OntheWilderSide

For more information about Caldwell B. Esselstyn, MD
http://www.heartattackproof.com/

DETAILS
Join us for fun, friends and a completely plant-based potluck dinner
and an opportunity to hear our informative speaker.
KIDS ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD DURING EVERY LECTURE
so bring the family!

Sweet Hollow Hall
Gwynne Road, Melville
West Hills County Park
(Just West off Rte. 110)
(Directions)

Suggested Donations:
$8 Guests / $5 HealthyPlanet Members
Kids are FREE!!

WHAT TO BRING:

• A plant-based* dish to share with 6-10 hungry people
  
• Serving utensils for your plate
  
• Your own reusable plate, bowl, cup and utensils to eat with (to cut down on waste!)
  
• An index card with the ingredients used or recipe for your dish, with your name address and phone # on the back. (Maybe you’ll make it into our upcoming recipe book!)

*Please no eggs, dairy, honey, meat, poultry, seafood or any foods containing additives, coloring, hydrogenated oils, white sugar or “natural flavors.”
(A simple rule: If you don’t know what an ingredient is, don’t use it!)

Note: Most soy cheeses contain casein, a dairy derivative used to make glue.
Please, no casein.

These exacting food guidelines enable the greatest number of people to choose from the greatest number of selections that are brought.

DIRECTIONS:
Sweet Hollow Hall
Gwynne Road, Melville
West Hills County Park
(Just West off Rte. 110)

From East or West of Route 110:
Northern State Pkwy. to Route 110 South. Go Right at first stop light onto Old Country Road. Go to first light and make a right onto Sweet Hollow Road. Make first left (just after overpass—onto Gwynne Rd.) into West Hills park. Sweet Hollow Hall is at the end of this short road on your right. If lot is full, you may park on the right side of the road as you exit the park.

From North of Northern State on Route 110:
Take Route 110 South and make a right on Gwynne Road, just before the entry ramp for the Northern State Parkway. Continue on Gwynne past stop sign and into West Hills park entrance to end of road. Hall and parking lot are to your right. If lot is full, you may park on the right side of the road as you leave the park.

From South of Northern State, on Route 110:
Take Route 110 North and make a left onto Old Country Road—the light just before the Northern State overpass. Go to first light and make a right onto Sweet Hollow Road. Make first left (just after overpass—onto Gwynne Rd.) into West Hills park. Sweet Hollow Hall is at the end of this short road on your right. If lot is full, you may park on the right side of the road as you exit the park.

By Train:
Take the LIRR to Huntington. Take a cab from the station to the location above, or let us know when you’re coming in and we’ll try to arrange a ride for you.

CHECK MAP:
http://www.mapquest.com/

Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D. A groundbreaking program backed by the irrefutable results from Dr. Esselstyn’s 20-year study proving changes in diet and nutrition can actually cure heart disease

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States for men and women. But, as Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., a former internationally known surgeon, researcher and clinician at the Cleveland Clinic, explains in this book it can be prevented, reversed, and even abolished. Dr. Esselstyn argues that conventional cardiology has failed patients by developing treatments that focus only on the symptoms of heart disease, not the cause.

Based on the groundbreaking results of his 20-year nutritional study—the longest study of its kind ever conducted—this book explains, with irrefutable scientific evidence, how we can end the heart disease epidemic in this country forever by changing what we eat. Here, Dr. Esselstyn convincingly argues that a plant-based, oil-free diet cannot only prevent and stop the progression of heart disease, but also reverse its effects.

The proof is in the results. The patients in Dr. Esselstyn’s initial study came to him with advanced coronary artery disease. Despite the aggressive treatment they received, among them bypasses and angioplasties, most were told by their cardiologists that they had less than a year to live. Within months on Dr. Esselstyn’s program, their cholesterol levels, angina symptoms, and blood flow improved dramatically. Twenty years later, they remain free of symptoms. Here are the documented results:

Drop in cholesterol levels: After 5 years on Dr. Esselstyn’s plant-based diet, the average total cholesterol levels of his research group dropped from 246 milligrams per deciliter to 137 mg/dL (Above 240 mg/dL is considered “high risk,” below 150 mg/dL is the total cholesterol level seen in cultures where heart disease is essentially nonexistent.) This is the most profound drop in cholesterol ever documented in the medical literature in a study of this type.
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Cardiac events: The 17 patients in the study had 49 cardiac events in the years leading up to the study, and had undergone aggressive treatment procedures. Several had multiple bypass operations. After beginning the eating plan, there were no more cardiac events in the group within a 12-year period. Angiogram evidence: Angiograms taken of the participants in the study show a widening of the coronary arteries, and thus a reversal of the disease.

PREVENT AND REVERSE HEART DISEASE offers readers the same simple, nutrition-based plan that dramatically changed the lives of his patients forever. With this eating plan, sufferers of heart disease will maintain cholesterol levels low enough to ensure that they will never have a heart attack. Best of all, the book offers more than 150 delicious recipes that Dr. Esselstyn and his wife, Ann Crile Esselstyn, have developed over the years—showing readers how easy it is to enjoy their new way of eating.

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