Vegan diet: best heart disease prevention!
Cardiovascular diseases are the No. 1 cause of death in the United States according to the American Heart Association. Think of all the dollars sunk into health care for heart related illnesses, rising costs of health care, dependency on prescription drugs to lower cholesterol, blood pressure and heart surgeries performed. In 2001, the estimated cost of health care expenditures and lost productivity attributable to cardiovascular diseases was $298 billion.
“The vast majority of all cancers, cardiovascular diseases,
and other forms of degenerative illness can be prevented
simply by adopting a plant-based diet.”
and other forms of degenerative illness can be prevented
simply by adopting a plant-based diet.”
T. COLIN CAMPBELL, Ph.D.
former Senior Science Advisor to the American Institute for Cancer Research
Director, Cornell-China-Oxford Project on Nutrition, Health and Environment 1983-1990
former Senior Science Advisor to the American Institute for Cancer Research
Director, Cornell-China-Oxford Project on Nutrition, Health and Environment 1983-1990