Staying Healthy in the Fast Lane

staying healthy in the fast lane
causes of, 28
incidence of, 25, 26, 46
reversing, 46–50
Castelli, William, 47–48
Castleman, Michael, 92
celiac disease, 115
cereal product consumption, 11
cheese consumption, 10
children
chronic disease prevention, 50–51
exercise, 52
overweight, 18–19
China Project, 47
cholesterol levels, 47, 48, 110
chronic disease. See also specific
conditions by name
cancer risk, 39–42
cardiovascular disease, 46–50
and children, 18–19, 50–51
and criminality, 51–52
deaths from, 53
diabetes, 42–46
diet trends, 36–37
dietary guidelines, 37–38
and fruit, 39
overweight, 15–19
and physical activity, 39
prevention, 53–55
reasons for, 3–7
reversing, 195
and school behavior, 51–52
and vegetables, 39
and work productivity, 51–52
circuit training, 169–170
Clinton, Bill, 49, 53
coffee, 103–104
Cold Spots, 34
Cordain, Loren, 69–71, 82, 92, 100
cravings, 84, 113, 156–157
criminality, 51–52

D
dairy products
addictive quality, 116
calcium, 91–94

cheese consumption, 10

health complaints from, 89–91

problems eliminating from diet,

94–95

dancing, 57–58

Dean Ornish Study, 48

detoxification

defined, 126–127

detox program, 127–128

fasting, 128–129, 207–209

diabetes

incidence of, 25, 27–28

insulin production, 109–110

reducing incidence of, 42–46

diet of humans

animal vs. plant food, 69–71

history of, 67–68

dietary guidelines, 37–38

dietary patterns. See also Blue

Zone cultures

globally, 36–37

in the U.S., 4–5

Dietary Portfolio, 77

dieting. See TRIAD Diet

Program

Diet-Symptom-Exercise

Diary, 94

dining out, 155

Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for

Reversing Heart Disease, 47

drug reactions, 60–61

E

eating out, 155

economic costs, 29

economic incentives of medical

practice, 62–64

elderly. See also Okinawan elders

healthy populations, 65

strength training, 172–177

elimination diet. See Basic

Elimination Diet

endosperm, 98

energy density. See caloric

density (CD)