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• I'm a big admirer of Walter Willett's work. I think he's done some really important research. He and I agree on most things.

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  Thinking, Important, Done

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• With everything that you can imagine at our fingertips, many of the social interactions that help tie people together in a community have faded away. Are communities traditionally built on relationships, trust and familiarity a thing of the past?

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  Past, Ties, People

  "Can Online Communities Be Healing?" by Dean Ornish, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 19, 2013.

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• Whether you're six or sixty, if you go on a diet and lifestyle program and feel constrained, you're likely to go off it sooner or later. Offering a spectrum of choices is much more effective; then, you feel free and empowered.

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  Offering, Choices, Six

  Dean Ornish, M.D. (2007). “The Spectrum: How to Customize a Way of Eating and Living Just Right for You and Your Family”, p.26, Ballantine Books

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• When most people think about my work, they think about diet. To me, diet has always been the least interesting part of it.

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  Thinking, People, Interesting

  "Dean Ornish Talks Lifestyle As Treatment At NYC’s Integrative Healthcare Symposium". The Huffington Post Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 12, 2012.

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• Curious patients are more receptive to new ideas, and those who engage their health practitioners in a dialogue are much more likely to adhere to these recommendations.

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  Ideas, Patient, Curious

  "Sharecare Builds A Web 3.0 Bridge To Better Health" by Dean Ornish, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• Although scientists can often be as resistant to new ideas as anyone, the process of science ensures that, over time, good ideas and theories prevail.

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  Often Is, Ideas, Scientist

  "The Power of Science" by Dean Ornish, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 5, 2012.

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• We all know we're going to die one day, but who wants to think about it? What's sustainable is joy, pleasure and freedom.

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  Thinking, Joy, One Day

  "Dean Ornish Talks Lifestyle As Treatment At NYC’s Integrative Healthcare Symposium". The Huffington Post Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 12, 2012.

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• I grew up in Texas, eating meat five times a day, and I liked meat. But I began being a vegetarian when I was 19 because I found that I felt better.

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  Texas, Meat, Vegetarian

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• Awareness-mindfulness-is the first step in healing. In Counterclockwise, Dr. Ellen Langer eloquently describes how becoming more aware of our beliefs and expectations allows us to powerfully transform our lives for the better. A pioneering, beautifully-written book.

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  Book, Healing, Expectations

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• I usually find that the process of discovery is more interesting than the answers.

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  Discovery, Interesting, Answers

  Dean Ornish (1998). “Love & Survival: The Scientific Basis for the Healing Power of Intimacy”

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• The Internet has transformed many parts of our daily lives, touching everything from how we find information to how we go shopping, get directions, and even stay in touch with friends and family.

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  Shopping, Touching, Family And Friends

  "Google Health Takes a Big Step Forward" by Dr. Dean Ornish, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 15, 2010.

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• One of the reasons my father ... became a dentist was so he could always be home for dinner and spend weekends with his family. At one point he had thought about being a musician, but he said, I'm not going to do that because I'd be on the road all the time and I wouldn't be with my family.

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  Father, Home, Weekend

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• Whether it's by helping us search for health-related information, connecting us with doctors through online portals, or enabling us to store and retrieve our medical records online, the Internet is starting to show the promise it has to transform the way people interact with and improve their own health and wellness.

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  Doctors, People, Promise

  "Google Health Takes a Big Step Forward" by Dean Ornish, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 15, 2010.

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• I am as non-accepting of medical quackery and unscientific approaches as anybody else. I've grown up as a card-carrying scientist, and I know the power of science to answer questions, and for many questions I don't know of anything better than scientific approaches to answer them.

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  Cards, Answers, Medical

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• Meaning is malleable: take it out, you get nihilism and despair. Put it in, you get sacredness and something most special.

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  Special, Despair, Nihilism

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