Heart Disease

Blecenda Varona, DrPH, MPH, RNDBW Seafarer’s Health and Wellness Training Program

Heart Disease

Blecenda Varona, DrPH, MPH, RNDBW Seafarer’s Health and Wellness Training Program

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Heart DiseaseHeart Disease

NORMAL ARTERYNORMAL ARTERYOXIDIZED OXIDIZED

CHOLESTEROLCHOLESTEROL

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FATTY STREAKFATTY STREAK

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PARTIALLY OCCLUDED PARTIALLY OCCLUDED VESSELVESSEL

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TOTALLY OCCLUDED TOTALLY OCCLUDED VESSELVESSEL

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Cardiovascular disease

• Is there hope?

• Can I prevent it? • Can I reverse it?

• Hope: Dr. Dean Ornish’s heart patients– Heart transplant candidates with unstable

angina get relief of angina in 2 months on a total plant-based diet

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Figure 1 -- Coronary angiograms of the distal left anterior

descending artery before (left) and after (right) 32 months of a

plant-based diet without cholesterol-lowering medication, showing profound improvement

Preventive Cardiology 2001; 4: 171-177

Resolving the Coronary Artery

Disease Epidemic through Plant-Based

Nutrition

Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Giant ChangeGiant Change

Case 2: 8 year old boy

Hypercholesterolemic

1 liter softdrink+

Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday

1 liter softdrink+

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday

+

Case 3: 13 year old boy

HypercholesterolemicHypertensive

Obese

Week 1STRIDES: 200-400 steps

Week 2STRIDES: 8,000-13,000 STEPS

Week 1Food Intake: 4,000-5500 kcal

Week 2FOOD INTKE: 2,000 kcal

• Since 1985 Dr. Esselstyn has conducted the longest running study which proves that heart disease can be arrested or reversed by a low fat, plant-based diet.

• Only one treatment has been proven the most effective to stop completely the progression of coronary heart disease: a low-fat, plant-based diet, coupled with cholesterol-lowering medication.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Some cholesterol foods are higher in cholesterol than others.

Some cholesterol foods are higher in cholesterol than others.

1 eggyolk ………….. 270 mg 3½ oz. Beef liver ….. 440 mg3½ oz. Beef kidney ... 700 mg3½ oz. Pig’s brain … 2169 mg 3½ oz. Lean beef ….. 90 mg

1 eggyolk ………….. 270 mg 3½ oz. Beef liver ….. 440 mg3½ oz. Beef kidney ... 700 mg3½ oz. Pig’s brain … 2169 mg 3½ oz. Lean beef ….. 90 mg

Low Salt DietLow Salt Diet

Low Fat DietLow Fat Diet

Low Cholesterol DietLow Cholesterol Diet

Small change.Small benefit.Small change.Small benefit.

Big change.Big benefit.Big change.Big benefit.