dean ornish

Lifestyle changes boost telomerase

sonia September 23, 2008 healthspan, longevity

A study by Dr. Dean Ornish and his team showed that lifestyle changes including diet, exercise, and stress management techniques made a difference in telomerase levels. “Telomerase repairs and lengthens telomeres, which are DNA-protein complexes at the end of chromosomes

Diet and exercise can change your gene activity (for the better)

sonia June 16, 2008 healthspan

Dr. Dean Ornish, head of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, CA, and his team showed that changing diet and exercise led to changes in what genes were switched on or off. Reuters reports that “the activity of disease-preventing