A plant-based diet is like a one-stop shop against chronic diseases. — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
Anyone who's promoting the exact diet that they were in previous years probably isn't keeping up with the latest science, though in… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
A good way to adjust to a healthier diet is to think of three meals you enjoy that are largely plant-based. Pasta… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
The typical Western diet is the number-one cause of premature death and the number-one cause of disability. In other words, a long… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
One of the reasons it's so difficult to study the relationship between diet and disease is because many dietary behaviors are associated… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
Eating a varied plant-based diet - and avoiding all meat, fish, chicken and dairy products - may have much to recommend it,… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
After following more than 60,000 people for more than a dozen years, University of Oxford researchers found those who consume a plant-based… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
Simply switching to a healthy, plant-based diet can lessen stroke risk by reducing cholesterol and blood pressure, flooding your body with antioxidants… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
The benefits of a healthier diet are far-reaching because they also equate to fewer animals being bred into inhumane factory farm conditions… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
I continue to be amazed by our bodies' ability for self-repair. ... Our bodies want to be healthy, if we would just… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
While consumers may be more shocked by pink slime or the feeding of Prozac to poultry, the routine feeding of millions of pounds of… — Michael Greger Copy Share
Studies of immigration show that this resistance to heart disease is not just something in African or Chinese genes. When people move from low-risk… — Michael Greger Copy Share
When I was a child, doctors sent my grandmother home in a wheelchair to die. Diagnosed with end-stage heart disease, she already had so… — Michael Greger Copy Share
The USDA is tasked with managing and promoting agriculture - including the well-funded animal agriculture industry - so it's pulled into a tug-of-war every… — Michael Greger Copy Share
“Most deaths in the United States are preventable, and they are related to what we eat. 4” — Michael Greger Copy Share
Without enough nitric oxide, your arteries can stiffen, raising blood pressure and your risk of heart attack. — Michael Greger Copy Share
We should all be eating fruits and vegetables as if our lives depend on it - because they do. — Michael Greger Copy Share
Sometimes it feels like there aren't enough hours in a day to get everything done. — Michael Greger Copy Share
You have to build up to green smoothies. Everyone loves fruit smoothies: you can add a handful of baby spinach to a fruit smoothie… — Michael Greger Copy Share
“minutes of vigorous activity (such as jogging or active sports) each day.” — Michael Greger Copy Share
Don't forget that fruit can be cooked - think of baked apples, poached pears and grilled pineapple. But if you like drinking fruit, blending… — Michael Greger Copy Share
The largest outbreak of bird flu in American history was an H5N2 virus, which led to the deaths of 17 million domestic birds and… — Michael Greger Copy Share
After following more than 60,000 people for more than a dozen years, University of Oxford researchers found those who consume a plant-based diet were… — Michael Greger Copy Share
