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Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

186 - Dr. Llamas (Worm Therapy)

Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

Chris Ryan

Arts, Society & Culture

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2016

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Extensive research and clinical trials have demonstrated that the introduction of small doses of intestinal worms may be effective in the treatment of asthma, allergies, and some autoimmune conditions. Dr. Llamas is a pioneer in this emerging field.



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0:00.0

Radio Mano, Papa Tchango

0:30.3

Peoro

0:36.1

cu Everyone

0:42.7

Buigullo alantio

0:45.1

tendente deых con tus boxes

0:50.1

Quiero 你 de mi withdraw

0:54.2

si pido tape poner ese toito

0:56.4

ent Sorry, Leta Dad

1:04.1

Jetlag out the wazoo. I don't get it going west but coming east blows my mind.

1:12.2

It's about a week before I feel like my my brain and my body are synchronized once again.

1:20.7

So pardon me if I sound a little more confused than usual.

1:25.5

This week's episode is with Dr. Yamas. He is a doctor who is based in Tijuana,

1:33.3

Mexico. I drove down there to meet with him when I was in LA a couple weeks ago.

1:40.6

And he works with what's known as Helmoth therapy, which is the therapeutic use of

1:50.5

parasitic worms in treating various autoimmune disorders. You'll hear us talk about the theory.

2:01.0

It sort of all relates to the hygiene hypothesis, which I imagine most of you are familiar with.

2:08.2

If you're not familiar with it, it's the idea that we evolved in a world in which there were

2:16.6

lots of things, lots of critters, lots of dirty little beechoes, as they say in Spanish,

2:25.2

various types of parasites and germs and things that are common after us.

2:30.7

And so we evolved this immune response that is looking for those things.

2:36.2

And in order to in the pursuit of cleanliness and healthiness and all that,

2:44.8

we've eliminated a lot of these things from our environment.

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