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PLANTSTRONG Podcast

Ep. 49: Dr. Michael Greger - How Best to Survive Two Pandemics

PLANTSTRONG Podcast

Rip Esselstyn

Nutrition, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

We welcome one of our all-time favorite plant-strong BROC-STARS back to the podcast, Dr. Michael Greger!

You know him from his website nutritionfacts.org or even his wildly popular books - How Not to Die and How Not to Diet, in which he lays out, in much detail, the science behind the benefits of whole food plant-based diet.

Today, Rip talks with Dr. Greger in-depth about his new book - How to Survive a Pandemic. Most people may not realize that Dr. Greger’s medical background is actually in infectious disease and he even wrote a book back on pandemic planning and preparedness way back in 2006. Well, his time in quarantine was spent revisiting that material and presenting the latest science amidst the noise and nonsense that surrounds us.

When it comes to the global health of our planet, your choices do have a profound impact. Dr. Greger and Rip discuss measures to protect yourself now and in the future - and - ways we can stop the emergence of pandemics in the first place. This, of course, includes the disastrous implications of our current animal agriculture practices.

It wouldn’t be a conversation with Dr. Greger if he didn’t dig into other nutrition facts as well, so buckle your seat-belts for this one! He is a man who walks the walk and talks the talk.

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0:00.0

I am thrilled to welcome back to the podcast Dr. Michael Greger, one of the top

0:08.8

Brock stars in the plant-based movement. He is of course the the founder of

0:16.1

NutritionFacts.org and he is also the author of the wildly insanely

0:23.4

successful books, How Not to Die and How Not to Die It, in which he lays out

0:29.5

in-depth the science behind the benefits of a whole food plant-based diet. Today

0:35.7

we're going to talk about his new book How to Survive a Pandemic, which obviously

0:41.5

could not be more timely. Surprisingly, most people have no idea that Dr. Greger's

0:48.6

medical background is actually an infectious disease and even wrote a book

0:54.4

back in 2006 on pandemic planning and preparedness. Well, his quarantine was

1:02.0

spent revisiting that material and presenting the latest most seminal science

1:08.0

amidst all the noise and nonsense that currently surround us. Know this when

1:14.8

it comes to the global health of our planet, every one of your choices have a

1:20.8

profound impact. Dr. Greger and I discussed measures to protect yourself now

1:26.4

and in the future along with ways that we can stop the emergence of pandemics in

1:32.4

the first place. This of course includes the disastrous implications of our

1:39.3

current animal agriculture practices. It wouldn't be a conversation with Dr.

1:44.9

Greger if we didn't dig in to other nutrition facts. So quite literally buckle up

1:53.4

your seat belts for this one. He is a man who walks the walk and talks the

1:58.7

talk quite literally. If you're going to watch this episode on our YouTube

2:03.6

channel, you'll see him walking on his treadmill the entire time. Don't get dizzy.

2:11.6

So with that, let's wind him up and put him to the test. Dr. Michael Greger. I

2:21.4

want to personally invite you to join us and the Wildman, Dr. Michael Greger and

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