The present study is the first to evaluate … a comprehensive lifestyle intervention that included a low-fat, whole-foods, plant-based diet, exercise, stress management, and group support meetings …. At 3 months, significant changes in diet with a reduction in calories, protein, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and so-dium intake and an increase in carbohydrates, fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, and iron were observed
Tag Archive: coronary artery disease
Esselstyn (2010) Is the present therapy for coronary artery disease the radical mastectomy of the twenty-first century?
Present cardiovascular therapy has become a standardized error, as it does nothing to prevent disease …. plant-based cultures that adopt Western, animal-based nutrition promptly develop coronary artery disease …. nutrition-based program is not dangerous, there is no mortality or morbidity …. Family history and genetic background do not cause this illness. It is not the luck of the draw. It is a matter of personal action and responsibility. Genes load the gun, but lifestyle pulls the trigger.
Ferdowsian et al. (2009) Effects of plant-based diets on plasma lipids
“Our review demonstrates that individuals following plant-based diets experience significantly lower blood lipid concentrations compared to those following diets that include animal products. In observational studies, vegetarians also appear to have fewer and smaller age-related increases in lipids compared to nonvegetarians …. Dietary changes are recommended as first-line therapy for dyslipidemia because they are safe and cost effective …. plant-based diets, which follow the current recommendations of the Third Adult Treatment Panel and the American Heart Association, have demonstrated greater cholesterol reductions”
Ornish (2009) Mostly plants
“There is a growing convergence of scientific evidence that an optimal diet is mostly plant based, consisting pre- dominantly of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and soy products. A healthful diet is also low in refined carbo- hydrates, saturated fat, and trans fats and high in complex carbohydrates with adequate omega-3 fatty acids.2″
