Dean Ornish: The world's killer diet

Translator: Xusto Rodriguez Reviewer: Serv. de Norm. Lingüística U. de Santiago de Compostela

With all the legitimate concerns about AIDS and avian flu --

A pesar da lexítima preocupación pola sida e a gripe aviaria

and we'll hear about that from the

--da que máis tarde nos falará o brillante Dr. Brilliant--

brilliant Dr. Brilliant later today --

I want to talk about the other pandemic, which is

quérolles falar doutra pandemia:

cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension --

as enfermidades cardiovasculares, a diabetes e a hipertensión,

all of which are completely preventable for at

todas as cales se poden previr

least 95 percent of people

polo menos no 95% dos casos

só cambiando a dieta e o estilo de vida.

just by changing diet and lifestyle.

And what's happening is that there's a

Estamos vivindo unha 'globalización das doenzas',

globalization of illness occurring, that people

are starting to eat like us, and live like us, and

porque a xente está comezando a comer, vivir e morrer coma os americanos,

die like us. And in one generation, for example,

Por exemplo, nunha soa xeración,

Asia's gone from having one of the lowest rates of

Asia pasou das taxas máis baixas do mundo

heart disease and obesity and diabetes to one

en enfermidades do corazón, obesidade e diabetes

of the highest. And in Africa, cardiovascular disease

ás máis altas.

E en África, as enfermidades cardiovasculares

equals the HIV and AIDS deaths

igualan as mortes por VIH e SIDA en moitos países.

in most countries.

So there's a critical window of opportunity we

Así pois, temos unha decisiva xanela de oportunidade

have to make an important difference that can

para facer un cambio importante

affect the lives of literally millions of people,

que pode afectar a vida de millóns de persoas

and practice preventive medicine on a global

e practicar a medicina preventiva a escala global.

scale.

Heart and blood vessel diseases still kill more

As enfermidades cardiovasculares seguen matando máis xente

people -- not only in this country, but also

--tanto nos Estados Unidos como no resto do mundo--

worldwide -- than everything else combined, and yet

que todas as outras xuntas,

it's completely preventable for almost everybody.

a pesar de que case sempre se poden previr.

It's not only preventable; it's actually

E non só podemos previlas, senón tamén revertelas.

reversible. And for the last almost 29 years,

Nos últimos case 29 anos,

we've been able to show that by simply changing

puidemos demostralo cun simple cambio

diet and lifestyle, using these very high-tech,

de dieta e estilo de vida, usando estas ferramentas

expensive, state-of-the-art measures to prove how

sofisticadas, tecnolóxicas e custosas

powerful these very simple and low-tech and low-cost

para demostrar o poderosas que poden accións simples e baratas.

interventions can be like -- quantitative

Isto é unha arteriografía cuantitativa,

arteriography, before and after a year, and

antes e despois dun ano,

cardiac PET scans.

e tomografías PET do corazón.

We showed a few months ago -- we published the

Amosámolo hai uns meses, cando publicamos

first study showing you can actually stop or

o primeiro estudo que demostra que se pode deter

reverse the progression of prostate cancer by

ou reverter o avance do cancro de próstata

making changes in diet and lifestyle, and 70 percent

con cambios na dieta e no estilo de vida;

regression in the tumor growth, or inhibition of

e unha regresión do 70% ou unha inhibición

no crecemento do tumor,

the tumor growth, compared to only nine percent in the

comparado con só un 9% no grupo de control.

control group.

Na resonancia magnética e na espectroscopia de RM amósase

And in the MRI and MR spectroscopy here, the

prostate tumor activity is shown in red -- you can

que a actividade do tumor de próstata - en vermello-

see it diminishing after a year.

diminuíu despois dun ano, como poden ver.

Now there is an epidemic of obesity: two-thirds of

Agora ben, hai unha epidemia de obesidade: os dous terzos dos adultos

adults and 15 percent of kids. What's really concerning

e o 15% de nenos. O que en realidade me preocupa

to me is that diabetes has increased 70 percent in the

é que a diabetes creceu nun 70% nos últimos 10 anos,

past 10 years, and this may be the first

e esta pode ser a primeira xeración

generation in which our kids live a shorter life

en que os fillos vivan menos ca os pais.

span than we do. That's pitiful, and it's

Isto é lamentable e pódese previr.

preventable.

Now these are not election returns, these are the

Estes non son resultados electorais,

people -- the number of the people who are obese

son persoas: o número de persoas obesas por estado

by state, beginning in '85, '86, '87 -- these are

comezando en 1985, 86, 87 --son do web dos CDC--

from the CDC website -- '88, '89, '90, '91 -- you

88, 89, 90, 91 --aparece unha nova categoría--

get a new category -- '92, '93, '94, '95, '96,

92, 93, 94, 95, 96,

'97, '98, '99, 2000, 2001 -- it gets worse. We're

97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001, e empeora.

kind of devolving. (Laughter)

Estamos involucionando.

(Risos)

Now what can we do about this? Well, you know, the

Que podemos facer con isto?

Ben, descubrimos que a dieta asiática pode reverter

diet that we've found that can reverse heart

disease and cancer is an Asian diet.

o cancro e as enfermidades cardíacas.

But the people in Asia are starting to eat like we

Pero como en Asia están comezando a comer coma nós

are, which is why they're starting to get sick

están enfermando coma nós.

like we are.

So I've been working with a lot of the big food

Pero eu traballei con multinacionais alimentarias.

companies. They can make it fun and sexy and hip

E poden facer que comer alimentos máis sans

and crunchy and convenient to eat healthier foods,

pareza divertido, sexy, moderno, crocante e cómodo.

like -- I chair the advisory boards to McDonald's,

Presido os comités consultivos

and PepsiCo, and ConAgra, and Safeway, and soon

de McDonald's, Pepsico, Conagra e Safeway,

Del Monte, and they're finding that it's good

e axiña o de Del Monte, e todos cren

que é un bo negocio.

business.

The salads that you see at McDonald's came from

As ensaladas de McDonald's

the work -- they're going to have an Asian salad. At

saen dese labor --van ter ensalada asiática.

Pepsi, two-thirds of their revenue growth came

En Pepsi, dous terzos do aumento de ingresos

from their better foods.

vén dos seus mellores alimentos.

And so if we can do that, then we can free up

Se podemos facer isto, entón conseguiremos

resources for buying drugs that you really do need

liberar recursos para comprar medicamentos que de verdade

for treating AIDS and HIV and malaria and for

necesitamos: para tratar a SIDA e o VIH e para previr a gripe aviaria.

preventing avian flu. Thank you.

Moitas grazas