Cardiovascular Conditions

Is Saturated Fat a Good Guy or a Bad Guy? Part One

September 22, 2017 |

These days it is commonplace to see headlines in the media proclaiming “Butter is Back” or “Why Full-Fat Dairy May be Better Than Low-Fat” and book titles like “Eat Bacon, Don’t Jog: Get Strong. Get Lean. No Bullshit.” (1,2,3,4,5). What is happening here? We have believed for decades that consuming too much saturated fat leads…

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What Does Eating Plants Do For Your Blood Vessels?

July 21, 2017 |

“Some people think the plant-based, whole foods diet is extreme.  Half a million people a year will have their chests opened up and a vein taken from their leg and sewn onto their coronary artery.  Some people would call that extreme.” Caldwell Esselstyn MD A delicate balance…. Plant-based diets have many beneficial effects on the…

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Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet – Part One

June 23, 2017 |

“I don’t mind dying. I just don’t want it to be my fault”. “There are two kinds of cardiologists – those that are vegan and those that haven’t read the data”. Dr. Kim Williams, cardiologist and the president of the American College of Cardiology in 2015, is quoted above. He advocates a plant-based diet with…

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