Everywhere in the world,
we can observe
and be touched
by acts of kindness.
People from all walks of
life, faiths, and cultures
extend themselves
beyond the call of duty
to help others
unconditionally.
Through their noble deeds,
humanity as a whole
is elevated.
To commend
virtuous actions and
encourage more people
to be inspired
by their examples,
Supreme Master
Ching Hai
has lovingly created
a series of awards,
including the Shining
World Leadership
Award, Shining World
Compassion Award,
Shining World Hero and
Heroine Awards, Shining
World Honesty Award,
Shining World Protection
Award, Shining World
Intelligence Award,
and Shining World
Inventor Award,
to recognize some
of the most exemplary,
generous, caring,
and courageous people
who walk amongst us.
Over five years ago,
the highly esteemed
cardiologist Dr. Baxter
D. Montgomery based
in Houston, Texas, USA
became a vegan.
With a family history
of diabetes that
increased his own risk,
Dr. Montgomery
personally experienced
the lasting health benefits
of a pure diet free
of all animal products.
He then founded a program
that would help
countless others likewise
to help themselves.
Supreme Master
Television
first had a chance to meet
Dr. Montgomery in 2009
when he was featured
on our program,
Healthy Living.
Over the years
in treating patients
in my private practice,
I realized that
treating with medications,
the procedures we did,
the surgeries
we performed, essentially
did not control
the underlying condition.
I noticed that
my patients, despite
the increasing technology
and the medications,
continued to get sicker
all the time.
The more I researched,
looked at the literature,
I would see data
suggesting that
we needed to consume
more plant-based foods
to prevent cancer.
I started applying this
to many of my patients,
I started seeing
remarkable results.
Combining his expertise
and training in medicine,
biochemistry, and nutrition,
Dr. Baxter Montgomery
founded the Houston
Cardiac Association.
The center provides the
finest in cardiovascular
medical care,
with a special focus
on nutritional healing
through a whole foods
plant-based diet.
Dr. Baxter Montgomery
and the Houston
Cardiac Association
has since witnessed many
seriously ill patients recover
and gain optimal health.
Their stories are
no less than miraculous.
One patient,
she was wheeled into
the office and exam room
by her husband,
and she’d had quadruple
bypass (heart) surgery.
She was
on 21 medications,
had a history of diabetes,
she was on insulin,
she had arthritis, (and)
she was on an oxygen tank.
(She) was just discharged
from the hospital;
she’d had some
bladder infection
and some other issues.
So I asked her
and her husband,
“Do you have a juicer?”
And lo and behold they did.
So I said, “I want you
to juice fruits,
vegetables, etc.
for the next 10 days.”
Nothing crosses her lips
other than the raw juice
made from the juicer.
“Come back
and see me in the office.”
They came back in 10 days.
She was walking, talking,
laughing, no wheelchair,
no oxygen, etc.
I had been diagnosed
with osteoporosis
and he recommended
that I stop eating meat
and dairy
and go on raw foods.
And as a result of that
the latest bone scan shows
that my condition
has reversed.
Success stories
such as these
could fill volumes
at the Houston
Cardiac Association
Wellness Program, which
is continuously supervised
and enhanced by
Dr. Baxter Montgomery.
For his compassionate
service and leadership
in promoting
the plant-based diet,
Dr. Montgomery
was honored with
the Shining World
Hero Award from
Supreme Master Ching Hai.
Well, since
you last interviewed us,
we’ve had
more individuals come
through the program,
and again we continue
to express the message
of the excellence
of plant-based nutrition.
Some individual
who are not ill come
through the program,
they become more well,
more fit, if you will.
Many individuals
who are ill
with chronic illnesses on
a number of medications
are able to
remove most, if not all
of their medication.
So we continue
to have the success that
we discussed already.
The Wellness Program
offers a year-long curriculum
for individuals to meet
experts and one another
to share health-sustaining
information.
A professional chef
works with the patients
to assist them with
new food preparation
techniques and recipes.
In addition, the participants
also go on a guided trip
to a supermarket
to learn hands-on
how to find
nutritionally excellent,
delicious foods.
Concerned about
the health problems
frequently faced by former
professional athletes,
Dr. Montgomery
specially invited
former US National
Football League athletes
to join the program.
Supreme Master
Television met some
of these sports heroes just
days after they had begun
their vegan diet.
I’m Santana Dotson,
former NFL football player.
Played
at the Green Bay Packers
and also the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers,
for 11 years.
As a professional athlete,
we do a lot of damages
to our bodies physically,
on the outside
and the inside.
Dr. Montgomery
has invited myself
and a few former athletes
into the program
that are really concerned
about doing better
with our bodies.
And he’s really
helped me get in line
the past week or so.
I feel a lot stronger
and feel good
about the program.
This is my first full week
of the program and
headed into week 2 for me.
It's exciting
to be a part of it.
The first week
I lost almost 14 pounds,
which is a big number.
The weight loss progress
they make is sustained,
the blood pressure
improvements,
the medication reduction,
all of those improvements
we’ve seen have sustained
over time as they
continue the lifestyle,
because we emphasize
the lifestyle change.
When we return,
Dr. Montgomery explains
why a vegan diet is
the best for one’s health.
For saving lives
through promoting
plant-based living,
he also receives
the Shining World
Hero Award from
Supreme Master Ching Hai.
Please stay tuned
to Supreme Master
Television.
Welcome back to
today’s program honoring
the Shining World
Hero Award recipient
Dr. Baxter Montgomery.
Plant-based proteins are
superior to animals flesh,
and they are complete.
Dr. Montgomery
is a firm believer
in nutritional excellence
for both preventing and
reversing serious illnesses.
In my experience
as a practicing physician,
I see patients
on a regular basis,
my suspicion is that
at least 95%
of the chronic illnesses
that we deal with today
are directly linked
to our poor diets.
We in medicine
treat our patients with
medications and surgical
and other procedures,
to treat the side effects
of the bad food we eat.
We need to cut to
the problem at its source
and remove the bad food.
The body cures itself,
the body heals itself.
But the body needs the
basic materials to do that.
And so plant based
nutritional is the
optimal foods for that.
Dr. Montgomery
also shares his vision
of an ideal food pyramid.
The foundation
probably would be
lots of leafy greens,
kale, chards, spinach.
You’d probably have
a lot of fruits also
near the base:
apples, oranges, berries,
bananas, and the like.
Higher up, you might
get some of the beans,
various legumes,
for the most part
in a sprouted form.
Above that
some of the whole grains,
rice, either cooked,
steamed or sprouted.
But for the most part,
you have a foundation
with greens, then fruits,
and then say, sprouted
legumes and beans,
and work your way up
to the grains after that.
Again, all in a minimally
processed form.
The Wellness Program
begins with a four-week
“nutritional boot camp
session” with only
fresh, nutrient-rich greens,
fruits and vegetables.
Motivated
by his knowledgeable
presentations,
the majority of individuals
are able to commit
to this cleansing regime,
and are glad that they did.
We’re seeing
somewhere in the order
of about 95 plus percent
individuals who
see definite improvement
in either weight loss
or reduction in inches,
improvement
in their blood pressure,
improvements
in their energy level,
all of these things
we have documented
success rates.
Equally remarkable is
what happens at the end
of just a few weeks
into the program:
The individuals
that come and
go through our program,
they continue
to maintain their lifestyle
of consuming either
a fully plant-based diet
or a predominately
plant-based diet.
How do you
like the program?
The program is excellent.
My weight was 171 pounds,
my cholesterol was 365.
And now, how is it?
My cholesterol
dropped 140 points,
and my weight is 158
as of today.
I was on 5 medications
for cholesterol,
triglycerides, diabetes
and acid reflux.
And I'm not taking any
medications anymore.
Are you going to
continue with this diet?
I plan to have it for life.
Hi, my name is
Ricardo McDonald.
I am roughly 40 years old.
I played six years with
the Cincinnati Bengals,
two years with
the Chicago Bears
and two years
with the Denver Broncos.
Well, I just completed my
sixth day of the program,
and I must say
I feel like 22 going on 40.
And how is your diet
right now?
For the first time,
I must say,
I am a vegetarian.
I’m doing
the zero-to-one diet
with Dr Montgomery.
The diet basically
consists of all fruits
and vegetables such as
broccoli, spinach,
cauliflower, carrots.
It’s all natural,
from the earth, all
plant-based derived diet.
No beef, no pork,
no chicken, no fish.
And I must say
I don’t miss meat.
This is where
I want my health to be,
that I’ve made it
number one priority, that
I want to go total vegan
and total green,
to be able to have
my body to be optimal at
60, 70, 80, 90, 100 years!
My patients
and our wellness clients
are doing well
and I’m motivated
by their encouragement,
I’m motivated by
their successes overall.
And that's
what motivates me
to move forward.
For his diligent and
fruitful work in motivating
and empowering others
to adopt the rejuvenating
plant-based diet,
Supreme Master Ching Hai
honored
Dr. Baxter Montgomery
with the Shining World
Hero Award.
“With compliments
and gratitude
for selfless dedication,
heartfelt compassion
and enlightened service
to humanity…”
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
In addition to
the award and letter
of appreciation from
Supreme Master Ching Hai,
Dr. Montgomery
also received
the specially designed
Hero jacket and
Supreme Master Ching Hai’s
music CDs
and lecture DVDs.
Further gifts include
Supreme Master Ching Hai’s
#1 international
bestselling books,
“The Dogs in My Life”
and “The Birds in My Life,”
as well as
the poetry collection,
“The Dream
of a Butterfly” and
the lecture compilation,
“The Realization of Health:
Returning to the Natural
and Righteous Way
of Living.”
I don’t think I’ve ever
been called a hero before,
but thank you very much.
We appreciate
the recognition
of our operation.
We have a dedicated staff,
a group who’s before you,
as well other HCA staff,
and I stand on the shoulder
of many giants,
many people
have come before me and
many people I work with.
On behalf of Houston
Cardiac Association,
I’d like to thank
the Supreme Master
for recognizing us and
also helping us promote
our program worldwide.
Thank you very much.
You have our heartfelt
gratitude and admiration,
Dr. Montgomery,
for your wonderful work
in saving lives and
promoting optimal welfare
with the vegan diet.
We wish you, your staff,
and your clients
continued success
helping to create
a healthier, happier world.
Gracious viewers,
thank you for your company
on this program.
Coming up next is
Words of Wisdom,
after Noteworthy News,
here on
Supreme Master Television.
May your life be blessed
with vitality, happiness,
and love.