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The fight against heart disease: Dr. Ethelstin's challenge and the revolution in diet therapy
Heart disease is one of the serious health problems in modern society, and is a serious disease that also accounts for one of the three major causes of death in Japan. Along with cancer and stroke, it is threatening the health and life of many people. In particular, in recent years, dietary habits have become more Western, and meat intake has been on the rise even among younger generations, and the effects of this have led to an increase in lifestyle-related diseases such as obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. These diseases, also known as "death quartets," affect each other and increase the risk of heart disease.
The incidence of myocardial infarction in Japan was 7.4 per 100,000 people in 1979, but it rose sharply over the course of 30 years, and by 2008 it rose by about four times to 27.0. These numbers speak to the seriousness of heart disease in modern society. In this situation, some doctors have questioned traditional medical approaches and have unveiled a new pathway to diet. His name is Dr. Caldwell B. Ethelstin Jr. While he built a illustrious career as a surgeon, he continued to appeal to the importance of dietary therapy to restore the fundamental health of patients.
Success as a surgeon and questions about modern medicine
After graduating from the prestigious Yale University, Dr. Ethelstin studied as a surgeon at Cleveland Clinic, a specialist surgical hospital. He later served in the Vietnam War as a military doctor, and was awarded the Bronze Star Tale for his heroic actions on the battlefield. After returning, he returned to Cleveland Clinic, where he accumulated numerous achievements as a surgeon at one of the world's top medical institutions. He has held key positions such as staff representatives, board member, chairman of the Breast Cancer Control Committee, and head of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Department, and has published over 100 scientific papers. From 1994 to 1995, he was also named one of America's best doctors, and was truly at the pinnacle of a surgeon.
Dr. Ethelstin has been successful, but has also become doubtful of his medical practice.
"Have patients who have completed the surgery really gotten better?" "Has surgery been able to fundamentally change the lives of patients?" He always looked to his patients' future and questioned the effectiveness of their treatment.
Especially when I saw the widespread spread of cancer in the field of colon and breast cancer surgery, I began to wonder whether my surgery was contributing to the patient's recovery.
Looking back at the surgeries he had performed, including breast cancer removal and mammary resection, he struggled with the conflict that he might be hurting the patient's appearance or not giving him the possibility of recovery.


This experience led Dr. Ethelstin to read and research the literature on the diseases he deals with.
They then concluded that the disease that frequently afflicts patients is a diet high in meat, fat and highly refined foods. This discovery was a major change in his view of medical care.
He told the director of the surgical hospital where he works, the idea that diet therapy can improve heart disease, but was dismissed as "No one has ever used diet therapy to improve heart disease and proved it."
The challenge to diet therapy and the introduction of vegetarianism
Without giving in to the opposition of those around him, Dr. Ethelstin stayed true to his beliefs and began dieting for his patients. For several years he worked on his own treatments to keep him invisible. Patients were recommended to use a diet that focused on a low-calorie vegetarian diet, and cholesterol medication was kept to the minimum necessary. He was kind and treated each patient with passion and support. He was compassionate about his patients and sometimes rigorously, and worked hard to keep his patients motivated to continue his diet.

The 18 patients Dr. Ethelstin treated had all suffered from severe heart disease. I have suffered from various coronary problems for many years, including angina pectoris, patients who have failed bypass surgery, and stroke. Among them, five patients were told by a cardiologist that they had only one year left to live. One of the most serious patients was teacher Evelyn Oswick, who was 59 years old at the time. She liked sweets and gravy and had had a myocardial infarction twice. During the second myocardial infarction, the doctor told me to "prepare to die," and I was in a desperate situation.

Therapeutic effects and scientific evidence exceeding expectations
Dr. Ethelstin administered a vegetarian diet to patients, resulting in an incredible treatment effect. Five years later, contrast examination showed that 11 out of 18 patients had stopped progressing. Additionally, four patients had a surprising outcome of improvement in their medical condition, or regression. Patients' bad cholesterol levels dramatically fell from an average of 246 mg/dl at the start of treatment to an average of 132 mg/dl during treatment, well below the target value of 150 mg/dl. The results were dramatic enough to be achieved with medication or surgery.

Dr. Ethelstin also unraveled the biological mechanisms for avoiding heart disease. We have discovered that the endothelial cells that cover the inner layer of the arteriovenous are key.
The endothelial cells of healthy blood vessels are as large as eight tennis courts, and play a role in protecting blood vessels. Endothelial cells produce nitric oxide, keeping blood flow smooth, expanding blood vessels, and suppressing plaque production.
Furthermore, nitric oxide is also a powerful factor that suppresses inflammation associated with plaque. However, Western-style diets destroy endothelial cells and stiffen blood vessels.
Once the age of 40 is over, the area of endothelial cells decreases to about two tennis courts, weakening the ability to protect blood vessels. However, it has been experimentally proven that by switching to a vegetarian diet, endothelial cells begin to recover.
The shock of the medical world and the "hero of diet therapy"
Dr. Ethelstin has published dietary results for 18 heart patients. The paper proved that a combination of a vegetarian diet and minimal cholesterol lowering drugs is the most dramatically possible way to recover heart disease in medical history. This announcement has a huge impact on the medical world, and Dr. Ethelstin has suddenly come into the spotlight as a "hero of diet therapy." The doctor, who once peaked as a surgeon and was respected by many people, proposed a dietary therapy that did not rely on medication or surgery, was an event that overturned common knowledge in medicine.
- Dr. Ethelstin's success also influenced her colleague Dr. Crow. Dr. Crow developed heart disease in his mid-40s, when he was living a healthy, active life. Despite normal cholesterol levels, my coronary artery was severely damaged and I suffered a heart attack. However, Dr. Crowe practiced the vegetarian diet proposed by Dr. Ethelstin, and after three years his coronary artery returned to a healthy state.
- Dr. Ethelstin's patients continued to remain healthy. All 18 patients survived for 12 years. Evelyn Oswick, who was told he had only one year left to live, continued his diet for 20 years. She spoke of Dr. Ethelstin's harshness, but loving guidance, revealing that she was told, "Feed or Take Life, is one in two. There is no choice."
- Dr. Ethelstin has successfully completed more than 250 heart disease patients through vegetarian diet. "Even if you do, heart disease can be stopped by switching to a vegetarian diet," he says with confidence.
summary
Dr. Ethelstin's story illustrates the limitations of modern medicine and the possibilities of dietary therapy. His efforts not only helped him treat heart disease, but also helped him change people's awareness of health. A healthy diet is essential to prevent illness and extend healthy life expectancy. Dr. Ethelstin's words suggest us options for living a healthy life. This story will teach us the importance of each of us taking responsibility for our health and reassessing our diet.