I Tried Dr. Greger's Daily Dozen for 60 Days. Here's What Happened.

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I have been doing the daily dozen for almost two years and rarely miss any of the items. I went from 215lbs to 165lbs and am absolutely ripped now. I eat way more servings of everything except for nuts and seeds and never hungry. For example, I eat between 7 and 9 pieces of fruit daily and about two cups of cooked beans and about 6 servings of whole grains. The beautiful thing about the Daily Dozen is as long as I don’t eat more than a quarter cup of nuts or 2 tablespoons of nut butter, I can eat as much over everything else without gaining weight. What freedom! I love it. I am 61 years old and never remember feeling so fluid and pain free in my life. I will never go back.

56 and a Cancer survivor. I credit the daily dozen with helping me keep my numbers in check and living my best life.

As a person who struggles with disordered eating, the daily dozen is great! The reason it’s great because it additive not subtractive.

There are ten foods in the daily dozen. I had nine for breakfast today with my smoothie. Easy peasy. Oats, cinnamon, cloves, goji berries, almonds, flax, blueberries, cranberries, apples, carrot, kale, beet, cabbage, lemon, mandarin oranges, red grapes, soy milk, water, ginger root, This tastes divine. It looks like a purple milkshake. I made 5 qts. and have a quart each morning. So my next four breakfasts, with nine of ten Greger foods and close to 30 grams of fiber, are sitting ready in the fridge.

Did it for 3 months. Lost 30 lbs without trying! Felt great!!

I’m a 77 year old ex diabetic that follows the daily dozen. It has worked better than any medication or medical solution for my diabetes My cholesterol is great too , Im off all statins. He is right traveling is the hardest part. A week at a family reunion messed me up this past yr. It took almost 3 months to recover. The daily dozen worked for me.

As an Indian watching your grocery list, I went "yup that's 90% what an Indian person will buy weekly! " ( Our country has a huge population of generational vegetarian 😆 so it felt familiar)

Do note that Dr. Greger mentions that it may very well be possible that you can't tick off all of them on a single day, but that just being mindful of them and trying to get as many checks in as possible is already great. Still, I get it! For me it's mostly a list I keep in the back of my mind so I eat varied enough. EDIT: Lol that's what your conclusion was. Lesson: watch the video and THEN comment! :D

I’m a type one diabetic who slowly transitioned into a whole food plant based diet over about a year. I went vegan but definitely wasn’t healthy (impossible burgers and pb&j sandwiches are not good for you haha). I’ve never been healthy and had poor insulin sensitivity, taking around 100 units of insulin a day. I’m officially 2 weeks in to WFPB, having cut out all oil, added sugar, and sodium, following the Daily Dozen and Mastering Diabetes recommendations. I’ve never felt better in my life. The constant urge to graze for snacks has waned, I feel fuller and have more energy, but most importantly I’ve cut my insulin usage by more than half and my blood sugars stay in non diabetic range—I can eat fruit and it barely spikes my blood sugar! Here’s to eating more plants!

I have the daily dozen chart posted on my fridge. I've been following it for a couple years and I'm the healthiest I've ever been. I'm not a perfectionist as far as checking off each box every single day and I don't worry about getting the exact number of servings right. But using it as a general guideline has been great.

I am Alan, Judy's husband. I have been vegetarian/vegan/plant-based no oil, no sugar, no processed foods for over 52 tears. A few weeks ago I started Dr Greger's Dirty Dozen incorporating his 21 Tweaks to the tee. I have not missed one day or even one meal. I added the Black Cumin and the 2 teaspoons of vinegar before or during each meal and so forth. I have already been exercising every day and especially after each meal. 30-45 minutes every morning after breakfast on the Tonal weight exercising machine and 45 minutes on the treadmill with the incline up to 5-6 and speeds up to 3.7 mph but usually around 2.5 mph. 30 minutes after lunch and 30 minutes after dinner. All of this resulting in losing 19 lbs with 16 lbs to go as a target. My blood pressure has dropped dramatically and as a type one diabetic my avg daily insulin usage has dropped from 75 units to 31 units. All of these results prove to me that 100% plant-based no oil, no sugar, no processed foods incorporating Dr Greger's program works tremendously!

I use breakfast to tackle more than half of the daily dozen by making a huge bowl of grains, fruit, flax, nuts, seeds, spices, and sometime seven add other vegetables (like sweet potato or squash) and cruciferous greens like kale. Once you get into a rhythm it becomes second nature. Keeping large bags of frozen organic fruit in the freezer makes things a lot easier too.

As a plant based eater who really does not like green veggies, I bought a food dehydrator and make my own green powder to add to smoothies or I just stuff my own capsules. It changed the game for me.

Dang this is wholesome as heck. I did the daily dozen challenge about 8 years ago and nits been second nature ever since. This was just a great refresher!

Thank you for your video. You don't need the background music. It's challenging for people on the spectrum, who are hard of hearing, who's speaking English as a second language, who need to rewind in order to understand, it's just not needed. YouTube did the world to disservice by recommending it. The best channels don't use it. Thanks again for your video. PS. A little bit of music goes a long way when people aren't talking. And of course it's lovely when people are singing.

Been doing this for 5 years, struggle the most with daily exercice. Always been ripped so didn't notice a change, but I know it's better for my overall health. You hit the nail on what intuitive eating is.

The serving sizes are only half a cup. It's not that much food. In fact, the Daily Dozen is the minimum amount of whole plant foods needed per Dr. Greger.

ok three servings of beans a day! i've mastered this! dessert hummus for breakfast. if you're trying to avoid the sugary ones in the grocery store, you can also make your own at home! just add that to your oatmeal and BOOM beans for breakfast i eat the daily dozen, but i incorporated it very slowly, because i have a tendency to jump too fast into things and give up, so i literally would not let myself go ahead and only would incorporate one of the categories a month. until at the end of the year, i was then eating my daily dozen every day. it was so much easier than i thought it would be lol and that way you're only focused on how to incorporate one at a time. ie if you have pancakes every morning, just switch to making your own whole-wheat mix. whole grains with pancakes. then top with fruits and berries, maybe a dessert hummus, make it with flax seeds, throw some walnuts on top. if you go only one at a time, it's much easier

These comments are really good! They just add to the video. 🥦