UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS -- Rip Esselstyn, author of The Engine 2 Diet, will speak on The Engine 2 Challenge at 7 p.m. Monday in Donahue Auditorium at the Dolan Center for Science and Technology at John ...

The hot new diet popular among Chicago firefighters has a new champion: Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Emanuel is encouraging city firefighters to embrace the principles of the Engine 2 Diet, a meat and ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- 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 ...

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 ...

Rip Esselstyn is a mission-driven man. As a swimmer at the University of Texas at Austin, he was a three time All-American. As a professional athlete, he was one of the premier triathletes in the ...

Back in the early 90s when I first joined the fire service, being a vegetarian was an anomaly. The guys made fun of my vegan cookies, turned their noses up at my meat substitutes and acted like they ...

Plantstrong evolved from what was initially Esselstyn’s Engine 2 Diet. He created the plan to heal the health of fellow firefighters with a diet centered on whole plant foods. Then, after seeing the ...