Mar 2021
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Ruth E. Heidrich, Ph.D. www.RuthHeidrich.com Featured in that great documentary, Forks Over Knives, Dr. Ruth Heidrich is known for being a marathon runner who was shocked when diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer. After answering an ad in the paper looking for breast cancer patients to participate in a diet/cancer research study, she met Dr. John McDougall and immediately enrolled in the study which required changing to the McDougall diet. She also could not have either chemotherapy or radiation so that diet was the only variable. She went on to complete the Kona Ironman Triathlon just two years later, with cancer in complete remission and became the very first vegan and first cancer patient to ever complete an Ironman.
She went on to compete in world-wide races, winning almost 1,000 trophies including 8 gold metals in the Senior Olympics, 67 marathons including Boston, New York, and Moscow. Invited to come the the world-famous Cooper Clinic in Dallas, TX, she set 3 age-group world fitness records, one of which was breaking her own record, and has been named “One of the Ten Fittest Women in North America.” Although never intending to be an author, she was asked to write books including A Race For Life, SeniorFitness, and Lifelong Running. Known as the “other Dr. Ruth”, she has also written How to Prevent, Reverse, and Cure ED, has a recipe book, CHEF, and is working on two books, one on silicone breast implants and the other, Running ‘Round the World.