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How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

By Michael Greger, Gene Stone

Audio available 8 minute read Published Dec 8, 2015

What you'll learn

Doctors are great at dealing with acute symptoms, but do not effectively alleviate chronic conditions. Unfortunately, the 15 leading causes of death in the United States are chronic illnesses. You could take prescription medications, which often create more problems than they resolve, or you could find out which foods and lifestyle changes will preempt and heal those conditions.

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  1. • What you'll learn
  2. 1 People don’t die of old age; they die of diseases.
  3. 2 Consumption of animal-based food products contributes to heart disease, and the academy and government have been unforthcoming about it.
  4. 3 Broccoli and turmeric can decrease the rate of DNA mutation in smokers and arrest cancer’s spread.
  5. 4 Unprocessed plants are plants with nothing harmful added and nothing beneficial removed—get these into your life.

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