Isn't it crazy to think of all the different kinds of foods so many of us eat

every day? Chips, cookies, burgers, fries, our bodies doodifully process whatever

it is we choose to swell regardless of whether or not what we could actually

harm us or shorten our lives. Our bodies are amazing. I said try to pull out

nutrients we'll talk to protect us from all the garbage so maybe just maybe we

should try and give our bodies a break. I'm Dr. Michael Greger and you're listening

to the Nutrition Facts podcast. I'm here to tell you that nutrition matters. We

could choose a diet proven to not only prevent antitreate but reverse our

number one killer heart disease along with other deadly diseases such as

type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure but many of us don't make that

choice. Our goal today is to help you make that choice and present you with

the results of the latest and peer-reviewed nutrition and health research

presented in a way that's easy to understand. A topic dermatitis also known as

eczema is a condition that makes your skin red and itchy it's common in

children but can occur at any age. No cure has been found for it but treatments

and self-care measures can relieve itching and prevent new outbreaks. Are there

dietary supplements that can help with atopic dermatitis? Let's look at the

research. Atopic dermatitis, more commonly known as eczema is ranked as the

skin disease with perhaps the greatest global health burden because it's just so

common maybe one in ten kids have it and about 3% of adults where you get patches

of red itchy skin. Topical steroids like cortisone creams the main

is day of treatment since it's Nobel Prize winning discovery in 1950. People are

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