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 in peer-reviewed nutrition and health research presented in a

way that's easy to understand. In my book How Not To Die I suggest we try to

center our diets around whole plant foods but some plants are healthier than

others. For example you can apparently live extended periods eating

practically nothing but white potatoes that would by definition be a whole

food plant-based diet but not a very healthy one. All plant foods are not

created equal. The more I researched over the years the more I've come to

realize that healthy foods are not necessarily interchangeable. Some foods and

food groups have special nutrients not found in abundance elsewhere. For

example sulforophane the amazing liver enzyme detox boosting compound is

derived nearly exclusively from cruciferous vegetables. You could eat tons of

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