Cardiologist Switches from Stents to Sweet Potatoes
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- Опубликовано: 15 июл 2024
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It’s not often that a doctor is inspired to make a lifestyle change because of a patient, but this is the incredible Galileo moment that Dr. Brian Asbill shares today on the PLANTSTRONG podcast.
As a cardiologist for 19 years, Dr. Brian Asbill had become adept at diagnosing and treating patients with medications and procedures, a variety of chronic diseases, yet many of his “optimally managed” patients continued to suffer from recurrent cardiovascular events.
A couple of years later, a patient gave him a copy of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn and, shortly after finishing reading it, he met with a patient who was having daily angina and had been told that he would require a third open-heart surgery. Instead of immediate surgery, Asbill gave him the book and told him to come back and see him in three months unless his symptoms worsened.
Three months later, that patient returned and both of their lives were irrevocably changed. He had lost 27 pounds, dropped his cholesterol by 100 points, and, within a week of changing his diet, had started walking on a treadmill thirty minutes daily while requiring NO nitroglycerin tablets for relief of chest pain.
Procedures and prescriptions would not have matched the difference that he had made by simply changing to a whole-food, plant-based diet.
Started whole food plant based last June. My afib is gone along with 50 lbs. I was high
stage 3 kidney failure, now I'm low stage 2. Thank you for all the good info.
Great job! That's wonderful to hear Vicki!
congratulations all my numbers have improved as well 2 years wfpb i was going into early stage kidney disease and in about 5 months the numbers were that of a teenager. Just amazing!!
Vicki, that is wonderful! Keep getting better!
Beautiful!!!!!!!!
A great step in the right direction. Keep up the good work!
How refreshing to hear a cardiologist support a WFPB diet. I had 95% blockage in the RCA with fatigue as my only symptom. I read the china study and everyone ignored me when I tried to get some feedback at my hospital. I tried and failed my diet without support. 6 years later and another 2 blocked arteries with no symptoms and a negative stress test. If my cardiologist cant diagnose me before I get to 95% blockage then I had to take control. Two years on WFPB, down 30lbs and total cholesterol is 2.6 (100) and no longer have food cravings - what a joy
Congratulations Tess! Sounds like you took the steps to rescue yourself!
Bravo Tess, you did it ! After so long time you succeeded it even if you started with failure, but after hard work and dedication your taste buds have changed and you are more healthier, younger, much happier and a better person!
Not the first time I've heard this, many times over... ❤️👍
Congratulations! Search Dr Kim Williams first vegan head of AHA and late Dr Ellesworth Wareham for inspiration. Peace and health! ✌️🌎
@@martykerns3802 the guest is a cardiologist
Adopted a WFPB lifestyle back in October, I have lost over 60 pounds and now have normal BMI, perfect blood pressure and blood work results. Thanks for all you're doing Rip to champion this lifestyle.
Congratulations Rodney! Very happy for you!!!
Great stuff he’s 100% accurate I’m in primary care and see the A-1 C cut in half, cholesterol cut in half, the fat sheds off it’s amazing what a switch to plant-based can do
Glad you are here - thanks for your service, Dr. Ince!
Dr. Ince it’s a shame more doctors don’t have your opinion. 😁
My primary care read my levels and immediately wanted to subscribe a statin. Zero interest in my lifestyle. I will return in six months with better levels. I guarantee it.
I was just diagnosed with a 100% blocked LAD with minimal symptoms. My echocardiogram was normal. My labs were good. My EKG was good. I’m in my normal body weight and within normal BMI for my height and weight. I started having slight burning to aching in my chest that went down my left arm and went to the cardiologist and had a nuclear stress test which showed severely blocked LAD. After the heart cath on Thursday is when they found the total blockage. They also found I had created many collateral blood vessels that were successful enough to make my symptoms mild. I also have no muscle damage. I was given some options of which bypass was number 1. My husband and I beat an researching and found your dad’s study. We have completely turned our diet around. I am starting my 6 greens a day and everything that he says to do. Im thankful that I have the time to make these changes to see if I can reverse this blockage.
I was 23 and started experiencing angina, a plant strong lifestyle has given me a new healthier path.
Another physician converted to the truth. His personal integrity and faith would not let him continue to go along get along.God bless this man. Nashville really fortunate to have Dr. Asbill in the city!
Thanks for the great information. I was a vegetarian for 16 years and had lots of health problems. In June I will have been on a healthy WFPB diet for 3 years. I lost a total of 65 pounds and feel awesome. My labs are perfect and my doctor is so proud of me!
Congratulations Pat! Very happy you've found the PLANTSTRONG path and glad it's serving you well!
Diabetic latina from Ohio 58 yr old
HbgA1c 7.2 July 2020..went on 90 % vegetarian. Jan 4 2021 hgb A1c 5.9 . Down 30 lbs.
As a nurse I wish I had pushed for this with our patients! Well wishes to all!
Congratulations Annabell! Good for you!
My husband had a cholesterol level of 6.3 (Australian measurement) last November. , The doctor wrote out a prescription for cholesterol lowering drugs but my husband never got it filled. This week he measured in at 5.3. He got this result by going on a plant-based diet and cycling 40km s week. His diet wasn't even perfect, but it worked. The doctor assumed he had been taking the pills.
Exciting progress! Hope he continues!
Tell yr husband keep going. In this utube Dr Asbill says @ 28min, a total cholesterol of 200 mg/dL he said ,, " yr not protected.
200 mg/dL = 5.172 Australian.
He said safe zone = total cholesterol of 150, which is 3.879 Australian. So dr said aim for 3.879. Maybe more concentration on yr husbands diet,??
Listen yrself..
Haha, that says everything about doctors :D! I assume that the doctor never told you about the serious side effects statines have? Nature has given us a drug that performs exactly like statines but wo any side effects: BIO RED RICE. It is the little fungi which turns moist rice red that is used. It costs 50 c/daily dose (1tablet). It's an easy way to avoid the high cancer risk and every thing else that comes with statines. Best of luck with your improving health!
@@anna-lenameijer9942 the whole point is that he didn't take the statins because Iknew of the side effects and the dietary solution. As you say, the Dr didn't point out the side effects. Thank you for your encouragement.
@@tlam3309 Hi T, I know that the doctors don't tell you about the statine side effects; there is too much $$ to be made on statines. I read everything I came across about statines over 2 yrs; the more I read, the paler I became: EVERY major organ is effected! To me as a homeopath, Nature has always got a cure, so I started looking. When I came across Bio Red Rice it was tested for 10 yrs, but do you ever hear about it? I warned 2 of my statin eating friends, but both still eat statines today. Everybody makes his own choices... Ruffly 10 % of a population eat statines today. Also try porridge on oats: its fibers absorb gallsalts, so the body takes cholesterol from the blood stream to make more gallsalts; positive terror balance :).
Great doctor, God bless these saints that spread the word of Plant Eating
Having your chest opened and your heart and vascular system manipulated and "shored up" is radical. Eating plants is easy! I've been vegan for coming on 6 years. Thank you Rip!
Well said!
But you still take statins and aspirin?
Thanks 🙏🏻
Amen Tracey. Another scary thing. There are a great many who have had complicated heart bypass surgeries. They will tell you recovery of having had your sternum split and chest opened was H*LL. Also, their spouse and family will say their loved one’s very personality was never the same. I think I will eat the veggies!!!!!
I love listening to your guests talk about all the success with Plant Based eating....I have been plant based for a few years now and feel amazing. For those of you struggling with the diet I must say both my husband and I now find that the standard American diet no longer holds any appeal. We have tried treating ourselves with old favorites and did not enjoy the taste or the feeling in our gut after consuming it...Thanks Rip and family for helping people get healthy.
My dad had a heart attack while running and passed away. A month prior had a check up and the doctor told him he was really healthy. He wasn't on any medication and had no regular health problems. His blood pressure was normal.. Looking back , he did eat a lot of fruits and vegetables and even included flax seed, but also ate to much meat and butter. Just because the doctor says you are healthy doesn't mean you are, you just aren't as sick as everyone else.
So very sorry for you loss. Our condolences to you.
My condolences to you and your family. I'm very sorry for your loss 🙏
So sorry for your loss.🙏
Thank you for opening up and sharing your families loss with us and helping others avoid having to exiperence such a major family event.
Sorry for your loss. Was there a autopsy?. What exactly happened to his heart?.
Great podcast! I’m so proud of this doctor and the long-term trend he described about other doctors moving in his direction. But I’m also really sad that this exposure for patients happens ONLY after they have serious health problems! In reality, ALL PEOPLE at every age need this exposure to lifestyle medicine and complete retraining about what they eat LONG BEFORE they ever have any health problems!! My wife and I started a WFPB lifestyle 12 years ago in our late 50s, and fortunately we did it on our own, without (before!) having any health problems. We are now 69 and 70, ideal weight, ideal blood numbers, very physically active (snow skiing, working out), feel great, and love life. I think watching my dad getting hacked apart by surgery after surgery for invasive cancer in his 50s when I was a teenager ultimately made me realize that I would do ANYTHING to avoid his fate. So I was open to WFPB when I first heard about it. PLEASE do yourself a favor and learn about WFPB NOW while you’re still healthy!!
Wow! Thank you!!!!
I’m glad that the doc eats nuts and seeds.
Plant-based, and this podcast in particular, changed my life. I can't imagine how I could ever express my thanks to you and to your family, but you are all in my prayers for the rest of my natural life. Thank you, thank you, Rip. May you know nothing but happiness.
Wow, thank you! Congratulations on adopting a whole foods, plant-based lifestyle!
PLANTSTRONG by Engine 2 - I was born with a congenital heart condition (Tetrology of fallots) and have had 4 open heart surgeries. Then 11 years ago which was about 8 months after my 4th surgery I decided to do away with all animal based foods, initially as a test to see if it was going to help with my high colesterol which I was taking medication for and wasn't doing anything. Within about 6 weeks my level had dropped alot (Vegan at the time). I ended up sticking to the diet. Then on the 18th June, 2024 I saw my Cardiologist and got a shock, the MRI scan that I had a few weeks before hand showed that I had scaring of the heart, and the Cardiologist said he wasn't expecting that. Cardiologist is not sure what the issue is though he thinks it could be Sarcoidosis, so I will be having a PET Scan. As a result of this I have decided to ditch the Vegan diet, which although is healthier in some respects to the SAD diet. So as a result I have decided to go WFPB.
I wanted to say that I have gone all in with my wife WFPB. As of January 2022
My wife has been for years
I'm waiting for my next Dr. Visit and lab work my last visit with the Dr and blood work was just before Christmas
I'm 67 years old .I have been dealing with being overweight, high HDL & LDL
A1 C of 7.5 for years High BP
I had a stroke on Jan 2nd 2007 while on the job. I have grown up on a farm that raised hogs and had it's own smoke house. I have to admit after watching Forks over Knives both the Original and the 10 year anniversary. I told my wife let's try this. I had been following the How Not to Die cook book
But I have found I like the Plant Strong Engine 2 and FOK which we are now using the cookbook for everyday meals. I will have my next labs in April.
I am becoming a Fit Santa 🎅
Thank you
Such a powerful testimony from a doctor who sees the results from his own patients.
We agree!
Wish we had more of these doctors in the Boston area
Thank you, Dr. Asbill for your courage and passion to bring people to good health. Thank you, Rip, for interviewing him. Great interview.
Glad you enjoyed!
I'm surprised you don't have more subscribers, Rip. Beautiful content! I love your family and what you're doing.
Thank you for having the courage to change your medical practice to support plant based lifestyle to reverse disease. I hope others will follow suit.
I went on a Mediterranean diet one year ago, very similar to WFPB. Lost 35lbs, now all lipids, bp, and blood sugars normal.
Wow that is So encouraging
This interviewee has got it going on. And so articulate. Thank you, Rip!
Amazing show. There's so much hope for heart patients. It's refreshing to know there's honest doctors out there telling their patients the truth. I pray that there will be more in the near future!!
We couldn't agree more! Thanks Barbara
Wish we had these kind of Doctors in the Seattle/Tacoma, Washington area.
Ahhh. You said the same thing I was thinking!! We’re forced to do it on our own but thanks to the internet we can hear from lots of smart people.
YES! That would be AWESOME 👌
You might have some in your area. I live in Asheville (the same city where Dr. Asbill lives) and we are a pretty small city.
Yes, I to wish we had PBWF Dr's in Washington. Contact me if you want support
Same here in rural Illinois in the middle of "meat country"!
This was important stuff that needs to be talked about more-thank you so much.
Thank you for the good interview Rip, well done.
I love this ! I am goimg back to school to become a dietician and I want to be whole foods plant based dietician ! I have been a whole foods plant based vegan for a while now and I'm spreading the word to all that will listen!
Wonderful! We need more people like you!
Thank you for spreading the word. I try to also at every opportunity I get. Animals also thank you.
That is brilliant. Thank you for spreading the word!
@Milema, you will be going against what is taught at college for diatectics courses. Learn it for test, graduate with credentials. Then you can help people with WFPB. Been there, profs and university do not want to learn-- They are the"expert" -- you are lowly ignorant student. "Remember your place"
Good luck, don't lose the vision. 🌶️🌴
Congratulations! And good luck. Wish you were in the Austin area
🙏🏽 🙏🏽 🙏🏽 for this wonderful interview.
Awesome!
I am on plant base. Had a little relaps eating some dairy later. It caused me to often feel un well. Phalpatations, high BP, breathing and asthma issue.
Went back to 100% plant base cutting out all dairy as well. Never felt better! Breathing had been no issue since either. After all, i already had a triple bypass and 4 stents. No more of that, thank you.
Congratulations on taking control of your health - you can do it!!! If you need support, join our free community at community.plantstrong.com/
Thanks for this interview with Dr. Asbill.
Rip, another interesting and instructive video! Keep them coming brother!
Dr. Asbill so inspiring....caring...great interview, Rip. Thank you.
Every doctors should inform their patient that there is other options then to get surgery.
I found out about it to late and got a triple bypass 6 months ago. Thanks to anyone getting the message across.
Plant base diet, intermittent fasting, exercise, no stress and plenty of sleep.
Now I’m only 10 pounds away from my BMI.
NO MORE ANIMALS NO MORE SURGERY
Congratulations on your progress Benoit! Glad you are here.
Doctors don't get paid for that. That won't pay for their vacations cars and houses.
Are you still taking statins and aspirin?
Thanks 🙏🏻
@@gabriel65304 i went from 25mg to 10 mg for the statin. I’m still taking the aspirin. We will see next year if I get better blood work results
@@YTparadise but now you follow plant-based diet strictly or only sometimes?
Man , 53 years old,189 cm high / 80 kilograms. I got a stent on February 2021 , I refused medication after one week, then 2 months later I started Keto diet for 2 months which increased my LDL cholesterol to 275. On 9 august 2021 I started Plant-Based diet. I am taking as well vitamin C Acerola , vitamin D3, vitamin k2 and nutritional yeast B12
I am an athletic body, 1, 88 cm high / 80 kg , I lost around 6-7 kilograms after implantation of stent ( angioplasty) .
Does anyone know if you can low the LDL cholesterol just with the diet and supplements which I am taking ❓❓❓
Does anyone know if I can keep my artery coronary unclogged long time only with diet and supplements ❓❓❓… without statins?
About proteins I am little bit afraid, because i am already lean 78-79 kilograms, and I am only 15 days on Plants-Based Diet. I have ordered some vegan proteins , I saw that Bill Clinton is using it .
Thank you , I will appreciate an sincere answer.
God bless you all.
That was fantastic! What an inspiration. A physician truly practicing the hippocratic oath. Great show. Thank you. Love from San Diego 🏄
Thank you for another great interview :) hadn't heard of Dr Asbill before, so it was great getting to know him ^^ thank you both for all the good you do
Thanks for listening
This was my first opportunity to listen to one of your podcasts & I just loved it, but was so sorry it was passed 3/18!
I’ll keep listening & learning & thanks for sharing wonderful guests & everyone’s knowledge !
Hello Kaye - Thanks for listening. You can still watch the "Make Yourself Heart Attack Proof" live event here: ruclips.net/video/6_O3bOE4-pQ/видео.html
Awesome, share the light!
BEAUTIFUL MAN! I love everything he's doing!!
finally, a good listener.
thank you both for giving us this life saving, encouraging good news and positive results!!! I loved Dr. Asblill's breakfast! I love oatmeal. Hearing his breakfast encouraged me to continue to eat the hearty oatmeal, and add more to what I'm already eating. I'm appreciative!
Great interview Rip
New partner to Dr. Esselstein that leads a movement around cardiologists to recognize from knife to potatoes to cure chronically diseases. Hopefully it will take by a storm. Thank you for sharing. Invaluable podcast. 👍👍👍♾💙
Really enjoyed this pod cast
Hey Rip. This was a great interview and really like Dr. Asbill.
While listening I cooked up something you demo’d on IG (or somewhere) recently. I warmed up a can of Goya garbanzo beans, added nutritional yeast and mashed them with a potato masher. It was delicious! Never would have thought of it, but this is a new favorite. Now I’m gonna experiment with different ways to eat it. Thanks a lot and thanks for all you do!
@@dina3396 - Lol. What a coincidence.
Wonderful - glad you enjoyed!
I really enjoyed this video ! Rip just love your enthusiasm about eating wfpb
i lost my mother because of heart disease. That lead me to study nutrition and make changes in life.
Thank you so much for your wisdom 🙏
Glad it was helpful!
good interview, Rip. thank you.
Thanks for saving the animals too
Much respect for this doctor for choosing health over profits. Could anyone please recommend a plant-based primary physician in NYC? Thank you.
Thank you RIP for such an incredible podcast 🙏 thank you Dr Asbil wholeheartedly for your sharing your amazing journey..I have ordered the Prevent/reverse cookbook - love all of the receipts and Jane/Anne’s YT channel ✅ Ive gradually turned more plant based in the last 12 months on route to becoming a vegan - can’t begin to tell you all of the health benefits I’m experiencing 😊 thank you all 🙏🙏
Thank God for this doctor. I'm 60 and have been vegan for 5 years. From about age 40, took several tries at vegetarianism and finally decided at age 55 to go completely vegan. Now I am 50% raw vegan. My bloodwork is perfect. I had a friend who was a few years older than myself. This past November of 2020 she would have been 64. Many times I asked her to join me to become plant-based/vegan, but she refused. She kept saying she couldn't eat like that. When she would tell me what she ate for dinner it was always things full of animal products like spaghetti with meatballs or chicken and noodles, etc. She was overweight. In November 2019, I was trying to reach her for nearly a week by phone and just left voicemails. Finally on a Thursday she answered, said she was in the hospital and was going to have a stent procedure the next day. She said her apartment manager had to call an ambulance for her because she couldn't breathe and nearly fainted. A few months before this, I noticed she could barely walk half a block without stopping to rest. She said she would talk to me the next day on Friday after the procedure. I was planning to visit her. I never heard from her again. She died the next day although I did not find out for 3 months. I called the hospital and pretended to be her worried sister. Eventually they told me she had been "released." I called her apartment but the manager said I was not on my friend's emergency contact list, so I couldn't be told anything. I sent the police for a well-being check and they said the same thing: they could not tell me because I am not an emergency contact. Her sister eventually called to tell me my friend was dead and had been in the city morgue for 3 months, no one of her family knowing that her body had been sent from the hospital to the morgue. It took authorities 3 months to locate her niece who was the emergency contact but who had moved out of state. I miss my friend every day.
I am so sorry to hear about your friend… I have a dear friend that I love so much… And she is a few years older than me and her health is going downhill just like your friends, and she doesn’t wanna hear anything about this lifestyle… And it makes me so so so sad.
@@lindaripp5902 Thank you for you condolences. I am sorry also to hear of your friend. Most people get caught up on a lifestyle of eating animal products when they are young. I am hearing WFPB doctors stating that the bacteria from animal products gets into the gut flora of babies from baby food and causes cravings for animal products for life unless there is a break from eating that way. Many young people eat animal products and don’t realize that eventually plaque will build up in their arteries and when they get to be my age they will have all sorts of diet-related ailments that could have been avoided. I really hope you will be able to convince your friend, even if it is to change her diet for a few days a week or to go out to eat at a nice vegan restaurant. I don’t want you to go through what I went through with my friend. But I’m glad you decided to change for yourself. God bless. 🙏
So sorry for your loss Roz. What a heartbreaking story.
@@Engine2PlantStrong Thank you so much. God bless. 🙏
Sorry for your loss. May I ask what is raw vegan? Is it just eating raw vegetables ?
Nathan Pritikin is the pioneer
28:00 Desired lipid values: Cholesterol
Cholesterol
God bless you 🙏 Dr. otherwise most cardiologist immediately make you scared and forced you to get invasive procedures. And put you on lifelong medication that along with immense of side effects. Thank you so much please stay like this God will give you so much strength and good vibes from the patient
Reading ENGINE 2 Rescue Diet as I listen to the podcast…Thanks
I started plantbased diet few days ago cos im having shortness of breath and my heart is heavy. for 2 days now I feel better and determined to continue the my new diet.
I have been around 90% plant based for the past year and this podcast encouraged me so much to throw out the other 10% that I struggle to let go of. Thanks so much! Is there any other ways to see Brian on social media?
Dr. Asbill is with Ruckus Health - they have just launched a website and are on Instagram.
@@Engine2PlantStrong Thanks!
My husband had 4 bypasses, at the same time! Discovered before a heart attack for which I am grateful. But I cannot convince him to give up meat and dairy
My husband is at least 125 pounds overweight. I just caught him hiding in the garage smoking cigars. He has high blood pressure. No meds. He’s 50 years old. He is also a very heavy meat eater. I always talk to him about his health. He told me not to waste his time. I am beyond words. 🤷♀️. He’s a good hearted man and a hard worker. But he’s killing himself. What more can I do?
Would he join the event we are hosting this week? It's free and will feature Dr. Asbill with Rip, along with Dr. Esselstyn. Visit plantstrong.com to register - the event is this thursday (March 18th, 2021) from 6:30-8:30 PM ET.
@@Engine2PlantStrong I can’t even get him to view any documentaries like FOK. So no, he won’t watch
@@fredrika8011 sorry that is tough, it has been my experience that some people need a good scare to change and then some that would rather die than give up their favorite foods...its a sad truth
@@fredrika8011 do you have any health issues or overweight, if so maybe if you did WFPB and he could see the results, he might think differently or swap a couple of meals a week.
I wish we had them in Kalamazoo Michigan. We had the CHIP program but I don't think the hospital was able to give their CEO enough money when people were getting better through diet and lifestyle.
Plus we are the home of a major pharmaceutical Corporation.
Tragic is not that people die but that they die due to lack of compassion for their own body, for the creatures that they kill in the process and lack of control of eating, overeating polluting our delicate planet.
Doctors should be held accountable for not sharing this information with their patients along with everyone else! This along with drug addiction is what crippled this country along with bad goverment. So thanks for sharing!
Doc suggested statins, no mention of possible side effects! Australian test result 7.6 I was told very high, Im not keen to take the meds as I'd done my homework on side effects, my diet was pescatarian, I choose to have a calcium score test done, outcome zero 👍, Im adamant to get cholesterol down and am giving a plan based diet a go, I need to loose weight sofar 7kgs down another 7 to go, Im being so good went out for lunch yesterday, normally always have calamari and fried both deep fried, had a beautiful salad instead! Will have another cholesterol test in 4 months, can't wait 😊 hoping for a good outcome. (Let food be your medicine).
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I love breakfast oats with berries
Berries are The Best!
I'm a urologist and find that cardiologists and vascular surgeons are the hardest to have a discussion about whole food plant based diet. In addition people including doctors who hunt ducks or deer are particularly closed minded.
I was to get a stent this week but I'm cancelling. Going with diet.
Why only a half of apple 🍎 in his oatmeal!? 🤣 Who does that?
The one that eats the other half grated in their lunch salad.
LOL. That’s a riot. He probably takes it for a snack later. 🤷🏻
dried apricot helps as substitute
I have atrial fibrilation and am about 60-70 poiunds overweight. I have left meat and milk products since last summer (with a few slip ups once in a while) but until a few days ago inwas still using vegan products and oil and cashew butter. Seing your free webinar this week i got rid of oils, salt and sugar and am now hoping that this will help me to lose the extra weight. I haven’t loss any weight since i quit meat and milk product but i know that i eat too much. I had an ablation for my afib at the Ottawa Heart Institute and other than being told ... you should lose weight, i am sad to say that the info i received on nutrition had nothing to do with plant based. Thank you for this precious info.
Hi Marie - Thanks for sharing your story. We're so glad the event and podcast helped you to see additional opportunities to make progress. Our coaching program kicks off on March 30th if you need additional support. Visit rescue10x.com for details.
Olive oil is good for you!
Thank you Rip for interviewing this doctor. I wish I would have seen it before April. I saw a Lipidologist who basically told me “you have familial hypercholestermia. Just take the shot ad eat what you want.” As of April 20 I have gone Vegan and started doing lots of reading and watching RUclipss at the recommendation of the Cardiac Rehab nurse and have since become Plant based. What a difference. I am suppose to be getting a cholesterol level this coming week and am hoping to see a big drop in my numbers. The first part of April, my levels were: total cholesterol 327, LDL was 242, HDL was 72. Sure wish we had a doctor like Dr. As I’ll in Austin, Texas. Thanks Rip for the interview. Have your Dad’s book as of today & hope it gives me more of a solid baseline. ♥️
Did you get your results?! I just had my first blood work done today after going vegan, can’t wait to get them back!
@@plants_and_wellness1574 yes I did. Had them drawn on Monday and the results are great. Total Cholesterol: 151, triglycerides 75, HDL 64, LDL 71 & the LDL/HDL RATIO WAS 1.11. I go see the doctor on 7/18 & plan on saying a lot about the plant based diet & that he should encourage his patients to follow the WFPBD-NO plan that Dr. Esselstyn recommends. Of course he will say it’s the shots that made the difference, so I plan on trying to get off the shots to prove my point. We will see. It’s easier for him to have his patients just take the shot! 😂. Please let me know how your labs come out.
@@anniebodos I had labs done a month ago before I went 100% plant based. I was about 90%. My LDL was 117, HDL 63, Total was 195, but my non-HDL cholesterol was 132. I don’t even know what that one is. I wish I had gotten my LPA and APOB and particle size down then but I didn’t. I did however get it done yesterday because I really wanted to know. I’ve been 100% plant based for two weeks now and I’ll re-test in 3-4 months. I had extensive testing done in 2020 and my LDL was over 200 and my LpA was 125! It’s supposed to be under 30! My homocysteine was over 18, my CRP was over 2, but it was 1.4 a month ago. Will let you know when I get my new results. I really want to know what my LPa, homocysteine, particle count, and APOb is.
@@plants_and_wellness1574 no one has ever checked my LpA, homocysteine or particle count.
@@lindaties7149 I just got my results back. After two weeks on a plant based diet my ldl cholesterol dropped 9 points! From 117 to 108! My total cholesterol is now 179. And! My hs-Crp was 1.4 a month ago, and now it’s 0.7! I’ve never had it below one! Now on to the bad news. And these markers take a long time to move, so I’m not too worried. My lipoprotein a is really high, it is 246 😳 they want it under 75. My homocysteine is slightly high at 11.3, it’s supposed to be under 10.4. Particle numbers are high and a few others are high. Will re test in 4-5 months. I highly encourage everyone to check their Lp(a) and ApoB and particle sizes and numbers. As of now I’m showing plaque buildup in my arteries and am at a moderate risk for heart disease. You would never guess looking at me. Goes to show that what we see on the outside doesn’t always reflect what we see on the inside.
If the population eats healthy WFPB (pretty much) that whole medical paradigm comes tumbling down. I see that area in my city where we have the hospital surrounded by all kinds of specialty medical building growing rapidly into its own small city, really, and it's 90% worthless.
Yes indeed. In our area its all taxpayer funding one way or another--huge industry (useless & borderline criminal) as far as I'm concerned. People must wake up.
There's a hospital complex in Palm Springs called Eisenhower and you literally need a map, and then you still need to ask directions.
@@alexiswinter6948 Right! I am very familiar with Palm Springs area and my uncle used to work (retired) as a nurse at Eisenhower---haha
All we'd have to do is remove the ultra-processed plant-based ingredients.
Weird answer
I’m slowly 😊changing
Pritkin used to allow sugar and fat free dairy and some sea food. He is taking in a lot of fat via flax seeds, almonds etc and salt.
One of the benefits for me besides feeling so much better and not longer having headaches all the time was feeling satisfied after each meal. All my life I have always felt hungry after a meal. I felt hungry so often and trained myself to live with it and not overeating though sometimes I gave in and kept eating until I couldn't keep it down. This feeling of always being satisfied even when I eat less than I usually do is amazing. I will never change from a plant based diet even when it's extremely difficult because of the amazing benefits.
Congratulations Muriel. Sounds like you've found the right path!
Plants foods aren't difficult, just make them tasty, it's never a compromise, only good health and tastier foods
When I opened this item on RUclips I was confronted by an ad promoting a Japanese knife. It showed this knife cutting up beef and salmon. Now I’m watching Rip on plant based eating. How ironic. Keep up the great work, Rip.🦘🦘🦘
Oh my! Please know that all RUclips advertising is targeted to the customer and what YOU will be most likely to watch. We don't have any say on what ads are placed on our content. Maybe RUclips thinks you need some new knives! =)
Rip is one of the reasons I went plant-based almost 8 years ago.
I was just in the cardiology section at Mission Hospital Asheville. They gave me a "heart healthy" diet of eggs. No dairy or bread hopefully because they're on my allergy list. They did give me meat (pulled pork) at some point. They didn't ask me if I wanted it. They call it heart healthy because they leave out salt, but leaving out salt doesn't apply to me because I have low blood pressure. In fact, my blood pressure dropped worryingly low while I was in the hospital. BTW, I eat plant-based and that is not fixing my (mostly hereditary) cardiac issues.
I recently experienced the same cardiac meal plan over a 5 day stay. Mine were meat and egg beaters/eggs (breakfast), dairy, processed turkey sandwiches, white pasta and mostly fruit with minimal veg but there was no salt. I asked them about it and nobody had a clue, that is what the heart association recommends. I was a vegan several years ago and followed Dr Esselstyn, Rip, Dr McDougal and Joel Fuhrman and I never forgot any of it because it seemed so natural to me. I am back on it 100% now and feeling better. I feel very fortunate to have that background because I have no intention of spending the rest of my life eating pills. I only know that I feel better eating like this and trust that it will get better. I hope you get it figured out.
Awesome Podcast, thank you for sharing such a Amazing, Doctor, love, Diana a soon to be 10 years Vegan 💕
Let's hope more docs will embrace plant-based eating. Many lives can be saved.
So true
I'm so glad I found a doctor in Texas who is actually GLAD when people go on a plant-based diet. I've heard so many co-workers say stupid stuff like, "My husband has diabetes so bad he's at risk of losing his feet. Our doctor told us to go on keto." I wanted to smack that doctor so bad. :( I got a reference from one of my friends who got Gout and her doctor told her to go vegan so I went to her doctor. lol. I didn't want a doctor who was going to say, "It's great you lost 50 pounds but I want you to eat meat or else you'll be unhealthy." Ummm, I'm pretty sure I was unhealthy being 75 pounds overweight with high cholesterol AND with vitamin deficiencies to boot!
Sounds like you found a great doctor! Happy for you!
My personal physician at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California was very happy when I switched to a whole food plant based vegan lifestyle three years ago. I have since lost forty five pounds, off blood pressure medication and viagra, my triglycerides and cholesterol levels dropped to within the normal range and I no longer have sleep apnea.
@@allee3476 Awesome!!!
Who is your doctor? My mom’s Cardiologist put her on a Low Carb/Keto diet back in October. She’s lost 25 pounds & gets blood work back next week.
Her Cardiologist is in TX
I’ve halved my cholesterol by 50% on your plant example also taking 80 mg per day of statin. Not sure which did the work ?
Getting back to basics. Shed all these bad habits and distractions. Don’t be a sucker, be good to yourself.
Fantastic information. Love this.
Another excellent podcast. I fear some litigation will ultimately make offering whole food plant-based to heart patients the standard of care. Wouldn’t it be nice to change without the litigation.
150,000 for a Triple bypass, a dissection that essentially ruins your heart, if indeed the bypass becomes clogged within 5 years, 50% failure rate? Sounds like more of a moneymaker, rather than educating the patient to reverse and drastically alter what they choose put in their digestive system...
So how do you circumvent the chemicals in plants and the soil as this is the way farming is done now. I read where organic isn’t necessarily any better depending on the farm location
We are big fans of the folks at The Chef's Garden. garden.plantstrong.com/
What kind of blood work would I need to order just starting out? I want to see my numbers and if/when they change...I don't have insurance so I need to know what to ask for.
We encourage a lipid panel and fasting glucose for before/after results in a short period of time. If you test over a longer period of time (3 months or more), we also recommend an A1C. We have a partner who offers direct-to-consumer bloodwork at 80% off retail. You can check it out here: plantstrong.com/bloodwork/
i love the data i am an all in or nothin kinda guy
I am an all or nothing kind a girl… So I started 3 1/2 years ago, and I pretty much just don’t cheat because that would be too hard… So I hear you. Good luck on your journey.
@@lindaripp5902 that is awesome plus the old food is disgusting and taste like s... anyways
Just entering normal BMI after doing WFBD, how to maintain body weight from continue to drop? I'm T2D and on metformin
What does he think about processed oils and processed foods
What about olive oil and a Mediterranean diet that has the most research behind it being one of the healthiest diets? Should we discount the overwhelming evidence? Purely plant based without oils just doesn’t have the research? Not to say super low fat can’t help but we need the proper studies evidence. The only studies seems very flawed as you can see by the peer review and research. Care to comment?
Being a non American, it’s amazing how the Doctor sounds like Doug Lisle.
I have had a triple bypass in 2016, previously 1 stent in 2007. Now one of my bypass arteries is ‘blocked’ again and the other 70% narrowed.I am slim and have been exercising all the time like dancing 4x a week and walking a few times a week, never drank alcohol or smoked, but eat red meat 3x a week, chicken 2x and fish or vegetarian at other times. I do not eat any smoked meat. I have always watched my diet but even more so after the first stent. My cardiologist is surprised of my condition and so am I and we can only blame family history for this. I have no other medical conditions, besides GERD. Would you think that a plant based diet would help me, even if I don’t need to loose any weight? Thank you for your advise.
Hello Brigitte, Sorry you are managing so much. We strongly encourage you to pick up a copy of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Dr. Esselstyn. Despite all the other healthy habits, what you eat is the most important driver of coronary artery disease. We would also invite you to join our Rescue 10x program - our next session kicks of March 30th with ten weeks of group coaching and following a very prescriptive eating plan designed to accelerate your progress. Please visit rescue10x.com for details.
How are you doing? Please watch cardiologist Kim Williams's lectures on RUclips. His motto is: There are two kind of cardiologists; those who recommend whole foods plant based diet, and those who aren't familiar with the science yet.
Hi Dr.my dr. Say's angioplasty and stents.65years old female.i want to live longer .I'm going to see into this plant based diet.thank you very much.take care
Hello Nancy, please be sure you pick up a copy of Dr. Esselstyn's book, Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease. It will give you all the information you need to fight back.
Where can I buy the Engine 2 products?
Thanks for asking! Our food line is available at plantstrongfoods.com - we will be adding many more products over the next few months!
I love to eat grains but only rice seems to have less than 150 calories per 100 grams, your grain eating have to be below 150 calories per 100 grams for reducing undesirable fats from your body