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Caldwell Esselstyn
Caldwell Esselstyn, Denmark, 2019.jpg

Esselstyn in May 2019
Born (1933-12-12) December 12, 1933 (age 87)

New York City
Nationality American
Alma mater Yale University (AB, 1956)
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (MD, 1961)[1]
Known for Forks Over Knives
Spouse(s) Ann
Children Rip, Jane, Zeb, and Ted[2] [3]
Awards Gold Medal, 1956 Olympic Games – Men's eight
Scientific career
Fields Cardiology
Plant-based diet
Institutions Cleveland Clinic
Website www.dresselstyn.com
Caldwell Esselstyn
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1956 Melbourne Men's eight

Caldwell Blakeman Esselstyn Jr. (born December 12, 1933)[1] is an American physician, author and former Olympic rowing champion.

Esselstyn is director of the Heart Disease Reversal Program at the Cleveland Clinic.[4] And is the author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (2007), in which he argued for a low-fat, whole foods, plant-based diet that avoids all animal products and oils, as well as reducing or avoiding soybeans, nuts, and avocados. The diet has been advocated by former U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Background [edit]

Esselstyn was born in New York City in 1933.[1] He graduated from Yale University in 1956[5] where he was a member of Skull and Bones.[6] He also competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, winning a gold medal in the "eights" as a member of the American team.[7]

Esselstyn received his M.D. from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1961. During this time he met and married Ann Crile, the granddaughter of George Washington Crile, founder of the Cleveland Clinic.[8] Esselstyn was an intern (1961–62) and resident (1962–66) at that clinic.[1] In 1968 he completed a tour as an Army surgeon in Vietnam where he was awarded the Bronze Star.[1] Upon his return he rejoined the clinic and has served as the President of the Staff and as a member of its Board of Governors. He served as the President of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons in 1991. In 2000 he gave up his post at the Cleveland Clinic.[9]

Esselstyn has served as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Nutrition Action magazine, published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest.[10] Esselstyn is also on the advisory board of Naked Food Magazine, for which he is also a regular contributor of articles espousing a plant-based diet.

Diet work [edit]

Esselstyn promotes a whole foods, plant-based diet, arguing it can prevent coronary disease and cardiovascular disease. The diet excludes all animal products and oils and recommends foods such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, pulses, and especially cruciferous vegetables.[11]

His work received media attention when former U.S. President Bill Clinton cited it, along with work by Dean Ornish and The China Study as the basis for his change of diet in 2010[12] and yet more in late 2011 when Clinton discussed his diet with CNN and other media outlets.[13]

Esselstyn was also one of the doctors featured in the documentary films Forks Over Knives (2011) and The Game Changers (2018).[14]

Esselstyn advised Eric Adams, the incoming mayor of New York City, to switch to a plant-based diet after Adams was diagnosed with diabetes.[15] Within six months Adams had lost 30 pounds, reversed his diabetes, and reduced his blood pressure and cholesterol levels to a healthy enough range to lower his risk of heart disease or stroke.[16]

With regard to Esselstyn's claims, Nancy Brown, CEO of the American Heart Association, said: "Diet alone is not going to be the reason that heart attacks are eliminated. Other key factors include physical activity, cholesterol, blood pressure and weight."[17]

Harriet A. Hall has written that the claims made by Esselstyn are misleading and that the evidence on which it is based is "pretty skimpy".[11] Steven Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic said that his claims are unproven because there isn't data from rigorous clinical trials to support them.[9]

Awards [edit]

In 2005 Esselstyn received the Benjamin Spock Award for Compassion in Medicine (he was the award's first recipient), and in 2009 the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Cleveland Clinic Alumni Association. In 2010 he received the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame Award.[8]

Published work [edit]

Books [edit]

  • Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease: The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure. Penguin, 2007 ISBN 978-1-101-21583-8
  • The Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Cookbook: Over 125 Delicious, Life-Changing, Plant-Based Recipes. Penguin, 2014 ISBN 9780698186507

Journal publications [edit]

  • Kate J. McGoey-Smith, C. Esselstyn, A. McGoey-Smith "Reversal of Pulmonary Hypertension, Diabetes, and Retinopathy after Adoption of a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet" IJDRP. Vol. 1 No. 2 (2019): Welcome to the 2nd Issue of IJDRP.
  • Esselstyn CB Jr. "Is Oil Healthy?" IJDRP. Vol. 1 No. 1 (2019): Welcome to the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention.
  • Reddy KR, Freeman AM, Esselstyn CB. "An Urgent Need to Incorporate Evidence-Based Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine Into Medical Training." Am J Lifestyle Med. 2018 Jun 25;13(1):40-41.
  • Freeman AM, Morris PB, Aspry K, Gordon NF, Barnard ND, Esselstyn CB, Ros E, Devries S, O'Keefe J, Miller M, Ornish D, Williams KA, Batts T, Ostfeld RJ, Litwin S, Aggarwal M, Werner A, Allen K, White B, Kris-Etherton P. "A Clinician's Guide for Trending Cardiovascular Nutrition Controversies: Part II." J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Jul 31;72(5):553-568.
  • Esselstyn CB. "A plant-based diet and coronary artery disease: a mandate for effective therapy." J Geriatr Cardiol. 2017 May;14(5):317-320.
  • Devries S, Agatston A, Aggarwal M, Aspry KE, Esselstyn CB, Kris-Etherton P, Miller M, O'Keefe JH, Ros E, Rzeszut AK, White BA, Williams KA, Freeman AM. "A Deficiency of Nutrition Education and Practice in Cardiology." Am J Med. 2017 Nov;130(11):1298-1305.
  • Freeman AM, Morris PB, Barnard N, Esselstyn CB, Ros E, Agatston A, Devries S, O'Keefe J, Miller M, Ornish D, Williams K, Kris-Etherton P. "Trending Cardiovascular Nutrition Controversies." J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Mar 7;69(9):1172-1187.
  • Esselstyn CB Jr. "Defining an Overdue Requiem for Palliative Cardiovascular Medicine." Am J Lifestyle Med. 2016 Jul 8;10(5):313-317.
  • Esselstyn CB Jr, Gendy G, Doyle J, Golubic M, Roizen MF. "A way to reverse CAD?" J Fam Pract. 2014 Jul;63(7):356-364b.
  • C. Esselstyn, Mladin Golubic. "The nutritional reversal of cardiovascular disease - Fact or fiction? Three case reports" Exp Clin Cardiol. 2014 Jan 20(7):1901-1908
  • Esselstyn CB Jr. "Is the present therapy for coronary artery disease the radical mastectomy of the twenty-first century?" Am J Cardiol. 2010 Sep 15;106(6):902-4.
  • Mazzaglia PJ, Berber E, Kovach A, Milas M, Esselstyn C, Siperstein AE. "The changing presentation of hyperparathyroidism over 3 decades." Arch Surg. 2008 Mar;143(3):260-6.
  • Esselstyn CB Jr. "Resolving the Coronary Artery Disease Epidemic Through Plant-Based Nutrition" Prev Cardiol. Autumn 2001;4(4):171-177.
  • 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.
  • Esselstyn CB Jr. Favaloro RG. "More than coronary artery disease" Am J Cardiol. 1998 Nov 26;82(10B):5T-9T
  • Esselstyn CB Jr. "Changing the treatment paradigm for coronary artery disease" Am J Cardiol. 1998 Nov 26;82(10B):2T-4T.
  • Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr, MD; Stephen G. Ellis, MD; Sharon V. Medendorp, MPH; and Timothy D. Crowe. "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): 560-68
  • Esselstyn CB Jr. "Presidential address: Beyond surgery. American Association of Endocrine Surgeons" Surgery. 1991 Dec;110(6):923-7.

See also [edit]

  • List of vegans

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Curriculum Vitae
  2. ^ "Meet the Esselstyns". Enrich . Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "Esselstyn, A. The Daily Beet: An Answers Some Questions. 04 November 2016". Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  4. ^ "Heart Disease Reversal Program".
  5. ^ "Official Website: Biography". Archived from the original on August 23, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  6. ^ "C. B. Esselstyn Jr. Fiance of Ann Crile". The New York Times. May 1, 1961. p. 33.
  7. ^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing" Archived December 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on May 15, 2008)
  8. ^ a b "About Dr. Esselstyn". heartattackproof.com. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012.
  9. ^ a b Harlan Spector for the Cleveland Plain DealerJune 09, 2008 Ex-surgeon Caldwell Esselstyn Jr. espouses a noninvasive cure for heart disease Archived May 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Scientific Advisory Board" (PDF). Nutrition Action. Center for Science in the Public Interest. January 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 19, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
  11. ^ a b Hall HA (November 23, 2010). "Bill Clinton's Diet". Science-Based Medicine.
  12. ^ Philip Sherwell for The Telegraph. October 3, 2010 Bill Clinton's new diet: nothing but beans, vegetables and fruit to combat heart disease
  13. ^ David S. Martin, CNN August 18, 2011 From omnivore to vegan: The dietary education of Bill Clinton
  14. ^ Angela Hickman (May 16, 2011). "The food revolution of Forks Over Knives will not be processed". National Post. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  15. ^ "Eating better, getting better and finding a new community along the way". The Washington Post. July 30, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  16. ^ Brody, Jane (January 2, 2017). "An Inspiring Story of Weight Loss and Its Aftermath". Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  17. ^ David S. Martin, "The 'heart attack proof' diet?", CNN, November 25, 2011.

External links [edit]

Whole Food Plant Based Diet Cleveland Clinic

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldwell_Esselstyn