Hello and welcome to the Nutrition Facts Podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

Now I know I've made a name for myself and explaining how not to do certain things.

Just look at my books. How not to die in my upcoming book, How Not to Diet.

But what I want to share with you is actually quite positive.

What's the best way to live a healthy life? Here are some answers.

A few months ago I met up with the amazing actress and producer,

Gianna Simone, for In-It-To-View, this 30-minute conversation.

Gianna and I discussed healthy pregnancies, the science of soy, supplements, and more. Enjoy.

Hello and welcome back to Love Gianna. Today I'm here with the incredible Dr. Greger.

Happy to be here. Please tell us a little bit about yourself and how you became a leader in the

field, nutritionfacts.org, and any books that you've written that you'd like to talk about.

Wow. I am a physician, specializing in lifestyle medicine, using

that in her sense to not only prevent us, but to treat and reverse it as well. And all really

goes back to my grandma. I think the spark for many kids to want to be a doctor when they grow up is,

watching Grandparents get sick or even diaper for me is watching my grandma get better.

She was diagnosed with end-stage heart disease. I already had so many bypass surgeries,

now some more the doctors could do. She was sent home in a wheelchair to die crushing chest pain.

But then she heard about this guy, Nathan Prittikin, one of our early lifestyle medicine pioneers,

and what happened next is actually detailed in Prittikin's biography to talk about.

Francis Greger, my grandma. She was one of his early patients. She featured in his biography

as one of his early success stories. They wheeled her in it. And she walked out a few weeks later.

She was walking 10 miles a day, and though she was giving her medical death sentence at age 65,

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