Dean Ornish: The killer American diet that's sweeping the planet
Dean Ornish: A dieta asasina estadounidense que está aniquilando o planeta
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. Full bio
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about AIDS and avian flu --
pola sida e a gripe aviaria
o brillante Dr. Brilliant--
pandemic, which is
diabetes, hypertension --
a diabetes e a hipertensión,
preventable for at
se poden previr
e o estilo de vida.
'globalización das doenzas',
occurring, that people
and live like us, and
vivir e morrer coma os americanos,
in one generation, for example,
one of the lowest rates of
and diabetes to one
obesidade e diabetes
cardiovascular disease
as enfermidades cardiovasculares
por VIH e SIDA en moitos países.
window of opportunity we
xanela de oportunidade
difference that can
millions of people,
a vida de millóns de persoas
medicine on a global
a escala global.
diseases still kill more
seguen matando máis xente
country, but also
como no resto do mundo--
else combined, and yet
for almost everybody.
se poden previr.
senón tamén revertelas.
almost 29 years,
that by simply changing
cun simple cambio
these very high-tech,
usando estas ferramentas
measures to prove how
and low-tech and low-cost
que poden accións simples e baratas.
before and after a year, and
ago -- we published the
cando publicamos
can actually stop or
que se pode deter
of prostate cancer by
do cancro de próstata
and lifestyle, and 70 percent
e no estilo de vida;
growth, or inhibition of
ou unha inhibición
to only nine percent in the
no grupo de control.
na espectroscopia de RM amósase
spectroscopy here, the
is shown in red -- you can
de próstata - en vermello-
como poden ver.
of obesity: two-thirds of
obesidade: os dous terzos dos adultos
What's really concerning
O que en realidade me preocupa
increased 70 percent in the
nun 70% nos últimos 10 anos,
live a shorter life
menos ca os pais.
returns, these are the
of the people who are obese
persoas obesas por estado
'86, '87 -- these are
--son do web dos CDC--
'88, '89, '90, '91 -- you
--aparece unha nova categoría--
'92, '93, '94, '95, '96,
-- it gets worse. We're
2001, e empeora.
Well, you know, the
que a dieta asiática pode reverter
that can reverse heart
are starting to eat like we
están comezando a comer coma nós
starting to get sick
with a lot of the big food
con multinacionais alimentarias.
it fun and sexy and hip
alimentos máis sans
to eat healthier foods,
crocante e cómodo.
boards to McDonald's,
and Safeway, and soon
Conagra e Safeway,
finding that it's good
e todos cren
at McDonald's came from
to have an Asian salad. At
ensalada asiática.
of their revenue growth came
do aumento de ingresos
then we can free up
entón conseguiremos
that you really do need
medicamentos que de verdade
and malaria and for
e o VIH e para previr a gripe aviaria.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dean Ornish - Physician, authorDean 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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