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description: NATIONAL BESTSELLER  By the pioneer of lifestyle medicine a simple scientifically program proven to often reverse the progression of the most common and costly chronic diseases and even begin reversing aging at a cellular level! Long rated #1 for Heart Health by U.S. News &amp; World Report Dr. Ornishs Program is now covered by Medicare when offered virtually at home.Dean Ornish M.D. has directed revolutionary research proving for the first time that lifestyle changes can often reverseundo!the progression of many of the most common and costly chronic diseases and even begin reversing aging at a cellular level.Medicare and many insurance companies now cover Dr. Ornishs lifestyle medicine program 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 reportedbased on 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  Eat well : a whole foods plant-based diet naturally low in fat and sugar and high in flavor. The Ornish diet has been rated #1 for Heart Health by U.S. News &amp; World Report for eleven years since 2011.  Move more : moderate exercise such as walking Stress less : including meditation and gentle yoga practices Love more : how love and intimacy transform loneliness into healingWith 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 benefitsfor 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.Praise for Undo It!The Ornishes work is elegant and simple and deserving of a Nobel Prize since it can change the world! Richard Carmona M.D. MPH FACS seventeenth Surgeon General of the United StatesIf you want to see what medicine will be like ten years from now read this book today. Rita F. Redberg M.D. editor in chief JAMA Internal MedicineThis is one of the most important books on health ever written. John Mackey CEO Whole Foods Market
language: English
title: Undo It!: How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases
publisher: Ballantine Books