Caldwell Esselstyn, MD of the famed Cleveland Clinic gives a FULL 62 minute talk from the 2003 VegSource Healthy Lifestyle Expo. Dr. Esselstyn‘s ongoing 21-year study shows that you CAN reverse heart disease and save your life. Of 20 patients sent home to die by their cardiologists in 1989, every one is still alive and healthy today, and heart-disease free, even though together they had had a total of 63 cardiac events before entering his study. This talk and many other life-saving presentations are available on DVD from the VegSource store at secure2.vegsource.com
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How can anyone dislike this video?
@wangtangchangbang I noticed that too, you lose your craving for food when you eat vegan.
@AstroTrain100 Most vegetables have a certain amount of protein. The myth is we needs tons of protein to be healthy. We don’t.
@1imesub Also want to mention the orthodox christian fasting days in blocks throughout the entire year — very strict for believers, no oil, meat, fish, days — and most definitely people complied.
Hi! Have you thought about intellectus 424 diet (search on google)? Ive heard some awesome things about it and my father lost crazy amounts of weight with it.
Where does one obtain protein from in a plant based diet?
@timmiet47321 plants have protein in them
This is interesting but what about people like me who are not vegeterian yet have superb cholesterol levels? My total cholesterol is 85 (reference range = 125-200) and my LDL is 42 (ref. range = 62-130).
I wish the doctor had addressed those cases where people have great cholesterol yet still consume meat. In this talk he argues: no meat –> great cholesterol –> heart attack-proof plus other health benefits. So if you already have great cholesterol (yet consume meat), no worries, I guess.
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@redball81 He mentions his colleague, Joe Crowe, who had good cholesterol, yet still suffered a severe heart attack. Happens all the time in fact. Cholesterol levels are just an indicator. Just because your levels are good doesn’t mean you’re not at risk. If you want to never worry about having a heart attack, ever again, cut the meat, dairy and refined oils. It’s really not that hard to do.
@timmiet47321 Most Americans get way too much protein which leads to all kinds of health issues like poor digestion and osteoporosis. Plants foods all have protein, and in healthy amounts.
@1imesub Thanks. Where in the video does he mention Joe Crowe? (I watched the whole video a week ago but I don’t remember that section too clearly.)
@redball81 37:23
@timmiet47321 From all the happy little plants you eat.
@1imesub Thanks. The Crowe case *is* interesting but I notice his cholest. came down to mine only after he was on the diet
. You did raise a point though: perhaps I fixate too much on cholesterol as the end all be all when it’s only a marker & there are other things being damaged in the body by meat/oil consumption (the Dr. says that olive oil raises clotting factor VII as much as butter does). I do think u could be more sympathetic: a diet change of this magnitude is F’ing hard for many ppl.
@redball81 He also discusses the PDAY study in this lecture in which autopsies were done on thousands of Americans ages 15 and up; every single one had atherosclerosis.
The moral of the story; if you’ve been eating meat, dairy, and refined oils over the course of your lifetime, you have plaque build-up in your arteries and are at risk of a heart attack/stroke.
It’s hard to have much sympathy when you hear excuses after excuses from people. If I can do it, anyone can!!!!
@redball81
Anyone who believes that by eating vegetables will get his or her cholesterol level Lower ARE IN FOR A HUGE surprise……….If this guy is advocating lowering cholesterol with vegetables, then he is a POSTER CHILD for the educational system here in the USA. Every person in this country should know by now that 90% of the cholesterol in our bodies is produced by the liver, and the level of cholesterol is due to the genes from your parents.
I wonder if they tested the HDL levels of that tribe he talks about who smoke but don’t get heart disease?
Does this guy even know how smoking causes heart disease?
I BET HE DOESN’T!
And I could Educate him on how smoking causes heart disease……..Would anyone like to know how smoking causes heart disease?
Fact:
High cholesterol levels DO NOT CAUSE HEART DISEASE!
Fact:
Low HDL levels cause HEART DISEASE, and if your HDL levels are near 30 THEN YOU HAD BETTER GET ON NIACIN TO GET IT UP!
@1imesub
Good cholesterol levels according to many doctors, cdc, etc., are when you have levels below 200…This can be VERY FALSE in many cases like the case of a friend of mine who is diabetic with cholesterol levels near 160, She is on several drugs to get it that low. HER problem is that her HDL levels are near 30 and like most diabetics this woman WILL DIE FROM A HEART ATTACK! To prevent heart attack: take fish oil, niacin, walk 3o min/day, Magnesium, cayenne, minced garlic!
@madmanatsea No, I would never recommend fish oil, nor the supplements you list. Eat a whole-foods plant based diet, naturally low in fat and free of cholesterol. It’s that easy.
@madmanatsea Not much of anything you’re saying is true. I know people who’ve lowered their cholesterol levels significantly by simply giving up animal products and refined oils.
For those new veggies like me who are convinced by St Caldwell and would like to do it but don’t have a clue, are there any good YT channels that help with the practicalities of living without meat, dairy, eggs and fish AND not drinking caffeine? I’ve been on it since yesterday and right now I’m not hungry but I do have a headache.
@usenetposts Eat plenty of starches: potatoes, squashes, rice, etc. for energy/calories. Eat fruits and vegetables for vitamins and minerals. Eat nuts and seeds sparingly, as they are relatively high in fat, though otherwise very healthy and a great source of vitamin E, which is very important in preventing alzheimer’s disease. Also, you should supplement vitamin B12 with a sublingual tablet (which is a good idea for everyone, not just vegetarians). Stay away from processed foods, eat whole.
@1imesub Many thanks for that. Do you have anything also to say about the giving up of caffeine? And are there any channels out there teaching about shopping for wholefoods and preparing them?
@usenetposts Coffee has been shown in studies to raise homocysteine levels, which is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. B12 is highly effective at lowering homocysteine, which is one reason it’s so important.
I’d subscribe to this channel (headveg) and vshvideo (Vegetarian Society of Hawaii), and drmcdougallmd as well. “The Starch Solution,” presented by Dr. McDougall, is one of my all time favorite lectures on youtube. Worth a look.
drmcdougall(dot)com has tons of free recipes.
@1imesub Many thanks for all the great advice!