We have a lot of choices to make about our diet.

Add to that, doing the right thing when it comes to preventing or treating a chronic

disease, fighting a virus or losing weight, and suddenly our nutrition choices can seem

almost overwhelming.

Well, I'm here to help.

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts Podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

Today, we take a look at how some employers are taking steps to help us become healthier.

In our first story, we look at how workplace wellness programs report an average ROI of

three, returning $3 for every $1 invested.

In impressive number of studies, I've shown that lifestyle is the root cause of what

ails us, particularly for chronic conditions.

The studies also show that changing one's lifestyle can have a dramatic effect on health

improvement, both in the prevention and treatment of disease.

So given the benefits of lifestyle medicine interventions, it would seem that our health

care system would rush to embrace this movement, however little could be further from the truth.

Now I know we have a for-profit health care system, but even just from a dollar's and

cents perspective, it may make sense and dollars.

Majority of Americans have health care insurance through their employers, the cost or which

is rising and alarming rate.

Health insurance premiums continue to go up year after year.

Unfortunately all the money we're spending has not translated into healthier employees

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