#125 How to Keep Your Immune System Healthy with Dr Jenna Macciochi
Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee
Dr Rangan Chatterjee
4.8 • 10.9K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2020
⏱️ 112 minutes
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Summary
What does immunity mean to you? In today’s Feel Better Live More podcast, researcher and lecturer, Dr Jenna Macciochi explains that it’s not just about fighting off infection. Our immune systems do not lie dormant, waiting to wage war if bacteria or viruses invade – they play a central and constant role as our bodies’ housekeepers.
How do we do that? From empowering nutrition advice to insights into the how our metabolism and immune systems interact, there’s plenty of practical takeaway from this conversation. We discuss the disruptive effects of stress and how cortisol dampens immunity and even reactivates viruses. Having learned this first-hand when chronic stress led to her getting pneumonia, Jenna shares some helpful rituals for reducing the impact of stress in your life.
Perhaps most fascinating though, is the idea that the type of person you are can shape your immunity. Jenna explains there are five main personality categories and each of them have specific immunological features. Traits and behaviours typical of each category, such as risk taking, sociability and how we respond to stress, can end up informing how our immune systems develop. As we discuss, ‘It’s more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.’
This is a valuable conversation for anyone who wants to understand more about their immune system, not just to reduce their risk of getting an infection, but also to increase their overall wellbeing and longevity.
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| 0:00.0 | Even if you have the best diet in the world, you know, |
| 0:03.4 | other things can have rolled away at your immune system and leave you open. |
| 0:08.6 | And stress is probably, it's the one thing that we don't take seriously. |
| 0:13.6 | We think of it as being psychological and the causes can be psychological. |
| 0:18.2 | They can be physical, they can be emotional, but they're always biological |
| 0:22.8 | because stress chemistry is real. |
| 0:26.2 | Hi, my name is Rongan Chasji. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to Feel Better Live More. |
| 0:35.6 | Hey guys, welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:38.0 | This is episode 125. |
| 0:43.2 | So for much of the years so far, many of us have been thinking about our immunity, |
| 0:47.8 | but what exactly does immunity mean to you? |
| 0:51.2 | On today's episode, I talk to the researcher and university lecturer, |
| 0:55.8 | Dr. Jenna Michoki, who explains that the immune system is not just about |
| 1:01.2 | fighting off infection. |
| 1:03.0 | You see, our immune systems don't just lie dormant, |
| 1:06.0 | waiting to wage war if bacteria or viruses invade. |
| 1:10.6 | They actually play a central and constant role as our body's housekeepers. |
| 1:15.4 | So how do we actually keep our immune systems in shape? |
| 1:19.4 | In today's conversation, you are about to find out. |
| 1:23.0 | Jenna explains how our diets can impact our immunity and explains how our |
| 1:27.2 | metabolism and immune systems interact with each other. |
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