Isn't it crazy to think of all the different kinds of foods so many of us eat

every day? Chips, cookies, burgers, fries, our bodies doodifully process whatever

it is we choose to swell regardless of whether or not what we could actually

harm us or shorten our lives. Our bodies are amazing. I said try to pull out

nutrients we'll talk to protect us from all the garbage so maybe just maybe we

should try and give our bodies a break. I'm Dr. Michael Greger and you're

listening to the Nutrition Facts podcast. I'm here to tell you that nutrition

matters. We could choose a diet proven to not only prevent antitreate

but reverse our number one killer heart disease along with other deadly

diseases such as type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure but many of us don't

make that choice. Our goal today is to help you make that choice and present

you with results of the latest and peer-reviewed nutrition and health research

presented in a way that's easy to understand. Fibroids are the most frequently

seen tumors of the female reproductive system. It's estimated that between 20 to

50% of women of reproductive age have fibroids although not all are diagnosed.

Some estimate state that up to 30 to 77% of women will develop fibroids

sometime during their childbearing years and more than 99% of fibroid cases the

tumors are benign. Today we're going to look at the best diet for fibroids as

it turns out this diet may also reduce exposure to endocrine disrupting

pollutants. Fibroids are the most common benign tumors in women.

They get up to a foot in diameter and affect the majority of women before they

hit menopause. They tend to be asymptomatic though but when symptoms do occur

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