ABSTRACT
The epidemic of cardiovascular disease is nonexistent in cultures which thrive predominantly on whole foods, plant- based nutrition. Is it logical to assume that patients with this disease would be willing to transition to plant-based nutrition and might this transition halt or reverse the disease? The authors have experience beyond 25 years demonstrating the success of plant-based nutrition in arresting and reversing cardiovascular disease. Nevertheless, the medical community is still skeptical of patients’ adherence and efficacy of this method. We, therefore, report three case histories of carotid, coronary, and peripheral vascular disease. Each case demonstrates disease progression and the failure of the standard cardiovascular approaches in contrast to the prompt, powerful and enduring resolution of disease with whole foods, plant-based nutrition. These outcomes constitute an additional mandate that patients with cardiovascular disease be offered a plant-based option which is safe, inexpensive, empowering, and has the potential to end cardiovascular disease epidemic.
《实验与临床心脏病学》2014年第7期第20卷
标题：心血管疾病的营养逆转——事实还是虚构？三个案例报告
作者：Caldwell Esselstyn and Mladen Golubić
摘要：
1、心血管疾病的流行在以全食和植物性营养为主的文化中是不存在的。
2、假设患有这种疾病的患者愿意转变为以植物为基础营养的治疗，这合乎逻辑吗？这种转变可能会停止或逆转疾病吗？
3、作者有25年以上的工作经验证明植物性营养在预防和逆转心血管疾病方面的成功。
4、尽管如此，医学界对患者的依从性和这种治疗方法的有效性仍持怀疑态度。
5、因此，我们报告三个历史病例，分别是颈动脉、冠状动脉和周围血管疾病的病例。每个病例中都显示了疾病的进展和标准心血管治疗方法的失败，以及与之相反的全食、植物性营养解决疾病的迅速、有效和持久的成功。这些结果构成了一项额外的发现，即是为心血管疾病患者提供一种安全、廉价的植物性治疗方法，可以控制并有潜力去终止心血管疾病的流行。