Have you ever noticed that every month seems to bring a trendy new diet,

and yet obesity rates continue to rise, and with it, a growing number of health problems?

That's why I wrote my new book, How Not to Diet, check it out at your local public library.

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

Today on the show, we feature a live Q&A I did.

That covers a wide range of topics from the Ice Bucket Challenge

to the antimicrobial properties of silver,

raising children with plant-based diets, nocturnal

hypertension, and many more fascinating topics.

For those of you, I'm familiar with my work every year. I read through every issue of every

English language nutrition journal in the world, or I strive to at least. So busy folks are like you

don't have to. I think about the most interesting, most groundbreaking, the most practical findings and new videos and articles upload

nearly every day to my nonprofit site, nutrition facts at the work. Everything on the website is

free. There are no ads. No corporate sponsorship, strictly non-commercial, not selling anything,

just put it up as a public service. As the labor of love as a tribute to my grandmother.

So welcome back. These are Q&A's I do every month and happy Thanksgiving.

Let's get to the top here.

Crumpet pie asks.

I consume about 110 grams protein from whole plant foods, presumably not crumped pies,

in my daily diet.

Would that be considered too much?

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