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 do the math on a condition.

We call it IBD.

And if we didn't call it that, it would have to go by its longer, more embarrassing name,

inflammatory bowel disease.

Did you know that switching to a plant-based diet has been shown to achieve far better

outcomes than those reported on conventional treatments for both Crohn's disease and

ulcerative colitis?

Let's look at the facts.

Important to our understanding and prevention of global increasing inflammatory bowel disease,

we know that dietary fiber appears to reduce risk, where it's dietary fat, animal protein

and sugar may increase risk.

So despite the recognition of the westernization of lifestyles, a major driver of the growing

incidence of inflammatory bowel disease, no countermeasures against such lifestyle changes

have been recommended except that patients with Crohn's disease shouldn't smoke.

Look, we know consuming whole plant-based foods is synonymous with an anti-inflammatory

diet.

So, how about putting a plant-based diet to the test?

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