Dr Heather Shenkman is a cardiologist and a triathlete who advocates Whole Food Plant-Based guidelines. In 2018, she published this book:
The Vegan Heart Doctor's Guide (184 pages).
Over the years, Forks Over Knives has quoted Dr Heather Shenkman as shown in the screenshot below. For older posts by Forks Over Knives, see 2018 post and 2020 post.
The same quote appears in a
PlantStrong podcast from 2024 and
their YouTube video.
In 2024, Dr Heather Shenkman reposted the image, with some updates:
"I’ve been in practice now for 16 years, not 11, and every time this meme gets posted I find I have a handful more followers. If you’re one of them then 👋 hello! I’m a plant-based cardiologist in solo practice in Tarzana, CA. In the 5 years since I was meme’ed, I’ve seen progression of heart disease in a plant-based eater who stopped his medicines. But for the most part this meme is true, eating more plant-based is better for your heart."