Name: How Not to Diet
ISBN: 9781250199225

How Not to Diet

Discover the cutting-edge science behind long-term weight loss success, in this powerful new book from the New York Times bestselling author of HOW NOT TO DIE Every month seems to bring a trendy new diet or weight loss fad—and yet obesity rates continue to rise, and with it a growing number of diseases and health problems. It’s time for a different approach. Enter Dr. Michael Greger, the internationally-renowned nutrition expert, physician, and founder of Nutritionfacts.org. Author of the mega bestselling HOW NOT TO DIE, Dr. Greger now turns his attention to the latest research on the leading causes—and remedies—of obesity. Dr. Greger hones in on the optimal criteria to enable weight loss, while considering how these foods actually affect our health and longevity. He lays out the key ingredients of the ideal weight-loss diet—factors such as calorie density, the insulin index, and the impact of foods on our gut microbiome—showing how plant-based eating is crucial to our success. But HOW NOT TO DIET goes beyond food to identify twenty-one weight-loss accelerators available to our bodies, incorporating the latest discoveries in cutting-edge areas like chronobiology to reveal the factors that maximize our natural fat-burning capabilities. Dr. Greger builds the ultimate weight loss guide from the ground up, taking a timeless, proactive approach that can stand up to any new trend.

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thraxilSep 2022

Big fan of Dr. Michael Greger's "The How Not To Die Cookbook" and "The How Not To Diet Cookbook". His focus is much more on the health aspects and emphasize a balanced whole food plant-based diet. My partner got the latter because she wanted to lose some weight. I was skeptical but the recipes also happen to just be really good and not overly complicated or time-consuming. My only complaint is that he tends to go a bit light on the spices; if you like spicy food, don't be afraid to just double them.

Otherwise, we really like "Isa Does it". Not quite as health focused, but overall tasty and simple.

Then, I like "Dirty Vegan" by Matt Pritchard because you can't be healthy all the time.

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apostle36Jun 2022

- The 4-hour work week- Tim Ferris - How not to diet- Dr. Michael Greger - The Iliad- Homer - Norwegian Wood- Haruki Maurakami - Kein - Jose Saramago - Dark Matter and the dinosaurs- Lisa Randall

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sathomasgaMar 2022

For folks interested in the topic, the best resource I've found that thoroughly covers the latest science is [How Not to Diet](https://nutritionfacts.org/book/how-not-to-diet/) by Michael Greger. Very, very complete look at all the various aspects of dieting, with [almost 5000 citations](https://nutritionfacts.org/book/how-not-to-diet/citations/)

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carMar 2022

Can recommend these 21 super weird secret "tweaks" from some shaman healer dude that my girlfriends stepdads mother's uncle met at a silent meditation retreat in the Astral mountains.

https://nutritionfacts.org/video/trailer-for-how-not-to-diet...

https://nutritionfacts.org/video/flashback-friday-dr-gregers...

Edit: Joking aside, the weight loss tweaks can also be found in the free "Dr. Greger's Daily Dozen" iPhone or Android app.

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deeviantJan 2021

The Mindspan Diet, by Preston Estep has a lot to say about the Japanese diet. I think he makes many convincing arguments. Some key take-aways: Iron is very bad for longevity, refined carbs that aren't sugar and that have relatively low glycemic indexes (long grained rice and many pastas) are actually quite good (rice/pasta), meat bad but seafood ok, don't over do the saturated fat in general, drink moderate alcohol if at all.

I got a lot from How Not to Diet. I also got a lot from the Mindspan diet. I think the truth is out there, but as you have already put it, it's pretty bloody hard to get anything definitive. It's hard because it takes decades to prove anything and it's hard because food is big business and entrenched food production pipelines protect themselves against disruption the best they can (looking at you, sugar industry).

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rb666Apr 2020

Both "How not to Die" and "How not to Diet" contain hundreds and even into the thousands of references. All meticulously fact-checked by a team of researchers.

If all the research points to "meat" being problematic, wouldn't a truthful book be considered "anti-meat"? I am a meat lover myself, but Greger seems to follow the scientific process to the letter.

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