Caldwell Esselstyn, MD

Nutrition and Medical Expert

Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., received his B.A. from Yale University and his M.D. from Western Reserve University. In 1956, pulling the No. 6 oar as a member of the victorious United States rowing team, he was awarded a gold medal at the Olympic Games. He was trained as a surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic and at St. George’s Hospital in London. In 1968, as an Army surgeon in Vietnam, he was awarded the Bronze Star.

Dr. Esselstyn has been associated with the Cleveland Clinic since 1968. During that time, he has served as President of the Staff and as a member of the Board of Governors. He chaired the Clinic’s Breast Cancer Task Force and headed its Section of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery. Continue reading →

Dean Ornish, MD

Nutrition and Medical Expert

Dean Ornish, MD, is the founder, president, and director of the non-profit Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, California, where he holds the Bucksbaum Chair. He is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Ornish received his medical training from the Baylor College of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and the Massachusetts General Hospital. He received a BA in Humanities summa cum laude from the University of Texas in Austin, where he gave the baccalaureate address. Continue reading →

T Colin Campbell, PhD

Nutrition and Medical Expert

T. Colin Campbell, was trained at Cornell (M.S., Ph.D.) and MIT (Research Associate) in nutrition, biochemistry and toxicology. He spent 10 years on the faculty of Virginia Tech’s Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition before returning to the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell in 1975 where he presently holds his Endowed Chair (now Emeritus).

His principal scientific interests, which began with his graduate training in the late 1950’s, has been on the effects of nutritional status on long term health, particularly on the causation of cancer. He has conducted original research both in laboratory experiments and in large-scale human studies; has received over 70 grant-years of peer-reviewed research funding (mostly NIH), has served on several grant review panels of multiple funding agencies, has lectured extensively, and has authored over 300 research papers. Continue reading →

Harvard’s Healthy Eating Pyramid

The Vegetarian, Asian, and Mediterranean diets emphasize whole foods, with grains, vegetables, fruits and legumes as the foundation of their nutrition pyramid. However, the Vegetarian diet excludes all animal protein, while the Asian and Mediterranean diets allow very small amounts of meat monthly, and both the Asian and Mediterranean diets consume fish several times per week. The Mediterranean diet includes more oil and dairy products than does the Asian diet. All of them allow, perhaps even recommend moderate amounts of alcohol. And, they all emphasize drinking water and regular exercise. Continue reading →

Food Pyramids and Nutrition Strategies

The epidemic rate of overweight and obese people in America, with its associated diseases, shows the nutrition strategy for the typical Western or American Diet does not work. However, many studies show population groups who follow a Vegetarian, Asian, or Mediterranean diet enjoy good health and longevity with much lower rates of cancer, heart and other diseases typically associated with the Western or American diet. Continue reading →