Research Backs Dean Ornish Diet
As I have mentioned before I think the Dean Ornish Diet might be one of the healthiest ways to live if you can follow it. I thought I would post some of the studies that show the positive and controversial results that have been obtained following the Dean Ornish Diet and lifestyle approach to living.
Prostate Cancer Genes Alter on Ornish Diet
A study from the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, California of men with prostate cancer who had refused traditional treatment resulted in a change in 500 genes. The result were achieved in 3 months and confirmed by needle biopsies.
Heart Healthy Study
A Dr. Ornish study at theUniversity of California San Francisco School of Medicine in 1990 studied 28 patients on the Dean Ornish Diet and 20 on a standard low fat diet. Those who followed the Ornish Diet showed regression of coronary atherosclerosis, while those on a conventional diet had their coronary atherosclerosis progress.
Atkins vs Ornish
A controversial study completed in 2007 at Stanford University School of Medicine however showed that women on Atkins for a year outperformed those on the Ornish diet. The women on Atkins showed greater weight loss and better over all health. Ornish disagreed with this study saying that more participants were unable to follow his low fat diet and that the studies conclusions for their research was wrong.
Alternate Healthy Eating Index
University of Massachusetts Medical School
1. Ornish (64.6);
2. Weight Watchers High Carbohydrate (57.4);
3. New Glucose Revolution (57.2);
4. South Beach/Phase 2 (50.7);
5. Zone (49.8);
6. 2005 USDA Food Guide Pyramid (48.7);
7.Weight Watchers High Protein (47.3);
8. Atkins/100g Carb (46);
9. South Beach/Phase 3 (45.6) and
10. Atkins/45g Carb (42.3).
