How Not to Diet

The Groundbreaking Science of Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss

By: Michael Greger MD FACLM

Narrated by: Michael Greger MD FACLM

Length: 23 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

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 best-selling 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-best-selling 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 21 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.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2019 Michael Greger, MD, FACLM (P)2019 Macmillan Audio

Such impactful material!

This book is so empowering, and immediately applicable. Science based nutrition should be the standard!

Solid evaluation of everything you heard about for weight loss

Unfortunately not many shortcuts but essentially a WFPB lifestyle with a few tricks and twists. Almost too long for those few nuggets but I guess he wanted it all covered. Solid performance. Not as eye opening as How Not To Die but in the end this all explains why most people don’t lose weight with their short term approaches. If you read this and still eat meat and diary start right there - change your diet. Whole Foods Plant Based with low caloric density is the key to sustainable weight loss.

So much information!

This book has so much information on how food effects your body. Loved everything about it!

Applying Common Sense to Scientific Research

Narrated by the very compassionate author which adds excitement to listening and learning about scientific facts. I’m glad I have a compassionate qualified doctor of medicine and nutrition doing the research and explaining it in laymen’s terms. Thank you Dr. Greger and team for the laborious work this had to have been.

Amazing. The narration will.. put you to the test

I didn't buy this to lose weight, but for the science and to learn from it and I was not disappointed. The amount of science and evidence-based tips in the book is incredible, just like it was in How Not to Die.

I wouldn't want anyone else to narrate the book, but I feel this time he's pushing a bit too much and it gets annoying at times.

Still worth every second of the nearly 24 hours that it lasts.

The definitive and final word

I feel I should have a Master's degree after making it through this engaging, exhaustive tome, ha! I am buying a print copy for permanent reference. You'll learn far more about health than "just" about weight loss, and be better for it.

Happy I got this as audio book and not physical

Love this book and it's so easy to digest as audio book with all the detailed statistics.

Dr Greger is the BEST!

Jam-packed with actionable, inexpensive information on how to kick-start weight loss! My husband and I have already lost over 20 lbs from "reading" his earlier work "How Not to Die", now we expect to lose another 10+ pounds to get to our ideal weights.

Although, when I add in strength training I don't think my weight will change as much as my waist, hip and chest measurements. I'm 49 and expect to be healthier in my 50's than I was in my 20's. My cholesterol has dropped from low 200s to 170 without ever adding meds even though previous doctors have suggested statins for years. I hope my cholesterol will drop more as I focus on adding more intact grains and more greens into our diet.
My husband has dropped his cholesterol from 297 to about 200 and he struggles with eating in the middle of the night, so I'm hoping that the chronobiology section of this book will help him to kick that habit.

This program is not difficult if you are willing to cook at home. We cook a lot of food on our days off, like boiling kale for 5 min in the salted pasta water whenever we make pasta, or sautéing mushrooms when we buy them to add to dishes later in the week like whole-grain-sprouted pizza crust.

We enjoy whole-food plant-based lasagna, chili, tortilla soup, polenta, Thai curries with brown rice, and even "Tuscan sausage, potato and kale soup with cannelini beans." We use no-fat plant-based sausage or "smart ground" meat substitutes by Litelife. I felt confident about using the no/low-fat meat substitutes after watching Dr Greger's videos about Plant-based Atkins Diets on his nutritionfacts.org website.

Eating out occasionally is do-able, if you choose a place that has vegan options. I like the Happy Cow app to make suggestions in my area for restaurants that are Vegan-Friendly. Almost all fast food places are not, so we avoid those, but even fast-casual chains like Garbanzo's, Chipotle, Mod Pizza and Panera offer fairly healthy vegan options.

My husband previously would occasionally stray from the program for a treat like seafood, but after a year of eating this way, he doesn't like how he feels after earing animal foods. I find that I no longer crave animal foods like I used to and I am rarely tempted unless someone at work brought in homemade eggrolls.

Dr Greger says what you eat once per month is not likely to harm you, but it's the new habits that you commit to, like having sweet oatmeal (with berries and banana) or savory oatmeal (with beans and salsa or hot sauce) most days for breakfast, or committing to a daily big salad daily (or daily cooked greens) with 2 tsp balsamic vinegar, garlic powder and cumin with lunch that will keep you healthy and slim.

In conclusion, i recommend that whether you read his book or not, that you download his free app "Dr Greger's Daily Dozen". The updated version of the app has all of Dr Greger's 21 Tweaks section which is summarized at the end of his book.

So much meaningful information

Really enjoyed narration. Tons of evidence making the case for mindful, plant-based eating. This was a lot of information in an east to listen to, digestible format.

Puns! All His Puns!

Dr. Greger is obsessed with puns, which is an extremely good thing when the subject matter is somewhat heavy. ;-) I've been laughing every few minutes listening to his narration. Being a cognitive psychology student, I always want facts rather than cheap emotions when it comes to science, such as health, both mental and physical. That’s why this title is a perfect match; knowing what works and what (definitely) doesn’t is motivating and liberating. Now it’s just about integrating more of the healthy habits into my daily routine and sticking with it. Looking forward to the How Not to Diet Cookbook!