Dean Ornish: The world's killer diet

Prevoditelj: Romana Perković Recezent: Nenad Maljković

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

Pored svih opravdanih briga oko SIDE i ptičje gripe –

and we'll hear about that from the

o tome ćemo čuti od

brilliant Dr. Brilliant later today --

briljantnog dr. Brillianta kasnije danas –

I want to talk about the other pandemic, which is

želim pričati o drugim pandemijama, kao što su

cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension --

krvožilne bolesti, dijabetes, hipertenzija –

all of which are completely preventable for at

koje je u potpunosti moguće spriječiti

least 95 percent of people

kod najmanje 95 posto ljudi,

just by changing diet and lifestyle.

samo promjenom prehrane i životnog stila.

And what's happening is that there's a

Događa se

globalization of illness occurring, that people

globalna pojava bolesti,

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

ljudi počinju jesti kao mi, živjeti kao mi, i

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

umirati kao mi. U jednoj generaciji, na primjer,

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

Azija je s jedne od najnižih stopa

heart disease and obesity and diabetes to one

srčanih bolesti, pretilosti i dijabetesa došla na

of the highest. And in Africa, cardiovascular disease

jednu od najviših. A u Africi, krvožilne bolesti

equals the HIV and AIDS deaths

izjednačile su se sa smrtnošću od HIV-a i SIDE

in most countries.

u većini zemalja.

So there's a critical window of opportunity we

Imamo važnu priliku

have to make an important difference that can

napraviti promjenu koja može

affect the lives of literally millions of people,

utjecati na živote doslovno milijuna ljudi,

and practice preventive medicine on a global

i prakticirati preventivnu medicinu na globalnoj

scale.

razini.

Heart and blood vessel diseases still kill more

Bolesti srca i krvnih žila još uvijek ubijaju više

people -- not only in this country, but also

ljudi – ne samo u ovoj zemlji, nego i širom

worldwide -- than everything else combined, and yet

svijeta – nego sve ostalo zajedno, a ipak

it's completely preventable for almost everybody.

ih je moguće spriječiti kod gotovo svakoga.

It's not only preventable; it's actually

Ne samo da se mogu spriječiti, nego i

reversible. And for the last almost 29 years,

preokrenuti. I u proteklih 29 godina,

we've been able to show that by simply changing

uspjeli smo pokazati kako jednostavnom promjenom

diet and lifestyle, using these very high-tech,

prehrane i životnog stila; koristili smo visokotehnološke,

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

skupe, profinjene mjere kako bismo dokazali

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

kako moćne mogu biti ove jednostavne i jeftine

interventions can be like -- quantitative

intervencije. Poput kvantitativne

arteriography, before and after a year, and

arteriografije, prije i poslije godinu dana,

cardiac PET scans.

i PET snimki srca.

We showed a few months ago -- we published the

Prije nekoliko mjeseci smo dokazali – objavili smo

first study showing you can actually stop or

prvu studiju koja pokazuje kako možete zaustaviti ili

reverse the progression of prostate cancer by

preokrenuti napredak raka prostate

making changes in diet and lifestyle, and 70 percent

promjenom prehrane i životnog stila i 70 postotno

regression in the tumor growth, or inhibition of

smanjenje rasta tumora ili zaustavljanje

the tumor growth, compared to only nine percent in the

rasta tumora, u usporedbi sa samo 9% u

control group.

kontroliranoj skupini.

And in the MRI and MR spectroscopy here, the

Na MRI i MR spektroskopskoj slici ovdje,

prostate tumor activity is shown in red -- you can

aktivnost raka prostate označena je crveno –

see it diminishing after a year.

možete vidjeti kako se smanjuje nakon godinu dana.

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

Postoji i epidemija pretilosti. Dvije trećine

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

odraslih i 15 posto djece. Ono što me brine je

to me is that diabetes has increased 70 percent in the

da se dijabetes povećao za 70 posto

past 10 years, and this may be the first

u proteklih 10 godina, i ovo će možda biti prva

generation in which our kids live a shorter life

generacija u kojoj naša djeca imaju kraći životni

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

vijek od nas. To je veoma loše,

preventable.

ali se može spriječiti.

Now these are not election returns, these are the

Ovo nisu izborni rezultati, ovo su

people -- the number of the people who are obese

ljudi – broj ljudi koji su pretili,

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

po državama, počevši u ’85, ’86, ’87 – ovo je sa

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

CDC web stranice – ’88, ’89, ’90, ’91 – dobivamo

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

i novu kategoriju – ’92, ’93, ’94, ’95, ’96,

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

’98, ’99, 2000., 2001. – pogoršava se.

kind of devolving. (Laughter)

Kao da involuiramo.

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

Što možemo učiniti u vezi s tim? Znate,

diet that we've found that can reverse heart

prehrana koja može preokrenuti srčane bolesti

disease and cancer is an Asian diet.

i rak je azijska prehrana.

But the people in Asia are starting to eat like we

Ali ljudi u Aziji počinju jesti kao mi,

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

i zato postaju bolesni

like we are.

kao mi.

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

Radio sam sa mnogo velikih proizvođača hrane.

companies. They can make it fun and sexy and hip

Oni konzumaciju zdravije hrane mogu učiniti

and crunchy and convenient to eat healthier foods,

zabavnim, seksi, modernim, hrskavim i dostupnim –

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

ja predsjedavam savjetodavnim odborima McDonaldsa,

and PepsiCo, and ConAgra, and Safeway, and soon

PepsiCo, ConAgra, Safeway i uskoro

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

Del Monte, i oni uviđaju da je to dobar

business.

posao.

The salads that you see at McDonald's came from

Salate koje vidite u McDonaldsu rezultat su

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

tog rada – imat će i azijsku salatu.

Pepsi, two-thirds of their revenue growth came

Pepsi ima dvije trećine rasta prihoda

from their better foods.

zbog bolje hrane.

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

Ako možemo učiniti to, možemo osloboditi

resources for buying drugs that you really do need

sredstva za kupovinu lijekova koji su stvarno potrebni

for treating AIDS and HIV and malaria and for

za liječenje SIDE i HIV-a i malarije

preventing avian flu. Thank you.

i za sprječavanje ptičje gripe. Hvala.