How Not To Diet

Every month seems to bring a trendy new diet or weight-loss fad—yet obesity rates continue to rise, along with a growing number of diseases and health concerns. It's time for a different approach.

Dr. Michael Greger, the internationally-renowned nutrition expert, physician, founder of NutritionFacts.org, and author of the New York Times mega best-selling How Not to Die, now turns his attention to the latest scientific research on the leading causes—and remedies—of obesity. Dr. Greger homes in on the optimal criteria to enable weight loss and considers how different foods affect our health and longevity. He lays out the key ingredients of the ideal weight-loss diet and explains how factors such as calorie density, the insulin index, and the impact of foods on our gut microbiome can help us add or drop pounds. Dr. Greger shows us how evidence-based eating is crucial to our success. (For all of How Not to Diet's thousands of scientific sources, see How Not to Diet Citations: nutritionfacts.org/book/how-not-to-diet/citations/)

Building the Optimal Diet for Not Dieting

How Not to Diet goes beyond food and identifies 21 weight-loss accelerators. Dr. Greger uncovers the latest discoveries in cutting-edge areas like chronobiology to reveal ways to maximize our natural fat-burning capabilities. He builds the ultimate weight-loss strategy from the ground up, taking a timeless, proactive approach that can stand up to any new trend.

Bursting with actionable advice and groundbreaking dietary research, How Not to Diet will put an end to dieting—and replace those constant weight-loss struggles with a simple, healthy, sustainable lifestyle.