Have you ever noticed that every month seems to bring a trendy new diet and yet obesity

rates continue to rise and with it a growing number of health problems?

That's why I wrote my new book How Not To Diet.

Check it out at your local public library.

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts Podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

Today we continue our series highlighting one special food that contains demonstrable

health benefits and the star of today's episode, the Garlic Bulb.

As it turns out, there are two superfood classes of vegetables most adapted blocking human

cancer cell growth in a petri dish.

Let's play Which Is Healthier.

Imagine your standing in line at one of those custom-made-to-order salad places where

you get to choose your lettuce, choose your toppings, and then choose your dressing.

Let's assume you don't have a strong family history of any particular cancer and so aren't

trying to hone in on avoiding one tumor over any other.

First, let's choose our lettuce.

Boston and Diradicio, Romaine or Spinach, which is healthier.

Out of the five, Spinach is number one against breast cancer, number one against brain tumors,

number one against kidney cancer, number one against lung cancer, and pediatric brain tumors.

That's why we need to feed our kids spinach, number one against pancreatic cancer, prostate

cancer, and stomach cancer.

Now it's not number one overall.

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