Thought For Food Podcast

Heart disease is our number one killer in the United States and worldwide, killing 7.4 million people in 2012 according to the World Health Organization. That's insane. Yet, according to many doctors such as the esteemed Caldwell Esselstyn of the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, claim that with lifestyle intervention with a whole foods, plant-based diet, this disease can be reversed and even prevented all together. The power of plants is undeniable. On the show today we have Dr. Andrew Freeman, a cardiologist at National Jewish Health in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Freeman studied at Cornell University and moved onto the Buffalo School of Medicine and completed his residency at Brown. He is now part of the leadership team of the American College of Cardiology and runs the regional branch of a program called Walk With a Doc. His expertise in the field of cardiology is obvious, but what we found quite interesting is that Dr. Freeman is also a passionate vegan after coming to discover and understand the research about a pla