Have a healthy heart - Interview with Caldwell Esselstyn, M.D. (Part 2 of 2)

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Go Vegan Radio's Bob Linden interviews Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn about the benefits to your heart from a plant-based diet. Dr Caldwell believes that the best way to tackle heart disease is to encourage people to stop consuming meat and dairy products. He says that the healthy vegan diet can also reverse heart problems. Highly recommended listening. Please forward a link to part 1 and 2 of this interview to all your friends and family members. You can listen to part 1 of this interview at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QWMD-uHvoA Download free vegan starter guides at http://veganfuture.wordpress.com/resources/vegan-starter-guides/ Thank you to Go Vegan Radio for permission to reproduce this interview. Please consider making a donation to the show at www.goveganradio.com where you can also listen to a huge selection of past shows. Information about the Dr. Esselstyn interview from the Go Vegan Radio website... Have a heart! Have a healthy heart! Hear the author of the book "PREVENT AND REVERSE HEART DISEASE - THE REVOLUTIONARY, SCIENTIFICALLY-PROVEN, NUTRITION-BASED CURE". The author is CALDWELL ESSELSTYN, M.D. who, received his B.A. from Yale University and his M.D. from Western Reserve University. In 1956, pulling the No. 6 oar as a member of the victorious United States rowing team, he was awarded a gold medal at the Olympic Games. He was trained as a surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic and at St. George's Hospital in London. In 1968, as an Army surgeon in Vietnam, he was awarded the Bronze Star. Dr. Esselstyn has been associated with the Cleveland Clinic since 1968. During that time, he has served as President of the Staff and as a member of the Board of Governors. He chaired the Clinic's Breast Cancer Task Force and headed its Section of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery. In 1991, Dr. Esselstyn served as President of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, That same year he organized the first National Conference on the Elimination of Coronary Artery Disease, which was held in Tucson, Arizona. In 1997, he chaired a follow-up conference, the Summit on Cholesterol and Coronary Disease, which brought together more than 500 physicians and health-care workers in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. In April, 2005, Dr. Esselstyn became the first recipient of the Benjamin Spock Award for Compassion in Medicine. His scientific publications number over 150, 'The Best Doctors in America' 1994-1995 published by Woodward and White cites Dr. Esselstyn's surgical expertise in the categories of endocrine and breast disease. In 1995 he published his bench mark long-term nutritional research arresting and reversing coronary artery disease in severely ill patients. That same study was updated at 12 years making it one of the longest longitudinal studies of its type. It is most compelling, as no compliant patients have sustained disease progression. Today, 20 years later compliant patients continue to thrive. Dr. Esselstyn and his wife, Ann Crile Esselstyn, have followed a plant-based diet for more than 20 years. They work together to counsel patients. Dr. Esselstyn concentrates on the medical details, and Ann focuses on healthy foods and how to prepare them. www.HeartAttackProof.com Purchase Dr Esselstyn's book at http://astore.amazon.co.uk/vegafutu-21/detail/1583333002