Dean Ornish - The Spectrum: A Scientifically Proven Program to Feel Better, Live Longer, Lose Weight, and Gain Health

In 1993, Hillary asked Dr. Dean Ornish to consult with us on improving our health and well-being and to train the chefs who cooked for us at The White House, Camp David, and Air Force One. I felt better and lost weight when I followed his recommendations. As this book illustrates, my genes may have been improving as well! If you want to see where medicine is likely to be five or ten years from now, read this book today.

P RESIDENT B ILL C LINTON

Dean Ornish has given us a delightfully readable, information-rich, and extraordinarily helpful guide to a better, healthier life. Read The Spectrum for yourselfand give a copy to someone you love.

D ANIEL G OLEMAN , author of Social Intelligence

Ive been following Dr. Dean Ornishs program for more than a decade, and I feel younger now than I did ten years ago. Dr. Ornishs style of eating and living is always delicious and never boring.

C LINT E ASTWOOD

Dr. Ornishs wonderful new book can make an important difference in the health of the world at a time when it most needs it.

G RO B RUNDTLAND , M.D.,
former director general, World Health Organization, United Nations, former Prime Minister, Norway

Dr. Dean Ornish knows more about inspiring people to eat well, live well, do well, and be well than anyone on the planet. The Spectrum is a powerful book for living longer and better and it shows how to live a healthful, joyful, and loving life.

Q UINCY J ONES

Dr. Dean Ornish is one of my best students, and I agree with what he is telling you. I have known him well for many years now. So you should pay good attention to what he tells you in his new book.

A LEXANDER L EAF , M.D.,
chairman, Department of Medicine (emeritus),
chairman, Department of Preventive Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology (emeritus), Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital

Dean Ornish has written the definitive guide to caring for your health.

R ACHEL N AOMI R EMEN ,
author of Kitchen Table Wisdom

The Spectrum provides unparalleled guidance and ideas from the sage of preventive medicine.

L ARRY B RILLIANT , M.D., M.P.H.,
executive director, Google Foundation and Google.org

This is a must-read book for those seeking accurate information for how to optimize their personal health.

J AMES O. H ILL , PH.D.,
director, Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado, co-founder, America on the Move

This country is in the midst of an unprecedented epidemic of obesity and inactivity, which is fueling the spiraling increase in the cost of health care. In The Spectrum, Dean Ornish again shows us how to escape this medical quagmire and start a wellness movement in this country. I highly recommend this book.

K ENNETH C OOPER , M.D., M.P.H.,
founder and president, The Cooper Aerobics Center

No book can replace the diagnostic expertise and medical advice of a trusted physician. Please be certain to consult with your doctor before making any decisions that affect your health, particularly if you suffer from any medical condition or have any symptom that may require treatment.

2008 Ballantine Books Trade Paperback Edition

Copyright 2007 by Dean Ornish, M.D., LLC

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ornish, Dean.
The spectrum: a scientifically proven program to feel better, live longer, lose weight, and gain health / by Dean Ornish; with recipes by Art Smith.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
eBook ISBN 978-0-345-50584-2
ISBN 978-0-345-49631-7
1. Health. 2. Nutrition. 3. Weight loss. 4. Physical fitness. 5. Stress management. I. Smith, Art, 1960 II. Title.
RA776.O758 2007 613.2dc22 2007037188

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with all my heart

your happiness is my happiness
yet again, like never before
now and forever

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