I'm all for giving people the truth. They're afraid people are going to throw up their hands and not

do anything. There's this critical research done by this famous Harvard nutrition professor

that showed that, okay, well, really, the ideal diet would be one exclusively centered around plans.

That research is the one who came up with the dash diet, but explicitly said in their design

documents that we are going to save more lives if we kind of soft

pedal the diet. Tell that to the 1,000 American families that lose a loved one every day to have

blood pressure. It's like maybe it's time to start telling Americans the truth. Minimizing the intake

of meat, dairy, egg, salt, sugar, maximizes the intake of fruits, vegetables, legumes, beans,

plippy, chickpeas, not those whole grains, nuts and seeds, mushrooms, herbs, and spices,

basically real food that grows out of the ground from fields, not factories.

These are our healthiest choices.

The more we can center our diets around these healthiest of healthy foods, the healthier we're

going to be.

What's up, folks? Welcome back to the WOOP podcast. I'm your host, Will Ahmed, founder and CEO of Woop.

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research algorithms and data, Emily Capilupo is joined by Dr. Michael Greger for the first

edition of our longevity series. This series will feature conversations focused on providing

you with insight on how to live healthier and longer.

Michael is a best-selling author, a physician, and founding member, and fellow of the American

College of Lifestyle Medicine. He's an advocate for whole food and plant-based diets and an

effort to reverse chronic diseases. Emily and Michael discuss the benefits of a plant-based diet,

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