It´s often claimed a vegan diet reverses heart disease. A bold claim, but is it accurate? Did Drs. Ornish and Esselstyn prove a …
It´s often claimed a vegan diet reverses heart disease. A bold claim, but is it accurate? Did Drs. Ornish and Esselstyn prove a …
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First time I heard that a vegan diet could REVERSE heart disease was from Pritikin.
Both Esselstyn and Ornish diet are for people who are already suffering from heart disease. As far as I know, with my family members, it’s the only diet that are prolonging their life and feeling healthier and active in the process. They are on it for over ten years now and are having really good outcome based on their lipid panel, stress test and heart scans. It is a restrictive diet but it can save and prolong your life.
I like the sentiment at the end of the video, that it's the overall outcome that matters, why get stuck on plaque size measurements, when the whole body is obviously revitalized? A healthy vegan diet can certainly reverse heart disease in a variety of ways, especially if you get your LDL and other markers very low.
I'm 56, and after curing my type 2 diabetes and losing 70 pounds, I had my calcium and plaquing in the arteries checked. Zero blockages and no medication thanks to a vegetable and grass-fed meat diet. …close to zero carbs as possible.
We followed the book the China Study because if the problems w cassein. I wish thus could be addressed if maybe only to say we don't know enough about that animal protein. Very informative. TY.
so the claim of dr Gregers that thers only 1 study that has proven to reverse heart disease , with WFPBD is a lie?
Carnivores like to copy everything the Vegans say for their own personal agenda. With that said yes the Vegan Diet is the only one proven to reverse heart disease. Even though i was losing weight on a Carnivore diet i ended up with high blood pressure amd heart disease. Having abs does not equal health.
Can a Vegan diet REVERSE Heart Disease?! yes..and cancer too. Basically similar to fasting if you are eating celery all day.
As a mostly-vegan vegetarian I'm glad I stumbled across this channel which seems to be looking at nutritional research from a less biased perspective than many vegan sources. Unfortunately the vast majority of people arguing against vegsnism completely discredit the diet and its healthiness, and adopt fringe and unproven opinions. It's nice to find a source that is more critical of purist thinking but still sticks to consensus and avoids cherry picking and misrepresentation
looking at one detail is not important when we have 3 things going for vegan diet that makes it the only way.
animal abuse needs to stop, for our mental state and life on earth. that alone should be enough.
human health, plant does the most good and the least amount of harm, that alone should be enough.
plant foods are order of magnitude less pollution, less resource intensive. the only way to live sustainable. that alone should be enough..
in conclusion we have no choice three times over. do what's right, logical and emotional correct.
I've got an out of topic question. Do fiber affect fat soluble vitamin absorption for example I take vitamin D2 along with my oatmeal and peanut butter( I've read fiber affects fat absorption)
Hi doctor, I liked very much how you presented those trials / papers.
It's highly difficult to have a good trial about diet, just because as human, variaty and variability is huge.
What make sense is that a plant based diet, with fruits seasonality eaten, as the same with grains, plus fish rich in w3, sure is a good deal.
To reverse a coronary desease, diet is not enough for the sole reason that to keep a healthy heart, diet is not enough.
Cheers
Ps, last guest of Peter attias pod cast is brilliant.
The thing is that people's heart disease doesn't normally just stop like it did in the Esselstyn study; we have lots of studies with people doing exercise, not smoking, etc, and their heart disease doesn't normally just stop in the rather dramatic way it did in the Esselstyn study, meaning that something very notable was happening which can't just be ascribed to other factors.
This video was a long-time coming. Nothing ever gets accomplished by lying or by overblowing benefits and evidence. Instead the opposite can happen, and people can get pushed away from a healthy diet and feel gulled/deceived. Plant-based diets have very real benefits and the community should focus on promoting those, rather than attempting to set up a cure-all image and a magic wand illusion around the diet. This by no means shows that plants aren't healthy, but that there's no insane undiscovered solution to health and balance between exercise, lifestyle and diet is key.
Thank you for the honest and insightful analysis as usual.
Well explained comparisons and solid critique.
Hey doc! If you could, I would like a video of hypoglycemia, how you get it and how to treat/cure it because I was diagnosed with it as a teenager.
Do you think a video about plant based diet and anti nutrients? I am still omnivorous, but my goal is to cut out eggs, limit chicken to 4 oz., And to keep the rest as low fat to lean dairy. I struggle with finding a diet that allows for covering most of the micronutrients and staying cheap. Anti-nutrients just add another layer complexity . Thanks for the content
Yes. But it has never been shown.
Being vegan also has ethical and environemntal benefits. Plus, beans and tofu are way cheaper and healthier than meats. Think about it, and be kind to animals!
Excellent analysis