Dean Ornish: The world's killer diet

Translator: Yuen-Lam Tsang Reviewer: Michelle Ho

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

所有對於愛滋病同禽流感嘅擔心 都係好合理嘅

and we'll hear about that from the

而我哋稍後亦會從 Brilliant 醫生 聽到有關嘅嘢

brilliant Dr. Brilliant later today --

I want to talk about the other pandemic, which is

不過，而家我想講嘅係另一啲流行病

cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension --

就係心血管疾病、糖尿病同高血壓

all of which are completely preventable for at

而且對於 95% 以上嘅患者嚟講

least 95 percent of people

只要改變飲食習慣同生活作息

呢啲病完全係可以預防嘅

just by changing diet and lifestyle.

And what's happening is that there's a

但現正發生嘅事就係慢性病開始全球化

globalization of illness occurring, that people

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

其他國家嘅人嘅飲食同生活方式

甚至死亡方式

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

都開始同我哋相似

例如短短一代人嘅時間

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

亞洲已經由其中一個心臟病、肥胖 同糖尿病發病率極低嘅地區

heart disease and obesity and diabetes to one

變成發病率極高嘅地區

of the highest. And in Africa, cardiovascular disease

喺非洲，患心血管疾病嘅人數

equals the HIV and AIDS deaths

等同於喺大多數國家 死於愛滋病嘅人數

in most countries.

So there's a critical window of opportunity we

所以呢個係一個關鍵時刻

have to make an important difference that can

我哋必須做一個重要嘅改變 去影響幾百萬人嘅生命

affect the lives of literally millions of people,

and practice preventive medicine on a global

同埋喺全球實施預防性醫學

scale.

Heart and blood vessel diseases still kill more

心血管疾病導致嘅死亡人數 比其他疾病加起嚟仲要高

people -- not only in this country, but also

呢樣嘢唔單止喺我哋嘅國家

worldwide -- than everything else combined, and yet

全世界亦一樣

it's completely preventable for almost everybody.

不過對絕大多數人嚟講

It's not only preventable; it's actually

心血管疾病係完全可以避免嘅

reversible. And for the last almost 29 years,

甚至可以醫好

we've been able to show that by simply changing

喺過去接近二十九年

我哋以一啲高科技、昂貴 先進嘅方法證明咗

diet and lifestyle, using these very high-tech,

透過改變飲食同生活作息

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

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

呢啲非常簡單、原始、低成本嘅 治療方法有幾大嘅威力

interventions can be like -- quantitative

例如對比一年前同一年後嘅 定量動脈造影術

arteriography, before and after a year, and

cardiac PET scans.

同埋心臟正子掃描

We showed a few months ago -- we published the

幾個月前，我們發表第一份研究

first study showing you can actually stop or

指出只需透過改變飲食同生活習慣

reverse the progression of prostate cancer by

making changes in diet and lifestyle, and 70 percent

你就能夠停止或者逆轉前列腺癌擴散

regression in the tumor growth, or inhibition of

令到 70% 嘅癌細胞縮小 或者停止生長

the tumor growth, compared to only nine percent in the

相對之下，對照組只有 9%

control group.

And in the MRI and MR spectroscopy here, the

喺呢啲磁力共振造影同埋光譜分析裏邊

prostate tumor activity is shown in red -- you can

紅色係前列腺癌細胞活動

see it diminishing after a year.

可以見到佢喺一年後減少咗

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

現時癡肥非常流行

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

影響到三份之二嘅成人同 15% 嘅兒童

特別令我擔心嘅係

to me is that diabetes has increased 70 percent in the

過往十年糖尿病人數已經上升咗 70%

past 10 years, and this may be the first

我哋可能係第一個代人 見到細路短命過我哋

generation in which our kids live a shorter life

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

咁係好可悲

preventable.

而且呢個情況其實係可以避免

Now these are not election returns, these are the

呢啲並唔係選舉結果

people -- the number of the people who are obese

而係各州肥胖人口統計

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

由 85、86、87 年起計

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

呢啲資料取自美國疾病管制 暨預防中心網站——

88、89、90、91 年

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

一個新嘅分類 —— 92、93、94、95、96 年

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

97、98、99、2000、2001 ——越嚟越差

kind of devolving. (Laughter)

我哋一直喺度退化（笑聲）

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

而家我哋可以為到呢樣做啲乜呢？

diet that we've found that can reverse heart

我哋發現亞洲嘅飲食習慣 可以預防心臟病同癌症

disease and cancer is an Asian diet.

But the people in Asia are starting to eat like we

但亞洲人都開始食得好似我哋咁

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

因此佢哋都開始病到好似我哋咁

like we are.

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

我一直有同好多大型飲食公司合作

companies. They can make it fun and sexy and hip

佢哋可以令食用健康食品變得 樂趣、吸引、流行、有口感又方便

and crunchy and convenient to eat healthier foods,

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

例如，我擔任麥當勞、百事可樂 康尼格拉食品、Safeway 嘅

and PepsiCo, and ConAgra, and Safeway, and soon

諮詢董事會嘅主席

嚟緊仲會做埋台爾蒙食品 諮詢董事會主席

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

佢哋發現健康食品市場充滿商機

business.

The salads that you see at McDonald's came from

你喺麥當勞見到嘅沙律 就係我哋嘅成果

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

佢哋將會有亞洲款式嘅沙律

Pepsi, two-thirds of their revenue growth came

喺百事可樂公司

from their better foods.

三分二嘅營業增長 嚟自佢哋改良咗嘅食品

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

所以如果我哋可以咁做

resources for buying drugs that you really do need

我哋就可以慳返好多資源 去買我哋真正需要嘅藥物

for treating AIDS and HIV and malaria and for

去治療愛滋病、瘧疾，或者禽流感

preventing avian flu. Thank you.

多謝各位！