How Not to Die
Michael Greger · 2015
"Most of the top causes of premature death in wealthy countries — heart disease, several cancers, diabetes, high blood pressure — can be substantially prevented or reversed through diet and lifestyle, primarily via a whole-food, plant-based approach, though critics argue the book's evidence is selectively curated to support that conclusion."
The book is organized around the fifteen leading causes of death in America, dedicating a chapter to each, and for each one presents nutrition-and-lifestyle research suggesting a whole-food, plant-based diet reduces risk or, in some cases, contributes to reversing existing disease — sometimes comparing this to the effect size of standard pharmaceutical interventions.
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The Power of Habit
"Habits run on a neurological loop of cue, routine, and reward, and the reliable way to change an existing habit is to keep the same cue and reward while deliberately swapping out the routine in between — not to rely on willpower alone."