Like many have said before me: How Not to Diet really is the perfect companion to How Not to Die, which opened my eyes to the fascinating field of nutrition. The latter goes through the major killers in America and explains what kind of a diet offers the best protection, whereas this one focuses on offering practical tweaks to create an optimal diet – not only for weight loss, but for overall health. There’s just so much interesting science here and that’s why I’d recommend it for anyone interested in nutrition, not only those struggling with their weights. But as scientific as How Not to Diet is with nearly 5000 references, Michael Greger’s personality comes through in the text in delightful bursts. The only thing I would say is that this could have been more concise to make the information more accessible to those that are intimated by books of this size. Also, I want to make clear that there’s a lot of talk about calories etc., so this might be triggering for anyone who’s had an eating disorder.