Abolishing Heart Disease

By Caldwell Esselstyn Jr., MD

October 15, 2013 Updated by CNS on February 8, 2026

…have become heart attack proof and lose the fear that haunts heart patients and their families—that another heart attack might occur. Why don’t more cardiologists employ this simple and successfully…

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My Journey Back To Health: From Code Blue to Plant-Based & Thriving

By Sherry Shrallow, LCSW

February 6, 2019 Updated May 29, 2019

…diets centered around animal foods that heart disease exists. Why Plants? Many people ask me why eating fruits, vegetables, legumes, grains, and beans is a protection against heart attacks, and…

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How a Heart Attack Saved My Life

By Dennis Heinz

July 21, 2016

…in January. At 62, I had suffered a massive heart attack. I was told that 30% of people that get this type of attack die. I got a second chance!…

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The Heart Attack That Launched a Whole New Life!

By Hilary Lang Greenebaum, PhD

May 17, 2016 Updated January 7, 2019

…depressed, and scared. We recalled that Howard’s father had had a heart attack; three weeks later had a second heart attack and died. I tried to push my terror away….

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A Goal of (Profitable) Mediocrity in the Fight Against Heart Disease: The APOC3 Mutation Story.

By Thomas Campbell, MD

July 14, 2014 Updated January 4, 2019

On June 19th, an article[1] in the New York Times titled, “In Single Gene, a Path to Fight Heart Attacks,” unintentionally highlighted the modern promise and the utter failure of…

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Reversing Heart Disease with Diet

By T. Colin Campbell, PhD

March 29, 1996 Updated June 8, 2023

…convincingly showed that heart disease could be reversed in seriously ill heart patients when they used a low-fat diet, exercised, and managed their stress. Dr. Esselstyn’s findings contribute some important…

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After Husband’s Heart Surgery, Vegetarian Couple Goes Plant-Based

By Diane Lebo Wallace

June 13, 2017 Updated January 4, 2019

…husband’s doctors no doubt had saved his life, preemptively diagnosing heart disease and preventing him from suffering what surely might have been a damaging or even fatal heart attack. Expert…

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Masai and Inuit High-Protein Diets: A Closer Look

By Thomas Campbell, MD

July 17, 2015 Updated January 7, 2019

…were no heart attacks shown on autopsy and these men still had functional heart vessels without blockages because their vessels had become larger. Researchers thought this might have been related…

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Mel’s Plant-Based Journey From Heart Disease to Health

By Sherry Shrallow, LCSW

December 10, 2021

…Mel was scheduled to have double knee replacement surgery, a preparatory examination of his heart revealed blockages in his arteries that required two additional stents in his heart, as well…

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