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Undo It!

How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases
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Undo It! by Anne Ornish and Dean Ornish is a transformative guide that explores the power of simple lifestyle changes to significantly improve health and well-being. It focuses on four key areas: diet, stress management, exercise, and emotional support, providing a comprehensive approach to reversing chronic diseases. With practical advice and scientific research, the authors inspire readers to embrace healthier habits for a more fulfilling life.
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You may enjoy this transformative health guide if you're interested in improving your well-being through scientifically-backed lifestyle changes. The authors focus on empowering you to make simple choices that can reverse chronic health conditions, enhance wellness, and increase vitality. This book can appeal to those seeking a comprehensive yet accessible approach to live a healthier and more fulfilling life.

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Originally published in hardcover in 2019 by Ballantine Books.

Fight cancer, diabetes, heart disease, weight gain, and even the aging process itself with one simple, scientifically proven plan to actually reverse disease-as well as prevent and reduce symptoms-from the world-renowned pioneer of lifestyle medicine.

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National Bestseller

Fight cancer, diabetes, heart disease, weight gain, and even the ageing process itself with one simple, scientifically proven plan to actually reverse disease—as well as prevent and reduce symptoms—from the world-renowned pioneer of lifestyle medicine.

By the pioneer of lifestyle medicine, a simple, scientifically proven programme often reverses the progression of the most common and costly chronic diseases.

Long rated "#1 for Heart Health" by U.S. News & World Report, Dr. Ornish's programme has recently been shown to often improve cognition and function in patients with early-stage Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Ornish's programme for reversing heart disease is now covered by Medicare when offered virtually at home.

"The Ornishes' work is elegant and simple and deserving of a Nobel Prize since it can change the world!" - Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, 17th Surgeon General of the U.S.

Dean Ornish, M.D., has directed revolutionary research proving, for the first time, that lifestyle changes can often reverse—undo!—the progression of many of the most common and costly chronic diseases.

Medicare and many insurance companies now cover Dr. Ornish's lifestyle medicine programme for reversing chronic disease because it consistently achieves bigger changes in lifestyle, better clinical outcomes, larger cost savings, and greater adherence than have ever been reported—based on over forty years of research published in the leading peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals.

Now, in this landmark book, he and Anne Ornish present a simple yet powerful new unifying theory explaining why these same lifestyle changes can reverse so many different chronic diseases and how quickly these benefits occur. They describe what it is, why it works, and how you can do it:

  • Eat well - A whole foods, plant-based diet naturally low in fat and sugar and high in flavour
  • Move more - Moderate exercise such as walking
  • Stress less - Including meditation and gentle yoga practices
  • Love more - How love and intimacy transform loneliness into healing

With seventy recipes, easy-to-follow meal plans, tips for stocking your kitchen and eating out, recommended exercises, stress-reduction advice, and inspiring patient stories of life-transforming benefits—for example, several people improved so much after only nine weeks they were able to avoid a heart transplant—Undo It! empowers readers with new hope and new choices.

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Undo It! by Anne and Dean Ornish is highly praised for its revolutionary approach to health and wellness, promising to transform lives with its evidence-based advice. Esteemed figures like physicians, CEOs, and authors commend its potential to change the future of medicine, reverse chronic diseases, and offer a clear guide to a healthier, longer life. The book is noted for its profound, life-changing insights and simplicity, making it a recommended read for anyone interested in health transformation.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780525480020

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 January 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Ballantine Books Inc.

Illustration: 33 black and white photos throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 528

About the Author

Dean Ornish, M.D., is the founder and president of the nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institute, clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and the author of six books, all national bestsellers. He has received numerous honors, including the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award from the University of Texas, Austin, and the National Public Health Hero Award from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Ornish was recognized as a "Time 100 Innovator"; by Life magazine as "one of the 50 most influential members of his generation"; by People as "one of the most interesting people of the year"; and by Forbes as "one of the world's seven most powerful teachers. Anne Ornish is vice president of program development at the nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institute. She is the creator of the Ornish Lifestyle Medicine digital platform, including Empower, a turnkey learning management system that trains healthcare professionals and participants throughout the country. Anne Ornish has more than twenty-five years of advanced training in yoga and meditation and was featured on the cover of Yoga Journal.

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