ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dean Ornish - Physician, author
Dean Ornish is a clinical professor at UCSF and founder of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute. He's a leading expert on fighting illness -- particularly heart disease with dietary and lifestyle changes.

Why you should listen

Dr. Dean Ornish wants you to live longer, and have more fun while you're at it. He's one of the leading voices in the medical community promoting a balanced, holistic approach to health, and proving that it works. The author of Eat More, Weigh Less and several other best-selling books, Ornish is best known for his lifestyle-based approach to fighting heart disease.

His research at the Preventive Medicine Research Institute (the nonprofit he founded) clinically demonstrated that cardiovascular illnesses -- and, most recently prostate cancer -- can be treated and even reversed through diet and exercise. These findings (once thought to be physiologically implausible) have been widely chronicled in the US media, including Newsweek, for which Ornish writes a column. The fifty-something physician, who's received many honors and awards, was chosen by LIFE Magazine as one of the most influential members of his generation. Among his many pursuits, Ornish is now working with food corporations to help stop America's obesity pandemic from spreading around the globe.

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Dean Ornish: The killer American diet that's sweeping the planet

Dean Ornish në mbytjen e dijetes botërore

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Ndaloni duart e juaja mbi HIV-in, kanceri dhe gripin avian. Sëmundjet kardiovaskulare mbysinë më shumë njërez sesa të gjitha tjerat së bashku --- dhe shumicën e rasteve është e mbrotshme. Dr. Dean Ornish sqaronë se si të ndryshojmë shprehinë tonë te hasë e cila do të na mbron jetën tonë.
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With all the legitimate concerns
about AIDS and avian flu --
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Me gjithë legjitimitetinë dhe obligimet tona rreth HIVI-it dhe gripit avian --
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and we'll hear about that from the
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dhe ne do te dëgjojmë rreth kësaj forme
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brilliant Dr. Brilliant later today --
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briliante Dr. Brilant latter sotë --
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I want to talk about the other
pandemic, which is
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Deshirojë të flas për pandemic-at tjera të cilat
janë semundje kardiovaskulare, diabetike, hipertensioni --
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cardiovascular disease,
diabetes, hypertension --
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all of which are completely
preventable for at
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të gjitha të cilat janë te mundshme te shërohen
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least 95 percent of people
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për te paktën 95 perqindë e njerëzve
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just by changing diet and lifestyle.
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vetem duke ndrruar dijeten dhe stilin e jetës.
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And what's happening is that there's a
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Qfar ndodh nëse është ndonjë globalizim i
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globalization of illness
occurring, that people
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i sëmundjeve të cilat njerezit
janë duke filluar te hanë sikurse në, dhe jetojnë sikurse ne, dhe
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are starting to eat like us,
and live like us, and
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die like us. And
in one generation, for example,
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te vdesin sikruse ne. Dhe në nje gjenerat, për shembullë,
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Asia's gone from having
one of the lowest rates of
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Azia ka kaluar duke qen njëra me shkallën më te ulët
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heart disease and obesity
and diabetes to one
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të semundjes se zemres dhe dijabetit tek njëra
me te shkallen me te lart. Dhe ne Afrik, semundjet kardiovaskulare
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of the highest. And in Africa,
cardiovascular disease
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equals the HIV and AIDS deaths
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jane te barabarte me vdekjet e AIDS-it
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in most countries.
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ne shumicën e shteteve.
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So there's a critical
window of opportunity we
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Pra është nje dritare e re e mundësive qe ne
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have to make an important
difference that can
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kemi per te berë nje ndryshim të rendësishum i cili
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affect the lives of literally
millions of people,
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mundet te ket efekt në jeten e miljona njerëzve,
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and practice preventive
medicine on a global
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dhe praktikisht të parandalojë medicini
ne madhësi globale.
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scale.
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Heart and blood vessel
diseases still kill more
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Sëmundjet e damarve te gjakut dhe zemres akoma mbysinë shumë njerëz
-- jo vetem në këtë shtet, mirpo gjithashtu
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people -- not only in this
country, but also
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edhe më gjerë -- sesa te gjitha të marruar së bashku, dhe akoma
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worldwide -- than everything
else combined, and yet
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it's completely preventable
for almost everybody.
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eshte kompletisht e ndalueshme pothuajse për të gjithë.
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It's not only preventable; it's actually
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Nuk eshte veten e ndalueshme; faktikisht
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reversible. And for the last
almost 29 years,
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e kthyeshme. Dhe për me shumë se 29 vite
ne kemi arritur te shfaqim se thjesht duke ndryshuar
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we've been able to show
that by simply changing
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dieten dhe stilin e jetes, duke përdorur teknologjin e lartë,
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diet and lifestyle, using
these very high-tech,
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expensive, state-of-the-art
measures to prove how
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te shtrenjete, artin e shtetit kemi arritur ta matim se sa
të fuqishme jane keto thjesht shum të teknologjis së ulët dhe te lira
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powerful these very simple
and low-tech and low-cost
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interventions can be like -- quantitative
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intervenimet mund te jenë -- kuantitative
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arteriography,
before and after a year, and
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artigrafike, përpara dhe pas nje viti, dhe
kardiake skaneve PET.
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cardiac PET scans.
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We showed a few months
ago -- we published the
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Ne shfaqem disa muaj me pare -- ne publikuam
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first study showing you
can actually stop or
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studimi i pare shfaqë ju faktikisht mundeni te ndalni apo
ta ktheni progresin e kancerit te prostates duke
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reverse the progression
of prostate cancer by
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ndryshuar dieten dhe stilin e jeteses, dhe 70 përqind
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making changes in diet
and lifestyle, and 70 percent
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regression in the tumor
growth, or inhibition of
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regresionin ne rritjen e tumorit, apo trashigimit
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the tumor growth, compared
to only nine percent in the
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te rritjes se tumorit, krahasuar me vetem 9 perqind ne
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control group.
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grupin e kontrollit
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And in the MRI and MR
spectroscopy here, the
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Dhe ne MRI dhe MR spektroskopi ketu,
aktiviteti i tumorit te prostates eshte shfaqur me te kuqe - ju mundni
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prostate tumor activity
is shown in red -- you can
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ta shihni se shkatrruari pas nje viti.
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see it diminishing after a year.
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Now there is an epidemic
of obesity: two-thirds of
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Tani është nje epidemi dhjamosje: dy-të-tretat e
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adults and 15 percent of kids.
What's really concerning
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adoleshentve dhe 15 përqind e fëmijeve. Qfar me të vertetë më shqetëson
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to me is that diabetes has
increased 70 percent in the
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mua është që diabetiket kan një rritje prej 70 përqind ne
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past 10 years, and this may be the first
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thjet vitet e fundit, dhe kjo mund të jet
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generation in which our kids
live a shorter life
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gjenerata e parë në të cilen fëmijet tan jetojnë një jetë të shkurtër
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span than we do. That's pitiful, and it's
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sasa që ne e bejmë. Kjo është një munges
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preventable.
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dhe është e mundur të ndalet.
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Now these are not election
returns, these are the
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Tani këto nuk janë favore elektorale, këta janë
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people -- the number
of the people who are obese
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njerëz -- numri i njerëzve të cilet janë të dhjamuar
me shtete, duke filluar ne vitet 85', 86', 87' -- keto janë
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by state, beginning in '85,
'86, '87 -- these are
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from the CDC website --
'88, '89, '90, '91 -- you
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nga CDC website -- 88, '89, '90, '91 --ju
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get a new category --
'92, '93, '94, '95, '96,
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merr një kategori të re -- '92, '93, '94, '95, '96,
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'97, '98, '99, 2000, 2001
-- it gets worse. We're
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'97, '98, '99, 2000, 2001 --është edhe më keq, Ne jemi
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kind of devolving. (Laughter)
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nje lloje devolvimi. ( Qeshen)
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Now what can we do about this?
Well, you know, the
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Tani qfar mund ne të bejmë rreth kësaj? Mirë, ju e dini,
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diet that we've found
that can reverse heart
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dijeta të cilën ne e kemi zbuluar e cila mundet ta kthej zemren
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disease and cancer is an Asian diet.
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ka ndalojë sëmundjen e zemres në një dijet Aziatike.
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But the people in Asia
are starting to eat like we
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mirpo njerëzit në Azi kanë filluar të hanë sikurse ne
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are, which is why they're
starting to get sick
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dhe kjo është pse ata kanë filluar të sëmuren
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like we are.
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sikruse ne.
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So I've been working
with a lot of the big food
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Pra kam qen duke punuar me shumë kompani të
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companies. They can make
it fun and sexy and hip
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mdha ushqimesh. Ato mund ta bëjnë seksi dhe nderlidhin
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and crunchy and convenient
to eat healthier foods,
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ushqimin convencional për një ushqim të shendetshëm,
sikurse -- I sygjeroj bordit këshillues të McDonald,
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like -- I chair the advisory
boards to McDonald's,
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and PepsiCo, and ConAgra,
and Safeway, and soon
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dhe PepsiCo, dhe ConAgra, dhe Safeway, dhe kështu
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Del Monte, and they're
finding that it's good
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Del Monte, dhe ato janë duke e zbuluar së është një biznes
i mirë.
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business.
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The salads that you see
at McDonald's came from
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Sallata të cilen e shihni në McDonald vjen nga
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the work -- they're going
to have an Asian salad. At
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puna në të cilen -- ata do të ken nga një sallat Aziatike. Tek
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Pepsi, two-thirds
of their revenue growth came
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Pepsi, dy e trata e fitimit - rritjes vjen
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from their better foods.
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nga ushqimet më të mira.
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And so if we can do that,
then we can free up
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Dhe pra nëse mundemi ta bejmë atë, pastaj ne mund ti bëjmë
resurset më të lira për të blerë ilaqe të cilat me të vertetë na nevoiten
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resources for buying drugs
that you really do need
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for treating AIDS and HIV
and malaria and for
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për të trajtuar AIDS dhe HIV dhe malaria dhe për të
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preventing avian flu. Thank you.
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mbrojtur gripin avian. Faliminderit.
Translated by Liridon Shala
Reviewed by Robert Lokaj

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dean Ornish - Physician, author
Dean Ornish is a clinical professor at UCSF and founder of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute. He's a leading expert on fighting illness -- particularly heart disease with dietary and lifestyle changes.

Why you should listen

Dr. Dean Ornish wants you to live longer, and have more fun while you're at it. He's one of the leading voices in the medical community promoting a balanced, holistic approach to health, and proving that it works. The author of Eat More, Weigh Less and several other best-selling books, Ornish is best known for his lifestyle-based approach to fighting heart disease.

His research at the Preventive Medicine Research Institute (the nonprofit he founded) clinically demonstrated that cardiovascular illnesses -- and, most recently prostate cancer -- can be treated and even reversed through diet and exercise. These findings (once thought to be physiologically implausible) have been widely chronicled in the US media, including Newsweek, for which Ornish writes a column. The fifty-something physician, who's received many honors and awards, was chosen by LIFE Magazine as one of the most influential members of his generation. Among his many pursuits, Ornish is now working with food corporations to help stop America's obesity pandemic from spreading around the globe.

More profile about the speaker
Dean Ornish | Speaker | TED.com