#1038 - Dr. Gabrielle Lyon - The Environmental Toxins Killing Your Health

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Dr Gabrielle Lyon is a functional medicine physician and Founder of the Institute of Muscle-Centric Medicine. The most overlooked aspect of health optimisation might be hiding in plain sight. Your environment shapes your health far more than you probably realise. So how exactly does your environment affect your body, and what practical steps can you take to regain control and move toward better health? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get a free bottle of D3K2, a Welcome Kit, Travel Packs, plus bonus gifts (US only) when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom New pricing since recording: Function is now just $365, plus get $25 off at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You had two original pillars of health, which were eat and exercise, but then you had to add a third one.
0:07.1	I did.
0:08.3	The third one was environment and is environment.
0:12.1	Do you have time for a quick story?
0:13.8	Yeah.
0:14.3	Yeah.
0:15.5	I graduated in medical school, obviously, and then did my fellowship.
0:19.4	And when you finish your fellowship and go into
0:21.6	private practice, you kind of think you know everything. And I was convinced the key to health
0:28.2	was diet and exercise. It was all a lifestyle. And I was wrong. I had this patient, very successful patient, CEO of a major company.
0:40.4	She was a female, as she was doing everything she was supposed to, died in exercise-wise,
0:45.7	and she was feeling terrible.
0:48.1	And also gaining weight.
0:49.7	I said, no, no, no, it's definitely died in exercise.
0:52.8	And in fact, a handful of years later,
0:56.9	I had to call and apologize because it wasn't just diet and exercise. She had significant exposures
1:02.9	that really affected her health and wellness. And I think these exposures affect a lot of people.
1:10.4	And, you know, at the time when I was beginning my practice, it wasn't common and we
1:15.1	weren't even thinking about it.
1:17.1	So is it getting more common?
1:19.0	The talk of complex illness caused by mold, gut health, BPAs, heavy metals, lime, parasites, like this, whatever this
1:32.0	world is, seems to be kind of gaining speed. Is this because more people are getting it or because
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