Dean Ornish

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

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

You can meditate on almost anything: a prayer, song, image or word. Close your eyes; sit in a comfortable position. Take a breath, and say the word out loud, emphasizing the humming sound at the end. When you come to the end of the breath, take another one and say the word again. And so on. ”

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. ”

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. ”

Your genes are not your fate... if you change your lifestyle, you change your genes. ”

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

Lifestyle changes may slow, stop, or even reverse the progression of early-stage prostate cancer. ”

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. ”

Chronic emotional stress shortens your telomeres. ”