Dean Ornish: The world's killer diet

譯者: Bill Hsiung 審譯者: Curtis Lo

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

雖然所有對於愛滋病和禽流感的擔心都是合理的 —

and we'll hear about that from the

今天稍晚，我們都將會聽到

brilliant Dr. Brilliant later today --

優秀的 Brilliant 醫師的演說 —

I want to talk about the other pandemic, which is

我想要談談另一個大流行，那就是

cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension --

心血管疾病、糖尿病、高血壓 —

all of which are completely preventable for at

95% 以上這些疾病的患者

least 95 percent of people

完全是可以預防的，

just by changing diet and lifestyle.

只要改變飲食習慣與生活作息。

And what's happening is that there's a

一種疾病全球化的現象

globalization of illness occurring, that people

正在發生，人們開始

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

以我們的方式飲食、生活，也以與我們

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

相同的方式死亡。舉例來說，才短短一個世代，

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

亞洲人罹患心臟病、肥胖與糖尿病的機率便已經

heart disease and obesity and diabetes to one

從最低族群爬升到領先族群之一。

of the highest. And in Africa, cardiovascular disease

在非洲，多數國家因為心血管疾病而死亡的人數

equals the HIV and AIDS deaths

等同於因為愛滋病毒而罹患愛滋病

in most countries.

的死亡人數。

So there's a critical window of opportunity we

因此現在是個關鍵的時刻，

have to make an important difference that can

我們必須做出重要的改變，

affect the lives of literally millions of people,

這個改變將能夠影響上百萬人的生命，

and practice preventive medicine on a global

那就是以全球性的規模，來實施預行醫學制度。

scale.

那就是以全球性的規模，來實施預行醫學制度。

Heart and blood vessel diseases still kill more

心血管疾病導致的死亡人數 —

people -- not only in this country, but also

不僅僅是在這個國家而已，全世界皆然

worldwide -- than everything else combined, and yet

— 比其他所有疾病加起來還高，但是

it's completely preventable for almost everybody.

對個人來說，它幾乎是可以完全被預防的。

It's not only preventable; it's actually

不但可以被預防，事實上

reversible. And for the last almost 29 years,

還能反轉疾病進程。在過去將近 29 年中，

we've been able to show that by simply changing

我們已經能夠證明只要改變飲食和生活作息，

diet and lifestyle, using these very high-tech,

我們使用這些高科技、

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

昂貴的、最前衛的方法來證明

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

這些非常簡單、原始、低成本的治療方法的

interventions can be like -- quantitative

強大威力。

arteriography, before and after a year, and

定量動脈造影術，一年前後，

cardiac PET scans.

還有心藏正子掃描。

We showed a few months ago -- we published the

數個月前，我們證明 — 我們發表了首篇

first study showing you can actually stop or

研究顯示，你能夠停止或是反轉

reverse the progression of prostate cancer by

攝護腺癌的進程，單單藉由改變飲食

making changes in diet and lifestyle, and 70 percent

及生活習慣，70% 的腫瘤縮小

regression in the tumor growth, or inhibition of

或是生長停止，

the tumor growth, compared to only nine percent in the

相對之下，控制組只有 9%。

control group.

相對之下，控制組只有 9%。

And in the MRI and MR spectroscopy here, the

在這邊的磁共振造影與光譜分析中，

prostate tumor activity is shown in red -- you can

攝護腺腫瘤的活動以紅色顯示，你可以看到它在

see it diminishing after a year.

一年之後，顯著的減少。

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

肥胖問題在今日非常的流行。三分之二的成人與

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

15% 的孩童有肥胖問題。我真正擔心的是

to me is that diabetes has increased 70 percent in the

在過去十年中，糖尿病患者增加了 70%，

past 10 years, and this may be the first

而且這個世代將有可能成為第一個

generation in which our kids live a shorter life

後代壽命比我們這一代短的世代。

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

這真可憐，這是可以被防範的。

preventable.

這真可憐，這是可以被防範的。

Now these are not election returns, these are the

這些不是選舉結果報告，這些是

people -- the number of the people who are obese

各州肥胖人口數統計，

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

從 85, 86, 87 年開始，這個資料取自

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

美國疾病管制暨預防中心網站 — 88, 89, 90 —

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

一個新的分類被制定 — 92, 93, 94, 95, 96,

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

97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001 — 愈來愈糟。

kind of devolving. (Laughter)

我們一直在退化。

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

我們該怎麼辦？這麼嘛，你知道，我們發現

diet that we've found that can reverse heart

亞洲飲食可以反轉心臟疾病和癌症的產生。

disease and cancer is an Asian diet.

亞洲飲食可以反轉心臟疾病和癌症的產生。

But the people in Asia are starting to eat like we

但是亞洲人的飲食開始與我們愈來愈接近，

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

這也是為什麼，他們開始會罹患跟我們一樣的疾病。

like we are.

這也是為什麼，他們開始會罹患跟我們一樣的疾病。

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

我嘗試跟許多食品大廠合作。

companies. They can make it fun and sexy and hip

他們讓吃健康食物這件事，變得有趣、性感、

and crunchy and convenient to eat healthier foods,

流行、有口感又方便，

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

例如：我擔任麥當勞諮詢董事會的主席，

and PepsiCo, and ConAgra, and Safeway, and soon

還有百事可樂、康尼格拉食品、Safeway 超市、

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

台爾蒙食品也即將加入，他們發現這個市場

business.

商機很大。

The salads that you see at McDonald's came from

麥當勞的沙拉就是我們的成果，

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

他們將要銷售亞洲式沙拉。在百事可樂公司，

Pepsi, two-thirds of their revenue growth came

三分之二的營收成長來自於

from their better foods.

他們更健康的產品。

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

而且如果我們可以持續這麼做，我們將能節省

resources for buying drugs that you really do need

購買藥品的資源，這樣你就能去購買例如

for treating AIDS and HIV and malaria and for

愛滋病、瘧疾或是禽流感等等，你真正需要

preventing avian flu. Thank you.

的藥物。謝謝各位。