What's the best way to stay healthy in the face of so much conflicting nutrition information?

Well, ideally you would go to the source, the gold standard, the purviewed medical literature and read through the stacks of the latest medical journals.

But who's got time for that? I do!

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

Today we'll run the gamut of topics from whether or not those with

genetic markers for breast cancer should eat soy, the importance of getting enough vitamin D and why some of us are overly sensitive to garlic and onion.

Let's see what questions you have for me today.

Here's one from Nanabuga.

Says, is there any benefits aspirin has to offer if you

must take other medications that might cause blood clots?

Well, ideally you would treat the cause of whatever disease condition

that made you have to take drugs that cause blood clots and so then you wouldn't have to be on those drugs.

But taking aspirin for primary prevention,

trying to, for example, prevent a heart attack in the first place,

is not according to the USPSDF, the United States,

the United States, the United States, the United States, the United States,

and the United States.

It's around a service test for us, not recommended as the risks,

which include major bleeding, outweigh the benefits that however changes for,

in certain circumstances, for secondary prevention.

So for example, you already had a heart attack on your at such high risk having a second heart attack.

In that case, the pros and cons may shift in the other direction.

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