A Cholesterol Master Class with Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn | Jr. MD. 

I have been following Dr. Esselstyn's plan for three weeks. I started after getting routine blood work & being shocked by how high my cholesterol was. I am otherwise healthy, was eating a low meat omnivore diet, lots of plants, get daily exercise, normal BMI. First week was hard but now its become easy with zero cravings. I feel amazing and wanted to see if anything had changed so got a lipid panel. My total cholesterol went from 271 to 193 in 3 weeks 🙌. My LDL is still too high. Went from 187 to 122. My HDL did also go down from 62 to 48 but thanks to this video I know not worry. I am thrilled with the results and I have more energy than ever and feel so great. My husband is doing this with me and he hopes to get off his statin. Thank you so much Dr. Esselstyn!

I cannot believe he is 90 😳😳😳 I will pretty much do whatever he says because it’s clearly working 😅

After 80 years on a stndard American diet, I thought going on Dr. Esselstyn's diet would be too difficult. However I found a heart attack provided sufficient motivation.

God bless the great doctor. He has saved so many lives!

I'm in Los Angeles In my 20's I worked at Pritikin longevity center in Santa Monica in the late 1980's . Plant based diet was Pritikin longevity center central motive for clients was diet and exercise to get off prescription drugs.

Thanks Gustavo, thanks Essie, great talk.

This was FANTASTIC! Thank you!!🌱💯👍

Thank you for discussing this topic it is confusing,but very serious.

Awesome discussion. End very good selection of questions for Dr. Caldwel Esselstyn😊.

I've never heard Dr. E talk about HDL and how diet dictates level and how effective or inflammatory it is. Thank you!

What a living treasure! Thank you for the repost!

Love dr Caldwell’s work

No Oil, No Oil, No Oil. I finally heard this wise and ever so kind Soul😊💚

What a great interview! Thank you!

This is a wonderfull really motivating lecture with lots of super clear info of how to practice to get the best results 🙏🙏🎵💚💚💚💚💚💚 I hope that chewing raw also can be as good since I love to walk in my garden and chew the greens totally fresh - and here is my note of the very impressive total list of dr Esselstyn: Kale, Swiss Chard, spinach, arugula,, beet greens, beets, Bok Choy, Collards,, Collard Greens,, Mustard Greens, Turnip Greens, Cabbage, Brussels Sprouts, Broccoli, Cauliflower,, Chilantro, Parsley, Asparagus 🍀💚🐸🙏🙏🙏

QUESTION: I wonder if the dementia Dr. Esselstyn sees in some of his friends with longtime hypertension is due to the hypertension itself?, OR due to the effects of the long term use of the medications to treat the hypertension ??

Eat…whole grains, 101 types legumes lentils beans, red yellow green leafy vegetables, white potatoes sweet potatoes and fruit

Que pena eu não entender a língua inglesa. Se fosse traduzido, agradeceria grandemente. Obrigada

Doctor Gregor addresses this very question in one of his RU-vid videos (backed with science and fact checked). Unfortunately I can’t link it.

At 31:16, Dr. E mentioned fluoride toothpaste & mouthwash will injure the beneficial bacteria in the mouth. So is there a suggestion for a certain kind of toothpaste to use?

Dr Esselstyn , could you talk about LP(a)? my LP(a) is very high 149.8 mg/dl could you advise? I am on Plant based diet for 3 mths

Can plaque be removed by following WFPB SOS free? I have Familial Hypercholesterolemia, been vegan for 40+ years and WFPB SOS free for 3 years. Cholesterol still high. Plant based dr wants me to take statins. I don’t want to!

How many grams are a fist (or 1/4 of a fist)?

Can anyone answer me. I started Dr esseltyn diet. But i faced liver minor issue, i have brain fog, and i have lost too much weight, infact i am underweight now. Can anyone guide me here?

Almost 90...

Are flaxseeds permitted?

I rather add bit of olive oil to whole pants foods, then "vegan" pizzas or "vegan ice creams"

He’s saying HDL should be lower now?

I share tender moments with my greens. 🥗💚

Almost no one is going to steam leafy greens 6 times per day. I don't mean this as a slam.

Just too extreme for me.

Coffee? Nooooooooooooooooooooo!☕

Good to see Dr Esselstyn again, telling what still needs to be heard. Thanks Gustavo 👍🏻

I have been on Dr. Esselstyn's program for 4 months and the results are nothing short of fantastic.

Wow! Thanks Dr. E!!!! Wow, you really made it easy to understand about how the liver doesn’t need all the HDL when you don’t eat the standard american diet. It is when you have less inflammatory in the body, you needs less HDL! ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅ NEEDS TO BE SHARED!!! 😘

This gentleman deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his marvellous unselfish contribution to the destruction of heart disease in all of humanity.

Thank you Gustavo. Dr Esselstyn is a treasure! Great interview!!!

Dr. E saved my husbands life. We treasure you,Ann, Jane & Rip. Thanks to the E family!!

Great show. How simply and clearly you have explained things to the public! I am a 66 year old Indian lady and came third in the World Open 10 k Bangalore TCS run in my age category, on May 21, 2023. I did it in 1 hour 9 mins. I have an advantage since I was always a vegetarian. But more than that I have another advantage- I switched from rice-based vegetarian to rice-based vegan with very little oil in 2021 Oct after listening to Doctor John McDougall on utube. Very few ladies over 50 in India are fit. Doctors like you are changing the way people think about disease.. Thank you.

Love listening to Dr Caldwell Esselstyn - thank you so much for your wisdom!! ❤🧡💛💥

Dr. Esselstyn is a GEM!! Thank you for helping me live longer Dr.E! 🙏

Do keep on the great job Dr Esselstyn. You have saved many lives with your WFPB lifestyle . Thank you again .❤

Thank you for sharing this important information. It's amazing how the majority of people still lgnore these facts about food.

I made your potato, onion, and zucchini dish for lunch today, YUM! Thank you

Dr Esselstyn is so generous with his time and like Dr T. Colin Campbell, who is also in his eighties and still going strong, living proof that a plant based diet works.

Dr. Esselstyn is such a wise, well spoken doctor who truly cares about his patients and the health of others. The challenge is how do we pass this on to medical schools, nurses, doctors, teachers, professors,, and all health care providers, so that they can continue to champion this message for many years to come?

This doctor is spot on at 19:27. I established a new doctor last December as I moved to another State only to have a 10" appt. I wanted to get further breakdown of my LDL as my cholesterol is very high only to be rebuffed. I changed my eating habits and after 8 months wanted to see if I was on the right track only to be told 'it hasn't been 12 months, why are you wanting another blood test?' My results were just as high as before even though I lost 6kg (13lbs). Obviously my diet had to change again

Hi Gustavo. Thank you for having Dr. Esselsstyn as a guest. He means a lot to me. I missed the answer to the question about eating raw dark leafy greens 6 times a day. If I add greens like collard greens, cabbage, or kale to a salad and eat at that 6 x a day, is it the same thing? Anyone? Thanks again Gustavo.

I wish i knew him before i got sick. I am 45 years old & never been sick, but in June 2021, i got heart attack after having too much pain in my whole body for 10 days at home. Now i have Heartmate 3 and follow Dr. Esselstyns book advice. My blood result was surprising for the cardiologist here in the Netherlands with the Dr. way of eating lifestyle . I don't know why but my cardiologist never gives me more than 5 minutes when i have appointment 😢

I never tire of hearing a Dr Esselstyn speak. We have eaten according to his present and reverse heart disease guidelines for fourteen years now. We love this simple way of eating and staying healthy. It is so doable if you keep things simple.

Wonderful presentation. Thank you.

Great talk I didn’t know that peanut butter can make cholesterol go up

Nice to hear Dr. Esselstyn once again, thanks. I am using dietary and exercise methods to lower my LDL more. There are specific foods I eat such as a moderate amount of nuts, and foods with soluble fiber, including oatmeal. Kale helps a great deal, also. It's just a matter of discipline, knowledge and motivation for me, not genetics.

I loved the detail in this talk. I, too, had never heard the background on HDL.

Well he has got many good points, the one i care about is that the damage of the endothelium cell has little or nothing to do with colesterol (or LDL and HDL particles) but it's interesting that lower HDL was benefical, but the nitric oxide claim seems logic, but is there a diffrent level produce of nitric oxid in vains vs arteries? The damage always happen in arteries, why?

Wonderful interview. I learned a few things I didn’t know. Love Dr. Esselstyn.

Berberine (extract from Berberis shrub) can be taken at a quarter teaspoon daily. Advised by Drs McDougall and Gregor. There's also Amla (Indian Gooseberry) at a teaspoon daily as recommended by Dr Gregor

Thank you Gustavo for hosting this important presentation. You always do such an outstanding job moderating and interviewing. Your graciousness is greatly appreciated.

My Total Cholesterol is 139 and HDL is 32, but I weigh 315 and have hypertension. Why is my HDL so low if I eat poorly?

What a surprise! Dr Esselsteilyn met Dr Favaloro! Two legends, really...

Beautiful video ❤❤❤

I love this Dr.he tells it the way it is. Plant base is the only way to go. Bea

I am anemic what do you suggest to improve my blood work

this is brilliant!

This is a great interview Gustavo! Thank you.

Wished you would have asked about Lp(a), really would love to hear what he has to say about it.

Excelente aporte muchas gracias Dr Tolosa y por supuesto a Esselstyn del cual me voy volviendo un respaldo de conocimiento al pie de letra en lo que nos regala, lo recibo muy bien y pido mas. I am subscribed since long ago excelent nutricious so useful channel for humankind. PD looking foward for the kids greens song and the toothpaste substitute!

I started making oil free salad dressings, but they all have avocado or nuts in them. How do I make them without (and still palatable enough for my husband to eat)?

Dr.CE is a precious gem.

Thanks for the conversation 😊

Dr Esselstyn is a godsend

Do we know conclusively that unprocessed meat injures the endothelium? A lot of meat eaters eat a lot of other garbage, and I don’t think meat has been isolated for this purpose. Anyone have any thoughts?

The toughest part for me is giving up my morning cup of coffee with a little milk and sugar. Seems so extreme

Many thanks for posting this! I wish that someone would ask Dr. Esselstyn not about just a focus on cardiovascular disease, but the down sides of the whole food plant based diet on other longevity markers and a possible omnivore balance. One major one is maintaining strength and muscle through the years. Plant based diets can indeed provide the proteins, but it is so much harder to obtain amounts to sustain muscle. The other major concern I have is: we have essential amino acids and essential fatty acids and those through plant based diet (and major avoidance of fats all together as mentioned by the Dr make me want to ask: what about all the fatty acids needed?) There are other draw-downs (for me) as well, e.g. the enormous gassy state while under whole plant based foods ... and major hunger which whole fatty foods avoid. I wish there was a solid debate between the carnivores, omnivores, and plant whole food community to really shine a proper light. Thank you again Gustavo for sharing!

would you 52:20 mind mentioning one more time those markers those type of tests that you all 52:25 right let's do it oxidized LDL 52:31 asymmetric dimethyl arginine thank you 52:36 myeloperoxidase 52:44 tmao trimethylamine oxide 52:51 hscrp highly sensitive C-reactive protein that should be fine

Always nice to hear from Dr E. I’m looking forward to hearing about your music adventures. Can you share a couple links as to where to start on your interest in music? Thanks 🎵💜 M & D

Excellent Discussion!

Thank you very much for this interview. I have shared it ❤

It's giving me thicker blood (vitamin k) from eating dark leafy greens 6 times a day. I've achieved many benefits but the thick blood worries me ? Thank you Dr. Esselstyn.

Gustavo, you are looking sensational!!! Great interview!

A woman had radiation treatment which seemed to exacerbate, cause (?)arteriosclerosis. Would your program help reverse this? Would anything need to be done differently?

Cooking is critical to attenuate plant anti nutrients.

At 40:00 berberine is a herb similar to the drug metformin. it lowers blood sugar not cholesterol. So it might lower A1c over time.

Dr E is wonderful ❤

Thx for that video, I will try without fat to lower my high ldl. but is Bulgarien Joghurt or low-fat Joghurt in my oats in the morning ok? Thx for answers

Ciao dall'Italia Super intervista.

Great for the heart, not so good for cancer, apparently

Ray William johnson

32:04 Would anyone list the greens, please? I can't understand english that fast.

I've tried to convince my husband that even his extra virgin olive oil is damaging

Good morning! Yesterday was my 28th day of doing the Whole Food Plant Based diet with No Oil and No Nuts, I had an appointment with my cardiologist who was fascinated by what I am doing. She ordered a lipid panel to see if this diet showed any changes. My lipid panel showed a reduction of my cholesterol from253 to 147; LDL down from 165 to 76. BUT my HDL went down from 72 to 51 and my Triglycerides went up from 72 to 108! Does anybody know why this happened or direct me to any publications or resources that might shed a light to this change. Thank you.

You'll find barberine in barberries, delicious sour little red berries.

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An interesting and valuable conversation. I note the comment on avoiding olive oil however I my reading indicates that 'numerous epidemiological, clinical and experimental studies suggest that the consistent intake of olive oil can limit oxidative damage and inflammation, thereby restoring endothelial function and slowing atherogenic development as well as aiding in the control of cardiovascular risk factors'

I have no problems with cholesterol. I eat no oils but will have about 1/4 c of nuts everyday. I put soy sauce in my vegetables and am functioning just fine.

Absolute legend❤❤❤❤

Danke herzlich aus der Schweiz

This was fantastic

Balsamic & rice vinegars are laden with sugar. Why not apple cider vinegar?

Thank you so much for the interview