Dean Ornish MD is one of the internationally recognized nutrition and medical experts (link) whose work I have studied, and will continue to reference. Here is a very short video by Dr. Dean Ornish from a presentation he made at a TED (link) conference about the world wide obesity trend and what can be done about it. Continue reading
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Dr. Dean Ornish: Healing and other natural wonders
Dr. Dean Ornish gave this presentation at a TED conference in February 2004. He discusses the importance of lifestyle including diet as well as exercise and stress reduction in maintaining or regaining good health. His program has had proven success in reversing heart disease and cancer. He and his colleagues have shown that the more a person is willing to move to the healthy end of his Spectrum of lifestyle choices, the more positive results they will obtain. Continue reading
Eating Right for Cancer Survival — Neal Barnard, MD
In Dr. Neal Barnard’s “The Cancer Project” web site, he offers a video, “Eating Right for Cancer Survival”, which is designed to be used along with his “Survivor’s Handbook”. It includes several presentations describing how the right food choices can help in cancer prevention and survival and bring major changes in your health and well being. They are available to purchase and on-line. Continue reading
Make Yourself Heart Attack Proof – by Caldwell Esselstyn MD
This is a lecture presented by Dr. Caldwell, a prominent surgeon and medical researcher from the Cleveland Clinic, one of the leading coronary care institutions in the world. Dr. Caldwell describes the mechanism for a heart attack and the results of a long term research study he conducted with patients with severe coronary disease. Continue reading
Dean Ornish, MD Interview With Charlie Rose
This Charlie Rose interview gives an opportunity to hear Dr. Ornish in his own words talking about his work, successes, strategy and goals. Continue reading
The China Study — Lecture by T Colin Campbell, Ph.D.
T Colin Campbell, PhD was the project leader for a research study known as The China Project. It is the largest nutrition study ever conducted. It was funded by United States and Chinese government, and was joint research project among Cornell University, Oxford University and the Chinese Academy of Preventative Medicine. Dr. Campbell reports The China Project produced more than 8,000 statistically significant associations between various dietary factors and disease. Continue reading
Physically Additive Foods (chocolate, cheese, meat, and sugar) – by Neal Barnard, MD
This is a video of a lecture by Neal Barnard, MD in which he talks about why foods like chocolate, cheese, meat, and sugar are physically addictive. He also states we can eliminate our craving for these foods by eliminating them from our diet for 3 weeks. Try it yourself. Continue reading
Dr. Fuhrman Cures Diabetes – But Drug Companies Object
Dr. Joel Fuhrman is one of my Nutrition and Medical Experts whose works I have referenced. His approach to nutrition is very similar to that recommended by the other Nutrition and Medical Experts, and he, like they, have documented positive results. I will be placing additional posts about his work.
Here is a video that is part of a lecture Dr. Fuhrman presented. In it, you should understand that his dietary approach has cured diabetes in his patients. And you should also see the influence that industry has in publishing or not publishing these very good results and dietary approaches. Other nutrition and medical experts have experienced similar industry influences which, unhappily, are negatively affecting the health of ordinary people. Continue reading
Cause and Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus – lecture by Jerold Olefsky, M.D.
In this lecture, Dr Olefsky reports on a very large study that showed a lifestyle change, which included changes in diet and exercise, is an extremely powerful tool – actually stronger than drug therapy in preventing diabetes. This study was very large, screening more than 120,000 patients in 24 different medical/research centers. The results were so dramatic and significant that the study was stopped before its scheduled completion. Let me repeat — This very large study, in 24 different medical/research centers, showed diet and exercise was more significant in preventing diabetes than drug therapy! Continue reading
Reversal Diet Recipes – a look at the numbers …
Dr Ornish’s Reversal Diet contains about 10% of the calories in fat, and has been proven to reverse disease. The recipes made with his “Group 1” food ingredients comply with Dr Ornish’s Reversal Diet guidelines.
Many people resist preparing and eating these healthy recipes because they think they are bland, boring, or “taste like cardboard”. But, this is not true. Continue reading