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When we understand the connection between how we live and how long we live, it's easier to make different choices. Instead of viewing the time we spend with friends and family as luxuries, we can see that these relationships are among the most powerful determinants of our well-being and survival.

~Dean Ornish

Topics: Among Between Choices Connection Different Easier Family Friends Friends And Family How Instead Live Long Luxuries Make Most Most Powerful Our Powerful Relationships See Spend Survival Time Understand Viewing Well-Being

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The need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food.

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Topics: Air Community Connection Food Fundamental Need Primal Water

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I strongly believe that the Founding Fathers of our country got it right: power corrupts, and any time you have too much power concentrated in one place, it tends to get abused, so checks and balances are always needed.

~Dean Ornish

Topics: Abuse Always Any Balances Believe Checks Checks And Balances Concentrated Corrupts Country Fathers Founding Founding Fathers Get Got Much Needed Our Place Power Power Corrupts Right Strongly Tends Time Too Too Much You

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The Internet has transformed many parts of our daily lives, touching everything from how we find information to how we go shopping, get directions, and even stay in touch with friends and family.

~Dean Ornish

Topics: Daily Daily Lives Directions Even Everything Family Find Friends Friends And Family Get Go How Information Internet Lives Many Our Parts Shopping Stay Touch Touching Transformed

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An Asian way of eating and living may help prevent and even reverse the progression of coronary heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, prostate cancer and breast cancer. Incorporate more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, soy products and fish in your diet. Eat at home more with your family and friends.

~Dean Ornish

Topics: Asian Breast Cancer Cancer Diabetes Diet Disease Eat Eating Even Family Family And Friends Fish Friends Fruits Grains Heart Heart Disease Help Home Incorporate Living May More Obesity Prevent Products Progression Prostate Reverse Soy Vegetables Way Whole Your

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Because the biological mechanisms that affect our health and well-being are so dynamic, when people change their diet and lifestyle, they usually feel so much better, so quickly; it reframes the reason for changing from fear of dying to joy of living. Also, the support that patients give each other is a powerful motivator.

~Dean Ornish

Topics: Affect Also Because Better Biological Change Changing Diet Dying Dynamic Each Fear Feel Give Health Joy Lifestyle Living Mechanisms Motivator Much Other Our Patients People People Change Powerful Quickly Reason Support Well-Being

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Awareness is the first step in healing.

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Topics: Awareness First First Step Healing Step

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Connections with other people affect not only the quality of our lives but also our survival.

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Topics: Affect Also Connections Lives Only Other Our Our Lives People Quality Survival

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When you grow up in an extended family, or in a stable neighborhood with two or three generations of families who live there, you feel seen. Not just the good things you've done, the stuff you put on your resume. You know they've seen you in your dark times, when you've messed up - but they're still there.

~Dean Ornish

Topics: Dark Done Extended Extended Family Families Family Feel Generations Good Good Things Grow Grow Up Just Know Live Messed Messed Up Neighborhood Put Resume Seen Stable Still Stuff Things Three Times Two Up Who You Your

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Educators and school personnel work on the front lines of childhood obesity, but every day they face the challenges of budget cuts, mandated tests, rushed lunch periods, and a decrease in time for physical activity.

~Dean Ornish

Topics: Activity Budget Challenges Childhood Cuts Day Decrease Educators Every Every Day Face Front Front Lines Lines Lunch Obesity Periods Personnel Physical Physical Activity Rushed School Tests Time Work

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: July 16th, 1953

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