1. Ellsworth Edwin Wareham was an American cardiothoracic surgeon and centenarian from Loma Linda, California who promoted the health benefits of plant-based nutrition.
17 Facts About Ellsworth Wareham
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Ellsworth Wareham was a Seventh-day Adventist and a World War II navy veteran.
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Ellsworth Wareham retired as a cardiothoracic surgeon at the age of 74 but continued to associate himself with training residents at the Loma Linda University until the age of 95, during which time he drove 60 miles to assist in operations.
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Ellsworth Wareham was one of the earliest practitioners of open heart surgery, soon after the first such procedure was performed.
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Ellsworth Wareham co-founded the Loma Linda University Overseas Heart Surgery Team which traveled the world performing open heart surgeries on adults and children in underdeveloped countries or those without cardiac surgery hospitals.
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Ellsworth Wareham escaped days before the final air evacuation of the US Embassy.
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Ellsworth Wareham is believed to have performed the first open heart surgery in Pakistan in the early 1960s when he headed a good will mission sponsored by the US Department of State.
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Ellsworth Wareham appeared in How to Live Forever, a documentary film about longevity.
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Ellsworth Wareham presented talks on preventative medicine and what he believed constitute long healthy lives.
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Ellsworth Wareham commented that "If your cholesterol is under 150, your chances of getting a heart attack are very low", he said his own cholesterol was 117.
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Ellsworth Wareham ate two large meals a day and preferred to drink water.
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Ellsworth Wareham ate whole grain cereal with soy milk, fruit, toast with nut butter, and a handful of nuts for breakfast.
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Ellsworth Wareham stated that this diet was similar to what God prescribed for the Garden of Eden.
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Ellsworth Wareham avoided refined sugar and rarely ate out at restaurants unless he was ordering salmon.
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In 2011, Ellsworth Wareham stated that he had been a vegan for 30 or 40 years but he did not remember the precise date.
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Ellsworth Wareham died at home in Loma Linda, California on December 15,2018.
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Ellsworth Wareham was survived by his wife Barbara, his children; Martin, John, Robert, and Julie and eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.