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...other thing "American Splendor" has become known for are its shaggy-dog stories of everyday life. Though he has done fewer of them in recent issues, the latest contains two that are typical. "Reduction," in which Pekar's co-worker, Toby, explains his new diet, concludes with the explanation: "I'm determined to lose weight for the millennium." How simple, yet how radical...
...most cited study around--Ornish's in 1990--tested 94 patients with angiographically documented coronary heart disease, of whom 53 were prescribed yoga, group support and a vegetarian diet extremely low in fat--only 10% of total daily calories (most Americans consume 35% in fat; the American Heart Association recommends 30%). Cholesterol changes among the experimental group were about the same as if they had taken cholesterol-lowering drugs. After a year in the program, patients in this group showed "significant overall regression of coronary atherosclerosis as measured by quantitative coronary arteriography." Those in the control group "showed significant overall...
...whereas the cost per patient in the control group was more than $47,000. And this time, Ornish says, he is convinced that "adherence to the yoga and meditation program was as strongly correlated with the changes in the amount of blockage as was the adherence to diet...
...science was enough to change medical practice," he says, "but I was naive. Most doctors still aren't prescribing yoga and meditation. We've shown that heart disease can be reversed. Yet doctors are still performing surgery; insurance companies are paying for medication--and they're not paying for diet and lifestyle-change education." (Medicare, however, recently agreed to pay for 1,800 patients taking Ornish's program for reversing heart disease...
...Sivananda One of the world's largest schools of yoga, Sivananda calls for the rigorous application of yoga postures, breathing exercises, relaxation, vegetarian diet and study of scriptures. May require lifestyle changes...