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4.39 AVERAGE
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This book made me change the way I think about food and in some ways just reinforced many habits I already had. Try to incorporate vegetables in every meal, dessert is fruit and not some baked good. Lots of whole foods, fewer ultra processed ones.
There's certainly a lot of fruitful information here and it's certainly true that leading a healthy lifestyle with exercise and good quality food can improve your life. While I'm not rushing to become a vegan, there's a lot of science that backs up his claims in this book.
The audiobook was a fantastic read with the only downside really being the fact that I can't easily go back to a specific part of the book. There were certainly a lot of facts that I wanted to jot down and excitedly told my friends and family. Of course, you should be well-read and inform yourself and consult doctors before making drastic changes. This book does not exist in a vacuum and neither does its contents.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and found myself listening to it consistently over the course of a few days...it did take me about a year to pick it back up again, but I did find the information valuable and recommend for people looking to learn more about the power of whole foods. 4.25/5
There's certainly a lot of fruitful information here and it's certainly true that leading a healthy lifestyle with exercise and good quality food can improve your life. While I'm not rushing to become a vegan, there's a lot of science that backs up his claims in this book.
The audiobook was a fantastic read with the only downside really being the fact that I can't easily go back to a specific part of the book. There were certainly a lot of facts that I wanted to jot down and excitedly told my friends and family. Of course, you should be well-read and inform yourself and consult doctors before making drastic changes. This book does not exist in a vacuum and neither does its contents.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and found myself listening to it consistently over the course of a few days...it did take me about a year to pick it back up again, but I did find the information valuable and recommend for people looking to learn more about the power of whole foods. 4.25/5
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I will likely return to reference this book frequently.
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I've spent a lot of time reading reviews, but this book is the first one I've felt the need to post my own. As Dr. Greger says at the end of the book, "How Not to Die" should be called "how not to die prematurely". Dr. Greger starts his book introducing why he became passionate about nutrition. He walks you through results of evidence-based studies supporting the advantages of incorporating different foods into your diet. In short how to use food as medicine to optimize your health (in addition to medications/recommendations from your own physicians).
This goes way beyond the basic eat fruits and veggies education from nutrition class. I'm a nurse in a family of medical professionals and cooking and nutrition are interests of mine, yet I still learned quite a bit from his book.
Aside from using evidence-based studies to support his recommendations he also does not endorse any supplements or specific brands. His website nutritionfacts.org has a videos of him highlighting a lot of the same content as his book. His website is a non for profit because he says knowledge of healthy living should be accessible for all. So many nutrition experts seem to have a hidden agenda of pushing various products, but Dr Greger doesn't. He emphasizes a diet of whole plant-based foods is shown to be the most effective way for us to get maximum nutrients (and NOT supplements).
At first glance I don't 100% agree with absolutely everything in his book (there are a few things I want to read about further such as EVOO and the Omega-3 found in fatty fish do not have the health benefits we've been told they do) but overall what he says rings true in my medical brain.
He has a "daily dozen" which are his recommendations on what to eat/drink to get an optimal amount of nutrient dense foods everyday. He has an app for this daily dozen called "Daily Dozen" I put on my phone.
I skipped part of the preface and first chapter of his book because he starts out explaining things like the physiology of a heart attack which I learned in nursing school. It's clear he's passionate about nutrition and I gained a lot from his book. I plan to look into his website and other books.
This goes way beyond the basic eat fruits and veggies education from nutrition class. I'm a nurse in a family of medical professionals and cooking and nutrition are interests of mine, yet I still learned quite a bit from his book.
Aside from using evidence-based studies to support his recommendations he also does not endorse any supplements or specific brands. His website nutritionfacts.org has a videos of him highlighting a lot of the same content as his book. His website is a non for profit because he says knowledge of healthy living should be accessible for all. So many nutrition experts seem to have a hidden agenda of pushing various products, but Dr Greger doesn't. He emphasizes a diet of whole plant-based foods is shown to be the most effective way for us to get maximum nutrients (and NOT supplements).
At first glance I don't 100% agree with absolutely everything in his book (there are a few things I want to read about further such as EVOO and the Omega-3 found in fatty fish do not have the health benefits we've been told they do) but overall what he says rings true in my medical brain.
He has a "daily dozen" which are his recommendations on what to eat/drink to get an optimal amount of nutrient dense foods everyday. He has an app for this daily dozen called "Daily Dozen" I put on my phone.
I skipped part of the preface and first chapter of his book because he starts out explaining things like the physiology of a heart attack which I learned in nursing school. It's clear he's passionate about nutrition and I gained a lot from his book. I plan to look into his website and other books.
He starts the book by essentially telling you that everyone else is not telling you the truth and only he has the one true & simple answer to all your health problems. And that answer can be put in two words: Eat vegan.
This should ring an alarm bell. Never is a scientific answer that simple and comes without any asterisks.
He does cite a lot of studies to back up his simple message, but to make it that simple he has to resort to cherry picking, e.g. leaving out any study that shows a positive health effect of eating fish or milk.
That is not to say that everything or even most of what he writes is wrong, on the contrary. There are lots of good advices and important messages in this book, but by phrasing them in too absolute terms he does sometimes stray away from the scientific rigor he claims to achieve.
Also, he hides the vital chapter on vitamin D & B12 supplements, which become necessary in his diet, after the last chapter and after thr Acknowledgements sections. Which makes this easy to miss and seems a bit disingenuous.
This should ring an alarm bell. Never is a scientific answer that simple and comes without any asterisks.
He does cite a lot of studies to back up his simple message, but to make it that simple he has to resort to cherry picking, e.g. leaving out any study that shows a positive health effect of eating fish or milk.
That is not to say that everything or even most of what he writes is wrong, on the contrary. There are lots of good advices and important messages in this book, but by phrasing them in too absolute terms he does sometimes stray away from the scientific rigor he claims to achieve.
Also, he hides the vital chapter on vitamin D & B12 supplements, which become necessary in his diet, after the last chapter and after thr Acknowledgements sections. Which makes this easy to miss and seems a bit disingenuous.
Some people like binge watching Netflix and others like food documentaries and nutrition books. Call me a dork! I’m am constantly shocked and amazed by our Standard American Diet (SAD) and how culturally accepted it is to poison the bodies we have been given. Mostly I believe it is a lack of knowledge and just going with the flow. I find it essential to educate ourselves and this book was a good resource. I much prefer cold hard facts that are researched than a “credible” option and this seems to cover that nicely. The author also has a great website and app that make being healthy easier. Good stuff.
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