better, so quickly; it reframes the reason for changing from fear of dying to joy of living. Also, the support that patients give each other is a powerful motivator. "
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Health
" Our emotions resonate with each other - for better and for worse. "
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" Physical exercise is a great way to discharge stressful feelings that accumulate during the day. "
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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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" Chronic emotional stress shortens your telomeres. "
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