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{{Infobox person
| name       = Michael Greger
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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]]
| module     = {{Infobox medical details
 | profession        = General practitioner
 | field             = Clinical nutrition
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 | specialism        = <!-- Veganism/Vegetarianism -->
 | research_field    = <!-- Public health threats from industrial agriculture -->
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 | website           = {{URL|http://www.drgreger.org/}}
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[[File:Michael Greger-DC-VegFest-2012.jpg|thumb|Greger in 2007]]
'''Michael Herschel Greger''' is an [[United States|American]] physician, author, and professional speaker on [[public health]] issues, particularly the benefits of a [[plant-based diet]] and the harms of eating animal products. He is a [[vegan]] and creator of NutritionFacts.org.

==Career==
Greger went to college at  [[Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences|Cornell University School of Agriculture]], where as a junior he wrote informally about the dangers of [[bovine spongiform encephalopathy]] on a website he published in 1994.<ref name=CultEn>{{cite book|editor=Margaret Puskar-Pasewicz|chapter= Greger, Michael 1972- |author =Mandy Van Deven|title=Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism|date=2010|publisher=Greenwood|location=Santa Barbara, CA|isbn=9780313375569|page=123|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3-braqoek0AC&pg=PA123}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Greger|first1=Michael|title=Mad Cow Disease - Much More Serious Than AIDS |url=http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/AnimaLife/spring94/madcow.html|website=Envirolink|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19961224042634/http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/AnimaLife/spring94/madcow.html|archivedate=24 December 1996|date=1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1996 Interview with Michael Greger|url=http://www.mad-cow.org/greg.html|website=www.mad-cow.org}}</ref>  In the same year he was hired to work on mad cow issues for [[Farm Sanctuary]], near Cornell, and became a vegan after touring a stockyard as part of his work with Farm Sanctuary.<ref name=CultEn/>  In 1998 he appeared as an expert witness testifying about Bovine spongiform encephalopathy when cattle producers unsuccessfully sued [[Oprah Winfrey]] for [[libel]] over statements she made about the safety of meat in 1996.<ref name=CultEn/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Usborne|first1=David|title=Oprah triumphs over the Texas cattle ranchers|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/oprah-triumphs-over-the-texas-cattle-ranchers-1147137.html|work=The Independent|date=February 26, 1998}}</ref>

He went to [[Tufts University School of Medicine]], originally for its MD/PhD program, but he withdrew from the dual degree program and only pursued the medical degree.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Greger|first1=M|title=About the Author|url=http://upalumni.org/medschool/about-mgreger.html|publisher=United Progressive Alumni|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000302102740/http://upalumni.org/medschool/about-mgreger.html|archivedate=March 2, 2000|date=1999}}</ref> He graduated in 1999 as a [[general practitioner]] specializing in [[clinical nutrition]].<ref name=CultEn/>  In 2001 he joined [[Organic Consumers Association]] to work on mad cow issues and spoke widely on the issue as cases of mad cow appeared in the US and Canada,<ref name=CultEn/><ref>{{cite news|title=The odds against finding mad cow disease: North America's meat inspection rules leave a lot to be desired,a U.S. expert says|work=The Vancouver Sun via Lexis-Nexus|date=June 7, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Parker-Pope|first1=Tara|title=Beef Industry's Dirty Secret:U.S. Lags on Safety Standards|url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB105398946074853500|work=Wall Street Journal|date=May 27, 2003}}</ref><ref>"Mad cow disease; USDA misleads public on beef safety." Washington Times [Washington, DC] 2 Jan. 2004: A17. Infotrac Newsstand. Web. 1 Sept. 2016.</ref> calling mad cow "The Plague of the 21st Century."<ref name=Talk>Davidson, S. (2004, Jan 29). MIT to hold forum on mad cow disease; local physician to give keynote address. Jewish Advocate Retrieved from Proquest. Quote: "Consumers concerned about mad cow disease and other issues about safeguarding the food supply may want to attend the Jan. 29 lecture at MIT by Michael Greger, M.D., entitled "Mad Cow Disease: Plague of the 21st Century?"  ...Greger was raised in a small Arizona town, "the only Jewish family within 30 miles." His parents were New York natives; his mother taught Biblical Hebrew at the community college. Following his parents' divorce, he moved with his mother and brother to Binghamton, N.Y., where she taught Hebrew school at the orthodox Beth Israel synagogue."</ref><ref>"Confused About Mad Cow? New Ad Exposes Scaremongers and Dispels Myths." PR Newswire 5 Jan. 2004. Academic OneFile. Web. 1 Sept. 2016.</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Greger|first1=Michael|title=The killer among us: Could mad cow disease already be killing thousands of Americans every year?|url=http://www.earthsave.org/pdf/winter2004.pdf|work=EarthSave News Vol 15 No. 1|date=Winter 2004|page=5}}</ref>

In 2004 he launched a website and published a book critical of the [[Atkins Diet]] and other [[low carb diets]].<ref name=CultEn/>

In 2004, the American College Of Lifestyle Medicine was formed in [[Loma Linda]],<ref>{{cite web|title=American College Of Lifestyle Medicine|url=https://www.californiaexplore.com/company/02642604/american-college-of-lifestyle-medicine|website=California Explore|accessdate=September 1, 2016}}</ref> and Greger was a founding member<ref name=CultEn/> as one of the first hundred people to join the organization.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joining the American Academy of Lifestyle Medicine (AALM)|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031219055140/http://lifestylemedicine.org/join/index.htm|publisher=American Academy of Lifestyle Medicine|accessdate=Dec 19, 2003}}</ref>

In 2005 he joined the farm animal welfare division of the [[Humane Society]] as director of public health and animal agriculture.<ref name=CultEn/>   In 2008 he testified before Congress<ref>{{cite news|last1=Schmit|first1=Julie|title=Meat plant concerns raised for years|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2008-02-27-westland-meat-recall_N.htm|work=USA Today|date=March 5, 2008}}</ref> after the Humane Society released its [[The Humane Society of the United States#Investigation of Westland Meat Packing Company|undercover video of the Westland Meat Packing Company]] that showed [[downer (animal)|downer]] animals entering the meat supply, which led to the USDA forcing the recall of 143 million pounds of beef, some of which had been routed into the nation's school lunch program.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kesmodel |first=David |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120378150987388423.html?mod=googlenews_wsj |title=Meatpacker in Cow-Abuse Scandal May Shut as Congress Turns Up Heat – The Wall Street Journal |publisher=Online.wsj.com |date=2008-02-25 |accessdate=2011-03-30}}</ref>

In 2011, he founded the website NutritionFacts.org<ref name=launch>{{cite web|last1=Greger|first1=Michael|title=Welcome to NutritionFacts.org!|url=http://nutritionfacts.org/2011/04/15/welcome-to-nutritionfacts-org/|website=NutritionFacts.org|date=April 15, 2011}}</ref> with funding from the Jesse & Julie Rasch Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Featured Projects|url=http://www.raschfoundation.org/programs/featured/|publisher=The Jesse and Julie Rasch Foundation}}</ref>

In his lectures, videos, and writings about nutrition he tries to persuade people to change their eating habits from a [[Western pattern diet]] to a [[plant-based diet]]—optimally to [[vegan]] diet—and says that such a diet can prevent and reverse many chronic diseases.<ref name=hall/><ref name=HowNot>{{cite book|last1=Greger|first1=Michael|title=How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease|date=2015|publisher=Flatiron Books|isbn=9781250066114}}</ref>{{rp|10}} He is critical of other doctors for not challenging their patients to adopt plant-based diets and to avoid animal-based products<ref name=HowNot/>{{rp|1–12}} and criticizes the US government 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>

==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]])

''Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching'' received a favorable review which said it was "interesting and informative to both scientists and lay persons",<ref name="Pekosz2007">{{cite journal|last1=Pekosz|first1=Andrew|title=Book Review. Bird flu: A virus of our own hatching|journal=J Clin Invest|date=Sep 4, 2007|volume=117|issue=9|pages=2350–2350|doi=10.1172/JCI33078|url=http://www.jci.org/articles/view/33078|accessdate=August 17, 2014}}</ref> but public health expert [[David Sencer]] was critical of the book, writing that it "focuses heavily on doomsday scenarios and offers little in terms of practical advice to the public" and that "a professional audience would quickly put [the book] aside for more factually correct sources of information".<ref name="sencer">{{cite journal |author=Sencer DJ |pages=1802–1803 |year=2007 |journal=Emerging Infection Diseases |volume=13 |issue=11 |type=Book review |title=Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching}}</ref>

''How Not to Die'' made the ''New York Times'' Advice, How-to, and Miscellaneous best seller list for December 27, 2015, appearing at #6;<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2015-12-27/advice-how-to-and-miscellaneous/list.html ''New York Times'' Best Seller List - Advice, How-to, and Miscellaneous for December 27, 2015]</ref> for January 3, 2016, appearing at #11;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.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>

==References==
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== External links ==
*{{Official website|http://www.drgreger.org/}}

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