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This is the #1 diet for your heart

Ornish Lifestyle Medicine is a science-backed way to reverse heart disease—while making it easy for you to eat healthy.


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Your diet may be more powerful than you thought. In fact, Ornish Lifestyle Medicine, an eating plan designed by Dean Ornish, MD, a professor of medicine and founder of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, can reverse heart disease, diabetes, prostate cancer and other conditions. The program limits fat and encourages a diet filled with all-natural, plant-based nutrition.

Looking to get your eating habits on the right track and reverse heart disease? Check out the Ornish Lifestyle Medicine—tied for number 1 among best heart-healthy diets and tied for number 3 in best plant-based diets in the latest rankings from U.S. News & World Report. Adopting this eating plan might be a lot easier than you think.

Written by Taylor Lupo.
Medically reviewed by Megan Burke, MD.April, 2026
Updated onSeptember, 2026
Written by Taylor Lupo.
Medically reviewed by Megan Burke, MD.April, 2026
Updated onSeptember, 2026
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