Dr. Dean Ornish

What keeps us healthy isn’t just food or fitness. It’s real connection — being known fully, flaws and all, and still accepted. Dr. Dean Ornish explains why authentic intimacy = health. 👉 Authentic connection = health. 🎧 Blue Cure Men’s Health Podcast Learn more: @deanornishmd | Ornish.com | PMRI.org #menshealth #connection #longevity #lifestylemedicine

We talk a lot about food and movement, but let’s not forget connection. Because what’s the point of living longer if you’re not also living well? In the words of Dr. Dean Ornish, the real epidemic isn’t just heart disease or diabetes — it’s loneliness, depression, and isolation. And the way we live — what we eat, how we move, how we show up for ourselves and others — directly affects that. So yes, eat more plants. Go for the walk. But also: call a friend. Share a meal. Find your people. That’s the kind of lifestyle medicine that works.

Can the root causes of heart disease, prostate cancer, and even Alzheimer’s all be addressed through the same approach? ⁠ ⁠ At this year’s International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine, Dr. Dean Ornish will present groundbreaking insights on how lifestyle medicine—including nutrition, movement, stress reduction, and community—can help prevent and even reverse chronic disease. ⁠ ⁠ Join Dr. Ornish and other leading experts Aug. 14-16 in Washington, D.C., for a powerful weekend of science, inspiration, and clinical strategies. ⁠ ⁠ Register now: PCRM.org/ICNM

I presented the results of our Alzheimer’s clinical trial after 40 weeks today at the @alzassociation International Conference in Toronto. Visit the link in my stories for the full @cnn story about our findings.

In our last installment of Dr. Adrian Preda's interview with Dr. Dean Ornish, hear Dr. Ornish talk about the importance of an infrequently discussed concept in medicine: Love and connection. Look for a video of their full interview on our YouTube channel soon.

@wsj featured our Alzheimer’s research today. Link in my stories to read their full article.

We had the honor of meeting with King Charles at Windsor Palace. @danbuettner pointed out that if the UK wants to live longer, better to focus not on changing behavior but rather the environment. Like @bluezones. @drvivekmurthy reminded the King that emergence of social media has occasioned the rise of childhood depression, anxiety and suicide. Building real face-to-face community is the antidote. @robertlustigmd pointed out that processed foods are the #1 killers and we should aim to 1) Eliminate Sugar (pure poison), 2) Increase Fiber and 3) add Omega 3’s and 4) avoid emulsifiers. I reported that you can often improve Alzheimer’s disease. Thank you to the King’s personal physician, Dr. Michael Dixon for arranging our meeting to coincide with @plminstitute conference.

Content warning: Discussion of suicidal thoughts. “Nothing can bring you lasting happiness, that’s the bad news. The good news is that we already have it.” Dean Ornish, M.D., discussed how he got through his experience with suicidal depression when he was in college with Psychiatric News Editor in Chief Adrian Preda, M.D. @a.preda @deanornishmd If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741.

🍎 New Course Now Available on Plantrician University! Alzheimer’s disease is one of the fastest-growing health challenges of our time, yet effective treatments remain limited. In a new course, Dr. Dean Ornish shares results from a groundbreaking randomized controlled trial exploring how lifestyle changes, such as nutrition, movement, stress management, and social connection, may help slow early cognitive decline. @deanornishmd @ornish_lifestyle_medicine This is the first study of its kind, and the implications for dementia care are profound. 📘 Learn more and enroll today: www.plantricianuniversity.org (FREE for faculty, students and Plantrician Providers!)

Thank you @a.preda for our insightful discussion on @psychiatric.news.

Join us for #LMWeek2025 and be part of changing the way healthcare is delivered through lifestyle medicine. From fueling your plate to managing stress, moving your body to building strong social connections — it’s time to celebrate what lifestyle medicine is all about.

Appreciate having been selected by @time magazine as one of the “TIME 100 Most Influential Health Leaders,” as this provides greater awareness of the transformative healing power of lifestyle medicine. This recognition is also for my esteemed colleagues at the nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institute and Ornish Lifestyle Medicine who have worked with me for many years, especially Anne Ornish. None of this would have been possible without them, as well as the brilliant scientists and clinicians in other institutions with whom I have collaborated and the generosity of those who have supported our work. Our research has often redefined the impossible as possible, empowering many people with new hope and new choices. I remain deeply grateful for these opportunities to be of service, as this imbues my life with meaning.