Michael Greger

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts Podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

Did you know that eating just a single shrimp could potentially exceed the safety limit for banned pesticides and chemicals? Here is our first story.

Over a decade ago, farmed shrimp overtook wild-caught such that by 2016, two-thirds of global shrimp production was farmed.

Okay.

As Michael mentioned, we're gonna talk about behavior change today.

And, uh, there's no industry ties, no disclosures.

So let's just look at the, uh, objectives first.

And ultimately, that's what leads to lasting positive change.

Before we get into sort of the main part of this lecture, I want to go over lifestyle medicine.

As Michael mentioned, I'm board certified in diagnostic radiology and lifestyle medicine, and this is something I came across, you know, about a decade ago.

And, you know, my wife and I, we both became board certified at the same time, and we were just really blown away with this specialty, with the wonderful research that was not highlighted in my medical school that this brought forth.

So we've seen it happen.

And, you know, Michael Greger is always very quick to point out in this argument that this is just what like cigarette smoking, like this, this thing where red meat and processed foods were just harmful and And everyone knew it and doctors knew it, but nobody was doing anything about it because it was so ingrained in society.

It took, I don't know how many years and how many thousands of studies before the government mandate.

He goes, the same thing happened.

There is, as I mentioned, Food Inc. 1, which is maybe more than a decade old now, and Food Inc. 2, which is just last year, I think.

Yeah, I think so.

Then there's Michael Greger's How Not to Die documentary, which is very good.

And maybe it's a good one to start with because it's only like an hour and it's free on YouTube.

Everything about that bit of advice I think is gorgeous.

If you want to d- if you want to really deeply engage with your health and find someone trustworthy, I liked Michael Greger's site.

It's mostly about eating a lot more plants, but I think he's, I think he's right about that.

You know, I think the evidence is on his side, and even if he's wrong, at least a few less animals will suffer in the process.

I will tell you this.

I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Greger, who is a big advocate.

He's like, you don't have to worry about protein.

And that is true.

The problem is when you are losing weight, you are intentionally not eating enough calories.

Therefore, if you're following a plant-based diet, you most likely are not getting enough protein.

Dr. Greger is not lifting weights in his free time.

He admitted to me, he's like, I walk, but I do not lift weights.

So fiber, you talked about 30 to 40 grams daily.

And Michael Greger did a video on how people used to eat about 100 grams.

Like our ancestors ate 100 grams.

Is 30 to 40 really the optimal level? Or is that what they think people will tolerate in modern days?