Summary of Dean Ornish's Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease

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#1 The comprehensive lifestyle program in this book can lower cholesterol and blood pressure more than has ever been reported without drugs. It can even begin to reverse severe coronary heart disease in many people.

#2 In his book, The Lifestyle Heart Program, Dr. Dean Ornish showed that a comprehensive lifestyle program that lowers cholesterol and blood pressure more than has ever been reported without drugs can also begin to reverse severe coronary heart disease in many people.

#3 In the 1980s, there was a lot of confusion in the medical community about the best way to treat heart disease, and diets, exercise, and stress management were all brought up as potential cures.

#4 In a study with 48 patients, those who followed the comprehensive lifestyle program lowered their cholesterol levels and blood pressure more than those who followed their physicians’ advice.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Oct 8, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350040449

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The comprehensive lifestyle program in this book can lower cholesterol and blood pressure more than has ever been reported without drugs. It can even begin to reverse severe coronary heart disease in many people.

#2

In his book, The Lifestyle Heart Program, Dr. Dean Ornish showed that a comprehensive lifestyle program that lowers cholesterol and blood pressure more than has ever been reported without drugs can also begin to reverse severe coronary heart disease in many people.

#3

In the 1980s, there was a lot of confusion in the medical community about the best way to treat heart disease, and diets, exercise, and stress management were all brought up as potential cures.

#4

In a study with 48 patients, those who followed the comprehensive lifestyle program lowered their cholesterol levels and blood pressure more than those who followed their physicians’ advice.

#5

The most effective way to treat heart disease is to lower cholesterol and blood pressure with a lifestyle program.

#6

In a study with 48 patients, those who followed the comprehensive lifestyle program lowered their cholesterol levels and blood pressure more than those who followed their physicians’ advice.

#7

The most effective way to treat heart disease is to lower cholesterol and blood pressure with a lifestyle program. In a study with 48 patients, those who followed the comprehensive lifestyle program lowered their cholesterol levels and blood pressure more than those who followed their physicians’ advice.

#8

cholesterol is important, but it is not the whole story, and neither is high blood pressure, or smoking, or lack of exercise. Something else is going on.

#9

Nothing has been proven to reverse heart disease, and high cholesterol and blood pressure are not the whole story. Something else is going on.

#10

In a study with 48 patients, those who followed the comprehensive lifestyle program lowered their cholesterol levels and blood pressure more than those who followed their physicians’ advice.

#11

While there is a direct correlation between adherence to each part of the Opening Your Heart program and the degree of improvement, there is very little correlation between blood cholesterol levels and degree of change in the patients’ arteries.

#12

There is a direct correlation between adherence to each part of the Opening Your Heart program and the degree of improvement in the patients’ arteries. Nothing has been proven to reverse heart disease, and high cholesterol and blood pressure are not the whole story. Something else is going on.

#13

Nothing has been proven to reverse heart disease, and high cholesterol and blood pressure are not the whole story. Something else is going on.

#14

I believe that the most important thing about the Opening Your Heart program is not the cholesterol numbers, but the fact that it has been proven to reverse heart disease.

#15

Nothing has been proven to reverse heart disease, and high cholesterol and blood pressure are not the whole story. Something else is going on. The most important thing about the Opening Your Heart program is that it has been proven to reverse heart disease.

#16

While there is a direct correlation between adherence to each part of the Opening Your Heart program and the degree of improvement in the patients’ arteries, there is very little correlation between blood cholesterol levels and degree of change in the patients’ arteries.

#17

I was raised to hate certain kinds of people and love others. I was taught that being tough was the only way to succeed in life, and I drank heavily in high school and college to prove myself.

#18

I was a pro-wrestler in high school, and I got into fights and caused trouble. I was eventually put on probation, and when I went to work for Frontier Airlines, I met Kathy and settled down.

#19

I was a pro-wrestler in high school, and I got into fights and caused trouble. I was eventually put on probation, and when I went to work for Frontier Airlines, I met Kathy and settled down. I was fat, had a heart problem, and there had to be something better in life than that.

#20

I was raised to hate certain kinds of people and love others. I was taught that being tough was the only way to succeed in life, and I drank heavily in high school and college to prove myself. I was a pro-wrestler in high school, and I got into fights and caused trouble. I was eventually put on probation. When I went to work for Frontier Airlines, I met Kathy and settled down.

#21

I was a pro-wrestler in high school, and I got into fights and caused trouble. I was eventually put on probation, and when I went to work for Frontier Airlines, I met Kathy and settled down.

#22

I was raised to hate certain kinds of people and love others. I was taught that being