Who has coronary artery disease? Almost everybody unfortunately! What is the leading cause of heart attacks? The greatest percentage of heart attacks occur when newly formed plaques on the inside of our arteries, rupture; causing a clot to form, blocking the flow of blood. These vulnerable and unstable plaques cannot be seen using diagnostic tools. Caldwell Esselstyn Jr. MD discusses how to end coronary heart disease.
Anyone eating the standard American diet has these unstable plaques throughout their entire vascular system. A small percentage of heart attacks are caused from arteries that show significant blockages. This plaque has had time to solidify, and is more stable than the newly formed plaques. Dr. Esselstyn states that if we prevent the newly formed plaques from rupturing, we have made ourselves "heart attack proof."
To learn more, below are a couple other short videos of Dr. Esselstyn speaking about how to reverse heart disease.
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD on how to reverse heart disease part 1:
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD on how to reverse heart disease part 2: