Reversing Heart Disease: A Cardiologist's Radical Approach to Healing | Remembering Dr. Baxter Montgomery

The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee

Physicians Committee

Carroll, Health & Fitness, Diabetes, Science, Nutrition, Vegan, Pcrm, Barnard, Weightloss, Food, Health, Recipes, Medicine, Diet

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🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Can you reverse heart disease — even after doctors have written you off as a lost cause? What if your heart failure was so bad, you were considered too sick for surgery, or receiving end-of-life care? The late cardiologist Dr. Baxter Montgomery believed no patient was incurable. And the secret to reversing chronic disease all starts with your diet, lifestyle and mindset.

"It doesn't matter how sick the patient is, it's always my mindset that the patient can turn around," says Dr. Montgomery. "That mindset is based on our experience."

Dr. Montgomery's groundbreaking treatment philosophy has helped heart disease patients walk out of hospitals, and even hospice. Learn about Dr. Montgomery’s own health transformation and how it impacted his practice. And listen for practical insights on plant-based nutrition, hydration, and heart health.

Chuck Carroll revisits this conversation with Dr. Montgomery from The Exam Room archives.

In this episode you'll learn:

- How a natural plant-based diet can reverse heart disease

- Dr. Montgomery's own health transformation

- Real-life cases of terminally ill patients who recovered by following Dr. Montgomery's treatment method

- How to adopt a healthy diet and transform your health

- How you can be fit, but sick

- The science behind how infrared saunas improve heart health

- The best foods for heart health

- Why dehydration is so bad for your heart

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0:00.0	Today on the exam room.
0:04.0	The current approach to medicine, which is strictly using prescription medications and procedures and surgeries without any attention to aggressive lifestyle intervention is one that has to change.
0:19.0	So our approach to integrative care uses a lifestyle intervention first and foremost,
0:24.6	not only in the setting where you're trying to prevent something from happening five or ten years from now,
0:29.6	but if someone's acutely ill, lifestyle intervention needs to be integrated with any other type of acute medical intervention.
0:36.6	If someone has some
0:38.0	chronic illness and a lot of medications or have pending surgeries, an aggressive lifestyle
0:42.8	intervention has to be intervened.
0:49.9	Welcome to the exam room podcast, brought to you by the Physicians Committee.
1:00.7	Hi, I'm the weight loss champion Chuck Carroll, raising health IQs coast to coast and around the world.
1:07.1	Hi to the exam room. He's listening in Houston, Texas, home of Montgomery, heart and wellness.
1:12.8	This is episode 49 of season 8, number 648 overall.
1:24.1	This is one of those shows that you hope you never have to do. Today we say goodbye. Today we honor a friend of the program, someone who was a powerhouse and health, and a physician
1:30.7	who moved mountains to change the world. Today, we honor Dr. Baxter Montgomery.
1:42.5	Dr. Montgomery passed on May 24th, tragically losing his life and beyond a shadow
1:48.6	of a doubt, that day came way too soon, far too soon. And we here at the Physicians Committee
1:56.6	wish to offer our deepest sympathies following his tragic death. And Dr. Montgomery was a long-time
2:06.3	ally of the Physicians Committee. He was the 2010 recipient of our Benjamin Spock Award for
2:12.2	Compassion in Medicine because he was a visionary cardiologist and a trailblazer in the field of lifestyle medicine.
2:20.3	And it was through his work at Montgomery Heart and Wellness that he championed the power of a plant-based diet to prevent and reverse chronic disease and transformed the lives of countless patients.
2:33.3	Indeed, you better believe that people traveled from across the country and even transformed the lives of countless patients.
2:41.7	Indeed, you better believe that people traveled from across the country and even around the world to seek Dr. Montgomery's care, not only for the world-class treatment that his clinic provides, but because Dr. Montgomery was a true advocate for his patients, every last one of them.
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