In his newest live presentation from 2019, Dr. Greger offers a sneak peek into his new book How Not to Diet, which hones in on the optimal criteria to enable weight loss while considering how these foods actually affect our health and longevity.
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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 upcoming book How Not to Diet ( which comes out next month.
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0:00 Introduction
4:43 Calorie density
11:24 Added fat
13:56 Water-rich foods
16:07 Negative calorie preloading
19:58 Vinegar with each meal
24:25 Spices for weight loss
28:17 Fiber-rich foods
31:04 Fat-blocking thylakoids
35:12 Feeding our gut flora
41:45 Insulin resistance and BCAAs
45:03 Walling off calories
47:26 Optimal weight-loss diet
53:26 Circadian rhythms
55:39 Fasting and the keto diet
57:29 Healthy weight loss
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It's been a couple of years since I released a video of my live presentation. I hope you enjoyed in this one! You can pre-order How Not to Diet here – https://nutritionfacts.org/how-not-to-diet.
The information is very interesting but he sounds drunk or like a SB preacher. LOL
clogging arteries. 3 MUST SORT legs, ALL must be addressed. Not exercise, not genetics etc. Eat lotsa cream and butter to make Vit B6, B12 and folates in the gut, these lower clogging homocysteine. 2 raw egg yolks (not blended, styirred) have selenium. L-cysteine and B Vitamins stop arterial inflammation and that also clogs arteries. Carbs, sugar, HFCS raise clogging triglycerides. Me at 90, scan confirmed clean arteries, on a hi animal fat diet since 70s. Mainstream still searching yet we have the CORRECT 1970s data.
fat loss.. no carbs after BF, fat loss, carbs at lunch no fat loss, carbs at dinner fat gain.. hi animal fat diet, NO hunger zero sugar and beer, me at 88 scan confirmed clean arteries on this diet since late 60s. Calories don't count. Vanders et al, U of VA. Various homeostasis mechanisms speed or slow metabolic rate depending on what when and how much is eaten ie eat less, famine signal, metabolic rate slows till fat loss STOPS .. Coffee creatine 90 mins then workout, then BF. I formulated the 1st ever Fitness Trainers Certification in 1974 and used this diet, Today the the FT Certification has gone back to the idiotic calories nonsense.
Great presentation. I believe this one will really get me sorted out👵🏻😊
This should be played in all schools in health class. This is educational. Schools want to teach you algebra though which you will absolutely never use in your entire life. Nor geometry.
Buy whole foods and don't buy junk food. Stay away from processed foods. Eat healthy. Losing weight starts with your grocery shopping. You have to make a life style change.
He's a genius. See the green shirt and tie? Genius pick green colors. That's why he's so focused with his data and speaks with conviction. Very confident because he's educated with knowledge.
Not apes but the great Creator, Jehovah Almighty. I love your presentations. Hopefully I can save them before they are removed.
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Im type 2 diabetic and tried a plant based diet for 1 year, my blood glucose levels wouldn't stabilize and fasting levels went from 115 to 125. Now I'm eating nonstarcy vegetables alongside meat, portion control …blood glucose levels stabilized at 105 with fasting at 95. Im an active person not seditary.
What works for some doesn't work for all.
Got to disagree with you on plant based meat as healthy compared to regular natural meat. Plant based meats are laden with chemicals and high in sodium….
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I'm confused… Why would the body store fat for later use as energy and then burn protein for energy instead of the stored fat? (55:43)
But aren't all those herbs made to powder, processed thus unhealth(y)(ier)? And how about the caveman, eating meat next to plants. They were strong and lean.
Please help me understand.
I have been sharing Dr Greger with friends, family, and neighbors. Some listen some do not. I just present the facts.
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Aww… thank you for saying "supper". Sometimes, nowadays, I think I'm the only one who still says "supper". I grew up with supper being our final meal of the day. I never switched over to calling it dinner. Our dinner was what people now call lunch. I'm from the East coast, but even here, I hear no one saying supper anymore, like when I was a child. It made me smile to hear you say supper. Thanks for the great information you provide & thanks for supper.
This is why God made man and put him in a garden.
Kudos to the graphics team!
Thank you. You are giving me my last hope to loose weight. I was on Zepbound. It did work however , I was one with a severe side effects/dehydration and hospitalization. So your diet is the last hope for me.
Legendary presentation
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55:24 love the single guy who laughed at that joke lol it was great and he did not let it go unappreciated
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Enjoyed the presentation very informational and passionate. I have a question for you on BCAA. Beans and rice have complete BCAA . In the section on animal BCAA, it indicates there’s harm from animal BCAA. What is the difference in the BCAAs that attributes to being not good for you ? @NutritionFactsOrg
I am a NP and I show a LOT of my patients sections of this video when they tell me they have a health goal to lose weight.
I generally eat plant based and have a BMI around 25. I generally feel good about my body, but I was interested in trying out the ad libitum plant based feeding weight loss protocol discussed around @09:00 on myself so I would be better prepared to counsel patients about the experience of using that protocol.
This month, after a vacation that basically provided a SAD buffet for every meal, I had gained about 10lbs and decided it was time to earn myself some anecdotal evidence 😉.
As a relatively fit person without a high starting body fat, I was able to lose 13lbs in 21 days just eating mostly whole plant foods without restricting my food volume, tracking calories, or changing my exercise volume/intensity.
Anecdote is weak evidence and sample sizes of 1 don't mean much scientifically speaking, but it has been powerful and validating to see that these recommendations work well on my own body.
I really appreciate the service nutritionfacts.org provides to all of us condensing all of this diet evidence, free of charge without commercial influence. It is a really unique and excellent resource to come across for us providers.
At the intro – well diet isn't "clinical practice".
It seems increasingly obvious that the process required to digest animal protein creates a great strain on the body.
This is an excellent presentation and Dr. Greger is a great advocate for plant based diets. Keep in mind though that he skips around a lot with the study citations and glaring headlines don't always tell the whole story in relation to the actual study. As always do your own research and follow up by reading the studies for yourself. I would also caution his writing off of moderate alcohol consumption with the dogmatic 'no amount is safe' statement that seems to be going around lately. Check out the website of Dr. David J. Hanson of SUNY Potsdam called 'Alcohol Problems and Solutions' for actual evidence based information on the effects of alcohol and health. Also Dr. Nicholas Verhoeven over on the Physionic YT channel is one of the best sources for nutritional information that I have seen lately.