Heart Disease
There is now compelling evidence, including published peer
reviewed journal articles, clearly showing that heart disease can
actually be reversed through lifestyle changes.
Dean Ornish
M.D. is president and director of the Preventive Medicine
Research institute and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of
California. He has done much work and published numerous studies
in top medical journals in the area of heart disease reversal and
other health topics. These include the Journal of the American
Medical Association, The Lancet, Circulation, The New England
Journal of Medicine and the American Journal of Cardiology. His
book, a New York Times bestseller, 'Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease' has received
much praise worldwide.
Dr. Ornish’s Studies on Heart Disease Reversal:
Ornish
D et al, ‘Can
lifestyle changes reverse coronary heart disease? The Lifestyle
Heart Trial.’,
Lancet 1990 Jul 21;336(8708):129-33
Ornish
D et al, ‘Intensive
lifestyle changes for reversal of coronary heart disease.’,
JAMA 1998 Dec 16;280(23):2001-7
Ornish
D et al, ‘Changes
in myocardial perfusion abnormalities by positron emission
tomography after long-term, intense risk factor
modification.’,
JAMA 1995 Sep 20;274(11):894-901
Dr. Neal Pinckney was diagnosed with
severe coronary heart disease in 1993. He chose not to have
surgery but instead found the works of Dean Ornish M.D. Seven
months later, he finished in the middle of the pack of the Great
Aloha Run, an 8.5 mile race. He has since written the 'Healing Heart
Handbook' and runs the Healing Heart Foundation
where he has helped many hundreds of people overcome heart
disease. He also hosts a discussion forum where he
generously answers people's questions about reversing heart
disease through lifestyle changes.
Caldwell Esselstyn,
Jr., M.D. is a Preventive
Cardiology Consultant, Department of General Surgery, Cleveland
Clinic Foundation, Ohio. "Since 1985 Dr. Esselstyn has
conducted the longest running study which proves that heart
disease can be arrested or reversed by a low fat, plant-based
diet."
Dr. Esselstyn’s Studies on Heart Disease Reversal:
·
Esselstyn CB Jr et al, ‘A
strategy to arrest and reverse coronary artery disease: a 5-year
longitudinal study of a single physician's practice.’,
J Fam Pract 1995 Dec;41(6):560-8
·
Esselstyn CB Jr., ‘In
cholesterol lowering, moderation kills.’,
Cleve Clin J Med 2000 Aug;67(8):560-4
·
Esselstyn CB Jr., ‘Updating
a 12-year experience with arrest and reversal therapy for
coronary heart disease (an overdue requiem for palliative
cardiology).’,
Am J Cardiol 1999 Aug 1;84(3):339-41, A8
What do the lifestyle recommendations of the above three
professionals have in common? They all advocate diets:
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Very low or devoid in animal products
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Very low in total fat, below 10% of total calories
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Extremely low in saturated fat
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Low or devoid of cholesterol
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Low in salt
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Very low in refined foods
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Very high in fiber
The diets consist almost entirely of low fat plant foods such
as fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes. They also advise
their patients to get appropriate amounts of exercise.
For more information about reversing heart disease, read
through the above sites and study abstracts, and the below
articles.
Articles:
·
Heart
Disease Treatment - The
McDougall Program: (Diet and Lifestyle Implications)
by Dr. McDougall
·
Heart
Disease: What Plants Can Do for You Dr. Neal Barnard
·
Reversing
Heart Disease with Diet by Dr. T. Colin Campbell
·
The Road
Back To A Healthy Heart: The Natural Way by Joel Fuhrman,
M.D.
·
Dr.
Whitaker’s Heart Health Center
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