Clinton Plant Based Diet

I m now wishing it was never released because it sort of stole the thunder from this new video with cnn s wolf blitzer that is a hundred times better.

Clinton plant based diet. He used to eat a typical american high calorie high fat meat based diet. Dean ornish s program for reversing heart disease dr. Colin campbell author of the bestseller the china study and dr. President told cnn s dr.

Dean ornish s program for reversing heart disease which urges a strict low fat plant based regimen along with two books that were if possible even more militantly vegan. Bill clinton discusses his plant based diet forget about the yahoo huffington post video i blogged last week that featured bill clinton talking about his near vegan diet. Esselstyn jr author of prevent and reverse heart disease as two of the of his inspirations clinton said i went on essentially a plant based diet. He had a heart attack and a quadruple bypass in 2004.

Clinton took the advice of the. Colin campbell s the china study all three of which recommend a low fat nutrient rich whole foods plant based diet to prevent and cure heart disease. Adhering to a plant based diet takes some planning but if you want to feel as good as clinton taking the time to plan and learn is the key to success. He first opened up about his new plant based diet last year to cnn s wolf blitzer clinton has turned to eating solely plants in order to keep weight off and his heart healthy.

This got his attention and he went on a strict new diet losing 24 pounds to get back down to. Clinton highlighted his concern over a worsening heart condition as the driving force behind his decision to make a radical change in his eating habits. Sanjay gupta this week that he doesn t eat any dairy eggs or meat and consumes very little oil. A large study in over 200 000 people found that those who followed a healthy plant based diet rich in vegetables fruits whole grains legumes and nuts had a significantly lower risk of.

Learn about a vegan plant based diet from the same doctors who advised bill clinton. Recurrent blockages required placement of two stents in february 2010. Prevent and reverse heart disease by caldwell esselstyn m d and the china study by cornell biochemist t. I live on beans legumes vegetables fruits.

Prodded into action clinton started by rereading dr. Eat more grains like oats millet and quinoa and use expeller pressed oils like almond flax and olive.