Just how much sodium is in a meal from popular chain restaurants? You may be shocked (though probably not surprised). A recent story in Time Magazine reveals that major restaurant chains put a LOT...

When I was 60 I had been working out and eating well for decades - or so I thought.  Sometimes that included lots of meat and for a few years I was a vegetarian. ...

Dr. Esselstyn has a message for you today, and it's on video.He poses the question: what if you didn't have to worry about heart disease and other illnesses that so many people worry about...

Last Wednesday night Bill Clinton explained to talk show host David Letterman why he adopted a vegan diet. In the process, Clinton mentions his inspiration, Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr. MD. SCROLL DOWN TO WATCH VIDEO...

In 1985, Caldwell Esselstyn Jr MD began a study to see whether heart disease -- even the most advanced severe heart disease -- could be arrested and reversed simply by putting the patient on...

Dr. Esselstyn's appearance on CNN's special, "The Last Heart Attack," created a tsunami of interest in his diet proven to reverse heart disease! Many were unable to see the show for one reason or...

The rise of obesity is usually blamed on too much eating and not enough exercising, but Robert Lustig, MD, a UC San Francisco pediatric neuroendocrinologist, asks us to look beyond the obvious. Yes, more...

Did you ever eat the Standard American Diet, before improving how you eat now (hopefully)? If you once ate like most everyone eats, you are probably currently still at some considerable risk of heart...

Editor's Note: Here's an Op-ed piece by Dr. Esselstyn that the New York Times doesn't want you to read. Last Friday night Barbara Walters television special highlighted six celebrities and their thoughts and emotions...

Here, it seems, is a surefire business-losing proposition: A cardiac surgeon learns firsthand how to stop and even reverse heart disease and starts proselytizing about it, thus potentially reducing the number of patients needing...

Let's be honest, folks. It is heartbreaking that animals are kept in captivity like this. Keeping animals locked up for human entertainment is barbaric and should be unacceptable in a so-called civilized society. And...

Obese men face a dramatically higher risk of dying from a heart attack, regardless of whether or not they have other known risk factors for cardiovascular disease, a new study reveals. The finding stems...

Just as you were starting to feel virtuous for having switched from sugary sodas to low- or no-calorie substitutes, a new study comes along suggesting that diet sodas might be bad for your head...

We’re all urged to eat five servings of fruits and vegetables a day, but new research finds eight servings may be needed to cut the risk of dying from heart disease. The diet and...

Editor's Note: This is what the world of US medicine is like. It's about profits for doctors and medical companies, ripping off Medicare and the taxpayer is part of it. Sure, there are some...

A dysfunction in the lining of blood vessels that is linked to cardiovascular illness also appears to play a role in the development of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published in Circulation Research:...

Problems with the American Heart Association's "Eat Your Omega-6 Fats" Advisory - Meta-analysis Reveals "Heart Healthy Omega-6 Fat" Ups Risk of Heart Disease "First, an increased linoleic acid content of LDL increases its sensitvity...

No matter how you slice it, watermelon has a lot going for it -- sweet, low calorie, high fiber, nutrient rich -- and now, there's more. Evidence from a pilot study led by food...

On Friday, September 24, CNN's Wolf Blitzer interviewed Caldwell Esselstyn Jr MD and Dean Ornish MD, the doctors whose diet former President Bill Clinton has used to successfully return to his high school weight...

SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Watch Bill Clinton on CNN describe to Wolf Blitzer how the trailblazing work of Cleveland Clinic surgeon Caldwell Esselstyn Jr. led Clinton to embrace a nearly 100% plant-based lifestyle, losing...

Bill Clinton talks about going veg to reverse heart disease, so he can be healthy in the years ahead to see his potential grandchildren. Scroll down for video. We also have this from ecorazzi.com:...

Animal-based proteins and fats are associated with increased mortality rates, including increased cardiovascular mortality and increased cancer mortality, a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine concludes. But low-carbohydrate, high-protein diets composed...

Editor's Note: The following is an article by Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr. MD which appears in the current American Journal of Cardiology. To fully grasp how so many smart, right-minded people could get it so...

Medicare will pay for intensive diet and exercise programs developed under the Ornish and Pritikin brands for reducing cardiovascular event risk, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced. The agency's review of published...

Eating too much red meat may increase the risk of heart failure by 24 per cent, according to a data from American male physicians. An average of 9.5 servings of red meat per...