DR greger let me begin by saying that I truly have no words to thank you.I am a physician and I have been following you for several years and what an incredible difference u have made in my life, my patients ,friends n family.I volunteer for a non profit around the world and I have shared this info with other DR's around the world . they too have started using WPBF as mainstay treatment for all patients with excellent results. with great love and respect 🙏
I just preordered the book. It just occurred to me that if I had preordered it a long time ago, I might have been able to buy it for a cheaper price. Oh well. I'm super excited about it! Already I've learned new things from this video.
I'm 26 and an ER nurse. I read "How not to Die" two years ago. I went slow into it and am now fully into whole foods, plant based veganism. I cannot even begin to list all the ways your teachings and resources have changed my life. Truly, thank you!! I tell all my patients about your books. Every single patient and their families. Every day.
You're my hero. I can't tell you how many doctors, PAs, NPs, dieticians and nurses who argued with me when I mentioned being WFPB. You're saving lives beyond what you do in the ER. Bless you.
I have put this to the test for almost seven years, I am 66 and take no medicines, I wake up with energy everyday, I still eat and drink things I shouldn't but I keep trying to be better. Thank you to Dr Greger who helped me transition to plant based and his continuing to produce content helps me to try to be better..... and his sense of silly humor always brightens my day. Thank you Doc!!!!!!
Good on you bro!! Thanks for sharing, I love hearing these kinds of stories because my parents are getting older and are both sick, I really believe they can get better if they change their diets and exercise more
I went vegan when I turned 24, now 86. At that time I did not do it for health benefits but for the sanctity of life and reading Krishnamurti. I have relished the benefits this WFPB way of life has brought. I do not wear glasses, read voraciously, sense of smell almost too good, hearing seems fine. Nature and her gift of plants, nothing else as good. Thank you Dr Greger for an entertaining and humorous talk.
Wonderful!! I am 39 and just went vegan after reading Greger, I've wanted to since I was in 5th grade but my Dad (poor guy just loves meat too much, hates fruit and veg) wouldn't allow it. I wish I'd started sooner. Now he's got an enlarged aorta and needs surgery, I've been trying to get him to come around
My husband doesn’t read books generally. I bought him this book for xmas and even he has been compelled to gradually work his way through it, a few pages every day. What a bible of excellent imformation it is. Thank you Dr Greger👏🏻👏🏻
I went to the doctor today and got amazed by the power of this diet. My doctor said i had the blood pressure of a 20 yr old and im 53. Whole food plant diet is the answer to all our sicknesses I strongly believe now. 113/73. That was my first visit after 10 years of being on a whole food plant diet. I was prediabetic before i switched. Cant wait for the result. Thank you so much for all you do Dr Greger.
That's very true...seems to me it's a case of learning as much as you can about health, nutrition, exercise, etc. and then going with what works best for you.
Congratulations but... Many people suffer from severe inflamation on this diet. Wheat and soya are key inflamatory agents as well as many types of vegetable oil.
@@chazwyman but that doesn't makes those things bad . Whatever stuff is in those things is something body isn't breaking down probably due to genetics ,bad gut microbiome and on going chronic health issues that are obviously going to get worse as they might be irritating the gut. Hopefully someone suffering from those things seek help of good plant based doctor and even Google how others overcame those issues.
And then there are many more factors like proper nutrient intake , being active ,pesticides , staying away from refined foods . I honestly don't know how we are blaming plants only when there seems nothing wrong with them inherently and others do good on them.
WFPB vegan for 14 years. Was hypertensive, overweight, prediabetic at age 44. I’m now a competitive bodybuilder at age 58 with stellar blood work. Love my vegan diet, crave the foods I eat. Thank you, Doc G!
@@nelsonhoffman5922 Nelson, as a "natural" bodybuilder (no steroids, no HGH), it has been my dream to be accused of using enhancements to achieve my physique. That and being told "there is no way you are vegan" are the two best complements a natty vegan bodybuilder can receive.
Havent touched an animal product in 25 years..! Sheer bliss... All health issues vanished.. after a year switching to Vegan WFPBD ( SOS free )! So blessed that this valuable information came to me at an early age..! My wife is Vegan and both my kids raised Vegan, not to mention my daughter is school topper in 10 th grade ! 😁😁😁😍😍😍
Thanks again for giving us this information. My 90 year old mum, who can still kick anyone’s behind in scrabble, trivia, crossword puzzles etc, read that wheatgerm was ‘healthy’ back in the 70’s. Conveniently for her, at the time my dad worked at a flour mill and brought her home fresh, oily bags of wheatgerm, so she could eat it for breakfast everyday until he retired. She still an avid coffee drinker!
Dr. Greger, you're one of my role models as a future physician! I'm doing what I can to spread the word, to my family/friends, patients I work with, colleagues, etc. Thank you for your amazing work! God bless you and your loved ones :)
My doctor was right. Exercise, lose weight, eat whole food. Avoid ultra processed, industrial, fast, factory food, white sugar, white flour, seed oils, and eat from the produce section. Simple as that.
I have not eaten meat for nine years. Started intermittent fasting two years ago, with only one full meal before 6:00 pm. Morning: one big mug of black coffee with one table spoon of dark chocolate powder. Mid-morning: Home-made soy milk boiled and mixed with black sesame and raw peanuts, one bowl of mixed nuts (Brazil nuts, cashews, pecans, macadamia nuts, pumpkin and sunflower seeds. Fresh blueberries and raspberry. Then go for an uphill walk with my dog for 40 minutes. Dinner around 6:00 pm: broccoli or broccoli sprouts, mushrooms, garlics or onions plus other veggies and some seafoods. My most recent biological age is 18 years younger than my chronological age. I’m in my 60’s. In addition, I do dumbbells everyday for 15 minutes and yoga 10-15 minutes. I read Dr. Greger’s “How Not to Die”, Dr. William Li’s “Eat to beat Disease”, Dr. Sinclair’s “Lifespan”. Most recently, I follow Bryan Johnson’s Blueprint with my modified version. Without prescription intervention, vital signs: blood pressure=100/60, SpO2=98~99, HDL=104, ApoB=88, Triglyceride=51, HBA1c=5.2, glucose=81, Insulin=5.2. Galleri Test: all negative. P.S. not only am I following experts in their 40’, 50’, 60’ and 70’, am I also paying close attentions to those who actually live to 100+ such as Dr. John Scharffenberg, Dr. Howard Tucker, Dr. Gladys McGarey and Dr. Wareham. It is important to have a reality check. P.S., I am feeling great everyday. The first thing in the morning when I wake up is to check my sleep quality. Then turn on my favorite music, then do yoga stretch for 10-15 minutes. Besides brisk walking 40 minutes with my dog, I do weight training for about 20 minutes, using four different sets of dumbbells, then two different weights of kettlebells to train my legs. I go to bed around 9:00 pm.
"Seafood" ie sea animals is meat so it's not tru that you haven't eaten meat for 9 years. You probably have been accumulating a lot of mercury, dioxins, and a whole bunch of chemicals in your body and brain.
Huge thank you Dr. Greger for all that you do! I have been WFPB now for 13 years and have lowered my cholesterol from 275 to 166. Take no drugs and have shared your wisdom and website with hundreds. You truly are a saint in spreading the science about how this way of eating can extend our health - span! You are a gem!
25:01 hearing that changing to a more optimal diet at age 20 could extend someone’s lifespan that much was so inspiring! especially since i’m 19 lol. it’s sad how many of us young adults throw our health aside and i want to change that narrative, at least in a small way :)
I made the change at 16 and it is the best decision I have ever made. When I started joining some WFPB groups I realized pretty much everyone there were people over 40 wishing they had made the change earlier, wich made me feel even more certain of my decision. I'm now 22 and still have difficulties finding young adults who actually care enough about their health...it's sad to see. Happy for you!!!
i am so happy and feel so lucky to live at the same time as Dr. Greger! Words cannot describe how grateful I am for his work! Can’t wait to buy and read the book! Thank you so much for what you are doing for people! You definitely changed my life for the better! And for that I’m forever grateful to you.
That's amazing! We need more physicians that know about this and actually value lifestyle over drugs. I studied nutrition and would also love that plant based nutrition was more talked about during university
That's an ASD accent. My daughter has it too. I tell you what though, when those folks tell you something, you better listen, because they can research like nothing else 😉
@@Denidrakes69 ASD accents tend to sound "robotic or flat" though. That's not Greger. He's the opposite. His pitch, tone, speed, and accentuations are all over the map.
@@scottk1525 not for my daughter! The reading kind, who love words and language seem to be more animated, with changes in pitch and annunciation. When my daughter, who taught herself to read at three, was little, she spoke with a french accent - and we don't even know anyone from France! Now she speaks, especially when excited about the information she's sharing, a lot more like Dr Greger. Personally, I love it.
I wish I'd known this before. All my life I'd been healthy. Mostly vegetarian, but I did eat eggs, or the occasional meats and dairy, including saturated fats. No issues. Regular blood tests, because parents were ill, and the only way to not scare them with regular tests were to make them for "everyone". Boring results. Always. The only time I needed a doctor post teenage was when I was pregnant. Then my ex had blood glucose in the stratosphere and got on a keto diet. So I did the same in support. For the first time EVER, my blood glucose, lipids AND liver enzymes showed up high. Stopped ASAP, but wasn't sure what to do. Exercised, ate "healthy" but without thinking through all this. Ironically, I even researched supplements and such for weight loss, but didn't think of research on diet. Was STRUGGLING to get back to normal. This makes so much sense.
I actually adopted a WFPB diet when I was 20 - yay for an extra 11 years of life! I just turned 30 and still feel like a 20 year old (no aches, pains, etc). And as a bonus my body measurements are the same as when I was 16! Clarifying edit: My non-plant based friends complained about “aches and pains and feeling old” in their 20s. I do know aging is inevitable, but your life choices have an effect!
Aches and pains come a bit later. I hit 45 and it hit me like a ton of bricks, even after 15 years of plant based eating. Health issues like neural pain and IBS as well as arthritis. Getting old can be delayed by eating WFPB, but it can't stop it unfortunately.
Dr Greger has made a mountain of contribution to health and well being of all animals, including the human animal. Thats where He gets that big smile. 55:00
@@kamilocaqverdiyev He equates eggs, to cigarettes, as in one egg a day will kill you, we as a species, have been eating eggs for millions of years, red meat over open flame for over 1,200,000 years, grains only 13000 years, which is nothing in evolutionary tersm, seed oils for 100 years, tomatoe & potatoe for less than 500 years, well guess what your body has evolved evolutionary to eat? meat. he is a charlatan liar and a great charismatic lecturer , that is how he makes a living.
I was WFPB for a little over 11 years. Then early last year I was diagnosed with severe osteoporosis after having a fractured vertebrae. I didn’t fall, was not in an accident, so the only thing I can think was that I was training to become a yoga instructor and a lot of the movements are bending forward, compressing one’s spine. I was very healthy for those 11 years. During that time I went through menopause and had absolutely no symptoms or hot flashes and I attribute that to no animal protein in my diet. I have to wonder if the osteoporosis is due to not paying attention to my mineral levels. Regardless, for the last year, I have eaten meat, fish, and dairy. I am going to go back to primarily whole foods again, because I truly felt much better.
plant based diets lower bone mass. So in longterm we could unnofficially say that it causes osteoporosis. This is due to antinutrients pulling minerals out of your bones. But if you feel better on plant based it is not worth to waste life with eating meat.
@@fitbysenanutritioncoaching3943 Yep, also weight bearing exercises are important! Protein from legumes/beans/lentils, tofu/edamame, whole grains (especially quinoa/buckwheat, etc.), high protein veggies, etc. :)
Drink horsetail herb, enquire about Marodyne, which is a viration plate. However, I have no experience and have only read in a comment that three bone density increases you again.
I am DEFINITELY NOT a vegan but I really like Dr Greger. I am on the Mediterranean Diet with meat, fish, cheese, butter and YES EGGS. I'm 75 and I have maintained a 19.5 BMI my entire adult life. Last time I was at a doctors office was in 1969. No aches or pains. Don't know what acid reflux or bloating is. I can even hold my breath for 9 minutes. I am "mostly" plant based. I'm going to order his book today.
@@cochoseable my problem with eggs are how they're procured and their taste. If I owned my own chickens I would probably eat their eggs if they tasted better lol. Only after they got their own fill, of course
This is good information. I saw two studies just over 20 years apart where they tracked the lives of centenarians in the U.S. They found that they had four things in common, and they were not diet-related. The four things are 1. A Good Attitude. 2. Do something physical every day. 3. Do Something social every day. 4. Let go of losses. All is related to #1 a good attitude. I am 65 and feel like I'm 30. Attitude makes the difference.
So agree with your 4 points. I am 69 and hike every day in the countryside. Also still work and volunteer. I garden and do yoga and pilates. I weigh 122lbs and eat one meal a day. I’ve noticed friends who hang on to anger or victimhood are always ill. I thank my lucky stars every day - we only have one life, let’s appreciate every minute.
@@sportysbusiness NO not these people. They were from all walks of life. Some had a daily shot of brandy and others had other minimal "spice of life" seemingly bad habits they held as rituals. They had active social lives. I have recovered from too many injuries doctors told me would limit my movement or strength, too many to count. A healthy mind, positive attitude, and good life habits will keep us young.
@@danieltorgerson3593 I'm not saying they never drank alcohol or even smoked. I am saying they ALL ate whole foods grown locally and seasonally. You said they didn't have diet in common, yet they did. Go back and check.
Not the studies I saw. An Alaskan commercial fisherman friend of mine just died at 104 I know his history. He died healthy and with a great attitude. Good nutrition is great but what you do with it makes the difference. Bitterness, anger defensiveness, or overindulgence in a pill or a food that will save your life is giving up a battle of consciousness you don't even know that you are in. @@sportysbusiness
We can not stop time! We all get older everyday! It's up to us to decide how healthy we want to be as we grow older! We must keep moving and eat to fuel our bodies!
I've been a vegan for over 30 yrs. I have genetically high LDL. When I was a college senior, in chemistry, I gave a one hour seminar on the therapeutic affects of allium sativa. I always cook with garlic powder and saute garlic but when my husband was diagnosed with throat cancer ( never smoked), I started making both of us bread with home made hummus with chopped fresh garlic and a splash of good grade olive oil. Months before I tried a statin which only lowered my ldl a few points. After 2 months of fresh garlic daily, my ldl went down over 25 points. Triglycerides also went down and total cholesterol went down also. HDL has always remained high. My advice to anyone for prevention of disease is have some yummy fresh garlic bread every day . My seminar focused on cancer ( garlic acts like glutathione peroxidase ). But my two hour seminar, which originally included experiments relating to heart disease, had to be cut to one hour, so I chose the chemistry of allium sativa. EAT FRESH GARLIC. Maybe you'll be part of the group that it helps.
I find it fascinating that the Loma Linda blue zone is the only one that continues to thrive despite living in the modern world. I live in SoCal and have met Adventist people-I even worked at an Adventist hospital in the early 2000s, and they do tend to be vegetarian, very disciplined and balanced and loving towards all those they encounter. I CMS see why and how their lifestyle and mental ad emotional states would contribute to a very long life.
it's a popular dish in many countries - so everyone's reaping benefits here. As an aside - do you know of good palestinian vegan channels? I could find any, but thought I saw some.
I just ordered my first Dr. Greger book, the recipe book for How Not to Diet ! as soon as more money comes in, I'll order the others 😊 I've already stopped buying meat a month ago ; as soon as I finish the meat in the freezer, I'm going full vegan. I have trouble finishing it, because I watched "Dominion" , and I'm now disguted with being a part of the cruelty chain. The more I think about it, I don't see one good reason NOT to be a vegan. Thank you Dr. Dreger, you already taught me a lot ! LEGUMES FOR HEALTH !! 😊😊
I've been following Dr Michael Greger's work for some time and generally eat a whole food plant based diet, I will redouble my efforts after seeing this and I can't wait to get his new book "How not to age"....
@@CarolannPayne-px5my Age isn't so much what someone looks like but how healthy they are. I wouldn't know how healthy Dr. Greger is unless I'd see his medical records.
I have thrived by rejecting carbs, and losing the guilt over meat eating. I was prediabetic, 50lbs over weight, and suffering from inflamation, and heart disease. All these things were reveresed simply by replacing carbohydrates with meat, fish and eggs. Fasting was ptt of the key to transform my body into a fat burning machine.
Thank you !! You have single handedly changed my understanding of nutrition..and hence the quality of my life. Forever grateful to you and your commitment to your expertise!
I mean... speechless. What can I say according to this presentation there is absolutely no choice in how we should be eating. It is to bad that there is so much controversy concerning these points in social media circles. I never realized how likable Greger is.
I'm 67 and vegan/vegetarian for most of 35 years. My health is Excellent and my blood tests/urine tests are Excellent. I recently had a cardiovascular test that showed No problems. I eat 5 or 6 servings of fruits and veggies every day. My salt, fat and sugar intake is low.
Dr. Greger is always so informative, passionate and I love that he’s so committed to backing all of his information with peer-reviewed studies and science. It gives you a lot of comfort that what you’re learning is not only verifiable and accurate but you can go out and read/review the resources for yourself. He says he cites the bujeezus out of all his work and in his book. I love that about him!!!
oh me too. I can't stand when someone makes a claim and then you can't look it up. I was looking at his sources - they look pretty good. It's not like the sources that someone cites that have some bad stuff in it (well he has animal studies, but am glad that he backs it up with human ones - showing the discrepancies to point out that we're not lab animals. Right on).
I know for a fact that I did not nor would I ever subscribe to a channel that has anything to do with Dr Greger. Yet here I am subscribed...youtube is out of control subscribing me to rediculous channels.
legend - by 5 minute segment comments 0:00 - 5:00 0:34 people die of disease instead 0:47 most common reason - cardiovascular (heart) disease 1:14 #1 disease - prediction for 2040: ischaemic heart disease 1:42 age increases age-related diseases 1:52 high cholesterol - increases heart disease x20 1:58 80 > 20 year old - 500x increased heart disease risk 2:40 curing all cancers increase life expectancy by 3 years 3:00 wrote book, because it's not about just dying, but aging before that leads to that fate too that matters 3:07 delaying age-related treats them all at one time 3:14 delaying helps with also morbidity, not just mortality 3:23 aging risks x2 every 7 yrs 3:34 slowing aging by 7 years reduces death risk by 1/2 3:48 the anti-aging field is riddled with cons, scams, and get-rich-quick schemes 3:55 scam's well-known in the medical field 4:09 lots of misinformation in this field 4:15 most widely known 'scientists' (gerontologists) in the field contribute heavily to the pseudoscience 4:24 rely on evidence for what we feed ourselves (not anecdotes) 4:33 why Dr. Greger cites everything as much as possible 4:49 - how not to age ended up with 13000+ citations 4:53 the list is freely available online, hyperlinked to download all the studies
5:01-10:00 5:10 aim - cover every possible angle - for the most optimal diet for the longest, healthiest lifespan with the best evidence 5:25 inspiration for writing the book: consensus document 'interventions to slow aging in humans: are we ready' by longo in aging cell journal 5:43 scientists in the paper tried to find the best anti-aging pathways able to be tested with humans 5:51 ex's - drugs blocking igf-1 and tor -s6k enzyme 6:03 diet can do these too 6:09 is what section 1 of book is about 6:24 the term 'antiaging' should switch from scrupulous advertising to targeting bodily molecular mechanisms 6:30 called 'hallmarks of aging' - degeneration at the stem cell, intercellular communication, genome, telomeric, epigenetic, proteostatic, nutrient sensing, mitochondrial, cellular senescent level 6:35 one example - buildup of misfolded proteins (chaperone's highlighted) that can be disposed of via autophagy 6:50 at one time - cells assemble >10k different proteins, with fragility susceptible to misfolding/damage at any time 7:01 with nutritional excess, the body will trash the damaged ones and make new 7:14 but due to humans evolving to handle scarcity - this trashing process gets delayed till times of scarcity 7:19 scarcity hardly takes place these days, so the protein trash accumulates instead 7:28 autophagy etymology - auto - self, phagein - to eat, autophagy - self-eating 7:43 autophagy does both salvaging and quality control when cleaning up what contributes to aging to help renew cells in a 'cellular reset' sense 7:58 "janitor is the undercover boss" 8:02 ancient ancestors constantly had autophagy, dealing with constant scarcity 8:12 due to no more need to clean up to make room for sustenance - there's accumulation, which is detrimental 8:18 autophagy is sufficient and essential for life extension 8:31 self digestion for lifespan extension - by 12% in mice 8:39 autophagy boosts healthspan - leanness, insulin sensitivity, impaired motor function 8:47 autophagy decreases with age 8:48 garbage accelerating aging with a lack of autophagy letting garbage pile up - vicious cycle 8:49 the pharmaceutical industry wants to combat this progress pharmaceutically 9:01 can be done without them 9:07 ex's - autophagy 9:12 issue - only happens after 1-2 days after, which by then, can lead to malnourishment - that decreases autophagy (which needs proteins, specifically enzymes, to operate, but is used by other parts of the body as a greater priority) 9:21 fasting should ideally be done under medical supervision in a live-in clinic, not at home 9:31 otherwise the body can lose valuable electrolytes, especially salt, in the kidneys 9:45 which usually isn't recognized (dizziness, tiredness, weakness, etc.) till it's too late 9:45 alternative - exercise
10:00-15:00 10:13 activates after an hour 10:26 avoid acrylamide (at least according to petri dish samples) 10:38 mainly in potato - chips, fries, from frying 10:45 acrylamide doubles the risk of early death 11:23 c-reactive protein (a.k.a. inflammation) increased (by 50%) with chip consumption compared to boiled potatoes 11:39 deep frying forms other toxins outside of acrylamide too 12:04 air-frying reduces acrylamide by 90% 12:14 starving's discomforting 12:19 coffee (any type) activates autophagy 12:49 those drinking 3+ cups/day reduces mortality by 13% 13:05 due to >1000 biactive compounds 13:08 chlorogenic acid (CQA) is what brings forth autophagy 13:24 range: 6-188mg 13:29 starbucks low in CQA 13:40 reason - excessive roasting 13:46 freeze-drying's fine 13:52 brewed > espresso, paper-filtered > unfiltered 13:59 paper - traps cholesterol-raising compounds 14:08 decreases mortality even more 14:17 spermidine, w/ byproduct spermine - found throughout body 14:37 many names (musculamine, neuridine, gerontine) for it combined into 1 when found to be the same 14:46 naming defaulted to original - spermidine 14:53 sources - body creates its own, diet 14:58 spermidine levels decline w/ age - except in naked mole rats (other names - sand puppy, desert mole rat), which don't age because of this
15:00-20:00 15:46 acetylspermidine 15:49 >spermadine - in centenarians 15:59 studies prove - >spermidine = >longevity - up to 25% in mice 16:11 of all life extension compounds - spermidine's best of least side effect ones 16:20 can work - even if starting in one's 50s 16:27 locations - benefits - heart, kidneys, immune system, brain in fruit flies and mice, outside of healthy foods 17:36 3mg more - (12mg > 9mg) = >~6yrs 18:05 spermidine - possibly anti-aging vitamin 18:08 we make enough when we're young, but we should supplement in diet 18:25 beans (tempeh) have the most spermidine, followed by mushrooms, mangos, green peas 18:55 with genetic editing, spermidine can be boosted - in, for instance, potatoes 19:23 wheat germ's most concentrated (7g food = 2.5mg spermidine) and cheapest - $0.02/mg
I'm a couple of weeks into improving my diet - I already ate mostly vegetarian or vegan, with just a little bit of fish thrown in now and then, but now I've cut out most highly processed foods, and added legumes to at least one meal a day. The significant improvement in my energy and mood was unexpected, and I've started losing that extra fat around my waist. I also discovered that spicy lentil soup is one of my favorite foods! With the new energy, I found myself making further changes to add more vegetables, and I've significantly reduced dairy consumption without even thinking about it. I eat a variety of (plain, unsalted) nuts a snack most days. I feel GREAT! And in such a short time into this, one thing I've noticed also is that my focus is better; I'm less scatter-brained. ☺ I'm doing so well on this dietary change, that I don't really miss the calorie-dense unhealthy stuff I used to crave.
@@dliocca7052 I'm doing very well, thanks for asking! I've lost 3 kilos (6.6 pounds), and my waist circumference has finally dropped under 100cm. Feeling good, and learning new recipes.
This is by far the very best summary of all the research. This will have many doctors in California on HR defense since they keep prescribing the same scrap meds year after year. During the pandemic I listened to all the doctors quoted, I shared some blah blah studies with friends, I will share this one as my Christmas present to all next and dear.
Keen to learn your evaluation of Bryan Johnson's " Blueprint", which seems to concord with your approach well - e.g., slowing aging being the priority, plant-based diet, autophagy.
his family had a lot of health issues. He's not giving advice. He's trying to do better - so of course he'll probably look aged, but those that read his books might do better! We all start somewhere.@@RedSwan.
BRAVO! Dr. Greger. You are one of my favorite people and your dedication to sharing evidence based nutrition and health has helped me turn my health around and thrive, I am truly grateful!!!
Really interesting topic and information. In the sixties my mother used to give us wheat germ for breakfast with some fruit compote of apple, apricots and prunes. I wonder what she knew then. She and my father lived and died into their eighties with no evidence of alzheimers dementia., surely one of the cruelest ways to live and die.
i wonder if she read the Adele Davis books, there were health food stores that had great book racks with that author and also some others I cannot recall right now
This man himself is a clear illustration that all he proposes - doesn't work. I consider almost all his recommendations to be BS. Never trust a person, who looks unhealthy and yet teaches on how to be healthy.
I love your work doctor Greger! I have the other books and will purchase this one as well. I am a chef, plant based/vegan seven years and i follow you from day one. I cook clean and delicious according to your guidelines along with doctor Cambell, Esselstyn... Forever grateful!
How Not to Age comes out on December 5th, and you can preorder your copy now: nutritionfacts.org/book/how-not-to-age/ -NF Team
Thx for all you do
DR greger let me begin by saying that I truly have no words to thank you.I am a physician and I have been following you for several years and what an incredible difference u have made in my life, my patients ,friends n family.I volunteer for a non profit around the world and I have shared this info with other DR's around the world . they too have started using WPBF as mainstay treatment for all patients with excellent results. with great love and respect 🙏
Can’t wait for this book. I just hope I can put it into practice.
I already have it and I am reading it😁
I just preordered the book. It just occurred to me that if I had preordered it a long time ago, I might have been able to buy it for a cheaper price. Oh well. I'm super excited about it! Already I've learned new things from this video.
I'm 26 and an ER nurse. I read "How not to Die" two years ago. I went slow into it and am now fully into whole foods, plant based veganism. I cannot even begin to list all the ways your teachings and resources have changed my life. Truly, thank you!! I tell all my patients about your books. Every single patient and their families. Every day.
That's awesome! We need more medical professionals telling patients what the research shows regarding diet and health.
freakin awesome! I wish the medical industry had more upstanding nurses and doctors like you!
I always say that working in the ER will show you DAILY where the typical american diet will land you.
You're my hero. I can't tell you how many doctors, PAs, NPs, dieticians and nurses who argued with me when I mentioned being WFPB. You're saving lives beyond what you do in the ER. Bless you.
Keep going, and if you fall off the wagon, just get right back on.
Your 60 year old you will thank you.
I have put this to the test for almost seven years, I am 66 and take no medicines, I wake up with energy everyday, I still eat and drink things I shouldn't but I keep trying to be better. Thank you to Dr Greger who helped me transition to plant based and his continuing to produce content helps me to try to be better..... and his sense of silly humor always brightens my day. Thank you Doc!!!!!!
Good on you bro!! Thanks for sharing, I love hearing these kinds of stories because my parents are getting older and are both sick, I really believe they can get better if they change their diets and exercise more
@@sparkythesolocruiser6375 Same for me but I’m only 35. Are people amazed when you tell them how old you are?
I went vegan when I turned 24, now 86. At that time I did not do it for health benefits but for the sanctity of life and reading Krishnamurti. I have relished the benefits this WFPB way of life has brought. I do not wear glasses, read voraciously, sense of smell almost too good, hearing seems fine. Nature and her gift of plants, nothing else as good. Thank you Dr Greger for an entertaining and humorous talk.
Yes!!!❤
Great, eat you low fat? Nut and seeds?
👍🏽Great decision
You do not wear any reading glasses at all at age 86? I have never heard of this!
Wonderful!! I am 39 and just went vegan after reading Greger, I've wanted to since I was in 5th grade but my Dad (poor guy just loves meat too much, hates fruit and veg) wouldn't allow it. I wish I'd started sooner. Now he's got an enlarged aorta and needs surgery, I've been trying to get him to come around
My husband doesn’t read books generally. I bought him this book for xmas and even he has been compelled to gradually work his way through it, a few pages every day. What a bible of excellent imformation it is. Thank you Dr Greger👏🏻👏🏻
63 and vegan for 30 years! Still running 🏃♂️ and lifting, cycling every weekend, same weight as in my teens 😊!! Love ❤️ this doctor ❤
I went to the doctor today and got amazed by the power of this diet. My doctor said i had the blood pressure of a 20 yr old and im 53. Whole food plant diet is the answer to all our sicknesses I strongly believe now. 113/73. That was my first visit after 10 years of being on a whole food plant diet. I was prediabetic before i switched. Cant wait for the result. Thank you so much for all you do Dr Greger.
there is no single diet that benefits everyone the same way
That's very true...seems to me it's a case of learning as much as you can about health, nutrition, exercise, etc. and then going with what works best for you.
Congratulations but... Many people suffer from severe inflamation on this diet. Wheat and soya are key inflamatory agents as well as many types of vegetable oil.
@@chazwyman but that doesn't makes those things bad . Whatever stuff is in those things is something body isn't breaking down probably due to genetics ,bad gut microbiome and on going chronic health issues that are obviously going to get worse as they might be irritating the gut.
Hopefully someone suffering from those things seek help of good plant based doctor and even Google how others overcame those issues.
And then there are many more factors like proper nutrient intake , being active ,pesticides , staying away from refined foods . I honestly don't know how we are blaming plants only when there seems nothing wrong with them inherently and others do good on them.
How can you not love this man? Thank you, Dr. Greger!
Sure does screech and shout in a strange, rather worrying, way.
Don't you think the poor guy needs some sort of help?
I'd say you sound half-witted, @@TheDavidlloydjonesbut that'd be a compliment.
@@TheDavidlloydjones beta comment
WFPB vegan for 14 years. Was hypertensive, overweight, prediabetic at age 44. I’m now a competitive bodybuilder at age 58 with stellar blood work. Love my vegan diet, crave the foods I eat. Thank you, Doc G!
you very clearly take steroids, as well. Forget to mention that? How is that healthy?
@@nelsonhoffman5922 Nelson, as a "natural" bodybuilder (no steroids, no HGH), it has been my dream to be accused of using enhancements to achieve my physique. That and being told "there is no way you are vegan" are the two best complements a natty vegan bodybuilder can receive.
@@nelsonhoffman5922 does it sting? Have your boyfriend massage the pain out for you and cope harder.
@@nelsonhoffman5922 how do you make that assumption from just reading his comment?
We in Germany still have to wait until the book is translated, approximately until May. It's good that the lecture is open❤❤❤
Dr Greger has a great sense of humor 😂
Outstanding! Nobel Prize for humanity & education to Dr. Greger! 👍
Dr. Greger is a national treasure.
International!!!! Maybe even Intergalactical!
Havent touched an animal product in 25 years..!
Sheer bliss...
All health issues vanished.. after a year switching to Vegan WFPBD ( SOS free )!
So blessed that this valuable information came to me at an early age..!
My wife is Vegan and both my kids raised Vegan, not to mention my daughter is school topper in 10 th grade !
😁😁😁😍😍😍
All lies. I promise you your health is in bad shape. Poor sheep.
Dude, you barely even look 25, that's awesome! Is that profile pic recent? How old are you in it? Keep up the awesome work.
Your health is terrible. Those plants are killing you.
@@jmt__ Troll
@@jmt__ 😂😂😂 thankyou for your "expert" advice..
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Doctor Greger has been the best for decades. Long live, doctor!
Thanks again for giving us this information. My 90 year old mum, who can still kick anyone’s behind in scrabble, trivia, crossword puzzles etc, read that wheatgerm was ‘healthy’ back in the 70’s. Conveniently for her, at the time my dad worked at a flour mill and brought her home fresh, oily bags of wheatgerm, so she could eat it for breakfast everyday until he retired. She still an avid coffee drinker!
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Did your dad eat the wheat germ, too? What was his health?
Dr. Greger, you're one of my role models as a future physician! I'm doing what I can to spread the word, to my family/friends, patients I work with, colleagues, etc. Thank you for your amazing work! God bless you and your loved ones :)
My doctor was right. Exercise, lose weight, eat whole food. Avoid ultra processed, industrial, fast, factory food, white sugar, white flour, seed oils, and eat from the produce section. Simple as that.
It is my Dr Greger ritual: For each of his book out, first watch the presentation, buy the book, and read it cover to cover 😄
@@cumbi-mongo I do that too. My book arrived next Sunday. He is the boss 💚🤞
Love this man! And his lecture style is so educational yet entertaining. No one like Dr. Greger.
I have not eaten meat for nine years. Started intermittent fasting two years ago, with only one full meal before 6:00 pm. Morning: one big mug of black coffee with one table spoon of dark chocolate powder. Mid-morning: Home-made soy milk boiled and mixed with black sesame and raw peanuts, one bowl of mixed nuts (Brazil nuts, cashews, pecans, macadamia nuts, pumpkin and sunflower seeds. Fresh blueberries and raspberry. Then go for an uphill walk with my dog for 40 minutes. Dinner around 6:00 pm: broccoli or broccoli sprouts, mushrooms, garlics or onions plus other veggies and some seafoods. My most recent biological age is 18 years younger than my chronological age. I’m in my 60’s. In addition, I do dumbbells everyday for 15 minutes and yoga 10-15 minutes. I read Dr. Greger’s “How Not to Die”, Dr. William Li’s “Eat to beat Disease”, Dr. Sinclair’s “Lifespan”. Most recently, I follow Bryan Johnson’s Blueprint with my modified version.
Without prescription intervention, vital signs: blood pressure=100/60, SpO2=98~99, HDL=104, ApoB=88, Triglyceride=51, HBA1c=5.2, glucose=81, Insulin=5.2. Galleri Test: all negative.
P.S. not only am I following experts in their 40’, 50’, 60’ and 70’, am I also paying close attentions to those who actually live to 100+ such as Dr. John Scharffenberg, Dr. Howard Tucker, Dr. Gladys McGarey and Dr. Wareham. It is important to have a reality check.
P.S., I am feeling great everyday. The first thing in the morning when I wake up is to check my sleep quality. Then turn on my favorite music, then do yoga stretch for 10-15 minutes. Besides brisk walking 40 minutes with my dog, I do weight training for about 20 minutes, using four different sets of dumbbells, then two different weights of kettlebells to train my legs. I go to bed around 9:00 pm.
I like what you do, also plantbased for 2.5 years,loving it
"Seafood" ie sea animals is meat so it's not tru that you haven't eaten meat for 9 years. You probably have been accumulating a lot of mercury, dioxins, and a whole bunch of chemicals in your body and brain.
@@Beatrice-nx5ld have you checked your ApoB levels?
You are a brave person.
A hero too.
God Bless.
Let me know when your teeth start falling out. That's often what veganism does after many many many years
Huge thank you Dr. Greger for all that you do! I have been WFPB now for 13 years and have lowered my cholesterol from 275 to 166. Take no drugs and have shared your wisdom and website with hundreds. You truly are a saint in spreading the science about how this way of eating can extend our health - span! You are a gem!
Cholestrol is critical to health, you make more than you can eat, you have been sold I lie. FAT is not problem sugar is !!
You should try doing some fasts, 24h fast once or twice per month. Would decrease your cholesterol even further.
Dr. Greger contributes nicely to the field of health self-education.
I can't wait to get my hands on this book. All your books have been terrific. Thank you for everything you do. 🙏🕉
You are so welcome--can't wait for you to check it out!
25:01 hearing that changing to a more optimal diet at age 20 could extend someone’s lifespan that much was so inspiring! especially since i’m 19 lol. it’s sad how many of us young adults throw our health aside and i want to change that narrative, at least in a small way :)
@missyfentoon3223,
Listen to Dr. Greger and Dr. Fuhrman.
You're on the right track.
No pressure. It’s only for the rest of your life 😉
i am sorry you are not 20 so it might not increase your lifespan yet
I made the change at 16 and it is the best decision I have ever made.
When I started joining some WFPB groups I realized pretty much everyone there were people over 40 wishing they had made the change earlier, wich made me feel even more certain of my decision.
I'm now 22 and still have difficulties finding young adults who actually care enough about their health...it's sad to see.
Happy for you!!!
@@analucas2038
Are you male or female?
Glad to hear about autophagy after 60 minutes of exercise..... I just watched this video while on my exercise bike!
I love Dr. Gregor!! He has helped me for the last 5 1/2 yrs. I've bought every book ❤❤❤😂
Si,un tipo un poco histérico que chilla mucho de repente,y que trabaja para la agenda 2030..lavando el cerebro a la gente para que no coma carne
i am so happy and feel so lucky to live at the same time as Dr. Greger! Words cannot describe how grateful I am for his work! Can’t wait to buy and read the book! Thank you so much for what you are doing for people! You definitely changed my life for the better! And for that I’m forever grateful to you.
Indeed, same here! As a future physician, he's one of my role models :) are you in the medical field?
@@bryant475 one of the few good plant based doctors and chef AJ of course
same, i only wish i had the patience to take in all his great information as i have adhd and cant sit still or take in long sentances
That's amazing! We need more physicians that know about this and actually value lifestyle over drugs.
I studied nutrition and would also love that plant based nutrition was more talked about during university
@@VeganChiefWarriorperhaps slow down the speed of the video a bit if that helps??
Looking forward to the new book release! It's always a great time when a new book comes out!!
This guy has the most unique inflection I've ever heard. Kinda reminds me of Bill Nye back in the day.
That's an ASD accent. My daughter has it too. I tell you what though, when those folks tell you something, you better listen, because they can research like nothing else 😉
@@Denidrakes69 ASD accents tend to sound "robotic or flat" though. That's not Greger. He's the opposite. His pitch, tone, speed, and accentuations are all over the map.
@@scottk1525 not for my daughter! The reading kind, who love words and language seem to be more animated, with changes in pitch and annunciation. When my daughter, who taught herself to read at three, was little, she spoke with a french accent - and we don't even know anyone from France!
Now she speaks, especially when excited about the information she's sharing, a lot more like Dr Greger.
Personally, I love it.
Un tipo histérico pagado por la agenda 2030
The man, the myth, the legend!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤
So what if he is a charismatic lecturer, the man is a charlatan
As always, THE BEST!!! So grateful you are in this world and continuing to try to improve our health daily!
Cholestrol is critical to health, you make more than you can eat, you have been sold I lie. FAT is not problem sugar is !!
Thanks for the laughs
I wish I'd known this before. All my life I'd been healthy. Mostly vegetarian, but I did eat eggs, or the occasional meats and dairy, including saturated fats. No issues. Regular blood tests, because parents were ill, and the only way to not scare them with regular tests were to make them for "everyone". Boring results. Always. The only time I needed a doctor post teenage was when I was pregnant. Then my ex had blood glucose in the stratosphere and got on a keto diet. So I did the same in support. For the first time EVER, my blood glucose, lipids AND liver enzymes showed up high. Stopped ASAP, but wasn't sure what to do. Exercised, ate "healthy" but without thinking through all this. Ironically, I even researched supplements and such for weight loss, but didn't think of research on diet. Was STRUGGLING to get back to normal. This makes so much sense.
I actually adopted a WFPB diet when I was 20 - yay for an extra 11 years of life!
I just turned 30 and still feel like a 20 year old (no aches, pains, etc). And as a bonus my body measurements are the same as when I was 16!
Clarifying edit: My non-plant based friends complained about “aches and pains and feeling old” in their 20s. I do know aging is inevitable, but your life choices have an effect!
What's a typical day of eating like for you?
Aches and pains come a bit later. I hit 45 and it hit me like a ton of bricks, even after 15 years of plant based eating. Health issues like neural pain and IBS as well as arthritis. Getting old can be delayed by eating WFPB, but it can't stop it unfortunately.
The aches and pains start a bit later, maybe 38 to 45.
@@janco333 zero aches and pains for me and I am 64
@@markbaker1755 lucky.
Dr Greger has made a mountain of contribution to health and well being of all animals, including the human animal. Thats where He gets that big smile.
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Greger, is a clown, he couldn't be further away from science, also he is not a MD
@@xprcloud how can you prove that 'he couldn't be further away'?
@@kamilocaqverdiyev He equates eggs, to cigarettes, as in one egg a day will kill you, we as a species, have been eating eggs for millions of years, red meat over open flame for over 1,200,000 years, grains only 13000 years, which is nothing in evolutionary tersm, seed oils for 100 years, tomatoe & potatoe for less than 500 years, well guess what your body has evolved evolutionary to eat? meat. he is a charlatan liar and a great charismatic lecturer , that is how he makes a living.
I was WFPB for a little over 11 years. Then early last year I was diagnosed with severe osteoporosis after having a fractured vertebrae. I didn’t fall, was not in an accident, so the only thing I can think was that I was training to become a yoga instructor and a lot of the movements are bending forward, compressing one’s spine. I was very healthy for those 11 years. During that time I went through menopause and had absolutely no symptoms or hot flashes and I attribute that to no animal protein in my diet. I have to wonder if the osteoporosis is due to not paying attention to my mineral levels. Regardless, for the last year, I have eaten meat, fish, and dairy. I am going to go back to primarily whole foods again, because I truly felt much better.
plant based diets lower bone mass. So in longterm we could unnofficially say that it causes osteoporosis. This is due to antinutrients pulling minerals out of your bones. But if you feel better on plant based it is not worth to waste life with eating meat.
Maybe you have not eaten enough protein or exercised enough to support the healthy bones. Yoga is not enough.
@@fitbysenanutritioncoaching3943 Yep, also weight bearing exercises are important! Protein from legumes/beans/lentils, tofu/edamame, whole grains (especially quinoa/buckwheat, etc.), high protein veggies, etc. :)
There is an osteoporosis chapter in this book. But yes, weight bearing exercise is essential.
Drink horsetail herb, enquire about Marodyne, which is a viration plate. However, I have no experience and have only read in a comment that three bone density increases you again.
I love this man. ❤
Absolutely brilliant
I am DEFINITELY NOT a vegan but I really like Dr Greger. I am on the Mediterranean Diet with meat, fish, cheese, butter and YES EGGS. I'm 75 and I have maintained a 19.5 BMI my entire adult life. Last time I was at a doctors office was in 1969. No aches or pains. Don't know what acid reflux or bloating is. I can even hold my breath for 9 minutes. I am "mostly" plant based. I'm going to order his book today.
Eggs "might" be "correlated" to health issues but as far as nutrition facts are concerned, they probably are the closest thing we have to a superfood.
@@cochoseableThat's EXACTLY what I said. Eat "mostly " plant based BUT eat eggs, cheese, meat and fish.
@@cochoseable my problem with eggs are how they're procured and their taste. If I owned my own chickens I would probably eat their eggs if they tasted better lol.
Only after they got their own fill, of course
Nine minutes? Wow.
Fantastic !!!
This is good information. I saw two studies just over 20 years apart where they tracked the lives of centenarians in the U.S. They found that they had four things in common, and they were not diet-related. The four things are 1. A Good Attitude. 2. Do something physical every day. 3. Do Something social every day. 4. Let go of losses. All is related to #1 a good attitude. I am 65 and feel like I'm 30. Attitude makes the difference.
So agree with your 4 points. I am 69 and hike every day in the countryside. Also still work and volunteer. I garden and do yoga and pilates. I weigh 122lbs and eat one meal a day. I’ve noticed friends who hang on to anger or victimhood are always ill. I thank my lucky stars every day - we only have one life, let’s appreciate every minute.
Actually, you've missed the critical dietary component. They ALL ate whole foods that were local and seasonal.
@@sportysbusiness
NO not these people. They were from all walks of life. Some had a daily shot of brandy and others had other minimal "spice of life" seemingly bad habits they held as rituals. They had active social lives. I have recovered from too many injuries doctors told me would limit my movement or strength, too many to count. A healthy mind, positive attitude, and good life habits will keep us young.
@@danieltorgerson3593 I'm not saying they never drank alcohol or even smoked. I am saying they ALL ate whole foods grown locally and seasonally. You said they didn't have diet in common, yet they did. Go back and check.
Not the studies I saw. An Alaskan commercial fisherman friend of mine just died at 104 I know his history. He died healthy and with a great attitude. Good nutrition is great but what you do with it makes the difference. Bitterness, anger defensiveness, or overindulgence in a pill or a food that will save your life is giving up a battle of consciousness you don't even know that you are in. @@sportysbusiness
We can not stop time! We all get older everyday! It's up to us to decide how healthy we want to be as we grow older! We must keep moving and eat to fuel our bodies!
I'm addicted to your audiobooks. Looking forward to How not to age!
Happy to hear beans are great for you since I regularly go through 2-3 cups a day! Great with anything and everything and so healthy!!🎉😊
THE VERY BEST INFO AND PRESENTATION I HAVE EVER HEARD !!!THANK YOU SO MUCH
I've been a vegan for over 30 yrs. I have genetically high LDL. When I was a college senior, in chemistry, I gave a one hour seminar on the therapeutic affects of allium sativa. I always cook with garlic powder and saute garlic but when my husband was diagnosed with throat cancer ( never smoked), I started making both of us bread with home made hummus with chopped fresh garlic and a splash of good grade olive oil. Months before I tried a statin which only lowered my ldl a few points. After 2 months of fresh garlic daily, my ldl went down over 25 points. Triglycerides also went down and total cholesterol went down also. HDL has always remained high.
My advice to anyone for prevention of disease is have some yummy fresh garlic bread every day . My seminar focused on cancer ( garlic acts like glutathione peroxidase ). But my two hour seminar, which originally included experiments relating to heart disease, had to be cut to one hour, so I chose the chemistry of allium sativa. EAT FRESH GARLIC. Maybe you'll be part of the group that it helps.
I love this man! ❤
I find it fascinating that the Loma Linda blue zone is the only one that continues to thrive despite living in the modern world. I live in SoCal and have met Adventist people-I even worked at an Adventist hospital in the early 2000s, and they do tend to be vegetarian, very disciplined and balanced and loving towards all those they encounter. I CMS see why and how their lifestyle and mental ad emotional states would contribute to a very long life.
Great to hear that one of the popular national Palestinian dish, Hummus, figures greatly!
it's a popular dish in many countries - so everyone's reaping benefits here. As an aside - do you know of good palestinian vegan channels? I could find any, but thought I saw some.
I just ordered my first Dr. Greger book, the recipe book for How Not to Diet ! as soon as more money comes in, I'll order the others 😊 I've already stopped buying meat a month ago ; as soon as I finish the meat in the freezer, I'm going full vegan. I have trouble finishing it, because I watched "Dominion" , and I'm now disguted with being a part of the cruelty chain.
The more I think about it, I don't see one good reason NOT to be a vegan.
Thank you Dr. Dreger, you already taught me a lot !
LEGUMES FOR HEALTH !! 😊😊
This may be one of the most important videos released in 2023!
Gotta Love Doctor Greger! Best doc and very entertaining!
I've been following Dr Michael Greger's work for some time and generally eat a whole food plant based diet, I will redouble my efforts after seeing this and I can't wait to get his new book "How not to age"....
I am so excited to have that book ! I preordered it the minute it was avaliable...and what did Dr. Greger send me? A signed bookplate!!!!!!
I preordered How Not to Age yesterday. I can't wait to get it.
The author has not aged well!!
@@CarolannPayne-px5my Age isn't so much what someone looks like but how healthy they are. I wouldn't know how healthy Dr. Greger is unless I'd see his medical records.
Thanks doc! You are amazing! Hugs from Nicoya, Costa Rica
Dr. Greger is an absolute legend. Thank you for all that you do!!!!
Wow
Absolutely incredible wealth of information. Thank you, Dr. Gregor!
Dr. G rules! 🥕🥦🍎
Can you please give us a diet plan for Menopause 😮
I have thrived by rejecting carbs, and losing the guilt over meat eating. I was prediabetic, 50lbs over weight, and suffering from inflamation, and heart disease. All these things were reveresed simply by replacing carbohydrates with meat, fish and eggs. Fasting was ptt of the key to transform my body into a fat burning machine.
Thank you !! You have single handedly changed my understanding of nutrition..and hence the quality of my life. Forever grateful to you and your commitment to your expertise!
I mean... speechless. What can I say according to this presentation there is absolutely no choice in how we should be eating. It is to bad that there is so much controversy concerning these points in social media circles. I never realized how likable Greger is.
I truly enjoyed watching this episode. Thank you
Dr Mike is one of natures most noblest men, can't wait for the book to be on audible.
He is a fraud, Cholestrol is critical to health, you make more than you can eat, you have been sold I lie. FAT is not problem sugar is !!
I'm 67 and vegan/vegetarian for most of 35 years. My health is Excellent and my blood tests/urine tests are Excellent. I recently had a cardiovascular test that showed No problems. I eat 5 or 6 servings of fruits and veggies every day. My salt, fat and sugar intake is low.
Dr. Greger is always so informative, passionate and I love that he’s so committed to backing all of his information with peer-reviewed studies and science. It gives you a lot of comfort that what you’re learning is not only verifiable and accurate but you can go out and read/review the resources for yourself. He says he cites the bujeezus out of all his work and in his book. I love that about him!!!
oh me too. I can't stand when someone makes a claim and then you can't look it up. I was looking at his sources - they look pretty good. It's not like the sources that someone cites that have some bad stuff in it (well he has animal studies, but am glad that he backs it up with human ones - showing the discrepancies to point out that we're not lab animals. Right on).
I know for a fact that I did not nor would I ever subscribe to a channel that has anything to do with Dr Greger. Yet here I am subscribed...youtube is out of control subscribing me to rediculous channels.
legend - by 5 minute segment comments
0:00 - 5:00
0:34 people die of disease instead
0:47 most common reason - cardiovascular (heart) disease
1:14 #1 disease - prediction for 2040: ischaemic heart disease
1:42 age increases age-related diseases
1:52 high cholesterol - increases heart disease x20
1:58 80 > 20 year old - 500x increased heart disease risk
2:40 curing all cancers increase life expectancy by 3 years
3:00 wrote book, because it's not about just dying, but aging before that leads to that fate too that matters
3:07 delaying age-related treats them all at one time
3:14 delaying helps with also morbidity, not just mortality
3:23 aging risks x2 every 7 yrs
3:34 slowing aging by 7 years reduces death risk by 1/2
3:48 the anti-aging field is riddled with cons, scams, and get-rich-quick schemes
3:55 scam's well-known in the medical field
4:09 lots of misinformation in this field
4:15 most widely known 'scientists' (gerontologists) in the field contribute heavily to the pseudoscience
4:24 rely on evidence for what we feed ourselves (not anecdotes)
4:33 why Dr. Greger cites everything as much as possible
4:49 - how not to age ended up with 13000+ citations
4:53 the list is freely available online, hyperlinked to download all the studies
Hello friend!
hi! Long time no hear. Merry Christmas.@@reasonablevegan
5:01-10:00
5:10 aim - cover every possible angle - for the most optimal diet for the longest, healthiest lifespan with the best evidence
5:25 inspiration for writing the book: consensus document 'interventions to slow aging in humans: are we ready' by longo in aging cell journal
5:43 scientists in the paper tried to find the best anti-aging pathways able to be tested with humans
5:51 ex's - drugs blocking igf-1 and tor -s6k enzyme
6:03 diet can do these too
6:09 is what section 1 of book is about
6:24 the term 'antiaging' should switch from scrupulous advertising to targeting bodily molecular mechanisms
6:30 called 'hallmarks of aging' - degeneration at the stem cell, intercellular communication, genome, telomeric, epigenetic, proteostatic, nutrient sensing, mitochondrial, cellular senescent level
6:35 one example - buildup of misfolded proteins (chaperone's highlighted) that can be disposed of via autophagy
6:50 at one time - cells assemble >10k different proteins, with fragility susceptible to misfolding/damage at any time
7:01 with nutritional excess, the body will trash the damaged ones and make new
7:14 but due to humans evolving to handle scarcity - this trashing process gets delayed till times of scarcity
7:19 scarcity hardly takes place these days, so the protein trash accumulates instead
7:28 autophagy etymology - auto - self, phagein - to eat, autophagy - self-eating
7:43 autophagy does both salvaging and quality control when cleaning up what contributes to aging to help renew cells in a 'cellular reset' sense
7:58 "janitor is the undercover boss"
8:02 ancient ancestors constantly had autophagy, dealing with constant scarcity
8:12 due to no more need to clean up to make room for sustenance - there's accumulation, which is detrimental
8:18 autophagy is sufficient and essential for life extension
8:31 self digestion for lifespan extension - by 12% in mice
8:39 autophagy boosts healthspan - leanness, insulin sensitivity, impaired motor function
8:47 autophagy decreases with age
8:48 garbage accelerating aging with a lack of autophagy letting garbage pile up - vicious cycle
8:49 the pharmaceutical industry wants to combat this progress pharmaceutically
9:01 can be done without them
9:07 ex's - autophagy
9:12 issue - only happens after 1-2 days after, which by then, can lead to malnourishment - that decreases autophagy (which needs proteins, specifically enzymes, to operate, but is used by other parts of the body as a greater priority)
9:21 fasting should ideally be done under medical supervision in a live-in clinic, not at home
9:31 otherwise the body can lose valuable electrolytes, especially salt, in the kidneys
9:45 which usually isn't recognized (dizziness, tiredness, weakness, etc.) till it's too late
9:45 alternative - exercise
10:00-15:00
10:13 activates after an hour
10:26 avoid acrylamide (at least according to petri dish samples)
10:38 mainly in potato - chips, fries, from frying
10:45 acrylamide doubles the risk of early death
11:23 c-reactive protein (a.k.a. inflammation) increased (by 50%) with chip consumption compared to boiled potatoes
11:39 deep frying forms other toxins outside of acrylamide too
12:04 air-frying reduces acrylamide by 90%
12:14 starving's discomforting
12:19 coffee (any type) activates autophagy
12:49 those drinking 3+ cups/day reduces mortality by 13%
13:05 due to >1000 biactive compounds
13:08 chlorogenic acid (CQA) is what brings forth autophagy
13:24 range: 6-188mg
13:29 starbucks low in CQA
13:40 reason - excessive roasting
13:46 freeze-drying's fine
13:52 brewed > espresso, paper-filtered > unfiltered
13:59 paper - traps cholesterol-raising compounds
14:08 decreases mortality even more
14:17 spermidine, w/ byproduct spermine - found throughout body
14:37 many names (musculamine, neuridine, gerontine) for it combined into 1 when found to be the same
14:46 naming defaulted to original - spermidine
14:53 sources - body creates its own, diet
14:58 spermidine levels decline w/ age - except in naked mole rats (other names - sand puppy, desert mole rat), which don't age because of this
15:00-20:00
15:46 acetylspermidine
15:49 >spermadine - in centenarians
15:59 studies prove - >spermidine = >longevity - up to 25% in mice
16:11 of all life extension compounds - spermidine's best of least side effect ones
16:20 can work - even if starting in one's 50s
16:27 locations - benefits - heart, kidneys, immune system, brain in fruit flies and mice, outside of healthy foods
17:36 3mg more - (12mg > 9mg) = >~6yrs
18:05 spermidine - possibly anti-aging vitamin
18:08 we make enough when we're young, but we should supplement in diet
18:25 beans (tempeh) have the most spermidine, followed by mushrooms, mangos, green peas
18:55 with genetic editing, spermidine can be boosted - in, for instance, potatoes
19:23 wheat germ's most concentrated (7g food = 2.5mg spermidine) and cheapest - $0.02/mg
I'm a couple of weeks into improving my diet - I already ate mostly vegetarian or vegan, with just a little bit of fish thrown in now and then, but now I've cut out most highly processed foods, and added legumes to at least one meal a day. The significant improvement in my energy and mood was unexpected, and I've started losing that extra fat around my waist. I also discovered that spicy lentil soup is one of my favorite foods! With the new energy, I found myself making further changes to add more vegetables, and I've significantly reduced dairy consumption without even thinking about it. I eat a variety of (plain, unsalted) nuts a snack most days. I feel GREAT! And in such a short time into this, one thing I've noticed also is that my focus is better; I'm less scatter-brained. ☺
I'm doing so well on this dietary change, that I don't really miss the calorie-dense unhealthy stuff I used to crave.
That's great! 🌱
Just curious how you are doing now that it's been about a couple more weeks?
@@dliocca7052 I'm doing very well, thanks for asking! I've lost 3 kilos (6.6 pounds), and my waist circumference has finally dropped under 100cm. Feeling good, and learning new recipes.
I’ve been vegan for 10 years no illnesses blood perfect heart perfect active teaching drum and very active 72
This is by far the very best summary of all the research. This will have many doctors in California on HR defense since they keep prescribing the same scrap meds year after year. During the pandemic I listened to all the doctors quoted, I shared some blah blah studies with friends, I will share this one as my Christmas present to all next and dear.
Dr Greger is a gift to the world
A curse more likely
@@alxdava2004oooh… so enlightening. Anything else?
Keen to learn your evaluation of Bryan Johnson's " Blueprint", which seems to concord with your approach well - e.g., slowing aging being the priority, plant-based diet, autophagy.
Will the Daily Dozen Tweaks be updated?
wouldn't it be nice if he added the anti-aging 8 list to it? Then there'd be 20 foods on there! Just kidding - many overlap.
In another video, he said the daily would say the same except he might add mushrooms…
@@extropiantranshumanthere is the anti aging 8 list
Thanks so much doc learned do much . From London
Excellent as always! Thank you for all of your hardwork!
Always have time for Dr Greger.
My takeaway:
Supervised fasting
Exercise
WFPB diet
Beans rock! ❤
they call it beanstalk - because beans talk, beef steak walks.
his family had a lot of health issues. He's not giving advice. He's trying to do better - so of course he'll probably look aged, but those that read his books might do better! We all start somewhere.@@RedSwan.
BRAVO! Dr. Greger. You are one of my favorite people and your dedication to sharing evidence based nutrition and health has helped me turn my health around and thrive, I am truly grateful!!!
Really interesting topic and information. In the sixties my mother used to give us wheat germ for breakfast with some fruit compote of apple, apricots and prunes. I wonder what she knew then. She and my father lived and died into their eighties with no evidence of alzheimers dementia., surely one of the cruelest ways to live and die.
i wonder if she read the Adele Davis books, there were health food stores that had great book racks with that author and also some others I cannot recall right now
Too much sugar.
is a microwave to reheat boiled food still better than an oven or air fryer? Thanks
Thank you for your work! 😊
תודה רבה איש יקר
Doc - you continue to astound and inspire me! I'll be watching this many times over as I take notes. Thank you for all you do! 💚
Me too I went back and listened multiple times
@@tahim30 👍👍👍
Excellent! I preordered the book - and shared the video with family and friends. Thank you!
This man himself is a clear illustration that all he proposes - doesn't work. I consider almost all his recommendations to be BS. Never trust a person, who looks unhealthy and yet teaches on how to be healthy.
Unhealthy is a word.
Its true he looks old.
And the proceeds go to charity. No motive but that we improve our health.
Love this I can’t wait to listen to the audiobook! 🤗🌱
This has to be taught in schools !
I love Dr Greger. So smart. So corny! He's the best!
@egris00,
Smart people love corny puns.
Thank you for all your work!!
Thank you Dr. Greger for all you do!! You are very inspirational.
Thanks Dr G. I turned my scary bloodwork around with your Daily Dozen app and now look forward to these anti aging benefits. 😊
Freaking brilliant Dr Gregor! Love the humor!
how do you reheat boiled or steamed food without using a microwave or oven?
We've all been waiting for this 😍
so much gold we're delivered!
Ideas on the cocoa? How to incorporate?
Amazing talk! Thank you!
Cant wait to dive into the book in depth!
I love your work doctor Greger! I have the other books and will purchase this one as well. I am a chef, plant based/vegan seven years and i follow you from day one. I cook clean and delicious according to your guidelines along with doctor Cambell, Esselstyn... Forever grateful!
This is so good I listened twice.👏