March 11, 2010: Firefighter Rip Esselstyn Puts Out Your Dietary Fires
If you’ve been following the 21-Day Vegan Kickstart, you already know from Rip Esselstyn, author of The Engine 2 Diet, that eating a plant-strong diet is the best way to fight the dangerous fires raging inside us—fires that create all the chronic Western ailments including heart attack, stroke, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and diabetes. To make one of his favorite firefighting recipes, watch Food for Life TV host Jill Eckart, C.H.H.C., prepare Rip Esselstyn’s Vegetarian Sandwich Wrap.
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