Healthy Heart Diet: How Plant-Based Foods Prevent Heart Disease

Published: Sept. 26, 2018, 7 a.m.

Two of the nation\u2019s top cardiologists on the forefront of plant-based nutrition join \u201cThe Weight Loss Champion\u201d Chuck Carroll! Dr. Kim Williams and Dr. Andrew Freeman share their unique approach to helping patients understand the link between what they eat and their heart health. \xa0\xa0

Their revolutionary approach to medicine came only after they improved their own health switching to a plant-based diet. Now they\u2019re witnessing countless patients experience the same drastic change. Many of them have even reversed heart disease.

Dr. Williams is the former president of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Freeman is the founder and co-chair of the American College of Cardiology\u2019s Nutrition and Lifestyle workgroup.

In This Episode\xa0

  • Why plant-based diets are the future of preventative medicine
  • The link between the standard American diet and heart disease
  • How a plant-based diet can reduce and eliminate the need for cholesterol lowering drugs
  • How a single patient\u2019s extraordinary recovery changed the way Dr. Williams viewed plant-based diets
  • How the doctors\u2019 own health improved after eliminating meat and dairy from their diets
  • Why people are so sensitive when it comes to changing diets
  • How to help patients better understand how what they\u2019re eating effects their health
  • How you can lower your risk of developing heart disease

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