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 說你的基因不等於你的命運

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Dean Ornish 與我們分享最新的研究成果,顯示採取健康生活作息可以在基因層面上影響一個人。他舉例說,例如:當你作息正常,飲食均衡,運動與保持喜樂,這些行為會使你的腦細胞增加。
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One way to change更改 our genes基因 is to make new ones那些,
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改變我們基因的方法之一,是製造新的基因,
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as Craig克雷格 Venter腹部 has so elegantly優雅 shown顯示.
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如同克萊格•凡特之前優雅的演說一般。
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Another另一個 is to change更改 our lifestyles生活方式.
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另一個方法是,改變我們的生活作息。
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And what we're learning學習 is how powerful強大 and dynamic動態 these changes變化 can be,
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我們所學到的是,這些改變可以非常迅速與有效,
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that you don't have to wait very long to see the benefits好處.
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你不需要等待太久,就能察覺它的效益。
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When you eat healthier健康, manage管理 stress強調, exercise行使 and love more,
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當你吃得更健康,有效紓解壓力,運動與保持喜樂,
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your brain actually其實 gets得到 more blood血液 flow and more oxygen.
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你腦部血液循環會增加,因而獲得更多氧氣。
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But more than that, your brain gets得到 measurably可測量 bigger.
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除此之外,你的腦容積會明顯地變大。
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Things that were thought impossible不可能 just a few少數 years年份 ago
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幾年前被認為不可能的事,
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can actually其實 be measured測量 now.
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而現在能被測知了。
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This was figured想通 out by Robin知更鳥 Williams威廉姆斯
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這一點羅賓•威廉斯
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a few少數 years年份 before the rest休息 of us.
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比我們還要更早幾年知道。(電影:窈窕奶爸)
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Now, there's some things that you can do
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因此,你可以做一些事情來
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to make your brain grow增長 new brain cells細胞.
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促使你的腦增生新的腦細胞。
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Some of my favorite喜愛 things, like chocolate巧克力 and tea, blueberries藍莓,
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一些我最喜愛的事物,像是巧克力、茶、藍莓、
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alcohol in moderation適度, stress強調 management管理
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適度的飲酒,良好的情緒管理
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and cannabinoids大麻 found發現 in marijuana大麻.
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還有大麻中的大麻醇。
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I'm just the messenger信使.
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我只是傳遞訊息而已。
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(全場大笑)
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What were we just talking about?
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我們剛剛談到哪裡?
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(全場大笑)
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And other things that can make it worse更差,
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其他這些事情可以使情形惡化,
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that can cause原因 you to lose失去 brain cells細胞.
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它們可以讓你失去腦細胞。
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The usual通常 suspects犯罪嫌疑人, like saturated飽和的 fat脂肪 and sugar,
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它們是我們常聽到的,像是:飽和脂肪與糖類、
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nicotine尼古丁, opiates鴉片, cocaine可卡因, too much alcohol and chronic慢性 stress強調.
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尼古丁、嗎啡、古柯鹼、過量飲酒與慢性的壓力。
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Your skin皮膚 gets得到 more blood血液 flow when you change更改 your lifestyle生活方式,
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當你改變生活作息的同時,皮膚的血液循環也會增加,
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so you age年齡 less quickly很快. Your skin皮膚 doesn't wrinkle皺紋 as much.
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因此可以減緩老化,減少皺紋產生。
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Your heart gets得到 more blood血液 flow.
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你的心臟獲得更多的血液供給。
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We've我們已經 shown顯示 that you can actually其實 reverse相反 heart disease疾病.
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我們已經證明,你可以逆轉心臟疾病的生成。
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That these clogged堵塞 arteries動脈 that you see on the upper left,
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你們在左上圖所看到的這些動脈阻塞,
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after only a year become成為 measurably可測量 less clogged堵塞.
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在短短的一年後變得暢通許多。
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And the cardiac心臟的 PET寵物 scan掃描 shown顯示 on the lower降低 left,
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而在左下圖是心血管正子掃描結果,
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the blue藍色 means手段 no blood血液 flow.
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藍色意味著沒有血液流過。
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A year later後來 -- orange橙子 and white白色 is maximum最大值 blood血液 flow.
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一年後 — 橘色和白色表示血液循環非常暢通。
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We've我們已經 shown顯示 you may可能 be able能夠 to stop and reverse相反 the progression級數
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我們已經證明,你可以停止或是反轉
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of early prostate前列腺 cancer癌症 and, by extension延期, breast乳房 cancer癌症,
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早期攝護腺癌(另譯:前列腺癌)的發生,推測乳癌也適用,
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simply只是 by making製造 these changes變化.
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只要做出這些改變。
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We've我們已經 found發現 that tumor growth發展 in vitro體外 was inhibited抑制
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當病人作出這些改變,
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70 percent百分 in the group that made製作 these changes變化,
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他們的癌細胞在試管培養實驗發現生長力降低了 70%,
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whereas only nine percent百分 in the comparison對照 group.
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而對照組只降低了 9%。
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These differences分歧 were highly高度 significant重大.
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這些差異非常的顯著。
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Even your sexual有性 organs器官 get more blood血液 flow,
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甚至你性器官的血液循環也會增加,
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so you increase增加 sexual有性 potency效力.
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所以你的性能力會跟著增加。
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One of the most effective有效 anti-smoking反吸煙 ads廣告 was doneDONE
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衛生局製作出了最有效的
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by the Department of Health健康 Services服務,
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反菸害廣告之一,
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showing展示 that nicotine尼古丁, which哪一個 constricts收縮 your arteries動脈,
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告訴人們,尼古丁會使動脈收縮,
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can cause原因 a heart attack攻擊 or a stroke行程,
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導致心臟病發作或是中風,
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but it also causes原因 impotence性無能.
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同時也會引發性無能。
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Half of guys who smoke抽煙 are impotent無能.
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半數吸煙的男士有性功能障礙。
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How sexy性感的 is that?
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這樣能多性感?
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Now we're also about to publish發布 a study研究 --
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我們也即將發表一則研究 —
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the first study研究 showing展示 you can change更改 gene基因 expression表達 in men男人 with prostate前列腺 cancer癌症.
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這個研究顯示,你可以改變攝護腺癌男士的基因表現。
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This is what's called a heat map地圖 --
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這是我們稱之為基因熱圖的資料。
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and the different不同 colors顏色 -- and along沿 the side, on the right, are different不同 genes基因.
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這些不同的顏色,在投影片右邊你可以看到,表示不同的基因。
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And we found發現 that over 500 genes基因 were favorably有利 changed --
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我們發現,超過五百個基因呈現好轉趨勢,
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in effect影響, turning車削 on the good genes基因, the disease-preventing預防疾病 genes基因,
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開啟好的基因,能防止疾病的基因,
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turning車削 off the disease-promoting疾病促進 genes基因.
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關閉會促使疾病產生的基因。
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And so these findings發現 I think are really very powerful強大,
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我認為,這些發現是非常有用的。
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giving many許多 people new hope希望 and new choices選擇.
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能為許多人帶來新的希望與選擇。
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And companies公司 like NavigenicsNavigenics公司 and DNA脫氧核糖核酸 Direct直接 and 23andMe和我,
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而那些像是 Navigenix, DNA Direct 和 23andMe 等
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that are giving you your genetic遺傳 profiles型材,
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提供你個人基因資訊的公司,
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are giving some people a sense of, "Gosh天哪, well, what can I do about it?"
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會為某些人帶來命定論的感覺,「老天,我能怎麼辦?」
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Well, our genes基因 are not our fate命運, and if we make these changes變化 --
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這麼嘛,我們的基因不能決定我們的命運,只要我們能做改變 —
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they're a predisposition傾向 -- but if we make bigger changes變化
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它們是你的體質傾向,但如果我們做出更大的改變,
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than we might威力 have made製作 otherwise除此以外,
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我們可以改變它的方向,
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we can actually其實 change更改 how our genes基因 are expressed表達.
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我們可以改變我的的基因如何表現。
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Thank you.
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謝謝大家。
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(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
Translated by Bill Hsiung
Reviewed by Mandy Lo

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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