Welcome to Nutrition Facts.

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger, and I'm here to ask you, what is the most important

decision you'll make today?

Is it how you'll get to work, who you'll set up a meeting with, what friends you'll

call for lunch?

Well, as it turns out, probably the most important decision you'll make today is what to eat.

What we eat on a day-to-day basis is the number one determinant of our health and longevity.

Literally, most premature deaths in the United States are preventable and related to nutrition.

So we're going to explore some smart nutrition choices based naturally on facts.

Here we refer to the science, the research, the available data published in the peer-reviewed

medical literature right now.

That's why I wrote my book How Not To Die and why I created my non-profit site NutritionFacts.org.

And now, this podcast.

Today we look into why a plant-based diet may reduce the risk of allergies.

Those eating the most fruits and vegetables have been found to be much less likely to

report asthma or other allergies.

The consumption of red rice, green tea, and white button mushrooms may also help protecting

and so-called atopic or allergic diseases.

Not all food sensitivities are allergies, though.

Gluten, for example.

After a formal evaluation to rule out ciliac disease, those who suspect they might have gluten

sensitivity should first try improving their diet and then have other causes excluded

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