Here's a question for you.

What's the best way to live a longer, healthier life?

Diet, exercise, both eating healthy while doing jumping jacks?

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts Podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

And I'm here to help you answer that question.

We have tremendous power over our health destiny

and longevity.

The vast majority of premature death and disability

is preventable with a healthy enough diet and lifestyle.

And I'm here to bring you the latest peer-reviewed research

to give you the tools to put it into practice.

Today, vegetarian athletes are pitted against their meat-eating

counterparts.

In our first story, we compare the diets

of the Roman Gladiator Marley Men to the modern Spartans of today.

Recently, the remains of dozens of Roman Gladiators

were discovered in a mass grave.

The clut of their identities were the rather distinct types

of mortal injuries they found, like being speared

in the head with a trident.

Using just their skeletons, they were

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