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“People seem to be better able to deal with coming up short on positive goals than negative ones. So framing your subgoals as things you want to accomplish, rather than avoid, can help you escape the fatalistic, black-and-white thinking that can subvert your longer-term goals.”
― Michael Greger, How Not to Diet

“Give people about a quarter cup a day of tomato paste, and get an improvement in artery function within fifteen days, an effect attributed to both anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.”
― Michael Greger, How Not to Diet

“On average, every cup of coffee may cause you to end up burning seventeen extra calories.3717 Since a cup of black coffee only has about two calories,3718 that leaves a net deficit of fifteen calories per cup. But only a third of U.S. coffee consumers drink their coffee without cream or sugar.3719 While drinking coffee black could push your calorie ledger into the red, added creamer or caloric sweeteners could easily wipe out any benefit.3720 There are some Dunkin’ Donuts coffee drinks with more than a thousand”
― Michael Greger, How Not to Diet

“Traditional societies tend to have more diverse gut flora in general, and the key is thought to be their extraordinary fiber intakes, which can reach 120 grams a day,2104 nearly eight times the American average.”
― Michael Greger, How Not to Diet