Dean Ornish

Dean Ornish, MD, is the physician and author behind Ornish Lifestyle Medicine and Dr. Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease. His work centers on the idea that changes in diet and lifestyle can improve most chronic diseases. The pages describe more than 45 years of research, with findings published in leading peer-reviewed journals. They present the program as the only lifestyle program scientifically proven in randomized controlled trials to prevent and often reverse the progression of coronary heart disease.

The program rests on four parts: Eat Well, with a plant-based way of eating; Move More, with moderate cardio activity and strength training; Stress Less, through techniques for relaxing and releasing stress; and Love More, built on the value of strong social support. It is offered through live online classes and a library of on-demand practices that range from yoga and meditation to cardio and strength workouts. Participants work in small groups with a multi-disciplinary team, while their own doctor continues to supervise their care. The program is now delivered in partnership with Carda Health, and it is available to Medicare recipients.

The Ornish YouTube channel gathers his research on lowering weight, blood pressure and cholesterol, reversing heart disease and prostate cancer, and improving diabetes and pre-diabetes. It also covers gene expression and telomere length. It includes his media appearances, among them TED Talks, CNN, Larry King, Charlie Rose and Good Morning America. It also features a series of guided meditation videos by Anne Ornish and Dean Ornish, which accompany his book The Spectrum as a DVD.

Dean Ornish is the author of six best-selling books. Four were New York Times bestsellers: Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease; Eat More, Weigh Less; Love & Survival; and The Spectrum.