# Your genes are not your fate

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2008
- Speaker: Dean Ornish
- Year: 2008
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/dean_ornish_your_genes_are_not_your_fate)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Dean 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.

## Lectures

1. [Your genes are not your fate](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/dean_ornish_your_genes_are_not_your_fate/47018cbb3c76), 3 min (TED's player)