Let's say you really need to find reliable information about the best diet for high blood pressure

or heart disease or diabetes.

Where do you go?

You go to a website sponsored by Big Pharma that wants to sell you pills to fix your problem

or do you want to treat the cause?

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts Podcast with the latest peer reviewed research on the

best ways to eat healthy and live longer.

Today we ask why doesn't everyone just eat healthier, right?

It seems like such a simple solution to so many of our problems.

As it turns out, the answer is complicated.

Here's our first story.

Yes, medium-est just surrounding nutrition are often inconsistent and confusing, but

many Americans know what constitutes a healthy diet.

I mean, does anyone really think drinking brown-carbonated sugar water is good for them?

Add issue is that they don't appear to be translating their knowledge into action.

There are a number of reasons people have such difficulty changing their dietary behaviors.

While ignorance and confusion may play a part, the motivation to change is likely much

more important.

Certainly, we are living in a world that pushes us to eat whatever we want, regardless

of the long-term consequences, but one of the major problems in getting people to change

their behavior is the need to get them to recognize the need to change.

For example, if you ask people how much meat they eat or how much greasy food, eggs, sweets,

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