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

4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars | 2,992 ratings

Price: 15.75

Last update: 11-06-2024


About this item

National best seller

Fight cancer, diabetes, heart disease, weight gain, and even the aging process itself with one simple, scientifically proven plan to reverse disease - as well as prevent and reduce symptoms - from the world-renowned pioneer of lifestyle medicine.

Dean Ornish, MD, has directed revolutionary research proving, for the first time, that lifestyle changes can often reverse - undo! - the progression of many of the most common and costly chronic diseases and even begin reversing aging at a cellular level.

Medicare and many insurance companies now cover Dr. Ornish’s lifestyle medicine program for reversing chronic disease because it consistently achieves bigger changes in lifestyle, better clinical outcomes, larger cost savings, and greater adherence than have ever been reported - based on 40 years of research published in the leading peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals.

Now, in this landmark audiobook, he and Anne Ornish present a simple yet powerful new unifying theory explaining why these same lifestyle changes can reverse so many different chronic diseases and how quickly these benefits occur. They describe what it is, why it works, and how you can do it:

  • Eat well: a whole foods, plant-based diet naturally low in fat and sugar and high in flavor. The “Ornish diet” has been rated “#1 for Heart Health” by U.S. News & World Report every year from 2011 to 2017.
  • Move more: moderate exercise such as walking
  • Stress less: including meditation and gentle yoga practices
  • Love more: how love and intimacy transform loneliness into healing

With 70 recipes, easy-to-follow meal plans, tips for stocking your kitchen and eating out, recommended exercises, stress-reduction advice, and inspiring patient stories of life-transforming benefits - for example, several people improved so much after only nine weeks that they were able to avoid a heart transplant - Undo It! empowers listeners with new hope and new choices.

“The Ornishes’ work is elegant and simple and deserving of a Nobel Prize, since it can change the world!” (Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS, 17th Surgeon General of the United States)

“If you want to see what medicine will be like ten years from now, read this book today.” (Rita F. Redberg, MD, editor in chief, JAMA Internal Medicine)

“This is one of the most important books on health ever written.” (John Mackey, CEO, Whole Foods Market)

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.


Top reviews from the United States

JAK
5.0 out of 5 stars A new approach to holistic health with some ancient wisdom.
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2024
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.
Mark R Rivet
5.0 out of 5 stars Heal yourself
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2024
Very clear and concise information. They give you a clear road map of what to eat. They have recipes and grocery lists of everything imaginable that you need to follow this protocol.
Including prepackaged foods that you only need to buy to enjoy. I like the packaged and frozen foods lists because I can get started very easily without having to worry about ingredients and recipes. I'm going to give this a try. Thanks, Dean and Amy.
Montana Jack
4.0 out of 5 stars There's the Science and the Rest of the Book
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2022
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...)
Janet
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2024
I liked all the info it gives and Dr. Ornish gives lots of information and gives fury how to eat healthy to help manage diseases and I’m happy with my purchase - I like the recipes included very useful and tasty!
Al Sim from Silicon Valley
5.0 out of 5 stars Keeping you alive
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2024
For people who have heart disease, or think they will, or just want to live a very long life,this book is a lifesaver.
One Happy Retiree
3.0 out of 5 stars Essentially a rehash of an earlier book but the recipes look interesting.
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2023
There is little that is truly new in this if you have read as early at work, but some of the recipes are interesting.
anthony
5.0 out of 5 stars Vegan Guidebook
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2024
Clearly explains how to eat a plant based vegan diet to prevent diseases and offers info on yoga and various exercises and stress reduction methods.
Cindy Warlick
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Seller! Shipped quickly and arrived as promised.
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2024
Great seller! Thank you. I've heard a lot of positive chat about this book. I look forward to reading/studying it.

Best Sellers in

 
 

Lies I Taught in Medical School: How Conventional Medicine Is Making You Sicker and What You Can Do to Save Your Own Life

4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 422
14.72
 
 

The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 12574
29.66
 
 

Yoga Life: Habits, Poses, and Breathwork to Channel Joy Amidst the Chaos

4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars 124
17.05
 
 

This Is Why You Dream: What Your Sleeping Brain Reveals About Your Waking Life

4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 62
13.78
 
 

Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During Covid Mania

4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars 272
21.83
 
 

Do the Hard Things First: How to Win Over Procrastination and Master the Habit of Doing Difficult Work (Bulletproof Mindset M

4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 696
12.49
 
 

The Overthinker's Cleanse: The 10-Step Journey to Freeing Your Mind and Embracing a Limitless Life: A Comprehensive Practical

4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 10
17.46
 
 

I Can Fix This: And Other Lies I Told Myself While Parenting My Struggling Child

5 5 out of 5 stars 268
13.78