You lost me at the bit about not eating cheese.
Good grief, it'll be coffee next!
Andrew Fildes
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On 31/12/2011, at 10:26 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
> On NZ National Radio this morning there was a very interesting interview
> with an age 78 USA medical doctor, surgeon and researcher about heart
> disease. He has written a book; and I have just ordered a copy through
> www.bookfinder.com.
>
> As one book notice has it - - -
> Dr Caldwell B Esselstyn;
> Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease: The Revolutionary, Scientifically
> Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure,
> A powerful call for a paradigm shift in heart disease therapy. Based on the
> groundbreaking results of a twenty-year nutritional study by Dr. Esselstyn, a
> preeminent researcher and clinician, this book illustrates that a
> plant-based,
> oil-free diet can not only prevent and stop the progression of heart disease
> but can also reverse its effects.
>
> This is some of what I remember he said.
>
> He discovered that the epilthelial cells which line our arteries produce
> nitric
> acid, and this keeps them clear of plaque and all that stuff which blocks
> them. The epithelial cells are severely damaged by the products of eating all
> forms of meat and other animal-based food. And some processed vegetable
> oils.
>
> After WW2, medical studies in Norway showed that from 1939 to 1945 when
> the occupying Nazi forces removed all livestock to feed their troops and the
> Norwegians had to live on veges, their rates of heart disease dropped
> dramatically. Like, close to zero, despite being in a stressful environment.
> When the war was over, the farms were re-stocked, meat returned to their
> diet, and heart disease saw them going to hospital in increasing
> numbers..This study was ( if I remember rightly ) published in the Lancet.
>
> Many other studies followed, of the arterial condition of young USA soldiers
> killed in battle, and of the incidence of arterial heart disease in
> populations
> which eat no meat/fish/poultry, such as inland Chinese & Japanese farmers,
> some Papua New Guinea tribes, a remote Mexican area, and others I don't
> remember. The findings reinforced those of the Norwegian study.
>
> He also reported on the health of ethnic Japanese who originated in an area
> free of heart disease, and moved to the USA where they produced families
> of ethnic Japanese, and on the typical western diet there, their rate of
> heart
> disease steadily increased. I suppose this is recorded in his book.
>
> Applying these findings to a group of 24 of his heart disease patients,
> putting
> them on to a diet rich in leafy greens, beans, wholegrain cereals, (and I
> don't
> remember what else) and avoiding milk, cheese, meats, and processed oils,
> these patients regained better health with the linings of their arteries
> improving markedly.
>
> He said that the meat etc-free diet he promotes reduces not only heart
> disease, but also diabetes, breast cancer, bowel cancer, and invasive
> prostate cancer, all to negligible levels.
>
> He mentioned the implications for the USA economy. He said that the
> rapidly increasing cost of medical care was a major factor in the decline in
> the USA economy - I think he put it as being the cause of much of the
> country's debt burden. He says that a change in diet could reverse that.
>
> He gave some interesting statistics.
> About 1,200,000 stent operations are performed annually in the USA. The
> average mortality rate on the operating table is 1%. 120,000 people die
> there. The business of making stents is worth about $12 million annually.
>
> Cardiac operations. I *think* he said 48,000 ops/an, but I am not sure. He
> did say however that the mortality rate is 4%. 4% of 48,000 is 1920. Hmm,
> I'm sure he reported a higher number of deaths, so 48,000 is probably
> wrong.
>
> In the book he said there are 150 recipes for meals, developed by his wife.
>
> Anyway, for a cost to my letter-box of about $19NZ I should have new copy
> of this book here before too long. ABE Books say no postage cost, so that's
> nice too.
>
> Brian Swale.
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