People that follow Dr. Esselstyn are hardcore and want to live. It does not take them long to figure out that it's not only not that hard but rather the food is quite enjoyable. Broccoli starts tasting damn good when you know your not going to get a heart attack. And when you see that the diet includes the foods we enjoy like potatoes, pasta, rice, oats. The only constraint is whole foods and plant based with no nuts or avocado. And just to make it clear, oil and sugar are not whole foods.

I love Dr. Esseltyn i follow his diet for heart disease ; How to stay healthy ...; kenogenic meet diet and eating fat will give you heart disease , kidney desease - dyalisis , it will give you a fatty liver , Gallbladder disease and will plug up the pancreas ducts with fat , make you insulin resistant dont eat any type of oil or fat .I have a question. Which is worse, millions of Africans starving to death or Millions of Americans Eating them selves to death ?...Americans eating to death are worse, because they actually "can make a "choice" not to eat too much. They're lacking of self control , discipline . Those Africans do not have choices but to starve.The biggest problem with controlling diabetes and weight through diet is the lazy human variable. You can lead a horse to water but cant force them to drink. Most people rather eat fast food , factory frozen food ,protein powder made in china full of casein , pills or shoot insulin than to change their shitty eating habits. We live in an "instant gratification" society full of people with 0 discipline or work ethic. Sad but true ..... "Fasting" and "intermediate fasting" is the cure (controlling insulin)....... for those people who are over weight and UN-healthy , you should get this book by Dr. Jason Fung from Toronto Canada his book will cure obesity and type two diabetes the book is called ; The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss , go to Amazon and check the reviews ; www.amazon.com/Obesity-Code-Unlocking-Secrets-Weight/dp/1771641258 if you want to lose weight watch your intake of carbs, but be careful since the equivalent of 12 teaspoons of sugar happens very quickly. For example: • 1 cup of milk equals = 2 teaspoons of sugar • 1 cup of rice (cooked) equals = 9 teaspoons of sugar • 1 banana equals equals = 5 teaspoons of sugar • 1 baked potato equals = 7 teaspoons of sugar • 1 sweet potato = 8 teaspoons of sugar • 1 cup of strawberries equals = 2.5 teaspoons of sugar (low sugar) • 1/2grapefruit = 2 teaspoons of sugar - Coca cola (one can) - 8.25 teaspoons of sugar - Raisin Bran cereal - 7.75 teaspoons of sugar (per 100grams) - Grapes fruit - 4 teaspoons of sugar (per 100grams) - Tomatoes - 0.7 teaspoons of sugar (per 100grams) - 1 Muffin (one chocolate chip muffin) - 4.75 teaspoons of sugar - Special K cereal - 3 teaspoons of sugar (per 100grams) - Corn Flakes - 2.4 teaspoons of sugar (per 100grams) - Alpen cereal - 5.75 teaspoons of sugar (per 100grams) - Mangos fruit - 3.2 teaspoons of sugar (per 100grams) - A cup of seedless prunes has, in effect, 25 teaspoons of sugar ! Scientists find in comparing the sugar levels in the blood after the consumption of a snickers bar that has 8.5 teaspoons of sugar the same as two bread slices ! . The sugar equivalent is of 1 large bagel a whopping 12 teaspoons of sugar ! Lastly, it is worth noting that there are many breads that a single slice of which will raise your blood sugar more than a US Snickers bar (which has a GI of 68/97)…if the Glycemic Index can be believed. You can browse the table yourself to see. I’ve included some of the more interesting ones below. Breads that have a higher Glycemic Index than a Snickers bar: Also don't eat fruit if your plan is to lose weight all fruit will cause your insulin to go up .Every morning Instead eat one lime or lemon (organic) with warm filtered water everyday , natural vitamin c from lime or lemons make your arteries strong and healthy . If you have heart disease take 1000 mg of magnesium every day and watch this video about heart disease by Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn MD kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d7-EmZOrxOC6o2Q.html . the more meat and dairy you eat the more fat you eat and alcohol you drink ; The more weight you gain . Fat and alcohol creates more Estrogen in your body ...more Estrogen in the body more weight you gain ...and The more hormone-cancers like breast cancer and prostate cancer.The solution is to eat a plant base organic diet (Vegetarian ) coffee , sweets, beer , junk food , red meat dairy raises your estrogen in the body . Vegetarian diet and exercise will bring down estrogen . life is about the choice you make in life ! alcohol , red meat , dairy & fat equals = estrogen------------more estrogen in your body equals = lots of weight gain Vegetarian plant base diet , no sugar, no wheat , no alcohol , no coffee , and exercise every day is the solution to lose weight and bring down estrogen . if you're not born with the skinny gene ! than you have only one solution eating low fat healthy diet and exercise .and sleep 9 hours at least , go to bed early so your hormones are not out of control . I you don't get good sleep you will not lose weight . you must fast , and not eat every hour .control your insulin ! You must not use any type of sweetners , no Stevia either , Stevia also raises your insulin and you gain weight ! no sugar no sweeteners .Insulin resistance comes primarily sugar ,carbs and from the fat we eat . fat accumulates in the pancreas ducts and slowly you become insulin resistant... Eat a organic whole food plant based diets are very low in fat and the fat we wear.. being over fat causes fats to be put into the blood and recirculated back to fat cells. Although a bit over simplified this characterization of the problem helps persons understand why by cutting fats out of their diet their serum glucoses improve quickly. As they lose fat off their body and get down to normal weight and they continue to improve but more gradually . "Chicken poultry" ; contains a "virus" that cause "obesity" "google chicken virus causes obesity : don't eat chicken , red meat or any dairy . Eat organic and only eat two meals a day . Intermediate fasting will shrink your stomach naturally ; when you're hungry eat "resistant starches" like half green banana , Artichokes , "barley" is great it will make you full and is so healthy, Use Barley instead of rice or cereals .Eat barley every day make sure its organic and sleep 10 hours a night , if you can't sleep at night take 5 mg of melotonin on empty stomach 2 hour before bed time .Melotonin will bring down estrogen and help you lose weight and help you with insulin resistant and many other diseases. if you are over 40 you should take melotonin every night . If you're over 50 yrs old you can take 50 mg. of DHEA hormone will give you energy and help you lose weight ,,.50 mg. of zinc also good for older folks . and last do light weights Walk 12 thousand steps a day .Don't over exercise or it will make you over eat .and last don't eat chocolate , chocolate is a stimulant .This is the best Book for people who 'are diabetic its old book but it will help you cure type two ; its called ; Diabetes and the hypoglycemic syndrome: Facts, findings and natural treatments : by Calvin L Thrash - www.amazon.com/dp/0942658116/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=19UMQ0U06JRA5&coliid=I128KF4XHOD1LG second book ; .www.amazon.com/Obesity-Code-Unlocking-Secrets-Weight/dp/1771641258 Show less Show less