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: Your genes are not your fate

Dean Ornish pravi, da naši geni niso naša usoda

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Dean Ornish o novi raziskavi, ki kaže, da zdrave življenjske navade vplivajo na človeka na genetski ravni. Če živimo bolj zdravo, bolje jemo, več telovadimo in ljubimo, se naše možganske celice povečajo.
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One way to changesprememba our genesgeni is to make newnovo onestiste,
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Gene lahko spremenite tako, da naredite nove,
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as CraigCraig VenterVenter has so elegantlyelegantno shownprikazano.
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kot nam je to lepo razložil Craig Venter.
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AnotherDrugo is to changesprememba our lifestylesživljenjski slogi.
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Lahko pa spremenite svoj življenjski slog.
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And what we're learningučenje is how powerfulmočno and dynamicdinamično these changesspremembe can be,
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Odkrivamo, da so te spremembe res močne in silovite.
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that you don't have to wait very long to see the benefitskoristi.
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Koristi se hitro pokažejo.
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When you eatjesti healthierzdravo, manageupravljati stressstres, exercisevadba and love more,
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Z zdravo prehrano, manj stresa, več telovadbe in ljubezni
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your brainmožganov actuallydejansko getsdobi more bloodkri flowtok and more oxygenkisik.
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možgani dobijo več krvi in več kisika.
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But more than that, your brainmožganov getsdobi measurablyizmerljivo biggervečje.
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Poleg tega se možgani opazno povečajo.
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Things that were thought impossiblenemogoče just a fewmalo yearslet agonazaj
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Stvari, ki so se zdele nemogoče pred nekaj leti,
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can actuallydejansko be measuredmerjeno now.
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lahko zdaj izmerimo.
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This was figuredfigured out by RobinRobin WilliamsWilliams
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To je nekaj let pred nami
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a fewmalo yearslet before the restpočitek of us.
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ugotovil Robin Williams [v filmu Ga. Doubtfire].
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Now, there's some things that you can do
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Možganom lahko na več načinov pomagamo
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to make your brainmožganov growrastejo newnovo brainmožganov cellscelice.
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ustvariti nove možganske celice.
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Some of my favoritenajljubši things, like chocolatečokolada and teačaj, blueberriesborovnice,
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Najraje imam čokolado, čaj, borovnice.
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alcoholalkohol in moderationzmernost, stressstres managementupravljanje
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Drugi dejavniki so alkohol v zmernih količinah, obvladovanje stresa
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and cannabinoidskanabinoidov foundnajdemo in marijuanamarihuana.
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in kanabinoidi v marihuani.
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I'm just the messengersel.
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Samo podajam dognanja drugih.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(smeh)
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What were we just talkinggovoriti about?
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O čem sem že govoril?
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(smeh)
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And other things that can make it worseslabše,
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Poglejmo stvari, ki so za možgane slabe,
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that can causevzrok you to loseizgubi brainmožganov cellscelice.
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ki zmanjšujejo število možganskih celic.
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The usualobičajno suspectsosumljencev, like saturatednasičen fatmaščobe and sugarsladkor,
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Znane razvade, denimo nasičene maščobe in sladkor,
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nicotinenikotin, opiatesopiati, cocainekokain, too much alcoholalkohol and chronickronične stressstres.
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nikotin, opiati, kokain, preveč alkohola in kroničen stres.
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Your skinkoža getsdobi more bloodkri flowtok when you changesprememba your lifestyleživljenjski slog,
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Z zdravim načinom življenja bo koža bolj prekrvavljena.
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so you agestarost lessmanj quicklyhitro. Your skinkoža doesn't wrinklegubam as much.
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Starali se boste se počasneje, gub bo manj.
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Your heartsrce getsdobi more bloodkri flowtok.
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Prekrvavitev srca se bo izboljšala.
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We'veSmo shownprikazano that you can actuallydejansko reverseobratno heartsrce diseasebolezen.
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Lahko se izognete srčnim boleznim.
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That these cloggedzamašena arteriesarterij that you see on the upperzgornji left,
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Zamašene arterije, ki jih vidite zgoraj levo,
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after only a yearleto becomepostane measurablyizmerljivo lessmanj cloggedzamašena.
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so po samo enem letu postale bolj prehodne.
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And the cardiacsrčni PETPET scanskeniranje shownprikazano on the lowernižje left,
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To je pozitronska tomografija srca.
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the bluemodra meanssredstva no bloodkri flowtok.
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Modra barva pomeni brez pretoka krvi.
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A yearleto laterpozneje -- orangeoranžna and whitebela is maximumnajvečja bloodkri flowtok.
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Po enem letu: oranžna in bela pomenita največji pretok krvi.
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We'veSmo shownprikazano you maylahko be ablesposoben to stop and reverseobratno the progressionnapredovanje
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Dokazali smo, da lahko ustavimo in deloma ozdravimo
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of earlyzgodaj prostateprostate cancerrak and, by extensionrazširitev, breastprsi cancerrak,
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raka na prostati in raka na dojkah v začetni fazi, če uvedemo te spremembe.
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simplypreprosto by makingizdelavo these changesspremembe.
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raka na prostati in raka na dojkah v začetni fazi, če uvedemo te spremembe.
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We'veSmo foundnajdemo that tumortumor growthrast in vitroin vitro was inhibitedzaviralci
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S poskusi na celicah smo dokazali, da se je rast tumorja
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70 percentodstotkov in the groupskupina that madeizdelane these changesspremembe,
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ustavila pri 70% ljudi, ki so spremenili življenje.
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whereasmedtem ko only ninedevet percentodstotkov in the comparisonprimerjava groupskupina.
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V kontrolni skupini je bil delež samo 9 %.
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These differencesrazlike were highlyvisoko significantpomembno.
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Te razlike so neverjetne.
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Even your sexualspolno organsorganov get more bloodkri flowtok,
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Tudi spolni organi so bolj prekrvavljeni,
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so you increaseporast sexualspolno potencyjakost.
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kar krepi spolno potenco.
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One of the mostnajbolj effectiveučinkovito anti-smokingboj proti kajenju adsoglasi was doneKončano
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Najboljšo protikadilsko kampanjo je pripravilo
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by the DepartmentOddelek of HealthZdravje ServicesStoritve,
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ameriško ministrstvo za zdravstvo.
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showingprikazovanje that nicotinenikotin, whichki constrictsconstricts your arteriesarterij,
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Objavili so podatek, da nikotin skrči arterije,
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can causevzrok a heartsrce attacknapad or a strokekap,
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kar lahko povzroči srčno kap ali infarkt,
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but it alsotudi causesvzroki impotenceimpotenca.
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povzroča pa tudi impotenco.
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HalfPolovica of guys who smokedim are impotentimpotenten.
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Polovica moških kadilcev je impotentna.
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How sexyseksi is that?
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Se vam zdi to seksi?
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Now we're alsotudi about to publishobjaviti a studyštudija --
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Naša nova raziskava kaže,
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the first studyštudija showingprikazovanje you can changesprememba genegen expressionizraz in menmoški with prostateprostate cancerrak.
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da lahko spremenimo genski izraz pri moških z rakom na prostati.
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This is what's calledpozval a heattoplote mapzemljevid --
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To je toplotni zemljevid.
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and the differentdrugačen colorsbarve -- and alongskupaj the sidestran, on the right, are differentdrugačen genesgeni.
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Različne barve predstavljajo različne gene.
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And we foundnajdemo that over 500 genesgeni were favorablyugodno changedspremenjeno --
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Odkrili smo, da se je 500 genov spremenilo na bolje.
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in effectučinek, turningobračanje on the good genesgeni, the disease-preventingpreprečevanje bolezni genesgeni,
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Vklopijo se dobri geni, ki preprečujejo bolezni,
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turningobračanje off the disease-promotingspodbujanje bolezni genesgeni.
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in izklopijo geni, ki povečujejo možnost bolezni.
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And so these findingsugotovitve I think are really very powerfulmočno,
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Ti rezultati so zelo pomembni.
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givingdajanje manyveliko people newnovo hopeupanje and newnovo choicesizbire.
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Ljudem ponujajo novo upanje in nove možnosti.
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And companiespodjetja like NavigenicsNavigenics and DNADNA DirectNeposredno and 23andMeandMe,
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Podjetja, kot so Navigenix, DNA Direct in 23andMe,
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that are givingdajanje you your geneticgenetski profilesprofili,
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vam lahko izdelajo genetski profil.
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are givingdajanje some people a sensesmisel of, "GoshJoj, well, what can I do about it?"
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Ljudje se potem vprašajo – kaj lahko sploh še naredim?
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Well, our genesgeni are not our fateusoda, and if we make these changesspremembe --
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Naši geni niso naša usoda. S spremembo življenja ...
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they're a predispositionnagnjenost -- but if we make biggervečje changesspremembe
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Geni so le nagnjenost in če naredimo večje spremembe, kot bi jih sicer,
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than we mightmorda have madeizdelane otherwisedrugače,
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Geni so le nagnjenost in če naredimo večje spremembe, kot bi jih sicer,
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we can actuallydejansko changesprememba how our genesgeni are expressedizraženo.
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lahko spremenimo izražanje naših genov.
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Thank you.
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Hvala.
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Translated by Janja Sterle
Reviewed by Nina Jere

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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