The book unites much that has already been written about intermittent fasting, real long time and permanent weight loss, how to eat healthily and, as the ultimate goal, die later.

It´s the perfect companion to Gregers´ first, groundbreaking work How not to die that showed how certain illnesses can be prevented and what foods boost the possibility of longevity, but didn´t explain in detail how to endure the path to the perfect weight and blood levels.

Let´s say that many weight-losing methods might

I'd been following Dr Greger's work from his website and his blogs, before his book How Not To Die, came out in 2015. My husband and I shared both the book and the information with others and use the info as a game plan for staying healthy. Now Greger has written How Not to Die and it's a great one, too.

It's full of information that can change your life, change your health, change you way of living, but teaching WHY you need to choose certain foods to allow your body to work the best way possib

This is my last review of 2019. Alas, I didn't reach my reading goal this year....although I could have if I had propped myself up with a few shorter books. But I like to think that focusing on quality rather than quantity was its own reward.

As usual I changed my reading plans repeatedly based on whatever bright shiny new books caught my eye and this last read of the year was no exception. As soon as I learned Dr. Greger had a new book coming out I pre-ordered it from Audible. Then I dropped all

When I found out the Audible version of this book was read by the author, Michael Greger, M.D., I was eager to give it a good long listen — nearly 24 hours’ worth.

I often find it especially rewarding to hear a book’s author enthusiastically reading his own writing. Not this time. This was the most obnoxious audiobook I’ve ever listened to. Dr. Greger was over-enthusiastic at any speed, trying to make dull material stand out with his pseudo-comical delivery.

That was only a fraction of the troubl

As a fan of Dr. Greger's previous book "How Not to Die," I expected a lot from his latest publication. And Dr. Greger delivers in spades: he delves deep into the latest science and presents it in an easy to digest (pun intended), painstaking and thorough manner. The Kindle version has the added benefit of providing links to the actual peer reviewed journals, so that nothing he says needs to be taken on faith. As Dr. Greger states: "I don't want to be your diet Guru." He gives us the tools to mak ...more

"The path to health is paved with good intestines."

Finally, I have found the book I was looking for, one that gives practical, scientific advice on how to improve the health of the microbiome! And it's pretty much one word, people: FIBER. You can't go wrong eating more fiber foods and weeding out the CRAP (calorie rich and processed) foods.
There is still so much that we don't know about the human body. There are all kinds of receptor cells all through our systems and we don't know what they are

4.5 stars for the actual content, but 2 for the delivery (both written and OH MY GOD, the audio.)

First, the content - awesome AWESOME information. Lots of great science in there, but there was some questionable content. I 1000% disagree with some of it. He says that eating late at night alters how your body processes food, making it more likely to store fat and this was proven FALSE in so many studies. That's just one example, but the first to raise my hackles.

Second, the writing was easy to und

A goldmine for nerds like me about fitness & nutrition. I learned a ton and took copious notes throughout. I will say though, I don’t think this book is necessary to read for most people if you eat the way the author laid out in his first phenomenal book “how not to die”. (Dr Greger actually admits to this at the very end of this book) If you only read one book of the two, make it that one.

That being said, this one is well worth the read, I thoroughly enjoyed it(especially the second half of the

I love, love, love this book. I've been trying to lose weight my whole life and I feel like finally I have a person, a doctor nonetheless, that will dive into the science and tell me the truth behind the food I eat. I have started on my journey of weight loss to lose 200 lbs and have done this many times before, but this is the first time that I will attempt a more plant based diet. I started about 2 months ago and am making a youtube channel for it:

The Fat Vegan (The girl who loves steak)

This i

More than I'd hoped

Having already read How Not to Die and being very familiar with the WFPB world, I didn't hold out much hope that there would be more than reminders of what I already knew to be the healthiest diet.
I was wrong. Not only was there new information, but I have been given renewed hope that weight loss is possible and many new tools to make that happen. Also, in a funny sort of way, permission. The WFPB world can brush off weight loss rather dismissively...just eat plants, all you

Wishing I was equipped with this knowledge 40 years ago. Why don't they teach science-backed lifestyle eating habits in school? ...more

Dr. Greger is the best! It took me a long time to get thru this one. It is a lot of information. I am glad I own the big hardback so I can refer to it. I do believe this is the way to eat and live for optimal health. I can't always do it. I like junk food and am not very rigid with my eating plan. I have hopes to improve each day. If you love facts, this book is for you! Lot's of research. Highly recommended! ...more

Although I feel I didn’t *really* need to know about dieting (that is, put in permanent changes in my eating habits), I also feel this was very worth of reading, no matter what a brick the book is. (The references come to nearly 5000, and so are available elsewhere; making sure much of the information is evidence-based is also partly why this book is so thick.) It took some while to finish, but I learned new things that I could add to what I’ve already learned in his book “How Not To Die”, which ...more

The information is great, but this book is not well organized imho.

Gregor also tends to go off on a lot of tangents and the tangent info is great, but instead of million side tracks that divert heavily from the original topic and main point, I think these “tangents”’could serve the reader better had they been organized into other chapters. The chapter are too long, overwhelmed with information that blurs together.

The average person reading may struggle to tease out the take-away and miss the p

This book along with “How Not to Die” are game changers for me! Dr. Michael Greger explains with scientific research to the moon and back how the FDA and big food business have helped ruin the average American diet.
He scientifically backs up how pretty much all diets where you pay money for food and meetings don’t work long term. He explains why most health supplements aren’t even giving you what you’re paying for.

Summary of suggestions:

Eat more vegetables, more fruit, more whole grains and mor

Can we take a moment to celebrate the gift that is Dr Greger? What a fab book! And all proceeds donated to charity! As a long time podcast listener, I knew he was super informed and fun at the same time, but this book took it to the next level. He is quirky, funny, smart as hell, and always backs up his claims by telling how they have been "put to the test". I learned so much about weight loss, maintenance, and nutrition by reading this book. It gave me so many cool ideas to implement that make ...more

Way too much detail, I would like a readers digest version.

Phew, after eighteen hours of grinding it out with this audiobook I'm finally done. Let me begin first by saying : I love Dr. Greger and I think what he does is amazing. He reads the audiobook himself and I love his way of telling the story. But still I advice against listening to the audiobook. Eighteen hours is long, and this is a book that has a LOT of information. This book works well if you can reread certain chapters or skip chapters that aren't of interest for you.

The information is clear

I read the book and learned a lot! It is very accessible and full of actionable ways to lose or maintain weight. It is very different from a regular diet book in that you can work on losing weight from many directions including the timing of when you eat, the combination of things you eat and the quantities of what you eat. What it all amounts to is lifestyle changes and not calorie counting. Highly recommended.

This is a whole book that is basically recounting results from scientific studies. So. Much. Information!! The audiobook was almost 24 hours long. I can't remember when the last time was I had a book that long. Also? you couldn't zone out for a minute or you missed the set up of an experiment or the results, both of which are equally important to me. I do think I need to get the kindle version, which I heard has live links to the studies. These aren't Mickey Mouse studies he references. We are t ...more

Our diets consist of fast food and processed food, so it may be wise to take a step back and examine what we eat. This book is so well documented and details changes that can be made to improve our diets and our health. Most are obvious, we all know what we should do-eat more plant based foods, eat water-rich fruits and vegetables, incorporate beans and legumes into our meals, exercise. Dr Greger does not just repeat what we already know, he explains the "why". He illustrates how these foods aff ...more

FINALLY! I don't think it has EVER taken me as long to read a book as it did this one. I started reading it like a 'normal' book, but after the first few hundred pages, it was just getting to be a slog of too much info - so I would read just a few pages a day as my breakfast reading - which made it much more palatable.

Yes, there is a HUGE amount of info here, most of it of at least marginal interest -but there are just so many case studies you can read before your eyes cross. Greger TRIES to lig

Overall, I thought this book was comprehensive, evidence-based, and actionable. It provides a comprehensive review of weight-loss science and generally dismisses both long-standing programs like Atkins and Weight Watchers to modern fads like Keto and IF.

The book is long, so I picked and chose the parts that I've tried before (IF/calorie counting) and skipped the topics I wouldn't really ever consider (Fasting, taking 2 teaspoons of vinegar with every meal...).

I'm just coming off of a successful

This book was VERY helpful for me in my ongoing efforts to make permanent lifestyle changes to lose weight and live a longer, healthier, happier life. I read Dr. Greger's book How Not to Die back in 2017 or thereabouts and it made a HUGE difference for me in helping me eat healthier. I had already lost quite a bit of weight, but after hearing of Dr. Greger's work and reading the book and starting to use the Daily Dozen app to guide my shopping and eating choices I have lost about eighty pounds. ...more

This is one of the best health books out there along with Greger’s first book “How Not to Die”. This book specifically focuses on weight loss with almost 5,000 references to medical literature. He reinforces that long term control-based studies on optimal health and ideal weight point to a plant-based diet and outlines very specific changes you can implement to your diet. I will use this as a reference to continually improve what I cook for my family as well as discuss lifestyle change with my p ...more

Greger's content is the gold standard in nutritional research, and "How Not to Diet" doesn't disappoint. There's a ton to learn and gain from this book, whether you are looking to lose weight, maintain a healthy weight, simply curious, or interested in public health. Exhaustively researched, data-driven, with a meticulously nuanced attention to detail, this book will confirm some things you suspect, dispel some myths you might believe, and present a preponderance of genuinely surprising and illu ...more

How Not to Diet is a close-second to my favorite nutrition book, How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease. I appreciate Dr. Greger’s accessible tone—he breaks down dry, complex studies into digestible chunks. Weight loss is a multibillion-dollar industry riddled with misinformation, and preconceived notions sneak into our brains through marketing and other unreliable and/or biased sources. It’s worth noting that Dr. Greger makes no profit on any of ...more

Forget all dieting books, programs, tv shows, subscriptions, etc. and just buy this book.

This book is proven, clinically tried and tested, scientific ways to lose weight and or just to be healthy. I loved Michael Greger's book How Not To Die and this book goes hand in hand with it.

I need to read this again to make proper notes! And also to buy the physical book because I read the Kindle version while listening to the audiobook.

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