Rip Esselstyn is a New York Times Bestselling author and the creator of the Engine 2 Diet, a plant-based diet that helped save the lives of his firefighting crew in Austin, Texas, and has gone on to help tens of thousands of people around the world transition to a plant-based diet for optimal health with his live events, online education, healthy food line and books. Rip has written 4 books, The Engine 2 Diet, Plant-Strong: Discover The World's Healthiest Diet, The Engine 2 Seven Day Rescue Diet and The Engine 2 Cookbook. He was featured in the documentary Forks Over Knives, and is a strong advocate of a plant-strong diet, a term that he coined to describe a diet rich in plant foods and devoid of meat, fish, eggs, dairy and processed food. Rip has been an athlete all his life as a collegiate swimmer and pro triathlete. The Mastering Diabetes Book is finally finished and ready for YOU! Pre-order your copy today! https://www.masteringdiabetes.org/book/