The Spectrum By Dean Ornish: How To Reverse Heart Disease

By Author: Mark Hyman, MD
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Can chronic disease be reversed?

Absolutely.

Today, I'm going to introduce you to my friend and colleague, Dr. Dean Ornish. Thirty years ago, he bravely made the radical suggestion that heart disease, cancer, and other chronic illnesses can be reversed with diet and lifestyle changes.

That's reversed -- not just prevented or treated.

In his breakthrough book, Reversing Heart Disease, Dr. Ornish explained just how this is possible: Eat a high-quality diet, get regular exercise, manage stress, and connect to a community -- and you can actually unclog your arteries.

In fact, he proved that his program works better than conventional approaches like drugs or surgery -- and without dangerous side effects.

Now Dr. Ornish has published a new, even more compelling book, The Spectrum -- and it's filled with scientific details about why the program works and how to make it your own.

What's the secret?

Nutrigenomics.

That's the name for the way that food talks to your genes and controls your health. When ...
... your genes are expressed well, you're healthy. Disease occurs when your genes are expressed poorly.

And the quality of the food you eat has huge effects on your health.

It matters whether you eat whole, real food, or processed, high-sugar, and high-fat food, for example.

In The Spectrum, Dr. Ornish tells you how and why choices like these can make a difference in whether we're healthy or sick.

But it isn't a one-size-fits-all approach.

Dr. Ornish believes -- as I do -- that the future of medicine is personalized medicine. And in The Spectrum, he explains how to match your genes and your health needs by customizing your diet and lifestyle.

If you were a 25-year-old athlete with no family history of heart disease, your approach would be different from a 65-year-old man who has type-2 diabetes and has had two heart attacks.

He also shows us that there's a spectrum of choices for being healthy and feeling great. There are no

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About the Author:

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Mark Hyman, MD is a pioneer in functional medicine, practicing physician and
best-selling author. A sneak preview of his book "The UltraSimple Diet" is
available. See The UltraWellness Blog for more on Heart Disease:
http://ultrawellness.com/blog/