Caldwell Esselstyn
| Caldwell Esselstyn | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 12, 1933 New York, New York |
| Residence | Shaker Heights, OH |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Cardiology Plant-based diet |
| Institutions | Cleveland Clinic |
| Alma mater | Yale University (AB, 1956) Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (MD, 1961)[1] |
| Known for | Forks Over Knives |
| Notable awards | Gold Medal, 1956 Olympic Games - 8-oared rowing event |
| Spouse | Ann |
| Children | Rip, Jane, Zeb, and Ted |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's rowing | ||
Representing the  United States |
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1956 Melbourne | Men's eights |
Caldwell Blakeman Esselstyn Jr. (born December 12, 1933)[1] is an American physician, author and former Olympic rowing champion.
Esselstyn is the author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (2007), which argues for a low-fat, whole foods, plant-based (vegan) diet.[2][3][n 1] He recommends avoiding all animal products, as well as reducing or avoiding soybeans, nuts, avocados and oils.[n 2] The diet is one of the many tried by former U.S. President Bill Clinton.[7]
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Background
Esselstyn was born in New York City in 1933.[1] He grew up on a cattle farm in upstate New York and attended public schools. He attended Deerfield Academy for high school[8] and graduated from Yale University in 1956[9] where he was a member of Skull and Bones.[10] He also competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, winning a gold medal in the "eights" as a member of the American team.[11]
Esselstyn received his M.D. from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1961. During this time he met his wife, Ann Crile Esselstyn, granddaughter of George Washington Crile, founder of the Cleveland Clinic.[8][12] Esselstyn was an intern (1961–62) and resident (1962–66) at the Cleveland Clinic.[1] In 1968 he completed a tour as an Army surgeon in Vietnam where he was awarded the Bronze Star.[13] 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.[8]
Esselstyn is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Nutrition Action magazine, published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest.[14]
Dietary work
Esselstyn has conducted research into diet and heart disease and – in common with his contemporaries Dean Ornish and T. Colin Campbell – has devised a dietary program which he claims can prevent heart disease. Commenting on the diet, Harriet A. Hall has written that the claims made for it are misleading and that the evidence on which it is based is "pretty skimpy".[7]
Book and film
In 2007 Esselstyn's Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease was published, which discusses his patients' claimed reversals of atherosclerosis on the diet.[4] The book contains recipes from Ann Crile Esselstyn, who advises patients about cooking practices. The Esselstyn and their four children have eaten a plant-based diet since the mid-1980s.[12]
Awards
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.[12]
Bibliography
- Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease: The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure (2007)
Notes
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Curriculum Vitae", heartattackproof.com.
- ↑ Michael Estries, "Samuel L. Jackson inspired to go vegan by Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn", Mother Nature Network, April 17, 2014.
- ↑ Patrician Sheridan, "Chewing the fat with vegan-diet advocate Caldwell Esselstyn Jr.", Pittsbourgh Post-Gazette, 1 September 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 David S. Martin, "The 'heart attack proof' diet?", CNN, November 25, 2011.
- ↑ Philip J. Tuso, et al. "Nutritional Update for Physicians: Plant-Based Diets," The Permanente Journal, 17(2), Spring 2013, pp. 61–66. PMID 23704846 doi:10.7812/TPP/12-085
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Grace Dickinson "'This or That With Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr.", Philadelphia, November 18, 2010.
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- ↑ Official Website: Biography
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