Doctor Terry Simpson Refutes Dr. Esselstyn

I just saw this video and thought I'd share my thoughts on it. First, Dr. Terry Simpson's comments on Dr. Esselstyn's diet.

Now that you've seen this video, I'd like to offer some comments.

1. If you want to sound credible when refuting someone, get their name right! It's Dr. Caldwell EsselStyn, Jr. M.D.
2. If you say that a study was invalid because it was done during the Cultural Revolution, then offer a reason why it's invalid instead of just saying that people were dying of starvation. It was the largest study of it's kind ever. You can't quibble with why the study was done!
3. When you look at coronary angiograms for a patient who cannot receive normal heart interventions, that isn't the case with the patient named Dr. Crow. He wasn't able to receive an angioplasty or a bypass and (luckily for him) worked with Dr. Esselstyn who recommended his diet to Dr. Crow which saved his life!
4. I don't believe Dr. Esselstyn talks about atherosclerosis or cholesterol levels as an indicator of heart disease at all. He talks about platelet plugs as the primary cause.
5. Exercising alone won't do much of anything to prevent and reverse heart disease.
6. Quitting smoking is a great idea, but it won't prevent and reverse serious heart disease. I can't believe that smoking is the leading cause of heart disease since rates of heart disease have not decreased in this country yet many people have quit smoking which you state yourself!
7. Reducing weight alone will not prevent and reverse heart disease. Losing weight will help in your general health, but it won't improve your cardiovascular health very significantly at all.
8. Eating a vegan diet without oil isn't "an obscure diet that nobody can follow that's tasteless." You haven't tried it. It's actually quite simple and how tasty it is depends entirely on your cooking/preparation skills.

You've really missed the point on this. Plant-Strong, oil-free diets are delicious, healthy, and not difficult to follow at all, unless you're addicted to eating a typical Western diet of meat-laden, oil-soaked, highly processed foods which is so typical here in America. Our country is becoming obscenely obese and our rates of heart disease haven't come down even though we have the best medicine in the world with the best medications in the world. The easiest way to improve America's health is to eat healthier, non-heart damaging foods and to live an active lifestyle.

Thanks for listening.
Ambrose