Undo It!: How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases

Amazing and life changing if you allow it into your lifestyle.

I follow the older Dean Ornish books and eating his original low-fat diet according to those books. This book is just a refresher with some updated information. Highly recommend it for the Ornish library.

Un-Do It! contains some amazing insights and revelations on diet and health that Dr. Ornish has been involved with, or, has been completed by peers that should be known by the world. This includes cardiovascular disease, cancers, metabolic syndrome, etc.That is the first 80 - 90 pages. Then, there's the section on exercise -- very little science in this portion of the book in comparison and key points such as the affects of resistance exercise on GH and how one should fast or train on an empty stomach could be brought out. IMHO, if you're going to train then try to get the best out of your exercise just like your diet.Then, some things about meditation, stress, etc. Important, yes...science has proven stress and lack of sleep does raise cortisol levels and has a negative impact on our health. Good information, but I learned more about the science and biology of each of these during a podcast from Dr. Kim Williams, MD/Cardiologist, than the book which I felt Anne Ornish wrote. IMHO, let the people with the science background making the recommendations write this information.Finally, over 200 pages of food and beverage information -- recipes, stocking your kitchen, etc. Each recipe takes at least two pages and wondering if they could have saved space and condensed things a bit and again focused on the science earlier in the book.The first part of the book, as noted, is excellent and I have parts highlighted and/or marked for reference. IMHO, this book or Dr. Joel Fuhrman's contain some of the most cutting edge information on diet, health and longevity around. (And Fuhrman packs up to two recipes per page...)

Great book for those interested about the effect of diet and cancer. Very interesting read.

I've been following the Whole Foods, Plant Based lifestyle doctors for a few months now. I ran across a podcast of Dr. and Mrs. Ornish recently and loved what I heard. This prompted me to buy the book. I have to say now that the WFPB lifestyle has been tremendous in reversing and healing issues I've had for years.The book is packed with great information on eating, moving, de-stressing, and loving. Plain and simple advice for living a healthy life. Lots of great recipes, too. There is a lot of scientific information and studies presented that really backs up this lifestyle.The only issue I have is that the book continuously promotes their program. This would be a bad thing, but there are no venues anywhere close to where I live (mid-north Tennessee). Insurance may cover their program, but I doubt my insurance will pay for me to travel somewhere distant to take it. With it promoting the benefits of the program, I feel I am missing out; that I'm only getting partial information since I can't participate in the program. Especially with the group benefits. And, there wasn't any contact information on their site for those of us wanting to ask questions about it; only for booking.While I love the book, I think I would prefer less promoting of the program and keep the book to what you can do from the book.

There is little that is truly new in this if you have read as early at work, but some of the recipes are interesting.

This book is a summary of more than 40 years of experience helping people improve their physical and mental health, with some relationship tips. I highly recommend it. My favorite part is the practical tips on communication, because if you want to adopt all of these practices, chances are you will have some explaining to do to people around you. This might seem uncomfortable, but considering the great health results they have seen with them, it will be worth it. Something tells me even if you just improve on one of the four methodologies, it will be worth the price of the book. Improve on all four methodologies and it might change your life. They even offer online support groups and the book explains the Ornish program is even covered by some insurance companies, which doesn’t leave many excuses to not try it.

I often read books borrowed from the library but half way through the book I realized there were so many important items to consider, share, and incorporate that I had to buy the book. Medical people would acknowledge much of what is written, but I love that it is written so anyone can understand the background to the study and results.