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Summary of How Not To Die: by Michael Greger with Gene Stone | Includes Analysis
Summary of How Not To Die: by Michael Greger with Gene Stone | Includes Analysis
Summary of How Not To Die: by Michael Greger with Gene Stone | Includes Analysis
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Summary of How Not To Die by Michael Greger, M.D. with Gene Stone | Includes Analysis

 

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How Not to Die by Michael Greger is primarily focused on the use of diet and lifestyle to help prevent the most common causes of death. Greger&rs

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Release dateMay 10, 2016
ISBN9781683780632
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    How Not to Die by Michael Greger is primarily focused on the use of diet and lifestyle to help prevent the most common causes of death. Greger’s grandmother had experienced multiple heart problems and had undergone many heart surgeries by the age of 65 before she went on a plant-based diet recommended by Nathan Pritikin, a lifestyle medicine pioneer. She lived to be 96, which Greger credits to her change in diet and lifestyle. Greger later attended medical school, where he lamented the lack of focus on nutrition in medicine. He decided to become a clinical nutritionist.

    The book is divided into two parts: it explains why specific plant-based foods are good for you and how to incorporate them into your diet. The why section is organized by disease type and covers theories and causes for the major diseases that kill Americans every year. The claims are often backed by statistics and conclusions from major studies published in leading medical journals. Taken together, most of the results indicate that a diet based on high amounts of plant-based foods, including vegetables and grains, and low amounts of both processed foods and animal fats, can decrease risks for the most common, noninfectious causes of death in the United

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