The Scientific Consensus on a Healthy Diet

The leading risk factor for death in the United States is the American diet. The importance of a healthy diet in preventive healthcare.

Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution!
-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

[tharuckus]

Started eating a strictly plant based diet 3, 5 years ago at the age of 20. I’m working out more consistently since a few months ago and I already gained 4kg of lean muscle and I feel fantastic.

I haven’t been sick for almost 2 years straight, not even a runny nose! That’s a big plus with all this fear surrounding Covid.

And the only supplements I use are B12 once to a few times a week and vitamin D3 in the wintertimes.

Stay healthy 🙏🏽🌱

[Anarcath]

I’m a teacher. My classes often revolve around diet. I bring all kinds of interesting materials to class, including some of Dr. Gregor’s videos, hoping someone will take it to heart, so to speak. No one is listening.

[jmesg]

I hit four years vegan this month. Best decision I've ever made. I'm about to turn 39 and I am in far better shape and more physically fit than the other dads in my 6 year olds class. Feels good on every front.

[MindVersusMisery]

And meanwhile Joe Rogan has the biggest podcast in the world and share his huge platform with people that advocates all meat diets, or diets high in animal products.

And people online - especially on youtube - claim that the rise in obesity, diabetes and premature death in the Western world is because of an increase in carbs. (And of course they forget to distinguish between carbs from things like oatmeal and carbs from soda)

What they seem to miss in the equation is that the number of consumed calories has gone up, not down, and that the increase in (processed) carbs is added to the already high consumption of animal products. This doesn't mean that processed carbs are not to blame for the poor public health. But it also doesn't mean that animal products, especially red and processed meat and processed dairy are not to blame either.

In summation: Whole plant foods are not what is keeping people in poor health, it's the opposite!
So folks, base your diet on whole grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs and spices and you'll be healthy and well!

[The_Limon]

Plant Based since 2015. Best health decision of my life.

[terryshillington]

I started eating plant based when. I was 60. Six years later and still never felt better. Far more energy which helps with all activities . It is hard to believe more people that can read and listen to all the information out there don’t try it. But then the medical system doesn’t help by encouraging healthy eating. Most drs would prefer to offer a prescription rather than provide nutrition information. Keep up the wonderful work Dr. Gregor.

[lisalovelylpa]

I went vegan, whole plant food diet, on May 23 rd, see my first doctor on July 1 st, my blood doctor, my body makes too many red blood cells, they don’t really know why, maybe sleep apnea related but my sleep apnea is treated using a CPAP machine.
Anyway, I have lost a lot of weight, i don’t weigh myself, my doctor will, but my clothes are very loose, my body feels a lot better and my energy has soared.
My regular doctor visit is in August, I have had metabolic syndrome, they call it, for decades. Weight up, pressure to high, cholesterol too high, and on my last visit, inching closer to type 2.
I hope a plant based diet will turn a lot of this around, I even starting to think the elevated red blood cell count is related to this metabolic syndrome, a fancy term of the syndrome from eating poisonous food.
My main obstacle is keeping my iron up with phlebotomies and watching my oxalates, the oxalates were up in my pee before going vegan.
But so far feel great.

[andreasites]

A healthy diet needed for longevity is yet another inconvenient truth the American public fails to embrace.

[GregMeadMaker]

I still say part of a healthy diet is a daily dose of Dr Greger reports.

[Ohyeayesokright]

I’ve been plant based for 2 weeks and I can tell just from my glorious dumps this is the way

[serenity_zero]

Given the terrible suffering that the meat and dairy industries causes, there's no choice IMO but to adopt a diet that is least harmful (to others) in expectation. The fact that it can be health promoting is a bonus (even if a huge one :) ).

[timothybracken]

this video needs to be played a million times, just had two family members pass away from colon cancer. It's what you eat people! it catches up to you and will hurt you

[JG-yhrh]

Dr Greger, Sir, I hope you live forever. You are the best!

[RedPillVegan]

There was never any broccoli painted on cave walls, therefore, factory farming is the natural source of pure nutrition - Uncle’s Farm tho 🐮 - it’s science

[AwestrikeFearofGods]

I hate when people say "lower mortality rates". The mortality rate is 100%. It's life expectancy, that can be improved.

[petervilla]

“ a variety of nutritional experts” are there any LCHF experts on board? Who are they, and how was there input placed in the guidelines?

[charliefoxtrotsky]

I was vegan for 2 years and my cholesterol numbers continued their slow creep up and my pre-diabetes continued.
My doctor told me that he wanted to prescribe something for me for the impending diabetes.
I begged him off for 6 months....
I spent months reading through NiH
I started intermittent fasting (eating lunch and dinner with no snacking and stop ingesting anything 4 hours before going to bed)
I starting eating very low carb (cutting out potatoes, rice, flour) and eating plenty of high fiber, low carb green leafy type of veges and onions/garlic etc.... things like asparagus.
And eating fish at least 3 times per week and eating grass fed beef, and pasture raised processed sugar or anything containing that or hfcs, no vegetable oils or any oils other than oils naturally occurring in things like olives, avocados, nuts, coconut. I eat olive oil cold such as on a salad and I cook on medium heat or lower with coconut oil.
So no highly processed and refined oils or or anything with preservatives....(yes, I make my own salsa from tomatillos/peppers etc from my own garden)... no alcohol

The result... my HDL increased, my total cholesterol lowered, my small dense particle count lowered, I lost about 30lbs.
My doctor told me that I am the single only patient that he's had in 40 years as a general practitioner who reversed my own pre-diabetes without medication. My blood sugar is now on the good end of the range for my age.
and it was not on a vegan diet.... I ate a vegan diet with all the numbers continuing to worsen.
Ask yourself this.... do you believe that humans evolved over thousands of years...and they were vegan? mostly near bodies of fresh or salt water... did they consume animal products?
My point is that veganism is not required to be healthy. You can be strictly vegan and unhealthy, and you can also be non-vegan and be healthy.
The devil is in the details.
Now.... enjoy your massive mental gymnastics to pretend human evolution involved veganism.
good day.

[PlantLifeYT]

It's mind blowing to me that there is still argument on this. I've been called some pretty nasty things and accused of starving myself nutritionally due to not eating meat products, despite my doctor's complete adoration of my diet, and overwhelming compliments on my blood markers and nutrition levels.

[forwards]

Greetings from Slovenia! Working hard on keeping these statistics favorable 💪

[frankiefernandez]

Americans cut the fat and increased the grains to 6-10 servings a day. That's the problem. We used to feed grains to the cows and pigs 30 days before slaughter to fatten them up. Worked like a charm.