Meatless Mouthful–John Salley Cured Cholesterol Problem With Veganism (Video)
Written by Vegetarian Star on September 10th, 2010 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Meatless Mouthful, Nutrition-Health-Fitness, Research + Science, Videos.
“Two years ago, I became a vegan. One of the reasons I became a vegan is my cholesterol. I stopped eating eggs. I stopped putting bad cholesterol into my body.”
–John Salley, during an interview with The Healthy Voyager Caroline Scott on how going vegan improved his cholesterol levels.
Can food really do what drugs like Lipitor, Crestor and Zocor aim to do? Consider this bit of information from GoVeg. The average American’s cholesterol is 210. The average vegetarian’s cholesterol is 161 and the average vegan’s is 133. Anything above 150 raises your risk of atherosclerosis, the buildup of fatty deposits in the arteries that could lead to heart disease or stroke. A study by Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn (Rip‘s dad) published in the American Journal of Cardiology suggested patients who suffer from clogged arteries can become “heart-attack proof” by lowering their cholesterol to 150 or below.
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