Combating Common Diseases with Plants (Video)

Michael Greger, MD, discusses the scientific literature on preventing the most common causes of death through a plant-based diet. Dr. Greger has scoured the world’s scholarly literature on clinical nutrition and developed this new presentation based on the latest in cutting-edge research exploring the role diet may play in preventing, arresting, and even reversing some of our leading causes of death and disability. Death in America is largely a food born illness.

Focusing on studies published in peer-reviewed scientific medical journals, Michael Greger, M.D., offers practical advice on how best to feed ourselves and our families to prevent, treat, and even reverse many of the top 15 killers in the United States. Dr. Michael Greger is one of America’s leading experts on nutrition – someone who’s been a big influence on people looking to lead healthy lives. Dr. Michael Greger is a licensed Medical Doctor in general practice specializing in clinical nutrition – and a founding member and fellow at the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He’s also the Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at the Humane Society of the United States, and the founder of the Nutrition Facts dot org blog. Dr. Greger is also the author of a number of bestselling books – including his latest “How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease.From the physician behind the wildly popular website NutritionFacts.org, Dr Greger reveals the groundbreaking scientific evidence behind the only diet that can prevent and reverse many of the causes of disease-related death.