EP. 18: Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn

This weeks game changing guest is Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn Jr AKA ‘Essy’. He is the trail blazing pioneer (or one of) of the whole food plant based movement.

Ana and I were driving through Cleveland on Thanksgiving 2018, which is a time of year all of the Esselstyn’s get together for family time and eat delicious plant food!

We were lucky enough to get some time with Ann and Essy the day after to record this podcast and also have an amazing lunch which Ann created. Their daughter Jane also stopped by!

Honestly this was a pretty cool moment for me personally. Back in 2016 when I decided to make the switch to a plant based diet, it was he and Dr. T Colin Campbell, exercising at over 80 years of age and still working that showed me this was the way to go.

In this episode we cover:

- Dr. Esselstyn’s background.

- Winning a gold medal at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.

- His years in the field of medicine.

- What made him interested in cardiovascular disease.

- Why humans get heart disease.

- How we can end heart disease, through diet and lifestyle intervention.

- Healthcare or sick care?

+ More!

I hope you enjoy this episode. It was an honor to sit down with a man who has changed so many lives and continues to spread this incredible message at 85 years old.

You can find Dr. Esselstyn on Instagram @dresselstyn and at www.dresselstyn.com