Ornish Lifestyle Medicine is the only program scientifically proven to reverse heart disease without medication or surgery. The online program is now available to eligible Blue Shield of California members. Most people become free of angina (chest pain) in just a few weeks! To find out more, please share your information and our team will reach out in the next 24 hours. With no obligation, we can answer any questions you have about the program and, if you want, talk about how to get started.
91%
reduction in reported angina (chest pain) in 9 weeks
46%
increase in exercise capacity
49%
decrease in depression scores
Eat Well: Enjoy two weeks of nourishing, fresh, and delicious meals while learning quick and easy ways to prepare them at home
Move More: Experience the vitality that comes from daily moderate cardio and strength training with a heart rate monitor, scale, and blood pressure cuff for tracking your vitals
Stress Less: Learn a range of techniques to relax, release stress and react in healthier ways with an activity mat and props
Love More: Unlock the healing power of community by feeling connected and supported at every step with an online support group
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Get set up for success with everything you’ll need to reverse your heart disease, from the comfort of your home or wherever you may be, at no additional cost to you!
Track vitals with your heart rate monitor and blood pressure cuff.
Get fit, relax and restore with practice videos.
Share your transformative lifestyle journey with a small steady group with whom you can feel safe, connected and supported
Your physician will be kept apprised of your progress, and will continue to supervise all therapeutic decisions regarding your care
You will be guided at every step with ongoing support by a consistent multi-disciplinary team of specialists.
Get empowered to optimize your lifestyle, whenever and wherever it is most convenient for you! From yoga and meditation practices, to cardio and strength training workouts, you’ll find your zone!
Batch Cooking
Eat Well
Batch Cooking
Eat Well
Strength Training
Move More
Strength Training
Move More
Gentle Stretching
Stress Less
Gentle Stretching
Stress Less
Resistance Training
Move More
Resistance Training
Move More
Cooking Demo: Lasagna
Eat Well
Cooking Demo: Lasagna
Eat Well
Jennifer
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I've had tremendous results.
“I wouldn’t have been able to do it if it hadn’t been a virtual program from the comfort of my home. The first thing I noticed was that my blood pressure stabilized. For years I had a lot of pressure in my chest (angina), and yet ever since 3 or 4 weeks of starting the program, it has been completely alleviated; that was a huge thing!”
Robert
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Our quality of life is actually better than it was before.
I had a heart attack that dropped my cardiac functioning down to basically 11 to 15% of what it should have been, which resulted in intractable chest pain, angina, trouble breathing, inability to walk from room to room, or go upstairs without being carried. I was offered a heart transplant as the only way to stay alive. Instead, at the 11th hour, I entered the Ornish program, which worked beyond my wildest dreams. I'm now able to exercise moderately. I can work full-time. I can live at 6,000 feet and our quality of life is actually better than it was before.
Allen
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The results were beyond my wildest imagination.
“I’ve seen a reduction in my A1c, so I’m no longer diabetic. I’ve also seen a reduction in my blood pressure and asthma, and I eliminated my acid reflux and COPD. I even lost close to 30 pounds!”
Jim
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You get a whole new perspective on life once you’re given a second chance like I have.
"I’ve lost over 30 pounds; I feel great! I don’t have angina or the constant fear of having a cardiac event anymore. My whole life has changed for the better and I’m going to keep it that way."
Get empowered to reverse your heart disease, and transform your life from wherever you are.
Did you know?
Ornish Lifestyle Medicine has better outcomes and completion rates (>90%) than standard cardiac rehabilitation.
Preventive Medicine Research Institute
Dean Ornish, M.D., and his colleagues at the non-profit Preventive Medicine Research Institute in collaboration with Harvard Medical School, the University of California, San Francisco and other leading academic institutions, have conducted a series of research studies scientifically proven in peer-reviewed randomized trials to prevent and often even reverse the progression of many of the most common and costly chronic diseases such as heart disease.

The Journal of the American Medical Association
Slow, stop & often reverse the progression of coronary heart disease

The Lancet Oncology
Slowing cellular aging by lengthening telomeres

The Journal of the American Medical Association
Improved cardiac blood flow (PET)

Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy
May improve cognition and function in early-stage Alzheimer’s disease

The Journal of Urology
Slow, stop, & often reverse the progression of early prostate cancer

The American Journal of Cardiology
Lifestyle changes reduce inflammation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Changing lifestyle beneficially changes genes

American Journal of Health Promotion
Sustainable lifestyle changes are feasible in larger populations

Int’l Journal of Disease Reversal & Prevention
A new unifying theory of lifestyle medicine

The Journal of the American Medical Association
Slow, stop & often reverse the progression of coronary heart disease

The Lancet Oncology
Slowing cellular aging by lengthening telomeres

The Journal of the American Medical Association
Improved cardiac blood flow (PET)

Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy
May improve cognition and function in early-stage Alzheimer’s disease

The Journal of Urology
Slow, stop, & often reverse the progression of early prostate cancer

The American Journal of Cardiology
Lifestyle changes reduce inflammation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Changing lifestyle beneficially changes genes

American Journal of Health Promotion
Sustainable lifestyle changes are feasible in larger populations

Int’l Journal of Disease Reversal & Prevention
A new unifying theory of lifestyle medicine
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Joy of living is sustainable. Fear of dying is not.
Dean Ornish
Founder and CEO of Ornish Lifestyle Medicine
The Transformative Power of Ornish Lifestyle Medicine
Ornish Lifestyle Medicine remains the only program with published scientific data that show reversal of coronary heart disease progression.
Learn how to reverse–undo–the progression of many of the most common and costly chronic diseases.
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