How Not to Diet
by Michael Greger
Greger's exhaustive review of weight-loss evidence: the seventeen ingredients of an ideal diet, the twenty-one tweaks (vinegar, timing, water preloading), with thousands of citations and a whole-food plant-based conclusion. It is overwhelming in volume and sometimes cherry-picks toward its conclusion; the evidence summaries are still valuable.
Read it if…
you want the most comprehensive referenced tour of weight-loss research.
Skip it if…
you want simplicity; it is a reference work.
Three things you will actually use
- Whole plant foods dominate the evidence for weight.
- Timing and sequence matter at the margin.
- Beware anyone, including the author, who finds only confirming studies.
Do this first
Read the twenty-one tweaks and pick three low-effort ones to try.
Our verdict
Exhaustive, leaning.
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