Caldwell Esselstyn Information
Caldwell Blakeman Esselstyn Jr., M.D., (born December 12, 1933) is an American physician, author, and former Olympic rowing champion.
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Biography
Esselstyn graduated from Deerfield Academy and in 1956 graduated from Yale University, where he was a member of Skull and Bones.[1] He received his M.D. from Western Reserve University.[2]
Caldwell Esselstyn competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he won a gold medal in eights with the American team.[3]
He is now a physician and author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease in which he writes about how his patients reverse atherosclerosis by following a vegan diet in some cases combined with cholesterol lowering medication. He attributes the success of his 12 year trial with heart patients to low mean levels of both total cholesterol (145 mg/dl) and LDL cholesterol (82 mg/dl).[4] Esselstyn is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Nutrition Action magazine published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest.[5]
Dr. Esselstyn and his wife, Ann Crile Esselstyn, have mostly followed a vegan diet since the mid 1980s.[2]
In 2010 after cardiac surgery, former U.S. president Bill Clinton mostly adopted the plant-based diet recommended by Caldwell Esselstyn, Dean Ornish and T. Colin Campbell.[6]
The documentary feature film Forks Over Knives, released to theaters in mid-2011, traces the early life and research work of Dr. Esselstyn as well as his colleague T. Colin Campbell, and profiles some of his patients whose disease his nutrition plan helped reverse.
Bibliography
- Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease: The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure (2008) ISBN 1583332723
See also
References
- ^ "C. B. Esselstyn Jr. Fiance of Ann Crile". New York Times: pp. 33. 01 May 1961.
- ^ a b "About Dr. Esselstyn". http://www.heartattackproof.com/about.htm.
- ^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing" (Retrieved on May 15, 2008)
- ^ "CLEVELAND CLINIC STUDY STOPS PROGRESS OF HEART DISEASE WITH DIET AND CHOLESTEROL DRUGS". August 1, 1999 issue of The American Journal of Cardiology. http://www.heartattackproof.com/news_info.htm. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ "Scientific Advisory Board". Nutrition Action. Center for Science in the Public Interest. January 2010. http://www.cspinet.org/new/pdf/memo_-_salt_reduction_campaign.pdf. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ^ Sherwell, Philip. "Bill Clinton's new diet: nothing but beans, vegetables and fruit to combat heart disease", The Daily Telegraph, October 3, 2010.
External links
- Website
- CNN Video - Caldwell Esselstyn and Dean Ornish Explain Healthy Way for Bill Clinton's Dramatic Weight Loss, September 22, 2010
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