Dr. Greger points out that populations whose diets are based on whole plant foods rarely get heart disease (and they tend to steer clear of many other health problems, too – including diabetes).

 

This corroborates the findings of another Food Revolution Summit speaker, Caldwell Esselstyn, MD. Dr. Esselstyn’s work is featured in the highly acclaimed documentary Forks Over Knives. He is also the author of the acclaimed bestseller, Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, has published more than 150 scientific papers in peer-reviewed medical journals, and draws on his decades of rigorous research.