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- Опубліковано 25 січ 2012
- Dr. Esselstyn talks about a ground breaking concept for a plant based diet. This information goes into depth about the down side of the typical American diet. This informatoion could save your life.
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Esselstyn was 78 for this lecture. If his lean, handsome, high-energy, clear-headed presence doesn't tell you something, nothing will.
Feed Me!
He's 87 now. I don't know of his health but he's interviewed occasionally on UA-cam. The video "An Interview with Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr." on the channel "Michelle Joy Kramer" is a recent example.
@@RiDankulousHe’s 89, he’ll be 90 in December.
Amazing
And he’s the same at just turning 90. :)
I've discovered that there is a problem with the whole plant food based diet. I simply cannot stop watching these talks. It has been several months, and hundreds of talks, and I just cannot stop watching them.
G Kuljian I am having the same problem. It's an addition. Hehe
Have years of indoctrination to "unlearn" 🤣 I think once our eyes are opened we start to realise how little we actually know and have a hunger for knowledge.
What issue did you face with the whole plant food based diet?Please share
;-)
vinod gupta The problem is he can’t stop watching the videos because they are so incredibly interesting maybe you didn’t understand where he was going with his statement.
Young or old, heart patient or healthy, this is the way to go for us all! After my Dad had his heart attack, we all agreed to support him and go on a plant based diet. His progress has been amazing! And we all feel great all the time!
It works!!! My blood pressure dropped in 3 months from 171 over 91 down to 131 over 86 ...and lost 21 pounds so far... my daughter and wife lost 40 lbs apiece in less than 3 months... never go around hungry ...I give GOD all the glory !!!
It is so nice to see a doctor not beholden to big pharma and the hospital's surgery department, and actually just trying to help people.
cookletsdothis I'm completely agree with you Doctor Esselstyn is not corrupt
Thank you. I watched this when I first went plant based, and it was one of the most helpful videos. . 5 years later, still wfpb, I thought I'd check it out again.
Why did you initially decide to go plant - based? Was it for health reasons? If so, what changes have you experienced after 5 years? Any negatives?
This is one of the best videos ever recorded. Everyone should have to watch this.
It's a good video, and he's right about the stents, etc. but his extreme diet is only good for those who are about to have a heart attack and want to avoid the knife. Yes, it will work, but after regaining health (and for those not in direct need), a form of this diet with added fish and some healthy oils would help even more. Esselstyn is not a cardiologist. The top cardiologists with years of research would disagree with this guy. Yes, he has some things right, such as a plant-based diet, but his extreme methods would only be temporarily useful to those who are on the verge of dying from heart disease. For most people they would be better off with Dr. Steven Masley's 30-Day Heart Tune Up, which goes into great detail of why olive & avocado oils (and small portions of dark chocolate) are heart helpful/healthy and why fish is as well, along with the reason why plant omega 3's are not as helpful as omega 3's from fish. Even if you don't believe Masley or any other cardiologist (who also agree about preventing surgeries & stents), you can just look at the healthiest and longest lived people in the world (in the blue zones). They drizzle olive oil on some foods, and eat fish 3x per week. It's the sugars and simple carbs they leave out and they don't eat much, or any, meat or dairy. Good fats as in olive, avocado, and nuts (and their oils) increase the large particle LDL & HDL which is very protective. Sugars and simple carbs (including many types of grains) increase small particles in cholesterol profiles, which increase dangerous plaque growth. This is why most people who have heart attacks have low or normal cholesterol (because they eat the western diet of sugar, flour, grains - and then just take a pill in the hopes of saving themselves). Also why many who have high cholesterol have super clean healthy arteries; because they eat healthy fats to increase particle size, while eating no sugar & flour products. Esselstyn has some things right, but his beliefs about oil are way off. Oil is not oil. There are differences. All you'll get from eliminating good fats is dementia or alzheimer's. No, you don't need to drink the stuff, but completely eliminating good oils is not wise either. He's right about being mostly plant based and preventing heart surgeries, for sure, but I'll go with those who live long, healthy lives in the blue zones on a less extreme version of plant-based nutrition.
drmasley.com/959/ (reference only).
"Extreme diet"?? Eat real food and not the foods that clog your arteries? Is it really that extreme?
Yes, extreme it is. Real foods also include healthy fats (that help artery health, not clog arteries, and are essential for brain health). Extreme is when you omit the necessary "good" fats. As noted, the healthiest people on the planet use healthy fats and eat some fish 3x per week, but no other meat and no/very little sugar, flour. Plant based is definitely the best and his diet is far superior over the usual western killer diet, but it lacks the good fats required for the best artery, organ, brain health.
I agree that everyone should eat healthy fats, meaning flax seeds, chia seeds, hemp seeds, almonds, walnuts, brazil nuts, sesame seeds etc.
@@lorienk6409 I'd rather be extreme, and live a long, healthful life! And, no, Fish, is still not good; also, Fish have eyes, and highly sensitive nervous systems.
Dr. Esselstyn starts at 7:54
Questioning and working with medical science works a lot better than "crying out to god for help."
Meat, dairy and fat was not what was making them healthy. Plants cause health, along with water. Meat, dairy and fat are flavorful but not the diet man was made to live by. Dr. Esselstyn is a genius, and courageous in our times.
Dr. Essy is a HERO, plain and true! People are dying needlessly because they are not told about a whole food plant based diet...ok, and some who are, refuse to do it. But it *SHOULD* be the default dietary lifestyle for ALL of us!
fiber, vitamins, minerals & antioxidants just to name a few Harry Harry! There is NO FIBER to be found in meats...nor antioxidants!
+valnaples True dat.
Dr Esselstyn is a great pioneer in the field of cardiovascular health. Thank you so much Dr. Esselstyn. The results my father and I experienced while on a whole food plant based diet is nothing short of a miracle. We could never go back to our old ways. Your a great man Dr.
Mrs Esselstyn is so helpful and so adorable. I love her personality.
All these people talking about how their grandparents and so on lived to be 90 to 100 eating meat. Yeah, so did my great grandmother. She died at 105 years of age. But here is the thing. When these people were younger meat eating was far less than it is today. consumption of meat and dairy has quadrupled over the last 100 years, especially in the last twenty. My great grandmother was dirt poor and bought a lot less food weekly compared to today's standards. That also meant less meat and dairy. She grew her own vegetable garden and relied on staples like flour and potatoes because those were more available and affordable (remember this was before factory farming). A vegetable garden is easier to grow and cultivate than farm animals. Meat was a luxury. Ask any baby boomer and they will say the same thing. Meat and dairy were luxuries, Not consumed at every meal in huge quantities like now. Ditto with eating out all the time (and as most of us vegans know, there is far more omnivore fare available in restaurants than vegan fare). Also, we are slaughtering billions of animals daily which also requires tons and tons of grain to feed those animals in order to keep up with an ever growing demand for more meat and dairy. It will have to stop eventually because our earth can not sustain this practice. We need to find less destructive ways to feed a growing world. A vegan diet is sustainable, healthy, and better for the environment and for animals.
Also in those days, they did not give the animals growth hormones and antibiotics and allow them to live is such horrible conditions and feed them GMO corn. It was a lot different way back then. The animals lived the way God intended them to live, naturally. Almost everything in our food supply is much more dangerous now. The good old days are gone, and so are a lot of people who eat what they call food these days.
also my grandparents lived to be old but they suffered from many issues that could have been prevented with a plant based diet.
None of our food supply is the same as it used to be. Dr. Esselstyn is a really good guy to listen to. The best!
F*ck vegans n veganism. F*ck Esselstyn n f*ck U if believe his sh*t
Naturebound so true
l love Ann....she is really a mighty mouse. Dr. Essy and son Rip are as equally mighty. l listen and watch your videos and l get a lot out of what you are sharing. All the different ways you use what exist on hand we have today. Everything makes good sense. Thank you for teaching me how to eat perfect....❤
Thank you. Finally I see a man who is just as nice and noble and good as my dog
Dr. Esselstyn and his wife are so adorable.....they are so spry and full of energy...living proof that this diet works and it keeps you youthful
I salute this couple. I wish they became my friend 20 years ago. But, whatever change I have done in the last few years has made tons of good to my life. Thanks so much.
As an R.N.of 30 years experience on the front lines of "Health Care" I'm now, more than ever, afraid of losing my job..... my yearly evaluation was excellent all except for the fact that I share "Alternative Dietary Teaching" (as though that was a 'bad' thing).
I do not prescribe herbal medicines or dietary supplements as it is not in the scope of a nurse's practice according to the guidelines of the governmental agency called the "Executive Office of Health and Human Services." What I do is suggest to my patients who are suffering from long term upper respiratory conditions including shortness of breath and wheezing that they may have a "sensitivity" to dairy and that perhaps going without for a week or so might improve their condition. I've been reprimanded on several occasions for such teaching and am dumbfounded by the apparent ignorance of such brilliant minds to recognize and teach the truth as Hippocrates would have done. I can only hope that if I do get fired for such forward thinking that I can work for a functional medicine doctor "somewhere" and practice the kind of nursing that I believe in. I want to tell everyone I know the truth about casein and gmo foods among other things..... I totally respect those doctors who put their lives on the line to turn the wheels of truth regardless of the consequences to their personal lives.
talkingstick2u Good for you. I hope that you either don't lose your job, and/or that you find a natural Dr. to work with. I did a search on the internet for a naturalpathic Dr. in my area and I cannot find one. I have a massive prostate cancer and it was too large to cut out, but I don't want it cut out anyway; and I'm not taking any typical treatment. It had spread to my ribs and some fatty tissue. At last check, it was no longer in the fatty tissue or the ribs. I try to eat lots of leafy greens and make carrot juice, but I have a problem keeping my dishes clean and so I end up eating things that I should not, until I clean my juicer and do dishes. So, far I have not had any pain in the 9 years that it was found. But I think the cheating has a nullifying effect on the diet and I'm not holding as much fluid as I had been, so I need to stop cheating between eating what I know I should. I have a long list of things such as Salads of dark leafy greens with onions, garlic, ginger, broccoli, Cheyenne pepper, turmeric, tomatoes, cauliflower, and many more things, along with juicing carrots, beets, broccoli, with a touch of garlic, ginger, and various vegetables, like celery. I eat lots of fruit that have red color such as raspberries, strawberries, watermelon. I eat lots of sardines for meat, unless I go to church and end up cheating at a pot luck dinner, of which I get mad at myself for doing. I go to the VA clinic for a digital check once or twice per year. they are monitoring me and letting me try the natural treatments, but I wish I could quit cheating in-between.
Andrew, I'm so glad you are on the path towards wellness! Cheating is an issue I wrangled with for years! I was on a roller coaster..... up, down, up, down every time I went to work or to church. I finally told the minister that having bake sales and big breakfasts filled with heart attack on a plate items is no way to treat the temple.... it's like offering hard whiskey at an AA meeting. I said to him, "How many people in this congregation are suffering from the effects of diabesity, cardiovascular disease? How many have had heart attacks or strokes? How many suffer with depression and the sugar blues? Why would you support a cause that promotes cancer and so many other chronic dis-eases?
Anyway, I've found that mirror work and leaving notes on the dash board of your car and in the mirror where you brush your teeth every day were very powerful in promoting change. Learning to say "NO" to yourself is the challenge. Practice! Look in the mirror and practice saying "No thank you" and "Oh, no thanks I brought my lunch, I'm all set" or "No, I'm good, I don't eat foods that were made in a laboratory....!" etc. I used to go down the road on the way to work sometimes screaming at no one in particular..... "NO! I'm not going to eat any of that food that the drug reps brought in! NO! NO! NO!" You get the picture right? The more emotion you put into it the more effective it is for making changes in your habits. Change your Thinking, Change your Life!
Good luck! :-)
Heidi Roth Thank you. You are right, our church is a pot luck church. We have one event after another that includes food. We had a flashlight Easter egg hunt with inflatables and lots of hot dogs. Every-time I saw someone walk by with a hot dog, I could already taste the mustard on one. I walked up to the pastor and I told him that I want to tell him something so that he can hold me accountable. (he already knows that I shouldn't eat stuff like that but he doesn't tell me I can't if I do) I told him that I was thinking about getting a hotdog and that I shouldn't have one so I'm telling him so that if I did get one, I'd feel guilty because I told him that I wasn't going to get one. but, many times I go to my sister's house and I didn't have time to make a salad or bring something that I can eat, so I eat her food.
But, I like the note thing. I already yell in the car going down the street. I once heard Nancy Polosi say that we didn't have a spending [problem, we just have a deficit problem. I yelled to the top of my lungs waving my arms in the car, saying you stupid idiot, you don't get a deficit problem without first having a spending problem in the first place, because spending is how you end up with a deficit problem, you dummy!!! Well, I noticed that I was at a 4 way stop and the guy at the other stop sign looked at me weird, probably thinking who is he mad at!!! Well, I might as well talk to myself about saying no to processed foods, including hormone beef that has also been fed GMO feeds, etc. I had about 6 glasses of carrot juice today and I just got back from our closing AWANA program for this school year and I know that eating cookies and drinking punch would completely counter every glass of carrot juice that I drank, so I stayed away from the table. So, I did good today, but now I have to worry about tomorrow. One day at a time, like an alcoholic. ... Again, thanks for the advice on tricks to help me stay on track.
talkingstick2u I'm going to be working to get into a nursing program, and your comment stoked a fear of mine...of experiencing the same thing you have: not being able to mention alternative dietary interventions to sick patients. How do I stand by and not say anything to a diabetes patient, when I KNOW that they can reverse their condition with a whole food plant centered diet???? That's so frustrating to know that you could possibly lose your job!
She’s right. Any person That works in the Medical professional lose their jobs in today tell people to change their diet to a whole food plant-based regime. The reason is that the hospitals do not make money from telling people to change their diapers. They make money from selling drugs. That is their business model.
Hospitals are not in the business of keeping people well. They are in the business of tweeting sick people. The more sick people there are, the more money they make. So if they give them drugs that will make him feel well, and heal their problems, they will no longer make any money.
So they prescribe medications that will make people feel better but will actually make them worse inside. That’s why they need to prescribe him so many drugs! The more drug they prescribe them to counteract other drugs, the more money they make. Everyone, is happy! Except the patient.
Super fantastic. This video is soooo pleasure to hear Dr. Esselstein even though I probably listen to about 50 videos of his. And this content too. But I’m ready to listen to him again. To give me certainty going down in the fat. Never enough to listen to him even if it is the same thing over and over again. I never got his book I’ll get it today on Amazon. I’m on plant base diet for the last 7 years and there is always something new to implement. 🙏🏻👍🌟♾🎆💙
When I first ordered the Vegsource DVDs, they were from 2005. And it was Caldwell Esselstyn's presentation, that I found particularly compelling. So much so, that I must have easily watched it, more than 20 times.
But if you'd like a more condensed version, youtube, "Processed People Extended Talks'.
thank you for this life-saving and energizing information! Several family members are on their way to better health as a result.
i thought meditation was good for increasing life five years..but " no oil
"can save you 20 plus years!!!!! thinking is better ! meditation is great too-it helps us see what we did not see earlier!thank you sir.for helping so many of us.
Other doctors exist because why?!
Funny.
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I have become a big fan since seeing Dr. Esselstyn on CNN. Loved watching his wife on this video. Have bought the book several times in one week. One copy is for my doctor.
Equally amazing: This man is 79 years old. What do your 79-year old relatives do these days? Can they hold a presentation, not getting one name wrong?
Love love love him, good show
Excellence article and great resources!
Dr. Esselstyn = HERO ( with knowledge & compassion )
Dr Esselstyne enjoyed your lecture and all the wonderful information you shared. I saw Rip's interview on youtube and got all 3 books he was introducing, then came across this 'film' and thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you
The intro of the video is so calming and reassuring, hope-giving. I like it a lot.
Thanks, I know its fantastic, the Esselstyns doing fantastic work. Have ordered Caldwells book also.
Learned so much! Thank you.
Such a great presentation. Lots of good cooking tips. Can't wait to get my copy of his book.
Thanks for this video. I will call my dad tonight and tell him too watch this.
Also many thanks to Anne Esselstyne for the breakdown of the things that we must eat! Great advice from both of you, Heart healthy from now on!
Thank you, your wife and other speakers for this info. I am on the road to going vegan and this info helped me a lot. I will try some of the recipe ideas.
I love you, Ann!!!
williamsfilms1, it is ALWAYS better to eat the fruit or vegetable than to just juice it...and by the way, we HAVE 32 juicers in our mouths, our teeth...there's another plant-strong doc name Michael Klaper who also has great videos here on youtube. You want to eat the whole fruit because it offers fiber and extra nutrients along WITH the juice, much better for our bodies.
Thank you, I really enjoyed listening to this and learned some good information. Thanks for all you do!
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OMG what a dream team those two are, just fantastic
Thank you!
Everyone is obligated to spread the word. Listen to the lectures of Dr. Esselstyn, Dr. Fuhrman, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and others on youtube or read their books. By my brother tipping me off to read Eat to Live three weeks ago my life has completed changed. Now I am actively promoting the Vegan life style and loving my new diet. Thanks Dr. Esselstyn, and Dr. Fuhrman. I no longer fear dying of heart diseases.
Also check out John McDougall's website and books from the library as his regimen compliments Esselstyn's as well. Don't make this too hard. Many Mex & Chinese recipes are ideal - just eliminate the oil & cheese as needed * replace meats w/ beans/chick pea hummus/portebello mushrooms, etc.Costco has large bags of spinach for a good price while kale is your friend. Both -& collards, bok choi, chard - are EASY to grow in a fall-spring garden under a cloche in the north as they like cool weather.
great tips and advice!
Yay, for Dr. Esselstyn. He should be wearing a super-hero suit.
Please tell me there are more people like Dr Esselstyn?
this should be required viewing
THANK YOU
Such an important, simply explained description of how the body can heal itself 1:07:07
Art Citeros and his heart disease/plant based nutrition story 1:15:42
Ann Esselstyn speaks on HOW to practically approach a whole food, plant based diet 1:24:16
Thanks so much; I really enjoyed this : )
Amazing!
"Little strokes" explains behavior of so many of my friends & relatives. Thanks.
Anne is so great!
excellent stuff .
This is my favorite CE video. Here's all the info needed to become educated enough to work out your own solution knowing it's right. It is deep enough to explain everything without losing anyone. Awesome job!
I would love to know what they served for dinner! I can't wait to try this. I have MS and I am anxious to try the diet to control, God willing, heal it!
Please read the book, "Eating Animals", by Jonathan Safran Foer. Even if you won't become a vegan for cardio-vascular health, this amazingly easy to ready piece of investigative journalism will totally change the way you think about the "manufacturing" of animal protein.
Nice video! :)
welcome to the corporate mindset that keeps our way of life miserable...great job setting yourself apart from the rest Dr. Esselstyn... great job. As an avid lifter, I'm going to put this to the test in a big way. Thanks for all your hard work. I'll let you know how this turns out. I'm starting today and I hope it's all as good as you say it is. bye for now.
@ml s napa or, nappa cabbage also known as Chinese cabbage is awesome! You can find it at any grocery market around.
My friend & his fiancé have both been on this diet for over 2 years. They lost a significant amount of weight & had to modify their diet, because they looked too skinny. I admire their tenacity & discipline. I could only do it for a couple of months, (back then). Our culture provides a tremendous variety of food, not from the different ethnicities, but from the commercial & disposable gratification variety.
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I absolutely ENJOYED THIS!
One of my heroes! Along with Drs. Barnard, Ornish, T Colin Campbell, McDougall. They have changed my life and my husband's life!
1 or 2 teaspoon of ground flaxseed can be included in diet because it is rich in essential omega 3 fats.
FABULOUS!!!! I enjoy scooping or dipping hummus with my romaine and especially raw kale! We DO have the power to be healthy! PLANTS will do this IF we choose them!
I am the same way: many videos more than once!
My buddy is the same way. A personal trainer who eats nothing but meat (paleo). He can't poop right, is tired all the time, depressed, yoyo's his weight weekly, and has brutal arthritis. Can't make him see the light.
It's tough. Very tough. Why are people so closed minded?
He's going to have to get a debilitating illness before he will change.
Ann is so cool.
It’s 1/1/2020🎊 I am excited to attend an event in March 2020 with speakers like Dr Esselstyn, his wife Ann, his daughter Jane, plus Doctors in the WFPBNO movement ❤️ Life is good 🥳
Oh no.
I grind kale,etc in a blender and drink the green leaves.
DUMB.
Better chew
Calvin Leman whatever way that gets it down your gullet is good. If you just had a cardiac arrest you may want to consider being super strict.
Excellent!
You should rename this video so it's more easily found by topic.
Doc sounds like pablo fransisco, it was enjoyable with this thought!
This was on Medina? Nice. :)
This talk was amazing! I guess I won't try the Paleo diet after hearing this. Did she say, don't buy her son's book, lol?
Blessings...
C. Esselstyn, T. Colin Campbell, John McDougall and Michael Greger at NutritionFacts.org and the balanced whole food low fat plant based regimen rule!
dr. E, what about enlarged aorta? please let me know soon.
They were referring to sugary smoothies.
Its pretty simple, and yes he does address it in more complete presentation - but many seem to want to evaluate regimens based upon truncated snippets.
What part of juice is a whole plt food & not simply high glycemic sugar water? You want carrots, eat the carrot. Fruit smoothies similarly pulverize the plt & eliminate the benefit of fiber in mitigating digestion rate. Green smoothies are fine, fruit are not. Likewise NO refined oil. 9-11% fat as part of the WHOLE plt foods.
I feel much better without fruit in my diet. It stimulates my appetite too much. I don't feel peaceful. Sticking with veggies, beans and whole grains. Yum! 🙂🌱
A couple questions? Does this include hemp or cannabis oil? Is sesame oil okay to use topically? And how about raw dark chocolate with cacao buitter? I make my own chocolate
I am starting this plant based lifestyle and trying to avoid oil and sugar... But did I hear correctly when Dr. Esselstyn warned against smoothies? Green smoothies have become one of my staples and is one of the main ways I get my greens.
They worked him(the surgeon) up BEFORE his heart attack and let him go....how didn't they catch that damaged coronary artery! Thank god and Dr Esselstyn.
Petemitchell, you can go to the Engine 2 diet website...awesome information there and they also have a FB page. You can read testimonials by folks who have dramatically changed their own health and have gotten off meds by changing what they eat. Pretty amazing!
Your dad is a lucky man!
Does anybody know where I can get a long term diet plan based on Dr.Esselsytns diet? Is it in his book "Reverese and Prevent Hear Disease"?
@IMnotSAS What about it? Are you asking if it good or bad or are you touting its benefits?
DHA & EPA omega 3 acids can be found in algae, which the fish eat. These algae omega 3 acids are available to be purchased as a supplement. One brand is Deva, they are the equivalent of fish oil. ALA omega 3 acids are present in various plant foods.
Omega 3s are also available in flax, chia, green leafy vegetables (which you'll already eat in Esselstyn's diet) etc.
5 years later and less than 200k views?!?
I believe its important to reduce your meat, dairy intake.
+Houdaloth Ali Good for you, Houdaloth Ali. You're part way there. Order his book on Amazon and it will help guide your way.
To anyone with rosacea thinking about making this diet shift I highly recommend this way of eating. I made the switch for other reasons and a side effect was the cessation and significant reversal of my rosacea symptoms. Don't wait another day!
Oh, please, what is the intro music from? I need it. Not a joke.
+Doug Hawkes Have you found the name of the music? I really want it too, if someone knows it please reply.
1:25:00 for Mrs. Esselstyn's advice.
I'm having trouble understanding this properly. At one point Dr. Esselstyne says you don't wash away the plaque. You increase the Endothelium.
And there are exrays showing plaque reduced and or completely gone.
Can anyone explain this fully for me, please.
hey can someone please answer ...when you adopt the whole food plant-based diet...when bad hdl cholestoral migrates into the endothelium and develops plaque,
does the plaque go away ? or does it just protect the cap over the plaque
Plaque goes away and the arteries open up.
my favorite salad dressing is 1/4 cup mustard one tablespoon maple syrup an 1/2 cup water DELISH you can add more or less water to your liking an even less maple syrup, mix it the way you like it.
If you cut the sugar and seed oils are killers no ,, think cheese but parmigiano is a gut biome feeder just that others I don't use , it's so sad finding what's good n not ,,
cool man!
Does anybody know Dr. E’s advice on drinking distilled water? Love Dr. E.
Silica water leeches aluminum out of the body. Distilled water also has a similar effect on some undesirable mineral forms. (Sorry , this isn’t from Esselstyn.)
Esselstyn doesn't care if you drink it, as much as you want.
Coffee machine manufacturers claim distilled's lack of minerals negatively affects heating elements. I use it anyway. Works so far,& probably won't need de-scaling.
Minerals in water tend to either wash out of the body, or stick where you don't want them.
Check out Alan Goldhammer’s thoughts at True North Health. He strongly advises avoiding tap water and, if I recall correctly, rates the alternatives on a cost benefit analysis.
Actual talk starts around 9:00 in 😊