It may even shrink the cholesterol blockages already present in your blood vessels.Ģ. By reducing and potentially reversing multiple risk factors for heart disease, a plant-based diet can profoundly lower your risk of having a heart attack. In fact, nearly two heart attacks occur each minute. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for adult men and women in the United States. I asked Rob to share his thoughts on the benefits of eating all plants, all the time. Some have lost more than 70 pounds others have seen their LDL, or bad cholesterol, drop by up to 120 points. So far, more than 150 patients have joined the program, and many have seen extraordinary results in as little as 3 months. The program's success has been phenomenal. Then Rob decided to create a wellness program at Montefiore, where he counsels his patients to eat an exclusively plant-based diet. ![]() Colin Campbell's best-selling book The China Study. diet was not always plant-based, but he made the switch after reading Dr. I admire cardiologist Robert Ostfeld because he understands how important a plant-based diet is to overall health and preventive medicine. Gene’s also graciously given me three copies to giveaway!!!!! (details below)įor now, an EXCLUSIVE excerpt from Living the Farm Sanctuary Life.Įight Reasons Why a Plant-Based Diet Is the Most Healthful by Gene Baur Reading it got me thinking, what more can I do? There’s always more. His book reminds me a lot of The Happy Herbivore Guide to Plant-Based Living (which is out in paperback with enhanced features May 5!) because it’s very practical and upbeat, but comes from a focus on doing no harm and leading with love. Gene does talk about the health benefits too (excerpt below) but this book is by and large about living with more awareness and tapping into your conscience. He’s teaching compassion with compassion.įor those who are highly motivated to live a gentler life, or the no harm aspect of the plant-based diet is inspiring to you, I highly recommend this book. It’s caring and kind, gentle and non-preachy. I hesitate to call it a vegan book, even though it’s the heart center of veganism, because the word vegan tends to conjure up angst and a punk rock in-your-face attitude, and Gene’s book is none of those things. He also defines veganism and plant-based as an ASPIRATION explaining because life is never black and white.Īnyway, Gene’s new book, Living the Farm Sanctuary Life: The Ultimate Guide to Eating Mindfully, Living Longer, and Feeling Better Every Day, is all about living compassionately - leading with love in your heart. “Don’t let perfection get in the way of the good” which I just LOVED. In fact, when I had Gene on the podcast, he said: I’d heard about Gene before and his farm sanctuary, but what impressed me most was how positive he is.ĭespite all the cruel ugliness he has witnessed (rescued animals tend to come to the farm in bad shape), and being on the forefront of the vegan movement for more than 20 years, he’s still a blissful optimist.ĪND he believes wholeheartedly in the HH mantra “progress not perfection”. ![]() ![]() Gene and I were first introduced through mutual friends.
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