Dr. Steven Gundry

And a lot of the supplements, I'm putting down the veins and arteries of his heart intravenously. And it never occurred to me to swallow the dumb things. Wow.

Now, why that's so poignant or serendipitous is that at that time, even though I was a very famous heart surgeon, I was 70 pounds overweight, even though I was running 30 miles a week, going to the gym one hour every day, eating a low-fat, mostly vegetarian diet. And I, you know, pre-diabetes. I had hypertension. I had horrible cholesterol. I had migraine headaches.

Now, why that's so poignant or serendipitous is that at that time, even though I was a very famous heart surgeon, I was 70 pounds overweight, even though I was running 30 miles a week, going to the gym one hour every day, eating a low-fat, mostly vegetarian diet. And I, you know, pre-diabetes. I had hypertension. I had horrible cholesterol. I had migraine headaches.

I don't recommend doing baby heart transplants with a migraine headache. And I had such bad arthritis, I had to wear braces on my knees to run. And I was told it was genetic because my father was exactly the same way. And, you know, get over it and, you know, take drugs, blah, blah, blah. So I called up My parents would say, hey, do you still have my thesis?

I don't recommend doing baby heart transplants with a migraine headache. And I had such bad arthritis, I had to wear braces on my knees to run. And I was told it was genetic because my father was exactly the same way. And, you know, get over it and, you know, take drugs, blah, blah, blah. So I called up My parents would say, hey, do you still have my thesis?

And they said, oh, yeah, it's in the shrine. I said, well, send it up to me. And so I started on that, and I started taking supplements. And I lost 50 pounds my first year and subsequently lost another 20, and I've kept it out for 30 years. And my blood work changed dramatically. My arthritis went away. My migraines went away. My blood pressure fell. My cholesterol, anyhow.

And they said, oh, yeah, it's in the shrine. I said, well, send it up to me. And so I started on that, and I started taking supplements. And I lost 50 pounds my first year and subsequently lost another 20, and I've kept it out for 30 years. And my blood work changed dramatically. My arthritis went away. My migraines went away. My blood pressure fell. My cholesterol, anyhow.

So I would operate on patients at Loma Linda. And I'd go, you know, I don't want to see you ever again. Normally, if we operated on somebody, we'd see them back five, seven years, and we'd do it all over again. I was very famous for reoperating on people. So I said, you know, here's what I want you to do. I want you to eat this.

So I would operate on patients at Loma Linda. And I'd go, you know, I don't want to see you ever again. Normally, if we operated on somebody, we'd see them back five, seven years, and we'd do it all over again. I was very famous for reoperating on people. So I said, you know, here's what I want you to do. I want you to eat this.

I want you to go to Costco or Trader Joe's or the health food store and buy some supplements. And they started reporting the same things, you know, like, oh my gosh, you know, my blood pressure is so low, I threw my blood pressure medicines away. Or, oh, you know, I was scheduled for a knee replacement. Well, my knee doesn't hurt anymore. And is it okay if I don't have my knee replacement?

I want you to go to Costco or Trader Joe's or the health food store and buy some supplements. And they started reporting the same things, you know, like, oh my gosh, you know, my blood pressure is so low, I threw my blood pressure medicines away. Or, oh, you know, I was scheduled for a knee replacement. Well, my knee doesn't hurt anymore. And is it okay if I don't have my knee replacement?

So after about a year of doing this at Loma Linda, I had an epiphany on Black Friday, what I call Black Friday, my wife. And I said, you know, I've got this all wrong. I shouldn't operate on someone and then teach them how to eat to avoid me in the future. I should teach them how to eat and I'll never have to operate on them. So now that's a really dumb career move for a heart surgeon.

So after about a year of doing this at Loma Linda, I had an epiphany on Black Friday, what I call Black Friday, my wife. And I said, you know, I've got this all wrong. I shouldn't operate on someone and then teach them how to eat to avoid me in the future. I should teach them how to eat and I'll never have to operate on them. So now that's a really dumb career move for a heart surgeon.

But I resigned my position at Loma Linda. And I moved down the road to Palm Springs, which is near Loma Linda, and I set up a clinic. And I basically said, hey, we're going to get blood work on you every three months. Medicare insurance will pay for it. And I want you to eat certain things and don't eat these things. And I want you to go buy some supplements. And let's see what happens, okay?

But I resigned my position at Loma Linda. And I moved down the road to Palm Springs, which is near Loma Linda, and I set up a clinic. And I basically said, hey, we're going to get blood work on you every three months. Medicare insurance will pay for it. And I want you to eat certain things and don't eat these things. And I want you to go buy some supplements. And let's see what happens, okay?

And so that is kind of how all this crazy stuff started.

And so that is kind of how all this crazy stuff started.

Well, one of the reasons that, you know, the plant paradox was such a huge success, it still is, was plants don't particularly like us. They were here first. They don't want to be eaten. They can't run. They can't hide. They can't fight. But they're chemists of incredible ability. I mean, they can turn sunlight into matter, and we haven't figured out how to do that yet.

Well, one of the reasons that, you know, the plant paradox was such a huge success, it still is, was plants don't particularly like us. They were here first. They don't want to be eaten. They can't run. They can't hide. They can't fight. But they're chemists of incredible ability. I mean, they can turn sunlight into matter, and we haven't figured out how to do that yet.

So they use basically biologic warfare to make their predators think twice about eating them. Now, unfortunately, we're not very smart. And we'll keep eating them even though we're in pain or our brain doesn't work or whatever, because everybody knows that plants are good for you.