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 ...

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 ...

Firefighter James Rae loves fried fish, but after a health scare, a colleague convinced him to eat healthier. Now Rae and his colleagues at Austin Firehouse No. 2 feast on soy-cheese pizza and ...

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 ...

For anyone who thinks veganism is for pansies, Rip Esselstyn is the manly man you need to meet. This former professional athlete and Austin firefighter got his fire station hooked on plant-based eats ...

Esselstyn (The Engine 2 Diet), a former Austin, Tex., firefighter, delivers another winning book that provides a straightforward seven-day diet concept, a boatload of enticing recipes, and compelling ...

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 ...

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Rip Esselstyn, the former Austin firefighter who promotes a “clean eating” lifestyle through his Engine 2 Diet, is releasing a slightly different version of his last book, complete with new recipes ...