Doctor's Best Diets for Heart Health | Dr. Neal Barnard Live Q&A

Dr. Barnard is a testament to a vegan diet. He looks so healthy and amazing. Seventy years old in July.

I saw first hand how people with heart disease transformed by going vegan. Some told me they saw huge improvements in just a couple of weeks! I used to volunteer for Challenge 22+ to mentor folks transition to vegan. Many also said they didn't miss non-vegan food like they thought they would after the 22-day program. I came across studies showing what people like to eat depends on their gut bacteria. So if people change their gut bacteria by starving the meat-egg-dairy-loving ones, and promoting the plant-loving one, I suppose that could explain why they don't miss the old food after a while.

Thank you, Chuck for your consistently clarifying services in your show. How about an entire show on where to find boarded Lifestyle Medicine MDs who can be our inspirational coaches? Remotely or in person noting their fees, and degree of insurance and Medicare participation.

Hey Chuck! Great to see ya Dr. Barnard. Always learning and so appreciative of you both. 😉🌱🤙🏽Aloha and mahalo. 🌺👌🏽

It was so frustrating last week to have a consultation with a new doctor who was so uneducated regarding a plant based diet, soy is bad, you can’t get all your nutritional needs on a plant based diet, you need fish for the omegas. It’s so hard to find a good doctor who understands the benefits of a plant based diet on heart heart and health in general.

Thank you so much Chuck, Dr Barnard and the Gregory J Reiter Memorial Fund for being a ray of sunshine, educating us and creating this wonderful, healthy and kind community. I wish all your viewers a good week.

As always, I enjoyed your show. Thanks to both of you.

As always thank you for your wonderful information and encouragement.

Always grateful for your info 🌱☀️🌵👍❣️

i love these amazing doctors that tell the TRUTH

Went full blown FOK / vegan 6 years ago and 3 years in had a heart attack 3 days after bicycling 185 miles on the C & O Canal the week before. Still eating WFPB but on meds also trying to save my life.

You need some new books behind you. Seeing two copies of Fiber Fueled for months on end gets old. ;)

when do the live shows come on the air?

Best information we need to know .thank you

I started plant based diet last September. But because I do not eat meat so I have to eat more whole grain bread and noodles with high carbs to not feel hungry. But my alt and sat levels on live panel are increased. What should I do?

Love you guys! 💜🥦🤩

We diet to be healthy, not lose weight! Although in the US weight loss is probably a priority. Funny that when I was a kid, American tourists would visit my country, and we’d say “here come the fat Americans”. The obesity red flag was raised many years ago. We never said “Americans”, we said “fat Americans”. Kids call it as it is.

I agree that the AHA’s comments regarding B12 deficiencies are a red herring since most vegans also know to take a supplement (my doctor told me to cut way back for a while since my levels were off the charts). I also think their rankings and comments regarding vegan diets contradict their own guidelines that suggest plant based proteins are top of the list for healthy proteins -above fish or chicken. But once you get past these, I’m a bit concerned that there seems to be a dearth of scientific studies regarding the appropriate amounts of healthy fats in a WFPB diet, OTHER THAN creating a calorie deficit for the specific purpose of weight loss. Are there studies that show that changing ONLY the amount of healthy fat in a WFPB diet (while not creating a calorie deficit) has other health benefits, like with CVD, cancers, etc?

Dr. Esselstyn said eating nuts can cause cholesterol to increase. He said it in a recent video w Gustavo.

What about the effects of oxilates on the body with a diet heavy in primarily green plants?