Let's say you're trying to find some solid information about a serious health problem that concerns you, high blood pressure, diabetes.

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are the facts.

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts Podcast.

I'm your host Dr. Michael Greger.

Did you know that healthy plant-based ads

appear to not only reduce the risk of severe COVID-19, but the risk of getting

infected in the first place, even independent of COB morbidities.

Here's our first story.

What's the role of nutrition for both preventing and beating COVID-19?

Nutrition-related myths on protection and treatment have been widely prevalent in this pandemic.

And while there's no diet that completely prevents infection,

there are certainly dietary steps we can take to minimize risk.

Those with healthier diets in general seem to suffer less serious courses.

But this appears to be an indirect benefit of lower rates of obesity and

pre-existing medical conditions. I mean that's great, but is there any diet that may have direct effects on the course of disease or susceptibility to infection in the first place?

Well, plant-based diets have been

relatively spherrionary plant-based seminaries during the pandemic of 1918 appeared to have been

relatively spared.

Why might a plant-based diet help?

Vegetable nitrates, concentrated in dark green leafy vegetables, can be used to make nitric

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