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"Oscar winners lived four years longer than the other two groups, with study authors concluding that winning an Oscar may lead to increased feelings of optimism and mastery that influence health throughout the rest of one's life. Of course one might well ask: Did winning an Oscar lead to more optimism and better health, or did feelings of optimism and mastery lead to being a better actor, making these actors more likely to take home an Oscar?" - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"They gave patients the optimism and encouragement to become more involved in their own healing process. They unclogged and defused arteries, revolutionizing my practice from crisis management to crisis prevention and from illness to health. I saw patients reach levels of healing I could never imagine possible with conventional care alone. Instead of tears of sorrow, I repeatedly witnessed tears of joy. I received hearty hugs from rejuvenated patients. The idea of stabilizing plaque and even reversing it became my obsession—the challenge of a career." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"As health returns, benefits such as energy, strength, stamina, clear thinking, better sleep, sexual capability and desire, plus a general feeling of optimism about life, start to increase. Health can be yours. You can feel and look younger. You now have the knowledge; the rest is up to you. Go for it! You deserve it! A couple of years from now you'll be glad you did. I am, and am still working at it. It feels so good to have energy and enthusiasm, and to be free from the degenerating physical conditions that one has suffered with for many years." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Over a few months, we used hypnotic regression work, energy healing, meditation, and talk-therapy to restore her self-esteem and optimism. Through this, she realized her story behind the story was to discover and live out her dreams, rather than fulfill the expectations of her parents, church, and community. She came into a deeper, more authentic contact with God that renewed her faith. Her depression lifted entirely and her concentration improved somewhat. She didn't make significant progress with the MS, though, until I taught her the Gearshift Exercise." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.) "Hypnotic pain relief also brings with it renewed optimism and faith and can substantially lift the depression and anxiety that frequently accompany chronic pain. And all these benefits of hypnosis come without the negative side effects of chemical analgesics, anti-inflammatories, and anesthetics. Before we move on to the method, a very important note of caution is in order. This method is extremely powerful. For reasons I explain below, you can use it to alleviate pain whether or not you have dealt with the underlying cause of your pain." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.) "This concept is liberating and should inspire a great deal of optimism about yourself and the human species. If you think accurately in any situation you find yourself, even if it's a difficult situation, strong emotions will not overwhelm you. Moreover, you won't find a disparity between your expectations and your experience, and therefore, you will not feel badly stressed. When I introduce my clients to this concept, many agree with it. However, some will say "No way, Doc. When I'm swamped by bad feelings, I'm not thinking at all—the feelings just rise up out of nowhere." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.) "Meditation delivers greater mental clarity, peace of mind, and optimism. It will also bring you profound intuitive insights regarding your physical and mental health, as well as provide answers to questions regarding the meaning and purpose of life—insights critical to getting to your story behind the story. If you so choose, you can use meditation to move into expansive states of spiritual awareness, a worthy ideal for the person of faith and the scientific humanist alike. Clearly, meditation is a gift from the gods for people with health problems. It is also so easy a child can do it." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.)

"Some of this optimism is partly based on the frequently observed case-control association between diets high in fruits and vegetables (and presumably antioxidant exposures) and decreased disease risk, including cancer. Although there is evidence that antioxidants may offer health benefits in populations that are at increased risk because of environmental or medical conditions, there are many inconsistencies in the literature." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Wolfgang Plischke, the president of Bayer's North American pharmaceutical division, attended the meeting and declared his optimism for higher sales. Dr. Plischke "reiterated the need to drive future sales," the minutes said, "and his belief that we can achieve blockbuster status." When both corporate executives and government regulators agree that a prescription drug comes with a small but real risk of death, how many deaths does it take before there is one too many? It was not until late July 2001 that the staff at the FDA pressed Bayer about the deaths and injuries." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"This revolution in scientific thinking also promised to give us back a sense of optimism, something that has been stripped out of our sense of ourselves with the arid vision of twentieth-century philosophy, largely derived from the views espoused by science. We were not isolated beings living our desperate lives on a lonely planet in an indifferent universe. We never were alone. We were always part of a larger whole. We were and always had been at the center of things. Things did not fall apart. The center did hold and it was we who were doing the holding." - Lynne Mctaggart, The Field - The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe (Get the book.)

"Positive emotions and attitudes such as joy, hope, optimism, contentment, and gratitude are based in love and make us feel good about ourselves; we feel expansive; we develop a positive self-image and grow. Negative emotions such as anger, resentment, guilt, anxiety, and depression have their basis in fear, and in feelings of powerless-ness and lack of self-worth. Under the influence of negative emotions, we feel vulnerable and put up our defenses; we stunt our growth. Love encourages us to grow; fear discourages us and causes us to move into protection mode." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Anju, for the first time in years, was beginning to savor optimism. The many sacrifices she had made to help the most helpless were finally coming full circle, and bringing peace to her own life. Life, she was starting to believe, really could have a happy ending. Rhinebeck, 2003 "Loukas!' I said, "you look terrific^ What a tremendous leap this tough little kid had made! In just a year, he'd gained almost 50 percent more weight. His asthma had virtually vanished. His muscles were strong, and his cheeks were pink, and wrinkled with a perpetual smile." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Personality dispositions (thinking the glass is half empty), including a lost sense of mastery, optimism, control, and self-esteem, or heightened levels of anger and hostility. 3. Chronic and acute stress in life and work, including the stress of racism, classism, and other factors related to the inequitable distribution of power and resources. It is more than stress alone that contributes to or creates the majority of modern chronic diseases—from the epidemic of mental disorders, including depression and anxiety, to heart disease, and more." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"Our insights from lectures and homework, the release we felt as our bodies detoxified, and the energy we developed created health, self-esteem, and optimism. I am less critical. I accept myself. No more alcohol. We attended Gary's health retreat and read self-empowerment books. I was not old. I was drowning in internal pollutants. CONNIE, 65 YEARS OLD My positive changes began in a health support group. I simply changed my diet, began juicing, and did homework assignments. Although not familiar with exercise, I tried power walking." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"A careful analysis of the surfeit of stories on AD can help you keep abreast of recent advances and maintain a sense of optimism without building up unrealistic expectations and false hope. The key is to read carefully, and keep your faith on a short leash. contemplating complementary and alternative treatments For millennia, many people around the world have depended on so-called complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) for their primary health care." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"This is a book that will fill you with optimism because you'll discover—for the first time ever—exactly how to get in charge of your health to a degree you may have never thought possible. As strangely simple as it may seem, you truly can harness the "sunshine vitamin" D and enjoy amazing and far-reaching positive effects on your health! Many Americans today have numerous and expensive health problems, and so do our family members. This is an odd situation for the world's most affluent nation with one of the most sophisticated health-care systems." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) "Follow the steps and face every day with renewed optimism, energy, and excitement. When you realize it doesn't take much more than eating better foods and taking vitamin D supplements, this is a truly simple path to renewed health! 30 Step One: Find Out How Much Vitamin D You Need irst, figure out where you stand. Start with an assessment of your need for vitamin D: ?Take the quiz below. ?See a physician if you want guidance in assessing your vitamin D. ?Get the right tests if you need testing." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) "Capture a healthy image in your mind, massage that idea, and shoot for your best goal with all your energy and optimism. Make a list of foods and go grocery shopping to restock your shelves. Figure out the dose of vitamin D you need and get started right away on your supplementation. Start moving! Don't make it complicated. Eat better. Pump up your vitamin D levels. Within ninety days you'll be feeling better and your only question will be Why didn't I make these changes years ago? Go to www.thevitamindcure.com for the latest information on vitamin D and dietary acid-base balance." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Peggy was polite, but I later learned that she didn't have a lot of optimism about my program. She'd already been to too many doctors, and was fed up with their treatments, and even their egos. At her most recent appointment with a new doctor, she'd mistaken the female physician for a nurse, and the doctor had just gone off on her. Peggy had managed to keep her mouth shut, but she was sick of the system. She'd come to me because she had seen my second book, Natural Relief for Your Child's Asthma, in her Hong Kong doctor's office, of all places." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Studies show that opening up new options leads to positive emotions and optimism, which have healthy biochemical and energetic effects. Specifically, they reveal that optimistic patients return to activity sooner after surgery. Plus their coronary arteries are more resistant to the development of dangerous thickenings, and their offspring are born with healthier birth weights. On the other hand, feeling stuck is associated with pessimism, which one animal research study called learned helplessness." - Rick Foster, Greg Hicks, M.D., Jen Seda, Choosing Brilliant Health: 9 Choices That Redefine What It Takes to Create Lifelong Vitality and Well-Being (Get the book.)

"Your overall sense of well-being and optimism takes a bit of a pummeling. Repetitive flares can leave one fearful—rather than hopeful—about what the next week, month, or years may hold. I know this all too well. Still, some studies suggest that a stress-free mood can persist, despite illness. In one study, researchers asked both chronically ill patients and a group of healthy individuals to record their moods into a handheld digital assistant, such as a Palm, every few hours for one week." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"A combination of optimism about the industrial future, bona fide improvements in the ability to see and grasp the basic biology of disease, and darker forces fueling that optimism guaranteed that the burden of proving any modern activity caused cancer would become impossibly heavy. The search for more scientific information easily morphed into a reason to reject what had once been known. 1 he reason I know Percival Pott's young chimney sweeps would have had a hard time in a modern courtroom is that in 2000 I participated in a case that was eerily equivalent." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.)

"I saw that his energy level and his optimism picked up. I wrote a letter to the judge, and Rusty was put on probation rather than given jail time, on the condition that he would continue drug testing, Narcotics Anonymous, and counseling at college. He took his DDR setup with him and continued doing it every day for a while. Then he joined an intramural soccer team and started going to the gym. Exercise was a conduit for shifting Rusty's focus to a more productive life." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.) "When you look at this in the evolutionary context of Heinrich's endurance predator, it makes elegant sense: while tracking their prey, our ancestors needed to have the patience, optimism, focus, and motivation to keep at it. All these traits are influenced by serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. Walking will make you feel more invested in the world around you. Before long, you'll want to get out there even more. One simple way doctors gauge the fitness of their patients is to see how far they can walk in six minutes." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"It ensures your ability to maintain mental focus and optimism and it actually boosts your metabolism. Breakfast really does "break your fast" from the night before: Your body actually requires some fuel after a night's sleep. For another, when you skip breakfast, you tend to rebound at lunch and dinner and consume more calories than you might otherwise. It's much harder to control your food intake when you're truly starving." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.) "It will boost your optimism, build your muscles as well as your confidence, and, of course, it burns calories. Exercise makes every day better. Some people are discouraged when they're urged to exercise. They envision a toned, muscular body in spandex, sweating through a marathon. Some people find this type of exercise exhilarating, but working at that duration and intensity is not at all a requirement of the SuperFoodsRx lifestyle. If you can walk around the block—or work up to it—you can succeed at the SuperFoodsRx exercise plan." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"With this natural medicine approach, IC patients can proceed with optimism and be reassured that there is likely help for their very chronic condition. Nutrition Some foods and beverages seem to exacerbate symptoms for many women. Although not fully investigated, about 53 percent of patients with IC associate a flare-up of their symptoms with dietary influences, especially citrus fruits and other acidic foods and beverages.2 Many women find it helpful to avoid certain foods. If you avoid these foods for two weeks and your symptoms improve, this is good news for the bladder." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

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