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CardioBuzz: 'Lifestyle Medicine'
Published: Jul 31, 2014 | Updated: Jul 31, 2014
By Dean Ornish MD
Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
In this guest blog, Dean Ornish, MD, founder of the University of California San Francisco's Preventive Medicine Research Institute and the eponymous diet, argues that lifestyle change -- including but not limited to diet -- is good medicine.
Recently, Kim A. Williams, MD, incoming president of the American College of Cardiology, posted a blog describing why he's now consuming a plant-based diet. After a week, it's still the no. 1 most-read cardiovascular article on MedPage Today. I admire Williams for his courage and leadership.
In response to the many comments that followed, the editors of MedPage Today asked me to provide a perspective.
The most influential trend in medicine today, growing exponentially, is the emerging field of what is known as "lifestyle medicine" -- lifestyle as treatment, not just prevention.
We tend to think of advances in medicine as a new drug, laser, or surgical device, something high-tech and expensive. Yet, the simple choices we make in what we eat and how we live have a powerful influence on our health and well-being.
For the past 37 years, my colleagues and I at the nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institute and the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, in collaboration with leading academic centers, have conducted a series of randomized, controlled trials and demonstration projects showing that comprehensive lifestyle changes alone often can reverse the progression of coronary heart disease and several other chronic diseases.
These lifestyle changes include:
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To your health and wealth!
CardioBuzz: 'Lifestyle Medicine'
Published: Jul 31, 2014 | Updated: Jul 31, 2014
By Dean Ornish MD
Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
In this guest blog, Dean Ornish, MD, founder of the University of California San Francisco's Preventive Medicine Research Institute and the eponymous diet, argues that lifestyle change -- including but not limited to diet -- is good medicine.
Recently, Kim A. Williams, MD, incoming president of the American College of Cardiology, posted a blog describing why he's now consuming a plant-based diet. After a week, it's still the no. 1 most-read cardiovascular article on MedPage Today. I admire Williams for his courage and leadership.
In response to the many comments that followed, the editors of MedPage Today asked me to provide a perspective.
The most influential trend in medicine today, growing exponentially, is the emerging field of what is known as "lifestyle medicine" -- lifestyle as treatment, not just prevention.
We tend to think of advances in medicine as a new drug, laser, or surgical device, something high-tech and expensive. Yet, the simple choices we make in what we eat and how we live have a powerful influence on our health and well-being.
For the past 37 years, my colleagues and I at the nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institute and the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, in collaboration with leading academic centers, have conducted a series of randomized, controlled trials and demonstration projects showing that comprehensive lifestyle changes alone often can reverse the progression of coronary heart disease and several other chronic diseases.
These lifestyle changes include:
- A whole foods, plant-based diet (naturally low in fat and sugar)
- stress management techniques (including yoga and meditation)
- Moderate exercise (such as walking)
- Social support and community (love and intimacy)
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To your health and wealth!
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