Michael Greger M.D. FACLM July 26th, 2012
Death in America is largely a foodborne illness. Focusing on studies published just over the last year in peer-reviewed scientific medical journals, Dr. Greger offers practical advice on how best to feed ourselves and our families to prevent, treat, and even reverse many of the top 15 killers in the United States.
In my annual nutrition review last year, Uprooting the Leading Causes of Death, I explored the role diet may play in preventing, arresting, and even reversing our top 15 killers. Actually, if you recall, the top 16. Since side effects from prescription drugs kill an estimated 106,000 Americans a year, the sixth leading cause of death may actually be doctors.
And that’s just from adverse drug reactions. Add in medical mistakes (which the Institute of Medicine estimates kills at least 44,000 Americans), and that brings “health” care up to our country’s third leading cause of death. Throw in hospital-acquired infections, and we’re talking maybe 187,000 Americans dead every year (and millions injured) by medical care.
The best way to avoid the adverse effects of medical and surgical treatments and tests is not to avoid doctors, but to avoid getting sick in the first place. This year, I thought I’d run through the top dozen reasons people visit their doctors in order to highlight some of the latest research, in hopes of moving me and my colleagues lower down the list of common killers.
In 2013, I developed the sequel More than an Apple a Day: Combating Common Diseases, in which I explored the role diet could play in treating some of our most common conditions. I’ve been presenting it around the country over the past year, and it ended up #1 on our Top 10 Most Popular Videos of 2013.
Now, I’m honored to bring you the third of the trilogy, From Table to Able: Combating Disabling Diseases with Food, in which I explore the role of diet in correcting some of our leading causes of disability.
In 2013 I developed the sequel, More Than an Apple a Day, in which I explored the role diet could play in treating some of our most common conditions. I presented it around the country and it ended up #1 on our Top 10 Most Popular Videos of 2013. Then in 2014 I premiered the sequel-sequel, From Table to Able, in which I explored the role diet could play in treating some of our most disabling diseases, landing #1 on our Top 10 Most Popular Videos of 2014.
Every year I wonder how I’m going to top the year before. Knowing how popular these live presentations can be and hearing all the stories from folks about what a powerful impact they can have on people’s lives, I put my all into this new 2015 one. I spent more time putting together this presentation than any other in my life. It took me an entire month, and when you see it I think you’ll appreciate why.
This year, I’m honored to bring you Food as Medicine, in which I go through our most dreaded diseases–but that’s not even the best part! I’m really proud of what I put together for the ending. I spend the last 20 minutes or so (starting at 56:22) going through a thought experiment that I’m hoping everyone will find compelling. I think it may be my best presentation ever. You be the judge.
In this “best-of” compilation of his last four year-in-review presentations, Dr. Greger explains what we can do about the #1 cause of death and disability: our diet.
I’d like to thank Dr. John McDougall and his team for videotaping this and allowing us to share it with the world!
If the 82 minute video duration is intimidating, I also have a 17 minute version of this presentation.
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Michael Greger M.D. FACLM November 20th, 2019
In his newest live presentation, Dr. Greger offers a sneak peek into his new book How Not to Diet.
I’m so excited to be bringing you my new live presentation!
I used to do annual reviews of the medical literature, but that was before the success of How Not to Die. Realizing just how many people (and in 33 languages!) I’m now able to reach with my books, I set out to write a new book every three years. The downside is that now I’m just barely able to keep up making new videos for NutritionFacts.org and so I just have time to create one new presentation per book. This one, I am proud to announce, is based on my book How Not to Diet.
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