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PLANTSTRONG Podcast

Ep. 46: Father's Day Q&A with Essy

PLANTSTRONG Podcast

Rip Esselstyn

Nutrition, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In honor of Father’s Day last week, I gathered up your questions and called my Dad, Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, affectionately known as Essy to many.

There’s nothing he loves more than helping you understand the importance of what you put on your forks to fight disease and to create and sustain healthy and vibrant endothelial cells.

Essy is the ultimate taskmaster and, much to everyone’s disappointment, he doesn’t prescribe a 90% plan. He’s 100% ALL IN and he expects the rest of us to follow suit. While he may not believe in moderation, he does believe in you and your ability to tackle this head-on and bring heart disease to its knees.

Nobody said this was going to be easy and that’s ok. All of us need a really good challenge in our lives to push outside of our comfort zones, test our limits, and see exactly what we’re made of. You're stronger than you think.

Topics covered? A huge variety, thanks to you, our listeners and fans. Among them:

  • Nitric Oxide and why chewing your greens is your best defense against chronic western disease, including COVID-19.

  • Why fluoride toothpaste is a no-no for your health

  • Dr. Esselstyn's opinions on statins and supplements

  • Your fear of not getting enough protein


...and more

Essy speaks the truth and never rounds up to make an argument land in his favor. He simply wants us to live our best and most vibrant lives and, at the young age of 86, I think he's on the right track.

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0:00.0

In honor of Father's Day last Sunday, I gathered up your questions, called my dad, Dr.

0:08.0

Colwell B. Eselston Jr., affectionately known as SE, and I want you to know that there's

0:14.4

probably nothing in this world that he loves more than to help people understand the importance

0:20.0

of their fork, the simple fork in fighting disease and how we should never think that it's

0:26.6

okay to injure endothelial cells. He is the ultimate task master and much to everyone's

0:37.2

disappointment. He doesn't prescribe a 90% plan. He is 100% all in and he expects the rest of us

0:46.2

to follow suit. He does not believe in moderation as most of you know, but he does believe in you.

0:55.0

And your ability to tackle this disease head on and bring it to its knees. Nobody said that this

1:04.6

was going to be easy and that's okay and all of us from time to time need a really good challenge

1:12.8

in our lives to push ourselves outside our comfort zones, test our limits and see exactly what we're

1:20.7

made of. My father speaks the truth. He never rounds up to make an argument land in his favor

1:28.4

and he just wants us to live our best most vibrant lives. Now to give you a sneak peek,

1:35.8

some of the topics we discuss are nitric oxide and why chewing leafy greens every day is your

1:43.4

best defense against chronic Western disease including COVID-19. Why fluoride toothpaste is a no-no.

1:53.8

My father's take on stadans and supplements and of course the fear of getting enough protein.

2:01.1

You've got questions, we've got easy answers. So let's dive in but before we do, a quick reminder,

2:09.6

all of you are invited to join our new live and online plant stock event. It's from August 14 to

2:16.8

the 16th. We'll be streaming this interactive weekend learning lab straight from the

2:22.7

Eselston family farm, which is where my father grew up and where he formed his early world view

2:29.6

and unwavering work ethic that led to a lifetime of research and true seeking. We have a world-class

2:37.8

video team that's going to be on hand giving each of you a front row seat to the history of the farm

2:45.1

and very candid conversations that I'll be having with my parents in between talks by the

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