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“This book may help those who are susceptible to illnesses that can be prevented.”―His Holiness the Dalai Lama
“Absolutely the best book I’ve read on nutrition and diet” –Dan Buettner, author of The Blue Zones Solution
From the physician behind the wildly popular Nutrition Facts website, How Not to Die reveals the groundbreaking scientific evidence behind the only diet that can help prevent and reverse many of the causes of disease-related death.
In How Not to Die, Dr. Michael Greger, the internationally-renowned nutrition expert, physician, and founder of NutritionFacts.org, examines the fifteen top causes of premature death in America--heart disease, various cancers, diabetes, Parkinson's, high blood pressure, and more--and explains how nutritional and lifestyle interventions can sometimes trump prescription pills and other pharmaceutical and surgical approaches to help prevent and reverse these diseases, freeing us to live healthier lives.
The simple truth is that most doctors are good at treating acute illnesses but bad at preventing chronic disease. The fifteen leading causes of death claim the lives of 1.6 million Americans annually. This doesn't have to be the case. By following Dr. Greger's advice, all of it backed up by strong scientific evidence, you will learn which foods to eat and which lifestyle changes to make to live longer.
History of prostate cancer in your family? Put down that glass of milk and add flaxseed to your diet whenever you can. Have high blood pressure? Hibiscus tea can work better than a leading hypertensive drug-and without the side effects. Fighting off liver disease? Drinking coffee can reduce liver inflammation. Battling breast cancer? Consuming soy is associated with prolonged survival. Worried about heart disease (the number 1 killer in the United States)? Switch to a whole-food, plant-based diet, which has been repeatedly shown not just to prevent the disease but often stop it in its tracks.
In addition to showing what to eat to help treat the top fifteen causes of death, How Not to Die includes Dr. Greger's Daily Dozen -a checklist of the twelve foods we should consume every day.Full of practical, actionable advice and surprising, cutting edge nutritional science, these doctor's orders are just what we need to live longer, healthier lives.
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- Publication dateDecember 8, 2015
- Dimensions6.55 x 1.7 x 9.55 inches
- ISBN-101250066115
- ISBN-13978-1250066114
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“We strive to make the best of our lives by maintaining ourphysical health and mental happiness. As food is the fuel for our survival, howhealthily we survive and how well we recover from illness may also depend onwhat we eat. Michael Greger’s How Not toDie suggests different preventative and curative measures for tacklingailments we are all vulnerable to. I hope that this book may help those who aresusceptible to illnesses that can be prevented with proper nutrition.”
―His Holiness the Dalai Lama
"The primary determinant of our health and well-beingis what we eat and how we live. In this extraordinary and empowering book, Dr.Michael Greger explains why. Highly recommended."
― Dean Ornish, M.D., author of TheSpectrum and Dr. Dean Ornish s Program for Reversing Heart Disease
"The news that a plant-based diet is the healthiest wayto eat is spreading. Dr. Michael Greger presents the groundbreaking science onhow simple plant-based food choices help us live healthier and happier lives.Dr. Greger describes which foods to eat to prevent the leading causes ofdisease-related death and shows how a diet based on fruits, vegetables, tubers,whole grains, and legumes might even save your life."
―Brian Wendel,Founder and President of Forks OverKnives
"Stop whatever you're doing and buy this book. Not onlydoes Dr. Michael Greger drop a metric f*ckton of evidence that a plant-baseddiet will save your damn life, he lays out the blueprint to make it happen. Dr.Greger shows us how regular folks can eat well and not get taken down by sometotally preventable bullsh*t."
―Thug Kitchen
"A new way of looking at nutrition and health. Michael Greger shows peoplehow to save their own lives."
―Rip Esselstyn, author of The Engine 2 Diet
"Finally a physician has pulled together the latest scientific studies onhow to fight disease and prolong life. How Not to Die shows how theright nutrition prevents disease and transforms our genes so we can livehealthier, longer. Empowering, groundbreaking, transformative work."
―KathyFreston, author of Quantum Wellnessand The Lean
"Michael Greger, M.D. scours the world's scholarly literature on nutritionfor the most interesting, groundbreaking and practical new research. His workat NutritionFacts.org and in HOW NOT TO DIE features the latest science onnutrition and health to show how to treat and prevent disease."
―JoelFuhrman, M.D., author of Eat to Live
"An absolute rhapsody of informational wisdom on how toachieve a life of health and longevity without disease."
―Caldwell B.Esselstyn, Jr. M.D., author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease
"How Not To Die is one of the mostimportant books on health ever written. Dr. Greger shows us how to prevent andsometimes reverse all the major diseases that are killing us. We have thegenetic potential to live disease free lives full of health and vitality untilwe are past 100. This book is the scientific road map we need to do exactlythat."
―John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market
"Absolutely the best book I've read on nutrition anddiet."
―Dan Buettner, author of The Blue Zones Solution
"Meticulously well-documented, Greger's guidebookprovides evidence on everything from the pesticide-Parkinson's connection tothe role of antioxidants in breast cancer prevention. Gerger also offers upfriendly tips, like his favorite smoothie recipe and a turmeric tutorial.Follow his advice and you may not live forever, but you'll almost certainlylive a healthier life."
―BookPage
"This book brims with valuable insights. Dr Gregertends to rely on the gold standard of medical research randomised controlledtrials rather than the latest fads. Vegetarian or not, this book is a great wayto improve your diet."
―Financial Times
About the Author
Gene Stone (genestone.com) is a former Peace Corps volunteer, journalist, and book, magazine, and newspaper editor, and is a New York Times bestselling author. He has written, co-written, or ghostwritten more than 45 books on a wide variety of subjects, but for the last decade he has concentrated on plant-based diets and their relationship to health, animal protection, and the environment. Among these books are Forks Over Knives, Animalkind, The Engine 2 Diet, Living the Farm Sanctuary Life, Rescue Dogs, Mercy for Animals, and Eat for the Planet.
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How Not to Die
Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
By Michael Greger, Gene StoneFlatiron Books
Copyright © 2015 Michael Greger with Gene StoneAll rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-250-06611-4
Contents
Title Page,Copyright Notice,
Dedication,
Preface,
Introduction,
PART 1,
1. How Not to Die from Heart Disease,
2. How Not to Die from Lung Diseases,
3. How Not to Die from Brain Diseases,
4. How Not to Die from Digestive Cancers,
5. How Not to Die from Infections,
6. How Not to Die from Diabetes,
7. How Not to Die from High Blood Pressure,
8. How Not to Die from Liver Diseases,
9. How Not to Die from Blood Cancers,
10. How Not to Die from Kidney Disease,
11. How Not to Die from Breast Cancer,
12. How Not to Die from Suicidal Depression,
13. How Not to Die from Prostate Cancer,
14. How Not to Die from Parkinson's Disease,
15. How Not to Die from Iatrogenic Causes,
PART 2,
Introduction,
Dr. Greger's Daily Dozen,
Conclusion,
Acknowledgments,
Appendix: Supplements,
Notes,
Index,
About the Authors,
Copyright,
CHAPTER 1
How Not to Die from Heart Disease
Imagine if terrorists created a bioagent that spread mercilessly, claiming the lives of nearly four hundred thousand Americans every year. That is the equivalent of one person every eighty-three seconds, every hour, around the clock, year after year. The pandemic would be front-page news all day, every day. We'd marshal the army and march our finest medical minds into a room to figure out a cure for this bioterror plague. In short, we'd stop at nothing until the terrorists were stopped.
Fortunately, we're not actually losing hundreds of thousands of people each year to a preventable threat ... are we?
Actually, we are. This particular biological weapon may not be a germ released by terrorists, but it kills more Americans annually than have all our past wars combined. It can be stopped not in a laboratory but right in our grocery stores, kitchens, and dining rooms. As far as weapons go, we don't need vaccines or antibiotics. A simple fork will do.
So what's going on here? If this epidemic is present on such a massive scale, yet so preventable, why aren't we doing more about it?
The killer I'm talking about is coronary heart disease, and it's affecting nearly everyone raised on the standard American diet.
Our Top Killer
America's number-one killer is a different kind of terrorist: fatty deposits in the walls of your arteries called atherosclerotic plaque. For most Americans raised on a conventional diet, plaque accumulates inside the coronary arteries — the blood vessels that crown the heart (hence "coronary") and supply it with oxygen-rich blood. This buildup of plaque, known as atherosclerosis, from the Greek words athere (gruel) and sklerosis (hardening), is the hardening of the arteries by pockets of cholesterol-rich gunk that builds up within the inner linings of the blood vessels. This process occurs over decades, slowly bulging into the space inside the arteries, narrowing the path for blood to flow. The restriction of blood circulation to the heart muscle can lead to chest pain and pressure, known as angina, when people try to exert themselves. If the plaque ruptures, a blood clot can form within the artery. This sudden blockage of blood flow can cause a heart attack, damaging or even killing part of the heart.
When you think about heart disease,
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A founding member and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Michael Greger, MD, is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and public health issues. He has lectured at the Conference on World Affairs, testified before Congress, and was invited as an expert witness in the defense of Oprah Winfrey in the infamous "meat defamation" trial. He is a graduate of Cornell University School of Agriculture and Tufts University School of Medicine. His latest book How Not to Die became an instant New York Times Best Seller.
A graduate of Stanford and Harvard, Gene Stone (www.genestone.com) is a former Peace Corps volunteer, journalist, and book, magazine, and newspaper editor for such companies as the Los Angeles Times, Esquire, Harcourt Brace, and Simon & Schuster. He has written many books under his own name on a wide variety of subjects, and has also ghostwritten or co-written another thirty-five books for a very diverse lot of people, from theoretical physicist Steven Hawking to New York City mayor Eric Adams. However, for the past fifteen years he has concentrated mainly on writing books (either under his own name, as a co-writer, or as a ghostwriter) about plant-based diets and their relationship to animal protection, health, and the environment. Among these books are such titles as Forks Over Knives, 72 Reasons to Be Vegan, How Not to Die, Living the Farm Sanctuary Life, Rescue Dogs, Eat for the Planet, Mercy for Animals, The Awareness, The Engine 2 Diet, and Animalkind.
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"You should eat more fruits and vegetables as if your life depended on it, because maybe it does," writes Dr. Michael Greger.
And not just a few more — a lot!
In How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease, Dr. Greger dives into nutrition science providing overwhelming compelling evidence for food as medicine. He takes the reader through numerous well-conducted scientific studies that show how foods nourish and protect us. He points the eater to foods (like flaxseeds) proven to be more powerful and beneficial than medicine — if only we will eat to live.
Dr. Greger became interested in nutrition science because of his grandmother, Frances. She was put on hospice due to a heart condition and told there was nothing more doctors could do. Instead of dying, his grandmother found Nathan Pritikin, changed her diet and lived 31 years longer. She was featured in Pritikin's biography: Pritikin: The Man Who Healed America's Heart.
Greger was inspired to study medicine, became interested in nutrition science and changed his own diet after reading Dr. Dean Ornish's 1990 landmark Lifestyle Heart Trial study which showed how heart disease could be reversed with a plant-based diet and other lifestyle changes (no drugs, no surgery).
Greger repeatedly points out that a whole-foods, plant-based diet can prevent and reverse heart disease — and he doesn't stop there. In part one of the book, Greger goes through the 15 leading causes of death and systematically shows how a plant-based diet may prevent or even reverse each of these ills.
"It turns out a more plant-based diet may help prevent, treat, or reverse every single one of our fifteen leading causes of death," he writes.
He makes the case that there's an opportunity cost to food. At every meal, we can choose lifesaving nourishment, which builds our strength and resilience — or we can eat junk. Eating is about so much more than satisfying a craving or indulging a taste — it's about truly satiating hunger and sustaining and fortifying our bodies.
Dr. Greger takes issue with silent doctors and watered down dietary guidelines. Rather than assuming what people can or can't do, Greger recommends providing people with the evidence and letting them make their own choices about their health, "First, it shouldn't matter what I or anyone else eats, says or does. The science is the science."
"That one unifying diet found to best prevent and treat many of these chronic diseases is a whole-food, plant-based diet, defined as an eating pattern that encourages the consumption of unrefined plant foods and discourages meats, dairy products, eggs, and processed foods. In this book(How Not to Die), I don't advocate for a vegetarian diet or a vegan diet. I advocate for an evidence-based diet, and the best available balance of science suggests that the more whole plant foods we eat, the better—both to reap their nutritional benefits and to displace the less healthful options."
How Not to Die reads a lot like The China Study to start. It systematically goes through a bunch of horrible, chronic diseases and presents scientific studies, which conclude that the disease is preventable with a plant-based diet. It becomes a familiar refrain — and increasingly frustrating.
Why is this not more widely known and practiced? Dr. Greger has been talking about plant-based diets and food as medicine for 25 years (and he's certainly not a lone voice in the wilderness - see pairs well with below). Still, when the International Agency for Research on Cancer (22 experts from 10 countries) of the World Health Organization, after considering more than 800 studies on cancer in humans, showed a causal link between processed meat and colorectal cancer and declared bacon a known carcinogen and red meat a probable carcinogen, people who would on any other day say, "F* cancer!" were suddenly defending it. Eating death and suffering— for the love of bacon! How bizarre.
What if there is already a cure?
"Diets that revolve around whole plant foods — vegetables, whole grains, fruits and beans—cut the risk of many cancers, and other diseases as well." — American Institute for Cancer Research
Dr. Greger points out that agribusiness is big business and that U.S. dietary recommendations are mixed in with the Department of Agriculture's goals of promoting consumption. There is money to be made in processed foods, whereas watermelons, sweet potatoes, kale and turmeric are inexpensive health solutions.
Then, people claim they would not enjoy life if they had to give up certain foods. Again, Dr. Greger looks to the science. On the contrary, studies show people feel better and enjoy eating plant-based diets. For diabetic patients, for example, a plant-based diet is less restrictive, easier to follow and more enjoyable than other options. It's a particularly great choice for people who love to eat. Following a plant-based lifestyle, you are encouraged to eat a lot of healthy, tasty, colorful, flavorful foods at every meal.
Despite the sad state of the average American diet today, How Not to Die remains upbeat. Throughout the book, Greger amply employs wit, humor and silly puns (my favorite of which is "Them's some block-rockin' beets!" in reference to the benefits of beets for athletic performance.).
The second part of How Not to Die talks about how to make those food choices — it's about eating a lot of certain fruits, vegetables, legumes and spices every day. Dr. Greger talks about his favorites and how much to eat. Again, lots!
"One of their (World Cancer Research Fund) summary cancer-prevention recommendations is to eat whole grains and/or legumes (beans, split peas, chickpeas, or lentils) with every meal. Not every week or every day. Every meal!"
To be clear, How Not to Die is not a book about immortality. It is a book about preventative medicine and living well — how not to die prematurely and how not to suffer from chronic disease.
As the president of the American College of Cardiology, Kim Williams, MD said in advocating for and adopting a plant-based diet as written in "Heal Thyself," in the University of Chicago Magazine (Jan./Feb/ 2015), "Unlike those who find enjoyment or comfort even in foods they know are unhealthy, Williams takes solace in the belief that, with each bite, he’s doing no harm. 'I don’t mind dying,' he says, 'I just don’t want it to be my fault.'"
The book ends on a sweet and loving note as Dr. Greger acknowledges the transience of life: "And we need to make each day count by filling is with fresh air, laughter, and love—love for ourselves, for others, and for whatever we are doing with our one precious life."
I was not disappointed.
This book lays out a very clear case on how diet is perhaps the single most important aspect of a healthy lifestyle. I know that there are some people who accuse Dr. Greger of cherry-picking studies that support his preferred narrative. There are some online sources you can easily find that have written "fact check" or "debunk" articles on this book, and while they might show a few examples of how Dr. Greger favors some studies over others, the most reputable critical reviewers tend to say that Greger's work is, on the whole, fairly complete. Given this, I think that the case he makes for a whole-food, plant-based diet is convincing.
So convincing, in fact, that I decided to try it. I was already getting in strenuous workouts 3-5 times per week, but I knew that my dietary choices could be improved. I printed out a list of his Daily Dozen and hung it in my kitchen. My family started preparing primarily green light foods and we cut out almost all red light foods entirely. After 2 months, I lost 35 pounds (which I needed to lose, despite my workout routines), had more energy, saw improved athletic performance, experienced better sleep, and felt in a consistently better mood. And I was never hungry. I did no calorie counting. I did not restrict total food intake, just the types of food that I ate.
About 5 months in, all of the positive benefits remained, with no negative side effects. Unfortunately, I started to revert back to some old bad habits, and "suddenly" those positive benefits started to fade away. It was amazing how in tune I was with my body and its reactions to food after just 5 months of primarily plant-based eating. I quickly realized that the Standard American Diet (SAD) was just that - sad. It was literally making me sick. After 2 months of being SAD, I went back to the Daily Dozen and I do not regret it.
One of the things that I find the most refreshing about Dr. Greger and his recommendations on how to implement this type of diet is that he is very practical. Unlike some other food plans, Greger recommends that you just start where you already are and try to make better choices with each meal. While it would be correct to point out that Dr. Greger works for the farm animal welfare division of the Humane Society, it is unfair to suggest that he is writing this book simply as a cover for an ideology. He makes a convincing case for why someone might choose to never eat meat or consume other animal products, but he also says that certain unprocessed animal products can be totally fine to consume in moderation, as long as that consumption is to promote the consumption of other green light foods. I find his approach very balanced, accessible, and scientifically sound.
Is the way of eating that Dr. Greger proposes in this book right for you? It might be. I strongly suggest that anyone who is even remotely curious about how they can live a better, happier, and longer life give this book a chance.
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Questo è un libro fantastico. Ne sono veramente rimasto sorpreso.
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Questo libro è diviso in tre parti principali. Nella prima parte ci sono 15 capitoli, uno per ciascuna delle principali malattie che causano la morte delle persone. In ciascuno dei capitoli, il dottor Greger spiega la malattia o il malessere, quindi descrive gli alimenti che sono stati trovati per ridurre il rischio, prevenire, invertire o curare la malattia.
La seconda parte del libro dedica i capitoli a una serie di gruppi di alimenti sani. Il dottor Greger spiega quali sostanze chimiche, elementi, enzimi o antiossidanti sono particolarmente utili per prevenire o curare una malattia.
In ciascuna delle prime due parti del libro, sembra che ogni altra frase abbia un riferimento a un documento scientifico che descrive la ricerca e le prove per le dichiarazioni del dottor Greger. L'ultimo terzo del libro è un elenco di tutte le note, che si ricollegano alle ricerche scientifiche, i papers. E' difficile criticare il dottor Greger per le sue conclusioni, dal momento che sono supportate da un'enorme quantità di ricerche. Ovviamente si nota anche il suo atteggiamento un po' "Biased", che incentra il tema principalmente su una dieta Vegana, quale porta con se una serie di atteggiamenti, che per carnivori come me, sembrano sermoni di qualche religione esotica.
La raccomandazione nutrizionale del dottor Greger è di mangiare solo cibi integrali e vegetali. Riduce il rischio di tutte le 15 principali cause di morte, almeno negli stati uniti. Consiglio vivamente questo libro a chiunque desideri migliorare la propria alimentazione e salute. Questo è il miglior libro sulla nutrizione che abbia mai letto.
Se hai intenzione di smettere di leggere la mia recensione qui, non ti biasimo.
Ho preso molti appunti. Eccoli.
I medici non sono formati in nutrizione e non vengono pagati per fornire consigli nutrizionali. La California Academy of Family Physicians si è opposta a un disegno di legge della California che impone dodici ore di educazione alimentare per tutti i medici. Nel dibattito, è stato ridotto a zero ore.
Si ritiene che la diminuzione della lunghezza dei telomeri nei propri cromosomi provochi l'invecchiamento. Il dottor Greger presenta le prove che uno stile di vita sano può aumentare l'attività della telomerasi e effettivamente far crescere i telomeri in lunghezza. È la qualità del cibo che conta, non la quantità. Cos'è uno stile di vita sano? Uno che utilizza cibi integrali, non integratori o uno che cerca di enfatizzare una singola sostanza chimica o nutriente. Questo libro fornisce molti esempi di singoli nutrienti che hanno dimostrato benefici per la salute, ma solo se consumati in un alimento intero, non quando isolati in una pillola. Ad esempio, gli integratori antiossidanti non riducono il rischio di cancro, ma gli antiossidanti presenti naturalmente negli alimenti riducono il rischio.
La curcuma è un'erba che si trova nel curry in polvere e nella senape. Può avere notevoli proprietà anti-cancro. Ma non sono stati condotti studi in doppio cieco; nessuno vuole pagare per qualcosa che non può essere brevettato. È vero, tuttavia, che l'India soffre molto meno di cancro del colon-retto, reni, polmoni, vescica e prostata e melanoma. Ma la domanda è se ciò sia dovuto alla curcuma o che solo il 7% della popolazione mangia carne regolarmente?
Non mi rendevo conto che per certi versi il pollame è più malsano della carne. Mangiare pollame aumenta il rischio di cancro al pancreas più della carne rossa!
I vegetariani ottengono un'assunzione più elevata di quasi tutte le calorie nutritive per le calorie rispetto ai mangiatori di carne. Anche i mangiatori di carne aumentano di peso, anche dopo aver aggiustato le calorie! Le calorie non sono tutte uguali, forse perché i vegetariani hanno un tasso metabolico a riposo più elevato.
Molti diabetici possono invertire la malattia dopo aver seguito una dieta a base vegetale per sedici giorni. Non devono perdere peso o ridurre il consumo di calorie.
Il superbatterio difficile infetta 250.000 americani ogni anno, uccidendone migliaia. Si pensava che fosse stato raccolto negli ospedali. Tuttavia, solo un terzo dei casi è collegato a pazienti infetti. Potrebbe invece essere dovuto alla carne infetta. Circa il 42% delle carni vendute nelle catene di negozi di alimentari nazionali è infetto. Gli Stati Uniti hanno i livelli più alti al mondo. Si trova anche nel pollo, nel tacchino e nel manzo, ma la concentrazione più alta è nel maiale. Di solito, non infastidisce le persone; si trova nell'intestino senza causare danni. Ma gli antibiotici possono scatenarlo ed è mortale. Può sopravvivere a due ore di cottura a 71 gradi C (la temperatura di cottura consigliata). I disinfettanti per le mani non aiutano. Gli antibiotici si trovano nelle urine dei mangiatori di carne, anche quando non li hanno presi. L'agrobusiness alimenta enormi quantità di antibiotici agli animali da allevamento.
L'ipertensione è una delle afflizioni descritte dal dottor Greger. La cosiddetta dieta DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) è stata progettata specificamente per abbassare la pressione sanguigna. È prevalentemente vegetariano, ma consente un po 'di carne, in modo da rendere la dieta più appetibile ai non vegetariani. Il dottor Greger afferma che mangiare pochi cucchiai al giorno di semi di lino induce un effetto di abbassamento della pressione sanguigna molto potente.
Un manuale da conservare e leggere con la giusta mente critica.
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Questo è un libro fantastico. Ne sono veramente rimasto sorpreso.
Lasciatemi spiegare.
Questo libro è diviso in tre parti principali. Nella prima parte ci sono 15 capitoli, uno per ciascuna delle principali malattie che causano la morte delle persone. In ciascuno dei capitoli, il dottor Greger spiega la malattia o il malessere, quindi descrive gli alimenti che sono stati trovati per ridurre il rischio, prevenire, invertire o curare la malattia.
La seconda parte del libro dedica i capitoli a una serie di gruppi di alimenti sani. Il dottor Greger spiega quali sostanze chimiche, elementi, enzimi o antiossidanti sono particolarmente utili per prevenire o curare una malattia.
In ciascuna delle prime due parti del libro, sembra che ogni altra frase abbia un riferimento a un documento scientifico che descrive la ricerca e le prove per le dichiarazioni del dottor Greger. L'ultimo terzo del libro è un elenco di tutte le note, che si ricollegano alle ricerche scientifiche, i papers. E' difficile criticare il dottor Greger per le sue conclusioni, dal momento che sono supportate da un'enorme quantità di ricerche. Ovviamente si nota anche il suo atteggiamento un po' "Biased", che incentra il tema principalmente su una dieta Vegana, quale porta con se una serie di atteggiamenti, che per carnivori come me, sembrano sermoni di qualche religione esotica.
La raccomandazione nutrizionale del dottor Greger è di mangiare solo cibi integrali e vegetali. Riduce il rischio di tutte le 15 principali cause di morte, almeno negli stati uniti. Consiglio vivamente questo libro a chiunque desideri migliorare la propria alimentazione e salute. Questo è il miglior libro sulla nutrizione che abbia mai letto.
Se hai intenzione di smettere di leggere la mia recensione qui, non ti biasimo.
Ho preso molti appunti. Eccoli.
I medici non sono formati in nutrizione e non vengono pagati per fornire consigli nutrizionali. La California Academy of Family Physicians si è opposta a un disegno di legge della California che impone dodici ore di educazione alimentare per tutti i medici. Nel dibattito, è stato ridotto a zero ore.
Si ritiene che la diminuzione della lunghezza dei telomeri nei propri cromosomi provochi l'invecchiamento. Il dottor Greger presenta le prove che uno stile di vita sano può aumentare l'attività della telomerasi e effettivamente far crescere i telomeri in lunghezza. È la qualità del cibo che conta, non la quantità. Cos'è uno stile di vita sano? Uno che utilizza cibi integrali, non integratori o uno che cerca di enfatizzare una singola sostanza chimica o nutriente. Questo libro fornisce molti esempi di singoli nutrienti che hanno dimostrato benefici per la salute, ma solo se consumati in un alimento intero, non quando isolati in una pillola. Ad esempio, gli integratori antiossidanti non riducono il rischio di cancro, ma gli antiossidanti presenti naturalmente negli alimenti riducono il rischio.
La curcuma è un'erba che si trova nel curry in polvere e nella senape. Può avere notevoli proprietà anti-cancro. Ma non sono stati condotti studi in doppio cieco; nessuno vuole pagare per qualcosa che non può essere brevettato. È vero, tuttavia, che l'India soffre molto meno di cancro del colon-retto, reni, polmoni, vescica e prostata e melanoma. Ma la domanda è se ciò sia dovuto alla curcuma o che solo il 7% della popolazione mangia carne regolarmente?
Non mi rendevo conto che per certi versi il pollame è più malsano della carne. Mangiare pollame aumenta il rischio di cancro al pancreas più della carne rossa!
I vegetariani ottengono un'assunzione più elevata di quasi tutte le calorie nutritive per le calorie rispetto ai mangiatori di carne. Anche i mangiatori di carne aumentano di peso, anche dopo aver aggiustato le calorie! Le calorie non sono tutte uguali, forse perché i vegetariani hanno un tasso metabolico a riposo più elevato.
Molti diabetici possono invertire la malattia dopo aver seguito una dieta a base vegetale per sedici giorni. Non devono perdere peso o ridurre il consumo di calorie.
Il superbatterio difficile infetta 250.000 americani ogni anno, uccidendone migliaia. Si pensava che fosse stato raccolto negli ospedali. Tuttavia, solo un terzo dei casi è collegato a pazienti infetti. Potrebbe invece essere dovuto alla carne infetta. Circa il 42% delle carni vendute nelle catene di negozi di alimentari nazionali è infetto. Gli Stati Uniti hanno i livelli più alti al mondo. Si trova anche nel pollo, nel tacchino e nel manzo, ma la concentrazione più alta è nel maiale. Di solito, non infastidisce le persone; si trova nell'intestino senza causare danni. Ma gli antibiotici possono scatenarlo ed è mortale. Può sopravvivere a due ore di cottura a 71 gradi C (la temperatura di cottura consigliata). I disinfettanti per le mani non aiutano. Gli antibiotici si trovano nelle urine dei mangiatori di carne, anche quando non li hanno presi. L'agrobusiness alimenta enormi quantità di antibiotici agli animali da allevamento.
L'ipertensione è una delle afflizioni descritte dal dottor Greger. La cosiddetta dieta DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) è stata progettata specificamente per abbassare la pressione sanguigna. È prevalentemente vegetariano, ma consente un po 'di carne, in modo da rendere la dieta più appetibile ai non vegetariani. Il dottor Greger afferma che mangiare pochi cucchiai al giorno di semi di lino induce un effetto di abbassamento della pressione sanguigna molto potente.
Un manuale da conservare e leggere con la giusta mente critica.
Three years ago I went vegan due to ethical reasons regarding the suffering of non-human animals. However, I continued to eat complete junk. In the last few years, my diet seemed to be catching up with me.
I moved to Japan and practically lived off nothing but rice, chips, beer, green tea and edamame. My health declined. I went to the doctors with my 8th case of common cold or flu or tonsillitis in 9 months and asked if there was any lifestyle adjustments I could make. Can I get a blood test to see what nutrients I may be deficient in? The doctor reacted quite nastily, and having read this book, now I know why. Japan has a healthcare system unlike the NHS and more like the private American system. I was shocked at how much crap I was prescribed for a single cold (much of it Traditional Chinese Medicine that is unproven by science) and how much it cost.
The pandemic came. I got a particularly nasty bout of tonsillitis that left me doling out the rest of my money on a week long hospital stay because I couldn't swallow food so needed it intravenously. I had to pack my bags and come home to UK, where my health has continued to deteriorate.
I discovered I have a mental condition, a symptom of which is poor diet, poor exercise and poor sleeping patterns. It's defined my life thus far and I have decided not to let it define me any longer.
So, I came across this book - the book that would help me get my baked beans and veggie sausage diet into a leafier shape. I always thought nutrition would be so difficult, but not only does Greger simplify everything without coming off as patronising, he also provides ample motivation to get you to eat more healthily. The motivation is right there in the book.
Since following this diet, including the portion of exercise he recommends, I have felt such an extreme difference in energy. I now seem to float between rooms of the house, apparently not losing any energy as I move up and down stairs. My posture has become more erect along with other body parts. I can see my abdominal muscles for the first time ever. I have not fallen ill.
This book is a gripping read, but also functions as a reference book with a very useful index. It's full of practical advice that is easy to follow and based on studies that are all from pretty good sources. Greger is completely transparent and analytical about each study he mentions, including in his summary the limitations of each study, how it might be improved for more accurate or enlightening results and other very interesting bits and bobs.
I have started recommending this book to everyone - including buying an extra copy and sending it to my vegan-nutrition-sceptic scientist brother, as the scientific evidence based manner in which the information here is presented makes a compelling argument not only to defend vegan nutrition, but also to promote a whole food plant based diet as being nutritionally superior to any carnistic diet, provided it is eaten as prescribed by this book.
It's impossible to be unbiased when it comes to veganism. Either your vegan or you're not. It's easy for me to see the negative reviews as being biased in favour of carnism, as someone might read my review as being bias because I'm quite clearly a staunch vegan.
But the truth is that since adopting a whole food plant based diet, I've felt better and more healthy than I ever remember being. I recommend this to any junk food vegans (like I was) who want to learn how to eat healthily and to any carnists (people who consume animal products) who are sceptical that it's possible for a vegan diet to be nutritionally adequate. What you find in this book might surprise you.
J'avais peur qu'il brasse simplement tout ce qu'on entends toujours, ou soit encore un livre pour le véganisme plein de lieux-communs
En fait le travail du Dr Greger est énorme. Il a compilé des centaines d'études, (avec un regard critique quant à leur bien fondé (méthode, population, durée, etc), et il nous conduit à comprendre quel mode de vie il a adopté, basé sur des preuves ("evidence based nutrition")
Il référence toutes les études, mais ce livre se lit facilement et on n'a pas envie de le reposer !
On change après sa lecture, c'est une évidence. On à qu'une envie : fuir le monde de l'alimentation industrielle et manger des brocolis :-D !! (et redresser quelques habitudes ) #la 2eme Vie commence quand on comprend qu'on en n'a qu'une