How Not to Diet: The Groundbreaking Science of Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss

Michael Greger, M.D., FACLM

Dec 2019 · Macmillan Audio · Narrated by Michael Greger, M.D., FACLM

About this audiobook

This program is read by the author.

Discover the cutting-edge science behind long-term weight loss success, in this powerful new audiobook 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.

Chock full of actionable advice and groundbreaking dietary research, How Not to Diet will put an end to dieting—and replace those constant weight-loss struggles with a simple, healthy, sustainable lifestyle.

Ratings and reviews

I have a hard time reading. My eyes skip all around the page and I quickly lose interest. That said, I am happy that I purchased the ebook, because I can't follow much of Dr Greger's cadence, tonal shifts, the odd points to place emphasis, and the speeding up and super slowing of his speech. I feel like he is trying way to hard to sound interesting, as if he is trying to be the greatest showman on earth. I am certain he has great answers to healthy eating and weight loss, but now I have a headache from listening to the first few minutes. Guess I should've listened to the audio sample.

Science-based. Paleo is Debunked. Low-Carb Atkns is Debunked. Keto is Debunked. This is based on Peer-Reviewed double-blind placebo-controlled randomzed clinical trials. Plant-based 100% Vegan whole foods diet confirmed best. 500+ complete proper high impact-factor Medical Journal References. All major institutes have now confirmed Meat is linked to as many as 11 different Cancers. World Health Organization W.H.O. declaration. Vegan Best. REF: Stanford, Cornell, Harvard, Oxford, Johns-Hopkins

I was excited to listen to this book but I absolutely can't stand how he reads it!!!! This is the last time I buy a book without listening to the preview.

About the author

A founding member and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Michael Greger, MD, is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and public health issues. He has lectured at the Conference on World Affairs, testified before Congress, and was invited as an expert witness in the defense of Oprah Winfrey in the infamous “meat defamation” trial. In 2017, Dr. Greger was honored with the ACLM Lifestyle Medicine Trailblazer Award. He is a graduate of Cornell University School of Agriculture and Tufts University School of Medicine. His first book How Not to Die became an instant New York Times Best Seller. He has videos on more than 2,000 health topics freely available at NutritionFacts.org, with new videos and articles uploaded every day. All proceeds he receives from his books, DVDs, and speaking engagements is all donated to charity.