Dr Michael Greger (Plant Based Diets, Reversing Disease and Immunity) - Episode 227

Behind The Shield

James Geering

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Fitness

4.9 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Dr Michael Greger is a physician, author and internationally recognized nutrition expert. We discuss the causes of chronic disease, plant based diet, carcinogens, disease reversal and much more.

Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized professional speaker on a number of important public health issues. Dr. Greger has lectured at the Conference on World Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, and the International Bird Flu Summit, among countless other symposia and institutions; testified before Congress; has appeared on shows such as The Colbert Report and The Dr. Oz Show; and was invited as an expert witness in defense of Oprah Winfrey at the infamous "meat defamation" trial. In 2017, he was honored with the ACLM Lifestyle Medicine Trailblazer Award.

Dr. Greger's most recent scientific publications in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Critical Reviews in Microbiology, Family and Community Health, and the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition, and Public Health explore the public health implications of industrialized animal agriculture.

Dr. Greger is also licensed as a general practitioner specializing in clinical nutrition and is a founding member and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He was featured on the Healthy Living Channel promoting his latest nutrition DVDs and honored to teach part of Dr. T. Colin Campbell's esteemed nutrition course at Cornell University. Dr. Greger's nutrition work can be found at NutritionFacts.org, which is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit charity.

He is the author of Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching and Carbophobia: The Scary Truth Behind America's Low Carb Craze. Both of his latest books, How Not to Die and the How Not to Die Cookbook, became instant New York Times Best Sellers. View the book trailer here. Dr. Greger is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Agriculture and the Tufts University School of Medicine.

Dr. Greger is proud to be a Council of Directors member of the global voice for lifestyle as medicine, the True Health Initiative (THI). This is a growing coalition of more than 360 world experts representing 35 countries. It is an unprecedented assembly that includes physicians, university Deans, former Surgeon Generals, Olympic athletes, chefs, environmental professionals and a diverse group of nutritionists. Together they offer clarity over confusion and support the foundational principles of healthy eating and healthy living.

All speaking fees and proceeds Dr. Greger receives from the sale of his books and DVDs are donated to charity.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome, guys, to episode 227 of Behind the Shield podcast. My name's James Gearing, and I'm so excited
0:05.6	to bring to you this week, Dr. Michael Greger. Dr. Greger is the founder of Nutritionfacts.org.
0:12.0	He is the author of the bestselling book, How Not to Die. And most importantly, to me,
0:17.6	he has put a huge amount of free content out there to educate people on the
0:22.6	healing and disease reversing properties of a plant-based diet. So a really powerful conversation,
0:29.4	you'll notice it's a very short conversation compared to some of my interviews, but I use a kind of
0:34.0	rapid fire questioning to try and draw out as much as I could, especially
0:38.1	regarding heart disease and cancer and some of these supposedly incurable diseases
0:43.3	to really illustrate how powerful a plant-based diet can be.
0:48.0	So as I always say before we start the interview, please go to iTunes, Stitcher, whichever one
0:53.3	you use to listen to this podcast, and just take a moment to subscribe, Stitcher, whichever one you use to listen to this podcast,
0:55.2	and just take a moment to subscribe, leave feedback, and a rating.
0:58.6	Every rating that we get on iTunes or any those apps make us more visible to everyone else
1:04.1	who's looking for this project.
1:05.5	And then most importantly, take your social media, use it for good, and share these
1:09.9	incredible podcasts.
1:11.4	Every single one of these men and women that's taken their time to tell their story
1:14.9	has so much information and content that I know will benefit so many people that need to hear it.
1:20.3	So with that being said, I introduced to you, Dr. Michael Greger.
1:24.2	Enjoy.
1:41.3	Thank you. Michael Greger. Enjoy. Dr. Gregor, I want to start by saying welcome to the podcast and thank you so much for taking the time.
1:48.4	Happy to help out. Let's do it.
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