Rip Esselstyn is a lot of things: son to legendary heart surgeon Caldwell Esselstyn; former firefighter; professional triathlete, New York Times bestselling author, manly man – and plant-pusher. His ...

His day job is running into burning buildings, putting out blazes and saving lives. He saves lives on the side, too, but in a much more subtle way: firefighter Rip Esselstyn has written a bestselling ...

Rip Esselstyn is not a doctor, but medicine is in his blood. And now the 46-year-old firefighter, a former professional triathlete who grew up in Pepper Pike, is planting his own flag in the field of ...

He’s a former professional triathlete and current Austin firefighter. But Esselstyn is also the author of a vegan cookbook. The Engine 2 Diet But he doesn’t call it vegan. He’s eating “plant ...

How hard do you think it would be to convince a Texas firefighter to go for a Portobello mushroom burger over a big, fat, juicy hamburger? One man’s arguments were apparently so compelling he ...

A scene in the new food-revolution documentary called Forks Over Knives finds firefighter Rip Esselstyn climbing up a firehouse pole and chanting: “Real men eat plants; real men eat plants.” The ...

NORTH RIDGEVILLE, Ohio -- Rip Esselstyn is working to convert at least one Lorain County community to plant-based eating. A mix of residents and city leaders in North Ridgeville, including Mayor G.

If you’ve ever shied away from a vegetarian diet because you worried that you’d be eating the same scoop of black beans and side of spinach every night, you should check out the latest from Rip ...