Rip Esselstyn
Rip Esselstyn | |
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Esselstyn in June 2013 | |
| Born | February 16, 1963 Upstate New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Health activist, food writer |
| Alma mater | University of Texas, Austin |
| Subject | Low-fat diets, whole-food diets, plant-based diets |
| Spouse | Jill Kolasinski |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Caldwell Esselstyn (father) Jane Esselstyn (sister) George Crile, Jr. (grandfather) George Washington Crile (great-grandfather) George Crile III (uncle) |
| Website | |
| plantstrong | |
Rip Esselstyn (born February 16, 1963) is an American health activist, food writer, and former firefighter and triathlete. He is known as an advocate of low-fat, whole-food, plant-based diet that excludes all animal products and processed foods. He calls it a "plant strong" diet, a term he has trademarked. He has appeared in two documentaries about plant-based nutrition: Forks Over Knives (2011) and The Game Changers (2018). He is the author of The Engine 2 Diet (2009), My Beef With Meat (2013), Plant-Strong (2016), and The Engine 2 Seven-Day Rescue Diet (2017). Rip is the founder and CEO of PLANTSTRONG, a company focused on whole food, plant-based nutrition and combating the rise of ultra-processed foods.