"If all Americans abstained from eating meat for five days a week, they would save 498 megatons of greenhouse gas emissions. This would result in carbon savings equivalent to planting 13 billion trees in your garden and letting them grow for ten years. That is 43 trees per American!"
-Meat The Truth documentary
Watch the new documentary Meat The Truth.
This is fascinating that we can help our planet by consuming less animal products, because Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn used a 100% plant-based diet to reverse heart disease. Dr. Esselstyn took 17 patients that were all told they would die within weeks or months. They are all still alive 20 years later after following the dietary advice of Dr. Esselstyn.
Murlan Murphy is one of those patients and is now 88 years old and feels better than he ever has in his life. Before he met Dr. Esselstyn there were no men in his family that lived past the age of 60.
It is so incredible that the same thing that can save the planet can also reverse heart disease.
The number one killer of fire fighters in this country is not fires. The number one killer of those brave fire fighters is heart disease.
Dr. Esselstyn's son, Rip Esselstyn, is a former world class athlete and knows the importance of following a plant-based diet to avoid heart attacks and strokes. In his book, The Engine 2 Diet, Rip points out that the 45 year long Framingham Heart Study never had one person with a total cholesterol of lower than 150 have a heart attack. His fellow fire fighters use this information and a plant-based diet to keep healthy.
Following this advice has really paid off for me so far. I am 33 years old and my total cholesterol is 116 last time I checked it. I am not on any medications. Doing something good for the planet has helped me stay away from cholesterol lowering meds. I have also seen major improvements in my athletic abilities.
Engine 2 Fire Fighters Keep Their Total Cholesterol Below 150
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