Tag Archive for: caldwell b esselstyn jr md

Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., was a researcher and clinician at the Cleveland Clinic for over thirty-five years. In 1991, he served as president of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons and organized the first National Conference on the Elimination of Heart Disease. In 2005, he received the inaugural Benjamin Spock Award for Compassion in Medicine. Dr. Esselstyn and his wife, Ann Crile Esselstyn, have followed a plant-based diet for over twenty years and work together to counsel patients in Cleveland and at their farm in upstate New York, where Dr. Esselstyn grew up.

Based on the groundbreaking results of his twenty-year nutritional study, Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn demonstrates that a plant-based, oil-free diet can not only prevent but also reverse the effects of heart disease. An internationally recognized surgeon, researcher, and former clinician at the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Esselstyn is also a featured expert in the acclaimed documentary Forks Over Knives. His book, Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, has helped thousands nationwide and inspired Bill Clinton’s life-changing vegan diet.