Tirelessly to end hunger in the United States. Joining bill, a National Partner in the program. Well discuss discussions to hunger here. And then raj patel. Some call raj the rock star of social justice writing. Well begin with dr. Dean ornish ornish. Doctor, its great to have you on the show. Thank you for coming on. Twothirds of americans are overweight or obese. Half of us are on diets. Close to 50 Million People struggle other the year to get adequate nourishment. What do you of this reality, this polarity when it comes to hunger and disease. One out of five people go to bed hungry here tonight even here in the bay area that is oh affluent. There are problems of over nutrition and under nutrition. And its not just how much we eat but what we are eating. We found the average person who goes through our program loses 18 pounds on average. We know what to do. Its a question of making it possible for people to do that. Gavin what is it . Weve seen the number of food stamp recipients up
Joining bill, a National Partner in the program. Well discuss discussions to hunger here. And then raj patel. Some call raj the rock star of social justice writing. Well begin with dr. Dean ornish ornish. Doctor, its great to have you on the show. Thank you for coming on. Twothirds of americans are overweight or obese. Half of us are on diets. Close to 50 Million People struggle other the year to get adequate nourishment. What do you make of this reality, this polarity when it comes to hunger and disease. One out of five people go to bed hungry here tonight even here in the bay area that is oh affluent. There are problems of over nutrition and under nutrition. And its not just how much we eat but what we are eating. We found the average person who goes through our program loses 18 pounds on average. We know what to do. Its a question of making it possible for people to do that. Gavin what is it . Weve seen the number of food stamp recipients up to 46. 4 Million People, dramatic increas
And rising water. Plus seismic predictions perfecting an earthquake warning system. But what would it cost . There are now only four hours left to sign up for Health Insurance under the Affordable Care act. By midnight eastern, the white house hopes to have 7 Million People registered. But the website has been struggling again today. Libby casey joins us from capitol hill with more. Its actually healthcare. Gov and it was a chaotic day for that website. It went down for scheduled maintenance around 1 00, that was expected, but it stayed down until 9 00 a. M. Some crucial hours. They were able to get it back up and running at 9 00. And then it went down a second time, john, in the afternoon. The department of health and Human Services and the Obama Administration saying that was because there were so many people trying to jump on at the same time. People deciding to call instead of going online, they got a recorded message saying there was a very long wage because of the surge in demand
Aljazeera. Com. You avoid alcohol. You avoid sugars, carbs, get 20 minutes exercise and fast once a moderation. Sounds like a miserable existence, lisa. Then we have mario on twitter who says inactually lightly, be as vegan as possible. Colorful plates, no stress. Dont worry about calorie pleasurable. I like marias routine. I like it, too. America spends nearly twice as on healthcare but we werent in the top 25 for long, healthy lives with billions spent annually on doctors, sophisticated procedures and pills, to conditions like obesity and Heart Disease have a stranglehold . Dr. Dean ornish has spent years wrapping his brain around this issue and explains how conditions like Heart Disease can in most cases be reversed. He has been called one of the cest most powerful teachers in the world by Forbes Magazine and one of his most famous patients is president bill clinton. He got the former fast food lovers lover to get serious after clinton underwent major procedures like triple by pass
It later. You had something scary happen to you what . About a year or two ago . Two years ago, i was on the treadmill, exercising, finishing up and my heart rate goes up to about 230. I pass out. I wake up. My heart rate is still at 230. It stays at 230 for about an hour. They rush me over to the emergency. They have to cardiovert me three times and they said i was this close to going. So if this is wood, knock on wood, i am lucky to be here. This affects all americans. Right. And we have our community. We ask them how do you stay healthy in this day and age . On facebook, shara said you avoid smoking. You avoid alcohol. You avoid sugars, carbs, get 20 minutes exercise and fast once a week and eat everything in moderation. Sounds like a miserable existence, lisa. Then we have mario on twitter who says inactually lightly, be as vegan as possible. Colorful plates, no stress. Dont worry about calorie counting and food can be pleasurable. I like marias routine. I like it, too. America spe