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Cover of How not to die : discover the foods scientifically proven to prevent and reverse disease by Michael Greger, Gene Stone

Book · Non-fiction, memoir and self-help

How not to die : discover the foods scientifically proven to prevent and reverse disease

by Michael Greger, Gene Stone

Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start How not to die : discover the foods scientifically proven to prevent and reverse disease, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.

Pages
562
Reading time
≈ 10 h 10 min
Checkpoints
23
Genre
Non-fiction
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How long does it take to read How not to die : discover the foods scientifically proven to prevent and reverse disease?

At 562 pages, How not to die : discover the foods scientifically proven to prevent and reverse disease is a long book. Expect about 10 hours 10 minutes of reading to finish it, based on 250 words per page and an average reading speed of 230 words per minute. A fast reader will go quicker; a careful read (or reading in a second language) will take longer.

At 30 minutes a day, that is about 21 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 8 reading days. For a book of this length (400 to 599 pages), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 5.3 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).

Reading days to finish it
30 minutes a day21 days
Vread median pace (72 pp./day)8 days

Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.

Prove you read it

The Vread challenge: 23 checkpoints

  1. Checkpoint 1, page 24
  2. Checkpoint 2, page 49
  3. Checkpoint 3, page 73
  4. Checkpoint 4, page 98
  5. Checkpoint 5, page 122
  6. Checkpoint 6, page 147
  7. Checkpoint 7, page 171
  8. Checkpoint 8, page 195
  9. Checkpoint 9, page 220
  10. Checkpoint 10, page 244
  11. Checkpoint 11, page 269
  12. Checkpoint 12, page 293
  13. Checkpoint 13, page 318
  14. Checkpoint 14, page 342
  15. Checkpoint 15, page 367
  16. Checkpoint 16, page 391
  17. Checkpoint 17, page 415
  18. Checkpoint 18, page 440
  19. Checkpoint 19, page 464
  20. Checkpoint 20, page 489
  21. Checkpoint 21, page 513
  22. Checkpoint 22, page 538
  23. Checkpoint 23, page 562

In Vread, How not to die : discover the foods scientifically proven to prevent and reverse disease is split into 23 checkpoints, one every 24 pages or so. At each checkpoint, a question covers the passage you have just read: a correct answer validates the step, and your progress moves forward like a training plan.

The challenge: validate all 23 checkpoints through to the last page. No giant quiz at the end, no summary to copy out: short questions along the way that prove the book was actually read. It also works as a reading quiz to check your understanding before a test.

Also available in French on Vread.

Illustrative example

Checkpoint 1/23pp. 1–24

What a checkpoint looks like

A short, precise question about the pages you have just read: a character, a place, a choice.

The answer is in the text: reply in the app.

This is not a question from How not to die : discover the foods scientifically proven to prevent and reverse disease: to avoid spoilers, the real questions stay in the app.

Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.

Summary, quiz, reviews: frequently asked questions

How many pages is How not to die : discover the foods scientifically proven to prevent and reverse disease?
The edition listed on Vread has 562 pages. The exact count varies by edition (paperback, hardback, ebook).
How long does it take to read How not to die : discover the foods scientifically proven to prevent and reverse disease?
About 10 hours 10 minutes of reading, or 21 days at 30 minutes a day.
Is there a quiz on How not to die : discover the foods scientifically proven to prevent and reverse disease?
Yes: the Vread app has 23 reading questions on How not to die : discover the foods scientifically proven to prevent and reverse disease, one per checkpoint, unlocked as you read.
Where can I find a summary of How not to die : discover the foods scientifically proven to prevent and reverse disease?
Vread does not publish summaries: the app supports reading the book itself, part by part. Checkpoint questions cover what you have just read, which makes them a good way to check you did not miss anything.

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Written by Vread from its catalogue data (page count of the listed edition, checkpoints, ratings aggregated from 10 ratings). No summary or publisher text is reproduced. Reading times are estimates; see the method in the Vread Reading Barometer (in French).