The Engine 2 Diet: A 28-Day Plan to Improve Your Health and Save Your Life from Texas Firefighters

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Australia on May 06, 2023

Les Creak: Having received my latest Q Ratio % and with a health service keen to pump you full of statins I was keen to research less drug fuelled paths and more preventative natural remedies.
This was amongst a number of volumes purchased to drive up the motivation.
In truth I was disappointed.
It seems to struggle in its direction between populist easy answers and medical data led logic.
It is, by nature of its author and focus audience, very “American” which though understandable (and an obvious focal point for the need to investigate alternatives to the costly drug biased American way to deal with an obesity/cancer/heart disease pandemic) is frustrating for a European reader to re-qualify facts and quoted data into relatable measurements and targets.
The biggest deflation, and frustration, though is left for the ending and the recipe section.
After reading the extolled virtues of a fully plant-based diet, allied to reduced/zero added fat and complementary exercise, as a lifetime health programme you’re are then confronted with conflicting recipes at the end.
Breakfast Tacos extols the virtues of 1/2 tube of vegetarian breakfast sausage, then there’s an Omelet...

United Kingdom on Mar 30, 2023

Steven Weeks: Good guide book. I really liked this because it was in plain English and does not bog you down with the heavy science and technical info. You can get that by reading the China Study. This is more of a practical guide to getting started but also addresses the many myths that we have all been lead to believe. It gives practical examples that are easy to follow. I have been doing it now for two months and feel great. You do not have to be in bad shape to feel the benefits of this. For example I am 55, have a resting pulse rate of 67, a BMI of 22 and my blood pressure is 112/68, height 6'2,' weight 170lbs and reasonably active. Yet within a month of starting this my energy went way up and my thinking was much clearer. Don't miss the meat, cheese, butter, etc., (okay I miss my eggs a bit). But Avocado toast is amazing, the chilies and lasagna are great and the stir fries, and potato fries are outstanding (put LaGrill meat spices on the potatoes Mmmm). My son was the one that actually started this in our house and now the entire family is on board to some degree.. Try it for a month and feel the difference.

Canada on Feb 22, 2016

Healthier in Cleveland: I'm a genetic time bomb. Cardiovascular disease is present in both my parents and their parents and their parents... You get the idea. I was diagnosed with carotid artery disease at 47. While my cholesterol has remained controlled by medication and a heart healthy diet, ultrasounds showed that they have not stopped the progression of plaque build up in my arteries. Clearly, I needed something more.

I found and read Rip's father's book, Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Caldwell Esselstyn, and LOVED the information and the strait to the point "what" and "why" of a vegan, no-oil life style. Though I couldn't imagine life without cheese and milk products, I understood that if I was going to change my fate, something this "drastic" was required. So, I adopted the diet based on the information available in his father's book and began to see DRAMATIC results about 2 weeks into the diet. After 60 days, I lost 24 pounds. But it wasn't about the weight loss for me. While the compliments are wonderful on my new appearance and it's exciting to be 2 sizes smaller, the real changes (I hoped) were happening on the inside. Today, I got confirmation from my doctor that my total...

United States on Dec 23, 2015

Clair: I found this a really good book and made a lot of fantastic points for health, wellbeing and weight loss. I'm now reading his father's book which is also great.
The only thing I would say would be helpful for a book that does sell outside the US is more input for other countries. He talks about certain kinds of breads for example that are ok per this book, but we don't have that brand here and it takes a little detective work to find out what type of bread that is, what it's ingredients are and what the UK equivalent might be.
A simple solution would be a explanation of what style of food it is when mentioned to make it easier to find outside the US.
Also the recipes were very much geared to Texas likes and didn't really take in to account a more international palette and it would have been nice if a healthy chef had consulted on that side of things to give some other ideas.
However - that doesn't change the principals of the book that a plant-based eating style is incredibly healthy for the body and that eating junk and processed foods plus too much animal foods takes a toll on our health.
Once you have the guiding principals it's not hard to look online (such as...

United Kingdom on Aug 23, 2013

mdglk26: My 34 year old husband was diagnosed with benign high blood pressure 2 years ago. He's not over weight. He's actually very active. Our diet has never been 'bad'. But, we did indulge on pizza, burgers and ice cream on occasion. When his blood pressure went up and he started having problems he was 32. We seen a cardiologist and they said his heart and pipes looked fine. They couldn't give us a reason for his high blood pressure. So, they put him on meds, gave us a 'heart healthy diet plan' and pushed us out the door.

We started the new diet and after 6 months, nothing. So, I started looking for other options. First, the low carb lifestyle. Not only DIDN'T it work but it made us feel horrible!

We switch to vegan about 11 weeks ago. After 2 weeks I had dropped 10 lbs. My husband 14lbs. I started monitoring our blood pressure. I went from and average bp of 128/76 down to 102/68. My husband, still on meds, went from 138/89 to 125/80. That was just 2 weeks! We should have had a full blood panel done, but we didn't. So, I don't have a marker for our cholesterol levels. But, I can tell you this much. I have lost almost 30 lbs and my blood pressure is what it was in high...

United States on May 19, 2013

Warren Green: This past February the 12th, Rip Esselstyn appeared on the Dr. Oz show in a segment promoting vegan nutrition. Three Chicago firemen carrying excess body fat, and elevated blood pressure and cholesterol levels, will return to the show in sixty days so viewers can see the effects of Rip's "plant strong" dietary intervention on these markers for chronic disease. Dr. Oz seems pretty confident that these firemen will be able to lose the weight they need to lose, and eliminate any future need for these kinds of medications. By continuing to embrace Rip's dietary intervention long-term.

While the vast majority of North American seniors have been placed on some sort of drug for the rest of their lives, Dr. Oz quite bluntly states to one firemen, "Thirty-seven year old men should not be on medications for things like cholesterol! Unless they've done everything else possible. Just because you don't want to be on anything for your whole life." When mainstream television shows start promoting vegan nutrition to their viewers, and mainstream doctors start discouraging people away from prescription drugs, I guess the (health care) sky really must be falling.

For those not already...

Canada on Mar 10, 2010