Heart Disease Reversal Program

A 12-month evidence-based approach for the effective management and reversal of heart disease. 

Overview:

Many people are just slowing down the progression of coronary heart disease without truly healing from it. The inevitable result of this mediocre approach is a lifetime of medications, decreased quality of life and the frightening spectre of heart attacks or other complications.  

However, there is a growing body of scientific literature suggesting that coronary artery disease is a potentially reversible disease (references 1-9).

This very comprehensive lifestyle program is designed to help guide and educate you on how to address the root causes of CAD and thereby drastically increasing the possibility to truly heal from this devastating condition. 

What to expect: This is a 12-month comprehensive program involving the following components:

1. The program begins with an initial consult with the staff Naturopathic doctor and Nutritionist who will assess your health status, review baseline blood test results, and set you up with an individualized treatment plan and nutrition program (meal plan + recipes).

   
   
   

2. Thereafter, you will participate in two 3-hr intensive group sessions involving health talks by the doctor, a full meal, and cooking classes. The health talks are designed to help you truly understand the root causes of heart disease and the science behind the lifestyle intervention being recommended. The delicious meals and the fun and engaging cooking classes equip people to make the needed dietary changes critical for the success of this program. 

   
   
   

3. After the 2 intensive sessions, you will not be left on your own - the program will continue to support you for the next 11-months. You will have access to on-going cooking classes for the next 9 months, and 7-more follow-ups with the Nutritionist who can provide resources, guidance and encouragement as you make lifestyle changes.

   
   
   

4. On-going guidance and monitoring with the Naturopathic Doctor will occur throughout the whole program. Check-ins with the Naturopathic doctor occur about every 4 months.

What is the goal? While there are no guarantees, the goal is absolute arrest and reversal of coronary artery disease. Whether this ultimate aim is reached during the program or after, the program attempts to set people on a sustainable path towards totally healing from, not merely managing, the disease. It must be made clear that participation in the program does not guarantee reversal. No result can be guaranteed. However it is not good enough to settle for the mediocre goal of merely slowing the progression of heart disease when scientific evidence suggests that appropriate lifestyle interventions can potentially reverse the condition. 

How will I know I’m making progress? The Nutritionist will provide on-going guidance regarding your lifestyle changes, and the staff Naturopathic doctor will be reviewing blood work and other necessary examinations throughout the program, as needed. Patients will also be encouraged to work with their medical doctors, cardiologists and other specialists for appropriate imaging, tests and monitoring.  

Payment and insurance coverage

Full cost: $980 (initial down-payment of $490)
Monthly payment plan available: $44.55/month for 11 months

For those with naturopathic medicine coverage
Full cost: $880 (initial down-payment $440) + $100 billed to health insurance for initial consultation
Monthly payment plan available: $40/month for 11 months

Following the program, follow-up consults are available at various clinic locations or via telemedicine
Fee: $65

Location
All consultations and sessions will be held at Pathways North York clinic location
4150 Chesswood Drive, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3J2B9

Disease Reversal Program is offered in partnership with

REFERENCES

1. Ornish, D et al. Can lifestyle changes reverse coronary heart disease? The lifestyle heart trial.  The Lancet. (1990); 336: 129 - 133

   
   

2. Ornish, D et al. Intensive lifestyle changes for reversal of coronary heart disease. JAMA. 1998, 280:2001 - 2007

   
   

3. Massera, D et al. A whole-food plant-based diet reversed angina without medications or procedures. Case Reports in Cardiology. 2015; 2015:978906

   
   

4. Esselstyn, C. Resolving the coronary artery disease epidemic through plant-based nutrition. Preventive Cardiology. (2001); 4: 171 - 177

   
   

5. Esselstyn, C. Updating a 12-year experience with arrest and reversal therapy for coronary heart disease (An overdue requiem for palliative cardiology). Am J Cardiol. (1999); 84 : 339-341

   
   

6. Esselstyn, C. A plant-based diet and coronary artery disease: a mandate for effective therapy. J Geriatric Cardiol (2017) 14; 317 - 320

   
   

7. Esselstyn, C. A plant-based diet and coronary artery disease: a mandate for effective therapy. Journal of Geriatric Cardiology (2017); 14: 317 – 320

   
   

8. Esselstyn, C. Defining an overdue requiem for palliative cardiovascular medicine. Am J Lifestyle Med. (2016); 10 (5): 313 - 317

   
   

9. Sanchez, A et al. Diets with customary levels of fat from plant origin may reverse coronary artery disease. Medical Hypotheses (2018). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meby.2018.10.027