As a Stroke, Kidney Failure, and Heart Attack Survivor, These Are the Foods I'll Travel with on a 5-Month, 20,000 Mile Road Trip

Our annual trips are lengthy and complicated to plan. I could go in numerous directions here, but tonight, I’m writing to discuss the unique food challenges I face when traveling. These challenges include finding suitable food options, maintaining a heart-clean, whole-food, plant-based diet, and ensuring I can access the specific foods I need. This year’s trip begins in only seven weeks, and we won’t return home for five months. So, I’ve started stocking up.
As a stroke, heart attack, and kidney failure survivor (I won’t go into all the other maladies in my Pupu Platter of Death), nutrition has saved my life. Most notably, I follow Dr. Calwell Esselstyn, Jr’s Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease program. (Dr. Esselstyn’s program has been proven to be the only known way to reverse heart disease.) That means a whole-food, plant-based, no-oil diet. Plates…
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