Plant-Based Diet for Your Heart | Dr. Robert Ostfeld
The position of the Medical Executive Committee of SUNY Downstate Medical Center, as recommended by the Committee and Plant-based Health and Nutrition, is as follows:
Plant-based nutrition - emphasizing consumption of vegetables, whole grains, nuts, seeds, legumes, and fruits - can prevent, treat, or reverse certain chronic diseases in adults based on current best research evidence.
The chronic diseases studied most include obesity, high body mass index, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease, and hyperlipidemia. Plant-based diets, however, are not a cure-all and should not be substituted for existing medication or therapy unless supervised by a physician.
Statements Based on Research Evidence
Individuals who report eating more plants have lower body mass index (BMI) and lower blood levels of total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, fasting glucose, C reactive protein, and inflammatory profiles than do individuals who report eating fewer plants in their diet. Strong evidence based on over 700,000 subjects in population and cohort studies.
Plant-based diets can reverse existing coronary artery disease (evidenced by angiography) and can reduce body weight, oral diabetic medication needs, and blood levels of total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, fasting glucose, c reactive protein (CRP), and hemoglobin A1c. Moderate evidence based on randomized trials and cohort studies that are mostly short-term (weeks to months) and have varying rates of adherence to plant-based diets over time.
Individuals who report eating more plants are less likely to develop hypertension, ischemic heart disease, type 2 diabetes, colon cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, and cancer overall in subsequent decades. Moderate evidence based on population and cohort studies that lose some subjects over time and have diverse methods and outcomes (e.g., are heterogeneous).
Individuals who report eating more plants are less likely to die from cardiovascular disease, ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, some cancers (pancreatic, lymphatic, hematopoietic), and from all-cause mortality. Moderate evidence based on population and cohort studies that lose some subjects over time and have diverse methods and outcomes.
Individuals who eat exclusively plant-based diets have lower rates of obesity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease than those who eat plant-based diets with some animal products. Weak evidence based on population and comparative studies with minorities of participants on exclusively plant-based diets and with variations in how these diets are defined.
Additional Considerations
The evidence mostly supports increased consumption of plants as beneficial, in contrast to simply removing animal products from the diet. Within the category of plant-based diets there is some evidence that eating only plants is best, with growing evidence that a whole food plant-based diet has more benefits than one that contains refined plant foods.
Many different plant-based diets have been used in research studies, making it difficult to generalize results and raising concerns in some cases (e.g., highly restrictive low-fat diets) about the ability of individuals to adhere to these diets for long periods of time.
Some of the observed health benefits of plant-based diets may be due to other lifestyle interventions that often accompany these diets, such as smoking cessation, limited alcohol consumption, stress reduction, and a greater emphasis on exercise and fitness.
We support the American Medical Association’s resolution from 2017 to “call on US hospitals to improve the health of patients, staff, and visitors by providing a variety of healthful food, including plant-based meals and meals that are low in fat, sodium, and added sugars”
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We need a lot more medical professionals and people in general with the insight and enthusiasm that Dr. Ostfeld has. I hope everyone watches "Forks Over Knives" to learn the basics of eating healthy in an easy to watch video. This is as big a game changer as figuring out smoking cigarettes was incredibly bad but we had to fight the tobacco industry for 50 years to finally get the message to most people.
@RiDankulous
2 жыл бұрын
He's a fine man and competent professional who truly cares and shows it by covering the causes of many of our health issues being the food.
I’m so happy I went plant based. I feel amazing and I no longer have any guilt about eating animals.
I am very happy to hear this message from a Cardiologist I have had CAD for along while and the information given here is invaluable Thanks a lot!
@ahaikepo7984
3 жыл бұрын
can reduce blogake artery?
@kimmygibson3461
3 жыл бұрын
@@ahaikepo7984 yes
@Chris-kr7gg
3 жыл бұрын
@@kimmygibson3461 how can you say yes ? You don't know.
@jerichostein1608
2 жыл бұрын
What is the best way to lost crazy amounts of fat? I read many good reviews on the internet about how Okibetonic Secrets will help you lost a lot of weight. Has any one tried using this popular fat burn secrets?
@RiDankulous
2 жыл бұрын
This has been awhile since you commented but a doctor who would be very useful for anybody in the cardiac area who can be seen on KZread is Caldwell Esselstyn. He may be able to be reached through his website. I recommend watching some of his videos. There is a very high probability that virtually anybody with cardiac issues can turn it around with a strict (but tasty and filling) diet. That is one of the messages said by Dr. Esselstyn. I hope you live for 50 more years!
“Forks over knives” playing on a loop with subtitles. Fantastic!
Plant based is the way to go! I’ve been at it for over 7 years.
@sheriefcassis3268
3 жыл бұрын
results?
@juggerswood
3 жыл бұрын
Results?
Time that Medical doctors prescribe nature and not poisonous drugs
@MarktheCrawler
Жыл бұрын
Cringe
Thanks Dr Ostfeld for such an explanation and clarity 👏
I wish I had gotten my mother on a plant based diet. Maybe she would be alive now.
@YUKINO20061988
3 жыл бұрын
Me too 😭
@madakibitrus4417
2 жыл бұрын
dr udoka on KZread has the permanent cure for herpes simplex virus with his natural herbs
@magnussenforsythe4956
2 жыл бұрын
Veganism is mental illness
A lot of this information is really confusing . I have been interested in nutrition and disease since reading Dr Burkitt's work about 40 years ago . My religious inclinations tend towards eating a vegetarian diet . However, there iare some very compelling lectures on KZread by very highly qualified physicians who have even moved from recommending keto to recommending Carnivore . They give equally compelling evidence about the value of carnivore diets . I would like to see a conference where the experts go head to head . I admire both groups because at least they are thinking about how to prevent and reverse disease by diet rather than by pharma which med school trained them to do . The other thing is that both groups should combine to campaign to get refined carbohydrates out of the food chain . Yudkin's seminal work ' pure, white and deadly ' about the dangers of refined carbs deserves a retrospective Nobel prize in medicine ✌️.
@meman6964
3 жыл бұрын
What a great idea! Plant based and keto advocates joining together to cut out refined treats! It would be like USA joining the USSR for the advancement of space exploration,
@michaeldillon3113
3 жыл бұрын
@@meman6964 Yes indeed - we know the main common enemies - refined carbs , processed foods , and most of the omega 6 vegetable oils .
@doddsalfa
2 жыл бұрын
There is no long term,studies about low carb high fat
@philwww800
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@@doddsalfa The American society id 75% obese from eating a low fat high carb diet. Plant based diets need supplementing to include B12 that only occurs in animal protein.
@doddsalfa
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@@philwww800 false.Every one needs to supplement b12 after 50 .The meat you eat is supplemented.There is no b12 in meat per se but you need to eat from the ground grass vegetables straight or mountain river for natural b12
Well Done!
To be clear he is talking about T2 Diabetes
Awesome 👏!! Love him and what he does for the PBD movement! Regarding mastering diabetes, they both have type 1 diabetes, take only a normal amount of insulin and eat a ton of fruit. Sugar DOES NOT cause diabetes! For type 2 it’s fat in the cels as he said, for type 1 it’s often an autoimmune response to dairy as a child. ALL ailments improve with a PBD. 🌱 👊
I heard that sugar oxidises the cholesterol ? It doesn't matter if your cholesterol is high as over 50% of people who have heart atacks do not have high cholesterol.
@doddsalfa
2 жыл бұрын
High cholesterol is the number one factor
@philwww800
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@@doddsalfa You are so far out of touch...It's laughable...
@doddsalfa
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@@philwww800 if that’s true same goes with science 😎
@doddsalfa
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@@philwww800 “if the serum total cholesterol is 90 to 140 mg/dL, there is no evidence that cigarette smoking, systemic hypertension, diabetes mellitus, inactivity, or obesity produces atherosclerotic plaques.” “In societies where the serum total cholesterol is 150 mg/dL, the frequency a of symptomatic and fatal atherosclerosis increases as the level above 150 increases.” “The higher the serum total cholesterol level, and specifically the higher the serum LDL cholesterol, the greater the frequency of symptomatic atherosclerosis, the greater the frequency of fatal atherosclerosis, and the greater the quantity of plaque at necropsy. * In placebo-controlled, double-blind, lipid-lowering studies of adults without symptomatic atherosclerosis, the group with lowered serum LDL cholesterol developed fewer symptomatic and fatal atherosclerotic events compared with controls.” William C. Roberts, MD(cholesterol researchers over 60 years)
@doddsalfa
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@@philwww800 here is a great talk about cholesterol something for your education kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZI1_vM6pfbfddbg.html
I didn't realize the gravity of the danger from processed meats as seen at 39:45. Replacing just 3 percent of the day's calorie from processed meats and replacing with plant foods is a 34% lower risk of death. That is very large, even compared to unprocessed red meat, which is 12%. That 12% is bad of course. The best thing I ever did for myself is go whole food-plant based which is the healthiest form of vegan. I probably cut my risk of death by like 80%. This presentation is extremely good because it covers major studies which support a plant based diet in a fairly succinct manner. One thing it didn't get into are the confounding factors in the population studies. Population studies only show associations and other things could have caused the difference shown in the study, such as body weight. That is not a problem with a properly designed and executed randomized controlled trial, also known as an intervention study. Those studies are by far the strongest evidence. They prove causation.
@philwww800
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Saturated fat has been scientifically proved to have no bearing in heart disease...WAKE UP
They don't mention coronary artery calcium deposits, just fatty deposits. so can a whole foods plant based diet reverse calcium deposits too?
@RiDankulous
3 жыл бұрын
Nope, it can't. It will stop their progression to worse. Esselstyn states that as long as people stay on his strict diet there will be extremely low risk of future heart problems, though.
@ldjt6184
3 жыл бұрын
@@RiDankulous Ok, thank you.
If you have O+ blood type, it says meat is essential for my diet, and that grains can severely compromise my ability to burn off the calories and it is true for if I have grains, pastas or certain beans, I put on weight almost overnight... so im confused about all this?
@braziliandancer7
4 жыл бұрын
Harvard did a study saying that people with type O blood should consume a high protein diet. many athletes consume a high protein diet because it helps them lose weight and body fat faster. Being on a high protein diet allows for the body to work hard to digest the food, thus causing the body to lose calories in the process of trying to break down the food. Also, eating more protein will cause you to get full faster, which helps you eat less because youre full. Be sure to see a dietician to help you with a high protein diet, you need to have the appropriate amount of macros (Fat, protein and carbs) to help you shed the weight. Just dieting won't help you lose weight, be sure to add a lot of high intensity workouts to help you shed that weight faster.
@DJFusia
4 жыл бұрын
@@braziliandancer7 Thankyou very much! :)
@dalekaywork4458
3 жыл бұрын
“High-quality studies about the blood type diet had not been published in peer-reviewed medical literature. Even now, a search in the medical literature for the author’s name reveals no research pertaining to this diet. Studies published in 2013 and 2014 about the blood type diets are worth noting. The 2013 study analyzed the world’s medical literature and found no studies demonstrating benefit from a blood type diet. The 2014 study found that while people following any of the blood type diets had some improvement in certain cardiometabolic risk factors (such as cholesterol or blood pressure), those improvements were unrelated to blood type.” from your so called harvard study that proved blood type matters. www.health.harvard.edu/blog/diet-not-working-maybe-its-not-your-type-2017051211678 The blood type diet has no actual scientific backing.
@tanyasydney2235
3 жыл бұрын
Blood type diets have no basis in fact to them. Pure nonsense.
@DJFusia
3 жыл бұрын
@@tanyasydney2235 awww ok, cool, thanks ! :)
There are two types of Cardiologists ones who are vegan ones to have not read the literature…
my dilemma is I am trying to lower my A1C number and keep it down, while also being on the thin side, as my weight has never been an issue .....recently I have by cut way down on all types of carbs, and I have have now lowered my A1C number significantly ( 5.5 ) I also exercise every day.......however I have incorporated a lot more eggs, cheese , meats into my diet and was recently scolded by my cardiologist ( I am also a heart patient )....can you recommend a diet to keep my A1C down and that is also heart healthy...
@wanda18221
2 жыл бұрын
Focus on a LOW FAT plant based diet. All red meat, chicken, fish is high fat so eliminate as much as possible. The reason you have insulin regulation problems is because fat is gumming up your insulin regulation. People think carbs are the enemy but the real enemy is a high fat diet with simple carbs. Eat whole grain carbs, beans, lentils, salads, fruits, vegetables eliminate dairy, eggs, all meats and you will have great health.
@rafaelgelpi5922
2 жыл бұрын
Gary I have a similar issue, I'm pre diabetic and am trying to go vegan whenever I eat "WF" steel cut oatmeal my blood sugar spikes even if I add nuts and berries to it, I am trying to eat plant based but need to control BG spikes, have you had this issue? If so have you found a solution?
Why not introducing a low protein diet? That would be superb!
@philwww800
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Or even a no protein diet....Just carbs lol. IDIOT
can reduce plagued of artery ? some one have proof.. ?
@meman6964
3 жыл бұрын
Read Dr Essylsten. He has concrete evidence. Book Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease. Good blood tests aren't enough, the autopsy is the "final exam" proof
Does the fat in Tofu or Nut Yogurts hurt your heart vessels?
@tanyasydney2235
2 жыл бұрын
NO
Listen to Dr Eric Westman from Duke Health.....then formulate an opinion
@tanyasydney2235
3 жыл бұрын
I don't think so. I listened to him and nearly had a heart attack!
@fitchick500
3 жыл бұрын
I guess every body is different. I feel amazing on every level. I listened and studied the biochemistry of the blood as Dave Feldman describes.....it all makes sense. Wishing you good health:)
@tanyasydney2235
2 жыл бұрын
@@fitchick500 It may be helpful in the short term for some people, but most certainly not in the long term. I know. I've been there, done that.
@fitchick500
2 жыл бұрын
@@tanyasydney2235 For how long have you tried it?
@philwww800
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@@tanyasydney2235 You must be brainwashed then.
I agree that a plant based diet is the way to go but I'm a bit confused in that the dentition and digestive tract of the human is that of an omnivore, this makes me wonder if going entirely vegan is a good thing.
@yesyes3392
3 жыл бұрын
@Mia Li the thing is eating animals has just been going on for so long at this point i just hesitate
@philwww800
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Vegans have more need of doctors than carnivores.
Just go carnivore….animals taste better