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PLANTSTRONG Podcast

Ep. 174: Paul Chatlin - Broccoli Over A Bypass Saved This Man's Life

PLANTSTRONG Podcast

Rip Esselstyn

Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Medicine, Nutrition

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Picture this – you’re about to be wheeled into the operating room for triple bypass surgery. One artery is 100 percent blocked and two others are 65 percent blocked. You have an enlarged heart, leaky valves, and a heart murmur, among other issues.

At the eleventh hour, your cardiologist says, “Look, we can do this triple bypass, or you can try whole food, plant-based diet.” You have no idea why, but you choose a plant-based diet. Surely it’s easier than a triple bypass.

Thanks to the work and encouragement of a certain Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr, you make the radical lifestyle change and your angina disappears within three weeks, putting you on a path to health, self-discovery, and a new purpose in life.

Today, we're sharing the remarkable true story of Paul Chatlin. Inspired by the radical shift in his health and the desire to spread the word about plants, in 2014, Paul created the Plant-Based Nutrition Support Group, or PBNSG for short. PBNSG is dedicated to evidence-based education and advocacy of plant-based whole-food nutrition and an active lifestyle to prevent and reverse disease. They provide classes, community, and plenty of support to guide people in this transformation and optimize health.

Paul is a true go-getter, working from the heart (pun intended) to help spread to good word about whole food plant-based nutrition.

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0:00.0

Hello, Plant Strong family.

0:02.4

You know, one of the best parts of my day is waking up

0:06.0

and having the opportunity and the privilege to read letters

0:09.6

from people like you who have taken their health

0:12.4

into their own hands.

0:14.2

And today, I want to share a note from Rosie,

0:16.9

who attended one of our most recent retreats

0:19.7

in Sedone, Arizona with her beautiful daughter, Tegan.

0:23.0

Here you go.

0:24.2

Dear Rip and the whole Plant Strong team,

0:27.2

I want to give a big shout out to say

0:29.1

that I have had great success following the every bite matters,

0:33.8

whole food, plant-based way of eating,

0:35.5

since my daughter, Tegan and I,

0:37.6

attended the Sedona retreat this past October.

0:40.5

It's been 37 days since I started down the path.

0:44.2

I am currently 31 pounds lighter than I was when I started.

0:49.6

After completing a new blood panel,

0:52.0

my blood pressure is now down 80 points on my systolic

0:57.0

the upper number and 26 points on the diastolic,

1:04.4

the lower number.

1:05.7

My total cholesterol has come down from 250 to 175.

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