23.02.12
Rip Esselstyn is an advocate of flapjacks, sloppy joes and pizza — just hold the eggs, beef and cheese. He's coming to Whole Foods Market in South Tampa tonight to talk about it.
The 48-year-old triathlete, former firefighter and author of "The Engine 2 Diet" credits his high muscle mass and low cholesterol to a plant-based, whole-food diet (yes vegetables, no vegetable oils) based on his father's work reversing heart disease.
"I think people are absolutely clueless as far as the connection between what you put in your mouth and disease," said Esselstyn, an eight-time winner of the Capital of Texas Triathlon, on a recent call from Austin, Texas.
Esselstyn's father, physician Caldwell Esselstyn, is among a league of dietary rock stars — doctors John McDougall, Dean Ornish, Neal Barnard and scientist T. Colin Campbell — who say getting your greens and grains is the path to preventing and even reversing major ailments.
Source: Tbo.com