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What can I eat on Esselstyn diet?

Author

Isabella Ramos

Updated on February 26, 2026

What You Can Eat and What You Can’t

  • Vegetables, greens, and fruits.
  • Meat substitutes: tofu, seitan, and tempeh.
  • Milk substitutes: soy, rice, almond, hemp, oat milks.
  • Soy yogurt with low sugar.
  • Salsa.
  • Cooked brown rice.
  • Hummus.
  • Nut butters.

What does Dr Esselstyn eat in a day?

Caldwell Esselstyn, M.D. “I almost always will have old-fashioned Quaker oats,” says Dr. Esselstyn. He adds: “For lunch, it may be some soup and open-face sandwiches – some with tomato on top, some with cucumbers on top. “And it’s always with a little layer of hummus and a lot of greens on them.”

What Greens does Dr Esselstyn recommend?

Esselstyn’s top 6 ‘greens’ are kale, spinach, Swiss chard, arugula, beet greens, beets (yes, beets!) Other ‘greens’ high in nitrates are bok choy, collard greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, napa cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, cilantro, parsley and asparagus.

How old is Dr Caldwell Esselstyn?

87 years (December 12, 1933)
Caldwell Esselstyn/Age

What does Dr Caldwell Esselstyn eat?

Caldwell Esselstyn’s tongue by rote, as if he’s said them a thousand times. And he has. Bok choy, swiss chard, kale, collard greens, beet greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, Napa cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, cilantro, parsley, spinach, arugula and asparagus.

What kind of doctor is Caldwell Esselstyn?

general surgeon
Caldwell B. Esselstyn is a general surgeon in Cleveland, Ohio. He received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years.

How old is Caldwell Esselstyn?

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How old is Dr Campbell?

Colin Campbell, the 85-year-old emeritus Cornell professor who is featured in the documentary “Forks Over Knives,” and who, with his son, Thomas M. Campbell II, wrote the bestselling book on nutrition, “The China Study” (2004).