Dr Michael Greger is an American physician and author, born in 1972, best known for promoting a whole-food, plant-based diet. He founded the non-profit website NutritionFacts.org in 2011 and wrote the New York Times bestsellers How Not to Die, How Not to Diet and How Not to Age.
Brian Rose has interviewed Greger twice on London Real, in 2017 and 2019. They talked about the leading causes of death in the US and how he believes diet can prevent them, the case for plant-based eating, and the science of healthy weight loss.
Both interviews are listed below with a short summary.
How Not To Die (2017). His first London Real interview and the clearest version of his argument that diet can prevent many of the leading causes of death.
Greger argues that many of the top causes of death in the US, including heart disease, can be prevented or slowed by what people eat. This is the case he makes in How Not to Die and in his 2017 interview.
He recommends a diet built around whole plant foods and opposes animal-derived foods.
Speaking in 2019, Greger said the evidence supports sustainable changes to what you eat rather than short-term diets, the theme of his book How Not to Diet.
Through NutritionFacts.org, Greger publishes free summaries of nutrition studies. He presents this as a way to give the public direct access to the evidence.
Dr Michael Greger is an American physician and author, born in 1972, who promotes a whole-food, plant-based diet. He trained at Cornell University and Tufts University School of Medicine, founded the non-profit website NutritionFacts.org in 2011 and wrote the bestseller How Not to Die.
In two interviews, in 2017 and 2019, Greger talked about the leading causes of death and how diet can help prevent them, the case for plant-based eating, and the science of healthy weight loss from his book How Not to Diet.
Start with How Not To Die from 2017, which sets out his core argument about diet and disease. Watch How Not To Diet from 2019 if weight loss is your main interest.
Twice: How Not To Die in October 2017 and How Not To Diet in October 2019.
How Not to Die, published in 2015, looks at the 15 leading causes of premature death in the US and the evidence Greger says shows diet can help prevent or treat them. It became a New York Times bestseller.
NutritionFacts.org is a non-profit website Greger founded in 2011. It publishes free videos and articles summarising nutrition research, with a strong focus on plant-based eating.
Official site: nutritionfacts.org
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