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There’s Hope for Us Yet: Drs. Dean Ornish and J. Craig Venter
July 2, 2008
I’ve posted about TED talks in the past (by Erin McKean and E.O. Wilson), and Dr. Dean Ornish’s TED talk from earlier this year is just as interesting (and delightful) as others that have gone before. In his talk, “Your Genes Are Not Your Fate,” Dr. Ornish “shares new research that shows how adopting healthy lifestyle habits can affect a person at a genetic level. For instance, he says, when you live healthier, eat better, exercise, and love more, your brain cells actually increase.” Dr. Ornish cites increased consumption of chocolate, blueberries, and tea, as well as stress management, as factors that tend to increase brain cells, while the consumption of saturated fat, sugar, and nicotine, as well as chronic stress, tend to decrease our brain cells.
Meanwhile, Dr. Craig Venter’s recent TED talk discusses how the institute that bears his name is trying to build the clean energy fuel of the future – and they’re getting close (less than 2 years to the development of their 4th generation fuels).
These two talks nicely exemplify the maxim, “Think globally, act locally” – there’s nothing much more globally-significant than clean energy, and certainly nothing more local than our own bodies.
More as it happens, with blueberries on top,
Cheryl
Posted by Cheryl LaGuardia on July 2, 2008 | Comments (0)
