Jane Esselstyn RN

Jane Esselstyn RN is a fresh and charismatic voice on the whole food, plant-based diet. She brings her perspective and passion as a woman, nurse, researcher, and mother to creating on-ramps to the plant-based way of life. Jane is an avid and inventive designer of plant-based recipes and the co-author of The Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Cookbook with her next-door neighbor, mom, and human firecracker -Ann Esselstyn. Jane and Ann present their work, research, and high energy demos around the world- and on her YouTube channel. Jane also created the recipe section of #1 NYTimes bestseller, Plant-Strong, and The Seven Day Rescue, by Rip Esselstyn. And she is a co-author of The Engine 2 Cookbook.

Her research with the Cleveland Clinic’s Department of Pediatrics observes the effects of a plant-based diet on pediatric obesity and hypercholesterolemia. The Journal of Pediatrics published one of their studies in February of 2015 where Jane created the classroom curriculum and the kitchen curriculum for the study. A tireless champion for kids and their health, Jane brings remarkable clarity, compassion, and humor to the table.