How you can prevent Chronic Disease with Dr Dean Ornish, MD

In Episode 71 I sit down with one of the pioneers of Lifestyle Medicine, Dr Dean Ornish. Dr Ornish is most well known for the Randomised Controlled Trial 'The Lifestyle Heart Trial' where he was able to show that cardiovascular disease could be positively influenced by lifestyle changes.

Specifically we cover:

Dean's personal life & pathway into Medicine

His very first clinical trial

The Lifestyle Heart Trial and what we can learn from the intervention and results

What's causing cardiovascular disease in the first place - why do some people refute the findings associating saturated fat & LDL cholesterol with cardiovascular disease?

The Atkin's, Keto & Paleo diets

TMAO & cardiovascular disease

Healthy eating habits

Weight loss - what various approaches fail to address

Joy of living versus fear of dying

His research on Alzheimer's & lifestyle interventions

and much more

RESOURCES:
Lifestyle Heart Trial
5 year lifestyle intervention trial

Undo It by Dr Dean & Ann Ornish

If you enjoyed the episode and have a spare 1-2 minutes please leave a review on iTunes so the Plant Proof podcast ranks higher and becomes more discoverable for other listeners. And if you have any friends that you think will benefit from listening to this episode or any of the other Plant Proof episodes please share the link – together we can make this world a healthier place.

Currently, the Plant Proof podcast can be found on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud or on the Plantproof.com directly. If you listen on iTunes be sure to hit ‘subscribe’ or ‘follow’ on Spotify so you are instantly notified when I release new episodes each week.

Of course, if you loved the episode. Share your feedback on social media and tag Dr Dean Ornish (@deanornishmd) and myself (@plant_proof) - we'd love to hear from you!

Hope you enjoy the episode friends.

Simon Hill
Creator of Plantproof.com - your FREE resource for plant based nutrition information
If you want to receive FREE nutritional information to your inbox subscribe to the Plant Proof Newsletter
Book coming out 2020 with Penguin (all proceeds being donated to charity)
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 71 I sit down with one of the pioneers of Lifestyle Medicine, Dr Dean Ornish. Dr Ornish is most well known for the Randomised Controlled Trial 'The Lifestyle Heart Trial' where he was able to show that cardiovascular disease could be positively influenced by lifestyle changes.

Specifically we cover:

Dean's personal life & pathway into Medicine
His very first clinical trial
The Lifestyle Heart Trial and what we can learn from the intervention and results
What's causing cardiovascular disease in the first place - why do some people refute the findings associating saturated fat & LDL cholesterol with cardiovascular disease?
The Atkin's, Keto & Paleo diets
TMAO & cardiovascular disease
Healthy eating habits
Weight loss - what various approaches fail to address
Joy of living versus fear of dying
His research on Alzheimer's & lifestyle interventions
and much more

RESOURCES:

Lifestyle Heart Trial

5 year lifestyle intervention trial

Undo It by Dr Dean & Ann Ornish

If you enjoyed the episode and have a spare 1-2 minutes please leave a review on iTunes so the Plant Proof podcast ranks higher and becomes more discoverable for other listeners. And if you have any friends that you think will benefit from listening to this episode or any of the other Plant Proof episodes please share the link – together we can make this world a healthier place.

Currently, the Plant Proof podcast can be found on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud or on the Plantproof.com directly. If you listen on iTunes be sure to hit ‘subscribe’ or ‘follow’ on Spotify so you are instantly notified when I release new episodes each week.

Of course, if you loved the episode. Share your feedback on social media and tag Dr Dean Ornish (@deanornishmd) and myself (@plant_proof) - we'd love to hear from you!

Hope you enjoy the episode friends.

Simon Hill

Creator of Plantproof.com - your FREE resource for plant based nutrition information

If you want to receive FREE nutritional information to your inbox subscribe to the Plant Proof Newsletter

Book coming out 2020 with Penguin (all proceeds being donated to charity)

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices