Michael Greger

The typical Western diet is the number-one cause of premature death and the number-one cause of disability. In other words, a long and healthy life is largely a matter of choice.

High levels of stress can lead to weakened immunity, rendering animals much more susceptible to disease. This makes the average poultry factory farm a hotbed for outbreaks of avian flu.

Berries have a lot of soluble fiber. That's why they gel up when you're making your Thanksgiving cranberry sauce, with the pectin.

As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.

Bacteria mineralized the rocks; they deposited the iron. They made the geology we see.

I cannot cook to save my life. I'm really frighteningly useless, when you get down to it.