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Choose Your Food Carefully I recently devoured the book How Not to Die by Michael Greger, a physician and founder of NutritionFacts.org. Dr. Greger's scientifically supported book outlines a diet aimed at preventing and reversing many diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and high blood pressure. The diet is plant-based and focuses on Dr. Greger's "daily dozen," a list of foods we should eat every day. It includes beans, berries and other fruit, cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower, greens and other vegetables, flaxseeds, nuts and other seeds, whole grains, spices (like turmeric, marjoram, and cayenne pepper), and beverages like water, coffee, and tea. The list's final item is exercise, which isn't a food, but Dr. Greger believes you should get in one "serving" of 90 minutes a day. Since heart disease and cancer run in my family, I've been working to add the "daily dozen" to my diet. Plan Your