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Michael Greger | |
|---|---|
| Education | Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Tufts University School of Medicine |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | General Practitioner and Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at the Humane Society of the United States |
| Field | Clinical Nutrition |
| Sub-specialties | Veganism/Vegetarianism |
| Research | Public health threats from industrial agriculture |
| Notable works | The Colbert Report, The Dr. Oz Show, and giving testimony before Congress regarding the Oprah Winfrey "meat defamation trial" |
Michael Greger is an American physician, author, and professional speaker on public health issues. He is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Agriculture and the Tufts University School of Medicine. He started eating a plant-based diet in 1990.[1] He is currently the Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and Humane Society International. Greger is the author of numerous books and scholarly publications on animal agriculture, nutrition, and human health. In 2011, he founded the non-profit NutritionFacts.org.
Career advocacy
Greger is licensed as a general practitioner specializing in clinical nutrition and was a founding member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.[2] He was featured on the Healthy Living Channel promoting his latest nutrition DVDs.
Greger's work includes the human health implications of intensive animal agriculture and involves examining the routine use of non-therapeutic antibiotics and growth hormones in animals raised for food, and the public health threats of industrial factory farms.[see publications] Greger contributes to the HSUS's efforts to shape public policy on agriculture and nutrition.[3]
He also works on food safety issues, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease). He appeared as an expert witness testifying about mad-cow disease when cattle producers sued Oprah Winfrey for libel.[4]
Greger has lectured at universities, medical schools, and conferences,[see lecture list] including the Conference of World Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, and the International Bird Flu Summit.[5] He has testified before Congress and appeared on shows such as The Colbert Report and The Dr. Oz Show.
NutritionFacts.org is a 501c3 nonprofit charity, for which Greger summarizes research from scientific journals in short referenced videos. It was established by Greger with help from the Jesse and Julie Rasch Foundation. [6]
Publications
He wrote the book Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching, which is still in print and is also available free online.[7] The book received a favorable review in the Journal of Clinical Investigation[8] and a mixed but generally favorable one in Nature.[9] He also wrote Carbophobia: The Scary Truth Behind America's Low Carb Craze (2005) and Heart Failure: Diary of a Third-Year Medical Student (2000).[10] In 2009, he produced a video with tips for avoiding swine flu.[citation needed]
Greger's recent scientific publications in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine, Biosecurity and Bioterrorism, Critical Reviews in Microbiology, Family & Community Health, and the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition, and Public Health explore the public health implications of industrialized animal agriculture.[citation needed]
Commentary
Victoria Moran (Main Street Vegan) describes Greger as “the brilliance behind NutritionFacts.org.”[11] Neal Barnard, M.D. (PCRM) praises the site as “fact-filled and entertaining …. Greger helps you separate the wheat from the chaff.”[12] John McDougall, M.D. recommends the site, describing Greger’s presentations as “a work of art.”[13]
Professor Joe Schwarcz of McGill University recommends Greger's videos but says they contain "cherry-picking of data. Of course that doesn’t mean the cherries he picks are rotten; they’re fine." and that Greger has swallowed veganism "hook, line, and sinker; not that there’s anything wrong with that."[14] Skeptic and physician Harriet A. Hall has also criticized Greger's video Uprooting the Leading Causes of Death, saying his videos are part of a genre featuring "a charismatic scientist with an agenda who makes sweeping statements that go beyond the evidence, makes unwarranted assumptions about the meaning of studies, and omits any reference to contradictory evidence".[15]
Criticism
Professor Joe Schwarcz of McGill University says about NutritionFacts.org:[16]
You will never see Dr. Greger refer to a study that shows anything positive about meat, but you will see plenty of studies that point out the pitfalls of consuming animal products. While there is some zealotry here, the studies that Dr. Greger enthusiastically talks about are from respected journals and merit our attention. I think his videos are worth watching, but keep in mind that there is some cherry picking of data.
Skeptic and physician Harriet A. Hall has also criticized Greger's video Uprooting the Leading Causes of Death, saying his videos are part of a genre featuring "a charismatic scientist with an agenda who makes sweeping statements that go beyond the evidence, makes unwarranted assumptions about the meaning of studies, and omits any reference to contradictory evidence".[17]
See also
References
- ^ "Interview with Dr. Michael Greger". Vegan Love Planet.
- ^ "Speakers". Retrieved 2015-09-10.
- ^ "Humane Nutrition Presentations : The Humane Society of the United States". www.humanesociety.org. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
- ^ Reda, Bonnie Reda (28 February 2004). "Expert to dissect 'mad cow' disease in presentation". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, NY. p. B.3. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ^ "Introduction to MC Interview 06: Dr. Michael Greger". www.madcowboy.com. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
- ^ Voices of the Food Revolution: Healing Your Body and Your World With Food!, John Robbins and Ocean Robbins, San Francisco: Conari Press, 2013, p. 67
- ^ Greger, Michael (Nov 2006). Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching by Michael Greger. Lantern Books. ISBN 1590560981. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ Pekosz, Andrew (Sep 4, 2007). "Book Review. Bird flu: A virus of our own hatching". J Clin Invest. 117 (9): 2350–2350. doi:10.1172/JCI33078. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ Oxford, John (21 December 2006). "The Next Pandemic?" (PDF). Nature. 444 (7122): 1007–8. doi:10.1038/4441007a. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ "Michael Greger, M.D". The Humane Society of the United States.
- ^ "Main Street Vegan". iTunes. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
- ^ Barnard, Neal (August 2011). "Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine".
- ^ "McDougall New DVD Recommendation". www.drmcdougall.com. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
- ^ Schwarcz's blog at McGill
- ^ Hall's article on the Science Based Medicine site
- ^ Schwarcz's blog at McGill
- ^ Hall's article on the Science Based Medicine site