“Well, the short answer is, I went on essentially a plant-based diet…I live on beans, legumes, vegetables, fruit. I drink a protein supplement every morning. No dairy…

…People who have tried essentially a plant-based diet, not ingesting any cholesterol from any source, has seen their bodies start to heal themselves—break up the arterial blockage, break up the calcium deposits around the heart. 82 percent of the people who have done this have had this result, so I want to see if I can be one of them.”

President Bill Clinton, ordered by his daughter to lose some weight before her recent wedding, has lost 24 pounds—and kept it off. And, more importantly, he says, his new 95% vegan diet may give his weak, damaged heart a new lease on life.

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