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{{Infobox person
| name       = Michael Greger
| image      =Dr greger.png
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1972}}
| education  = [[Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences]] <br> [[Tufts University School of Medicine]]
(contracted; show full)rnment for giving watered-down advice about healthy eating in its guidelines, in order to protect the economic interests of food producers—especially those who make junk food or produce animal-based food.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Gustafson|first1=C|title=Michael Greger, md: Reversing Chronic Disease Through Diet; Addressing the 2015 USDA Dietary Guidelines Committee.|journal=Integrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.)|date=April 2014|volume=13|issue=2|pages=22–4|pmid=26770088|pmc=4684122}}</ref>


Retired physician [[Harriet A. Hall]], who is known for applying critical thinking to health claims,<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/07/24/senators_seek_coverage_for_alternative_therapies/ | title=Senators seek coverage for alternative therapies | author=Kranish, Michael | newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] | date=July 24, 2009 | accessdate=August 8, 2009 | postscript=<!--None--> }}</ref><ref name="Skepticality79">{{Cite journal | title=Ep. #079 - Interview: Dr. Harriet Hall - The Doctor Is In!| date=June 10, 2008 | url=http://www.skepticality.com/the-doctor-is-in/ | author=Swoopy | authorlink=Robynn McCarthy | first2=Derek | last2=Colanduno | author2-link=Derek Colanduno | work=[[Skepticality]] | publisher=[[Skeptic (U.S. magazine)|Skeptic Magazine]]| accessdate=November 27, 2011 | postscript=<!--None--> }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=airborne-baloney | title=Airborne Baloney: The latest fad in cold remedies is full of hot air | author=Shermer, Michael | date=January 2007 | work=[[Scientific American]] | accessdate=August 9, 2009 | postscript=<!--None--> }}</ref> has written that, while it is well accepted that it is more healthy to eat a plant-based diet than a western pattern diet, Greger often overstates the known benefits of such a diet as well as the harm caused by eating animal products (for example, in a talk he claimed that a single meal rich in animal products can "cripple" one's arteries), and he sometimes does not discuss evidence that contradicts his strong claims.<ref name=hall>{{cite web |publisher=Science-based Medicine |url=https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/death-as-a-foodborne-illness-curable-by-veganism/ |author=Hall HA |accessdate=December 13, 2015 |date=February 12, 2013 |title=Death as a Foodborne Illness Curable by Veganism}}</ref>⏎
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==Publications==
* ''Heart Failure: Diary of a Third-Year Medical Student'' (2000)
* ''Carbophobia: The Scary Truth Behind America's Low Carb Craze'' (2005).
* ''Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching'' (2007)
* ''How Not To Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease'' (2015) (with [[Gene Stone]])

(contracted; show full)ww.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2016/01/03/advice-how-to-and-miscellaneous/|title=Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous Books - Best Sellers - January 3, 2016 - The New York Times|access-date=2016-06-26}}</ref> and for January 10, 2016, appearing at #15.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2016/01/10/advice-how-to-and-miscellaneous/|title=Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous Books - Best Sellers - January 10, 2016 - The New York Times|access-date=2016-06-26}}</ref>


==Surgeon General==
There has been talk amongst the medical community that Greger could be the next Surgeon General to the United States. When asked about this recently, he stated on California's 87.9 FM "Hmmm...maybe. I wouldn't mind giving it a go".⏎
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==References==
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== External links ==
*{{Official website|http://www.drgreger.org/}}

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