Aug 30, 2017
When it comes to food and all the different views on what is
healthy, how do you know what to believe? Overwhelmed with
confusion and decision fatigue, most people simply just give up and
I can see why! With so many different opposing views on what you
should eat and what it means to be healthy, it’s often hard to know
where to turn, who to trust, or what to do when it comes to our
diet. I’ve personally felt frustrated with an overflow of
conflicting information and rebuttles. The key is learning how to
do your own research and how to know if a study is actually true. I
personally eat my diet based on evidence-based nutrition with
articles published in peer-reviewed journals. A huge resource for
me has been NutritionFacts.org. Let’s talk
more about that.
Nutritionfacts.org
was founded by Dr. Michael Greger. He is medical doctor, a
New York Times Best-Selling Author, and internationally acclaimed
speaker. As a little boy, his grandmother was diagnosed with end
stage heart disease and had many bypass surgeries. She was confined
to a wheelchair and the doctors said her life was basically over at
age 65. Lifestyle medicine pioneer, Dr. Pritikin treated Michael’s
grandma, Frances Greger with diet. Within weeks being treated with
a whole foods plant-based diet, she was out of the wheelchair and
able to walk many miles per day. Not only that, she was able to
live another 31 years until age 96. Her incredible recovery
inspired Dr. Greger to dedicate his life to medicine and he has
made it his life’s work to comb through thousands of nutrition
science articles and created nutritionfacts.org as a public
service.
Nutritionfacts.org is a non-profit site about the latest
research in nutrition. Dr. Greger presents informative
evidence-based videos stemming from the latest peer reviewed
journals. The website is run through donation only with no
sponsorships whatsoever, and Dr. Greger does not receive any
financial compensation. The purpose is to maintain integrity since
so many studies and foundations are tainted by the persuasion of
dollars. If you’d like to read any of the studies, there is a
“studies cited” button next to all the videos.
He recently published a blog post about how to decipher a study
and whether you should believe it is valid or not. Check
it out here.
Dr. Greger is also a speaker and is constantly on the go talking
about the power of plants.
His book, How Not to Die is a powerful read and reference
describing the top 15 killers of humans how to prevent them. 100%
of his proceeds from his speaking and his book go to his 501(c)3
nonprofit NutritionFacts.org.
Topics Discussed in the podcast
- how to decipher a scientific study - how to know what to
believe
- where to get good resources for nutrition science
- what plant-based foods to add to your diet
- how food leads to diseases and how to prevent diseases like
type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and cancer
- Dr Greger's personal story and his book, How Not to Die
Show Notes:
How Not to Die Keynote
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXXXygDRyBU[/embed]
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