Diet, Exercise, Stress Management, Love and Intimacy

Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease: The Only System Scientifically Proven to Reverse Heart Disease Without Drugs or Surgery by Dean Ornish M.D.

We all know that heart disease is one of our top life-threatening medical conditions in today's society. With people living under more stress, fast-food outlets in ever-increasing abundance, and many individuals packing on the pounds and having less time and energy to exercise, it is no wonder our hearts our strained to the limit.

This book is highly recommended for anyone who wishes to minimize risks of heart disease or who is living with a heart problem. The book is not simply about a short-term change of diet, it is about changing one's lifestyle on a permanent basis. When we think of diet, we often think of one of those trendy, short-term fad diets that allow us to take off the pounds only to put them back on later. Diet, in this book, refers to a long-term change; we are what we eat. The author suggests increasing intake of fruits, vegetables, fibre and fish oil and avoiding saturated fats like olive oil. Readers will find some healthy recipes in the book and some very beneficial facts about heart disease and how to prevent it.

The book is used by some clinics as a text book for reversing many illnesses. Based on the premise "you are what you eat". Patients not only lose weight but also put many diseases such as diabetes, MS, diabetes, fibromyalgia, CFS, EDS, diverticulitis, arthritis, and some forms of chronic pain into remission. Many patients are following Ornish's plan and losing a "person". With the help of this "text" people are learning to eat better and take control of their lives. Their weight and disorders are disapearing naturally.

     

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In 1997, Highmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Pittsburgh, PA became the first health insurer in the country to provide the Dr. Dean Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease as a covered benefit for its members. This Program has been shown to slow, stop and reverse heart disease, the number one killer of adults in the United States. Highmark BCBS's decision to bring the Ornish Program to its members was rooted in the company's mission to help members live longer, healthier lives through partnerships between patients, healthcare providers and health plans.

Program Elements

The program's four components include:

1. A nutrition plan based on low-fat, whole foods
2. Moderate exercise, including strength training
3. Stress management
4. Love & Intimacy support groups.

Aspects of these components are applied according to a patient's clinical risk and are practiced together to improve the participant's physical health and quality of life.

Program Results

In 2001, Highmark BCBS partnered with Mountain State Blue Cross and Blue Shield of West Virginia and initiated the nation's first statewide, hospital-based outpatient Ornish program. This collaboration is noteworthy considering West Virginia has the highest incidence of heart disease in the nation — 21 percent higher than any other state.

Highmark BCBS has partnered with additional hospitals and Blue Plans in Pennsylvania, Illinois and Nebraska, bringing the total number of sites where members can access the Ornish Program to 16.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has become a master licensee, and will implement a statewide Ornish network of six hospitals in 2004.

Medical management analyses conducted in 2003 by Highmark BCBS demonstrate that, based on claims analysis, there are significant and consistent utilization and cost reductions following program participation. Contact

The Secrets of Joy Workshop - Nov 3 – 5, 20010 - Eagle Crest Resort - Bend, Oregon

Why is joy and happiness important?

Medicine today tends to focus primarily on: drugs, surgery, genes, germs, microbes, and molecules. However, there isn’t any other factor in medicine – not diet, not smoking, not exercise, not stress, not genetics, not drugs, not surgery – that has a greater impact on our quality of life, incidence of illness and premature death from all causes than loneliness and isolation. Most people do not know what to do about it, WE DO!

Numerous studies demonstrates that changes in lifestyle can change our health. There are four areas these studies are concern with:

1. Diet
2. Exercise
3. Stress Management
4. Love & Intimacy

Diet, Exercise, and Stress Management are things you can accomplish on you own.

Love & Intimacy involves OTHER PEOPLE.

You cannot do it alone.

You have to learn to work with other people.

There is very little information how to do this, how to have more Intimacy, how to be connected, how to be satisfied with life, how to have a meaning life,or a sense of well being that is not religious base.

This is why the divorce rate would not be over 50%.

We do not know how to have the things we want the most - Love & Intimacy.

Our workshop will demonstrate how to do it.

Our Workshop is not about Diet or Exerice, it is 6 days of understand how to have more Love and Intimacy in your life.

Any kind of intimacy can heal. It's a basic human need that often goes unfulfilled in our culture. It matters not only in the quality of life, but in the quantity. It's a need as basic as eating and breathing and sleeping. When we don't know that, there are serious consequences that threaten not only our well-being, but also our survival. Studies show that people who feel isolated are three to five times more likely to die prematurely and get sick than those who don't.

This web site is about on how to increase your Love & Intimacy and improve your life satisfaction.

Have you ever wondered from makes you tick?

Why are some people always happy and other always sad? Why are some people are very agreeable and other like to argue.

For sake of argument, we call the patterns people have – Temperaments. You can call it what ever you want. Your life’s strategy, your style, your way, your nature or “just the way you are.”. It makes no difference what you call it, it exists and we can define nine Temperaments Types.

Would it surprise you to learn that you were born that way? You were born with a fixed Temperament Type. It is in your genes. You inherited your Temperament Type from your ancestors. Yes, your Temperament is fixed as you were conceived, before you even started your life’s process. It is nearly impossible to change your fixed Temperament Type, but you can learn to “manage it.”

The research from Positive Philosophy shows that 50% of your happiness is determined by your Temperament Type. That means that 50% of being loved, having Intimacy, being connected, being satisfied with life, having a meaning life, and a sense of well being is a function of your genes you were born with. But:

1. The better you “manage” your Temperament, the happier you can be.
2. The better you “manage” your Temperament, the better you will understand yourself, your family, your friends, your customers, and the culture in you live.
3. The better you “manage” your Temperament, the more successful you have with money, marriage, family, health and the society in which you.

Our genes may determine our Temperament, but they do not control our Fate. Connection is the root of sickness and health. It is what makes us well, what causes sadness and what brings happiness, what makes us suffer and what leads to healing. If a new drug had the same impact, virtually every doctor in the country would be recommending it for his or her patients. It would be malpractice not to prescribe it -- yet, with few exceptions, doctors do not learn much about the healing power of love, intimacy, and transformation in our medical training.

The question is how to have more connections? How do increase your love and intimacy? If you alreadyknew how, you would have already done it. Attendance at our Workshop will give you new methods and proven techinque to help you. The methods and techinques were developed from the research from Positive Philosophy.

The Secrets of Joy Workshop - Nov 3 – 5, 20010 - Eagle Crest Resort - Bend, Oregon

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How Can The Ornish Diet Help you Achieve Your Weight Loss Goals by Arnel Ricafranca - http://www.fitness-vip.com

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Fed Up? The Truth About Low-Fat Diets by Dean Ornish, M.D.

Dr. Dean Ornish takes a hard look at the recent study about low-fat diets. Studying the Low-Fat Diet In Woody Allen's movie ''Sleeper,'' a man wakes up 200 years in the future to find that science...

The Great Olive Oil Misconception Dr. Ornish answers questions about the health value of canola oil versus olive oil. by Dean Ornish, MD

In his September column, Dr. Dean Ornish reported that olive oil is not as healthy as everyone thinks it is. A number of readers were dismayed and disbelieving of this news, and others thought canola oil,...

5 Spices for Better Health by Dr Dean Ornish

Some spices are much more than just flavor enhancers.

The Simple Way to Beat Disease by Dr Dean Ornish

Make your own juice to increase your consumption of healthy fruits and vegetables.

Trouble Losing Weight? Try This by Dr Dean Ornish

Individual variations in biology, not just willpower, may play a role in weight loss.

The Truth About Diet and Cancer by Dr Dean Ornish

Some recent studies suggest that a low-fat diet will not reduce cancer rates, but the facts speak for themselves.