Dr. Greger's Tägliches Dutzend

Great way to make sure you’re getting ample variety in your diet, plus it’s a simple way to gameify eating as a vegan when you’re on the road. Two thumbs up!

I’ve been using the Daily Dozen since 2018 and have read “How Not to Die”. This website keeps my diet on course, answers my many questions and keeps me eating correctly. There are very few vegans living close by, here in Texas. We have two vegan friends. The gal and her husband have a miraculous story. Our friend was born with one kidney. She told my wife that she had Level 3 kidney failure. She was very interested in all the information Dr Greger dishes out. After checking with her doctor she went on a Dr Greger’s WFPB diet. She used the Daily Dozen App to keep her eating clean and consistent. Two months later she was tested and had no kidney failure issues and a received a clean Bill of Health. This gave us the proof that a smart WFPB diet under Dr Greger’s guidelines is a great way to live! Thank you’s out to Dr Greger!!

I love this app so much because at my age I need a reminder. I always have my phone so check if I have had my flex or berries helps me self correct with the next meal.

I don’t like the trend of all these calorie trackers where they try to get you to be granular with your health data. I get that calories are important for burning fat, but it’s difficult to get an accurate calorie count when you have a million other things going on and eat home-cooked meals with no access to the nutrition labels for all ingredients used. I feel like Apple Health sets this trend where every tracker has to have an integration where you track your calories, protein, carbs, etc. down to the molecule. (And no, AI doesn’t make it any easier.) Which makes apps like this one a breath of fresh air. In a sea of Health integration slop, here’s an app that gets it: users aren’t going to work 24/7 as data entry workers without pay, even if it’s for their health. Will this help people lose weight or be healthy? Maybe some people need the granular tracking that traditional calorie trackers provide. I, however, am willing to take a chance on this simpler model and see if the habits I build from it kill hunger and craving enough that I can burn fat without thinking so much.

The Daily Dozen helps me remember to eat my beans, greens, and grains! I usually don’t check off all 24, but I feel like a rockstar when I do! It’s great to feel like I’m leveling up my diet to be mainly plant-based, whole foods. I feel so much better in my body, and the scale wins aren’t bad either!

I use this checklist every day to be sure I’m getting the right nutrition. It defines what I need to eat based on what I have eaten already. When there are so many messages out there about what you should eat, especially about protein and supplements, I really feel I can ignore all that and just eat according to the checklist (and book). I recommend both to anyone who wonders about plant-based eating.