歡迎來(lái)到NutritionFacts.org網(wǎng)站，這一切都始于我的奶奶。

Welcome to NutritionFacts.org, which all started with my grandma.

當(dāng)我還是一個(gè)孩子的時(shí)候，奶奶被診斷出心臟病晚期并被送回家等死。她做了許多心臟搭橋術(shù)，內(nèi)部傷痕累累，外科醫(yī)生已經(jīng)對(duì)她無(wú)能為力。她只能坐輪椅，胸痛得厲害，她的人生在65歲就等于結(jié)束了。

I was just a kid when my grandmother was diagnosed with end-stage heart disease, and sent home to die. She already hadso many bypass surgeries; was so scarred up inside; there was nothing more the surgeons could do. Confined in a wheelchair; crushing chest pain; her life was over at age 65.

Michael Greger 醫(yī)生小時(shí)候的樣子

后來(lái)她聽(tīng)說(shuō)了這個(gè)叫Nathan Pritikin的人，他是早期生活方式醫(yī)學(xué)的先驅(qū)之一，接下來(lái)發(fā)生的事情被記錄在了Pritikin的傳記中。

Then, she heard about this guy, Nathan Pritikin, one of our early lifestyle medicine pioneers, and what happened nextis chronicled in Pritikin’s biography.

我奶奶是從鬼門(mén)關(guān)走過(guò)來(lái)的人之一。我奶奶Frances Greger，是坐著輪椅來(lái)的。

My grandma was one of the “death’s door people.” Like Frances Greger, my grandmother. Arrived in a wheelchair.

“Greger太太患有心臟病，心絞痛和跛行；她的情況十分糟糕，只要一走路，胸部和腿就劇痛無(wú)比。但是在短短的三個(gè)禮拜內(nèi)，她不但擺脫了輪椅，而且一天能走十英里路。”

“Mrs. Greger had heart disease, angina, and claudication; her condition was so bad she could no longer walk without great pain in her chest and legs. Within three weeks [though], she was not only out of her wheelchair…[she] was walking ten miles a day.”

這是一張我奶奶在她孫子婚禮上的照片，攝于醫(yī)生對(duì)她宣告無(wú)藥可救后的第15個(gè)年頭。

This is a picture of my grandma — at her grandson’s wedding, 15 years after doctors had abandoned her to die.

在65歲時(shí)，她被醫(yī)生判了死刑，但受益于健康的飲食，她在這個(gè)地球上又多活了31年，與六個(gè)孫子，包括我在內(nèi)，享受天倫之樂(lè)到96歲。

She was given her medical death sentence at age 65 — but, thanks to a healthy diet, was able to enjoy another 31 years on this earth until age 96, with her six grandkids, including me.

這就是我進(jìn)入醫(yī)學(xué)領(lǐng)域的原因。

That’s why I went into medicine.

Dean Ornish醫(yī)生發(fā)表了生活方式心臟臨床試驗(yàn)的論文多年后，用定量血管造影術(shù)證明心臟病是可以逆轉(zhuǎn)的，大多數(shù)患者不需服藥，不用做手術(shù)— 只需要植物性飲食和其他健康的生活方式 — 我以為這項(xiàng)研究將會(huì)改變醫(yī)學(xué)界的規(guī)則。

When Dr. Dean Ornish published his Lifestyle Heart Trial years later, proving, with something called quantitative angiography, that indeed heart disease could be reversed in the majority of patients without drugs, without surgery — just a plant-based diet and other healthy lifestyle behaviors — I assumed this was going to be the game-changer.

我和我的家人都親眼見(jiàn)證了這個(gè)事實(shí)。而它更是白紙黑字地發(fā)表在最有聲望的一本醫(yī)學(xué)期刊上。

I mean, my family had seen it with their own eyes. But here it was in black and white, published in one of the most prestigious medical journals.

但是卻什么都沒(méi)有發(fā)生，這讓我覺(jué)得很奇怪。等一下。如果治愈頭號(hào)健康殺手的方法都會(huì)神秘地不知所蹤，都會(huì)被忽視，那么醫(yī)學(xué)文獻(xiàn)中還有什么其它可以幫助患者的治療方法，只是由于缺乏企業(yè)贊助而沒(méi)能被大眾所知呢？

But, nothing happened, leaving me to wonder. Wait a second. If effectively, the cure to our #1 killer could get lost down some rabbit hole and ignored, what else might there be in the medical literature that could help my patients — but just didn’t have a corporate budget driving its promotion?

我把這作為我人生的使命。

I made it my life’s mission to find out. 

若您不熟悉我的工作的話(huà)，每年我都會(huì)閱讀世界各地發(fā)表的每一期英文營(yíng)養(yǎng)期刊，這樣你們這些大忙人就不用去讀了。

For those of you unfamiliar with my work,every year, I read through every issue of every English-language nutrition journal in the world — so busy folks like you don’t have to.

然后我每天再編寫(xiě)其中最有趣，最具開(kāi)創(chuàng)性，最有實(shí)用價(jià)值的研究成果來(lái)制作新視頻和文章，發(fā)表在我的非營(yíng)利網(wǎng)站 NutritionFacts.org 上。

I then compile all the most interesting, the most groundbreaking, the most practical findings to create new videos and articles every day for my nonprofit site, NutritionFacts.org.

此網(wǎng)站的一切都是免費(fèi)的。

Everything on the website is free.

沒(méi)有廣告，也沒(méi)有贊助商。這是嚴(yán)格的非商業(yè)網(wǎng)站，不賣(mài)任何東西。

There’s no ads, no corporate sponsorship. It’s strictly non-commercial — I’m not selling anything.

我只是把它當(dāng)作公益事業(yè)，用愛(ài)心服務(wù)大家，以此向我的奶奶致敬。

I just put it up as a public service, as a labor of love, as a tribute to my grandmother.

我希望我能夠幫助你的家庭，就像Pritikin曾幫助我的家庭一樣。

I hope I can do for your family what Pritikin did for my family.