Dean Ornish, M.D. - Undo It! Reversing Chronic Disease; Eating Well, Moving More, Stressing Less & Loving More; Mindfulness; Epigenetics; Mental Health & The Microbiome

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According to the American Heart Association, individuals that choose to implement 5 healthy life style habits can add more than a decade to their life expectancy (https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.032047)! A 2018 large-scale study of more than 100,000 patients by the Harvard School of Public Health found that those who chose to eat a healthy diet rich in vegetables; exercise at least 30 minutes a day; maintain a healthy body weight; limit their alcohol use; & chose not to smoke during adulthood, had an 82% lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, a 65% lower chance of dying from cancer, and a 74% lower risk of dying from all causes during follow-up (https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/five-healthy-lifestyle-habits/). 

Stats like these were the reason my investigations brought me to our guest - Dr. Dean Ornish - He just published a book which is called: UNDO IT - How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases - I read it in it’s entirely before this interview! Once I finished it, I realized Dr. Ornish literally has compiled 40 + years of his life work & research into this master piece of a book!

Dr. Ornish is the president & founder of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute & current Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. A ton of the ground breaking research we discuss in this episode was literally dreamed up by him & conducted by his teams. His medical background is from Baylor School of Medicine & Harvard Medical School. 

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