Do you have high cholesterol?
And are you someone who is:
Worried about your risk of heart disease or stroke?
Tired of relying on medications and their side effects?
Frustrated by diets and approaches that haven’t delivered results?
Feeling stuck in unhealthy habits?
You’re not alone—and there’s a better way!
Our 15-day Jumpstart Program is designed to lower cholesterol through a simple, scientifically-backed approach.
Lower Cholesterol Naturally: Following a whole-foods plant based very-low fat diet (without counting calories or measuring portions) can dramatically lower your total and LDL (bad) cholesterol in just two weeks
Reduce reliance on medication:
Many participants are able to decrease or eliminate their need for statins and other cholesterol lowering drugs.
Feel better in your body:
Along with lower cholesterol, participants report weight loss, improved energy, decreased pain, and better overall health and wellbeing.
Why It Works: The science behind Jumpstart
Our program is grounded in lifestyle medicine principles and decades of research showing the powerful effects of a very low fat, whole-foods, plant based (VLF-WFPBD).
Did you know…
Cholesterol comes from two sources- the animal-based foods we eat and what the liver manufactures from the fat in our diets
ALL animal-based foods (meat, fish, dairy, and eggs) contain cholesterol, which is a big, fat molecule in the cell walls of animals that allows them the flexibility to move around!
In contrast, plant-based foods do not contain ANY cholesterol (they don’t have to move around like animals do!)
Humans do need cholesterol in order to make various hormones in our bodies, but we can make all the cholesterol that we need. We do not need to consume any!
A diet low in saturated fat reduces cholesterol production in our bodies (1).
Meat, dairy and eggs not only contain cholesterol, they are also are the biggest sources of saturated fat (from which even more cholesterol is made!) in the American diet.
Diets high in fiber (found only in whole plant-based foods) are associated with lower total and LDL cholesterol and a lower risk of cardiovascular disease (2).
Most heart attacks are not the result of arteries slowly clogging with cholesterol over time but rather most heart attacks are due to moderate sized cholesterol plaques rupturing due to inflammation.
Animal protein consumption is linked with higher levels of inflammation while plant based protein consumptions is linked with lower inflammation, risk of cardiovascular disease and overall mortality (3).
Sources:
Dietschy JM. Dietary fatty acids and the regulation of plasma low density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations. J Nutr 1998; 128:444S-448S [PubMed]
Wu Y, Qian Y, Pan Y, Li P, Yang J, Ye X, Xu G. Association between dietary fiber intake and risk of coronary heart disease: A meta-analysis. Clin Nutr. 2015 Aug;34(4):603-11. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2014.05.009. Epub 2014 May 28. PMID: 24929874.
Azzini E, Peluso I, Intorre F, Barnaba L, Venneria E, Foddai MS, Ciarapica D, Maiani F, Raguzzini A, Polito A. Total and Plant Protein Consumption: The Role of Inflammation and Risk of Non-Communicable Disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022; 23(14):8008. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23148008
Meet Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn
Pioneering Cleveland Clinic physician, Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn MD, showed that a VLF-WFBD can actually arrest and reverse cardiovascular disease! If you haven’t seen the documentary Forks Over Knives, which prominently features Dr. Esselstyn’s life’s work, you can watch it for free at here.
Our 15-day Jumpstart Program is based on his groundbreaking research and lifestyle based heart disease reversal studies:
REAL results in just 15 Days
Over 2500 hundred participants have been through our 15-Jumpstart Program and on average participants have:
Reduced their total cholesterol by 33 points, if levels were under 200 prior to the program
Reduced their total cholesterol by 46 points, if levels were over 200 prior to the program
Decreased their LDL (bad) cholesterol by 23 points on average across all participants
Experienced 5.6 lbs of weight loss!
Meet Beth:
She joined Jumpstart to improve her health and ended up lowering her cholesterol by 100 points in just TWO WEEKS!
RECENT PARTICIPANT QUOTES
I’m enjoying eating this way, plus my cholesterol dropped 67 points. I’ve lost weight and I’ve even lowered my blood sugar levels too.
-B.D.
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I was delighted to lose 9 pounds and to see all of my levels go down. My blood pressure was 201/98 now it’s 129/75. This program has sent me on a path of becoming more aware of how food can change your life.
-C.M.
★★★★★
I learned that it is possible to lower fat intake and not feel hungry. As a physician I am glad I had a chance to experience this program to get insight about what people go through and also how a program like this can be run!
-C.D., MD
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