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 doodly process whatever it is we choose to swallow

regardless of whether or not what we eat could actually harm us or shorten our lives.

Our bodies are amazing.

They try to pull out nutrients while trying to protect us from all the garbage so maybe

we 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 antitrepoid reverse or 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.

We check lots of stuff regularly.

Our cars, our bank accounts, our Facebook and Twitter.

Today we're going to look at the risks and benefits of getting an annual medical checkup

for our bodies.

Here's the story.

Students and patients have come to expect the annual checkup as a routine part of care.

However considerable research has not demonstrated it has any substantial benefits and so a revolt

is brewing against the tradition of periodic checkups.

Even the Society for General Internal Medicine has advised primary care physicians to avoid

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