How Not to Die by Michael Greger, M.D. is a big book, both in terms
of pages and ideas. In it, Dr.
Greger lays out piles and piles of evidence about what we should eat to prevent
diseases including heart disease, diabetes, and clinical depression. And yes, there are piles of
evidence. The good news is that he
is also an entertaining writer, so it does not feel like a slog.
Also he does not mince
words. He points out the inherent
difficulty of government recommendations for diet: the government must attempt to promote healthy eating and
support the food industry. In
general, the food industry wins.
He goes on to skewer both government and other recommendations for
essentially dumbing things down rather than presenting the best possible
recommendations based on the evidence.
In other words, he says that many sources recommend diets based on what
they think people might actually follow rather than on what would be best.
Here is the very short version of
the book: go vegetarian and
probably vegan. I’m in because I
kind of like living.
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