CNN's Wolf Blitzer talks to the doctors behind the diet that helped Bill Clinton lose two-dozen pounds. Bill Clinton's Vegan Weight Loss Secret and His 4 Heart Disease Reversal Gurus: We previously told you about the weight loss possibilities of plant-based diets. Now additional testimony comes from former President Bill Clinton, who also reveals how a plant-based diet might reverse heart disease. Transcript of Bill Clinton's Weight Loss Interview Wolf Blitzer: How do you lose so much weight? What kind of diet are you on? Bill Clinton: The short answer is I went on essentially a plant based diet. I live on beans, legumes, vegetables, fruits. I drink a protein supplement every morning. No dairy. I drink almond milk mixed in with fruit and a protein powder, so I get the protein for the day when I start the day out. It changed my whole metabolism and I lost 24 pounds. I got back to basically what I weighed in high school. But I did it for a different reason, I mean I wanted to lose a little weight but I never dreamed this would happen. I did it because after I had this stent put in I realized that even though it happens quite often that after you have bypass that you lose the veins because they are thinner and weaker than arteries. The truth is that it clogged up, which means that the cholesterol was still causing build-up in my vein that was part of my bypass and thank God I could take the stents. I don't want it to happen again. So I did all this research and I saw that 82 ...
