Dean Ornish

You can lose weight on just about any diet. Keeping it off is a lot harder. A few years ago, the government reviewed all the different weight-loss plans. They found that two-thirds of people gained back all the weight they lost within a year, and 97 percent gained it all back within five years

In the past, lifestyle changes have been viewed only as prevention, increasing costs in the short run for a possible savings years later. Now, our program is offered as a scientifically proven alternative treatment to many patients who otherwise were eligible for coronary artery bypass surgery or angioplasty, resulting in an immediate and substantial cost savings.

Mutual of Omaha calculated an immediate savings of almost $30,000 per patient. These patients reported reductions in angina (chest pain) comparable to what can be achieved with bypass surgery or angioplasty without the costs or risks of surgery.