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 the best way to take care of the largest organ in our body.

For skin and our first story, almonds are put to the test in a randomized controlled

trial for facial wrinkles.

After my video on dates, blew my mind showing that even just a few dates can significantly

reduce the duration of labor during childbirth and improve the progression of labor.

But there are some surprising benefits attributed to nuts and randomized controlled trials.

Like how about a study and the effects of almond consumption on wrinkles?

Or did they even come up with the idea?

Well, population studies have found that healthy diets are associated with less facial wrinkles,

like a meat and junk predominant eating pattern, associated with more wrinkles, whereas a

fruit predominant pattern was associated with fewer wrinkles.

In terms of single foods, yellow vegetables and soy appeared protective, but wine may

make things worse.

Their thinking is that it might be the antioxidants in healthy foods decreasing the oxidative

stress load or the anti-inflammatory benefits or protection from sun damage or improved

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