Did you ever wonder if the food you eat is a direct effect on your health, well-being,

and longevity?

Well, I'm here to end that mystery you ARE the food you eat.

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts Podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

Today we have part two in our series on stents for patients with coronary artery disease.

When we start by asking, why are doctors killing or stroking out thousands of people a year

for a procedure that offers little benefit?

Here are some answers.

Millions of people have gotten stents for stable coronary artery disease yet we now know

that for such patients, angioplasty and stent basement doesn't actually prevent heart

attacks.

Doesn't even offer long-term in-genital pain relief and doesn't improve survival.

Why?

Because the most dangerous place the one's most vulnerable to rupture lead to a heart attack

or not the one's doctors put stents in, not the ones often even seen on angiogram to

be obstructing blood flow.

So we need to avoid the therapeutic illusion that we are accomplishing more than is shown

by the evidence.

Maybe it looks great when you're opening up blood flow, but if it doesn't actually help,

why do it?

And we're not just talking about billions of dollars wasted stent placement.

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