Just ask former President Bill Clinton about that. He recently switched from the Standard American
Diet to eating 90% or more plant-based, nutrient-rich foods. While he includes some fish every once
in a while, he is practically vegan and eats almost 100% plant based. He was featured in the media
in September 2010 about how much weight he lost. To view the CNN Video, visit the Nutrient Rich®
Healthy Eating Blog^17 at NutrientRich.com.
“How did you lose so much weight?”^18 That was the question that CNN's Wolf Blitzer asked
President Bill Clinton.
The President answered, "The short answer is that I went on an essentially plant-based diet. I eat
beans, legumes, vegetables, fruit, I drink a protein supplement (note, it’s not like you’re not getting
protein from nutrient rich foods) every morning, no dairy, and I drink almond milk mixed with fruit
and a protein powder. It changed my whole metabolism and I lost 24 pounds and I am back to the
weight I was in high school!”
He didn't start eating this way to lose weight only; rather, he did it to get healthy and stop clogging
his arteries. He had previously “cleaned them out” with bypass surgery and had a stent inserted to
keep the arteries open, but because he was still eating a nutrient-poor animal- and refined-food-
based diet, he was constantly re-clogging up his arteries. (This is what most cardiac patients do.)
He went on to say, "82% of the people in my situation who have gone on a plant-based diet have
gone on to heal themselves; we have 25 years of evidence."
President Bill Clinton credits The China Study, written by T Colin Campbell, Ph.D., and his son, along
with another NutrientRich.com Adviser, Caldwell Esselstyn, M.D, and Dean Ornish, M.D.,^19 for not
only his new healthy lifestyle, but his weight loss for Chelsea's wedding.
If you are new to The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted And
the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, And Long-Term Health, I have included an exclusive
summary, called “The Top 12 Findings of the China Study,” which I wrote with the study's authors^20
at NutrientRich.com
I don’t want to set people up for failure by thinking they have to stick to a restricted diet program
for the rest of their lives. Nutrient Rich®^ Healthy Eating isn’t even a diet program at all, let alone a
weight-loss-only diet; it’s a quality standard you choose to maintain throughout your life. It's
not something you do to get ready for swimsuit season; it's something you learn and adopt most if
(^17) Nutrient Rich. President Bill Clinton Now Eats a Plant-Based Diet and Credits The China Study, T Colin Campbell,
Caldwell, Esselstyn and Others. Sept 22, 2010.
(^18) CNN. Clinton's Weight Loss Secret: Plants. Sept 21, 2010.
(^19) Campbell TM II, Campbell TC. The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the
Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long 20 - Term Health. Dallas, TX: BenBella Books; 2003.
Also available at http://dev.nutrientrich.com/nutrition-facts-from-the-china-study.