362: Immune resilience, COVID & climate change | Jeff Bland, Ph.D., the father of functional medicine

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🗓️ 29 December 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Jeff Bland, Ph.D.: “The planet has an immune system, we have immune systems, and they're intercommunicating.” Bland, the father of functional medicine and founder of Big Bold Health, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss our 2022 Wellness Trend of how doctors are taking charge in the environmental movement, plus: - How to strengthen the planet’s immune system (~05:56) - The connection between COVID & climate change (~08:37) - Why our climate crisis is now a health crisis (~12:11) - How environmental action shows up in doctors' offices (~17:39) - Why fake meat is a stepping stone, not the end goal (~21:55) Referenced in the episode: - Read our 2022 Wellness Trend on how doctors are treating the planet. - Read all of our 2022 Wellness Trends. - mbg Podcast episode #222, with Bland. - Candace Pert, Ph.D.'s book, Molecules Of Emotion. - Read about Hans Selye's code of altruistic egoism. - Big Bold Health. - Big Bold Health's recipe page. - Bland's podcast, Big Bold Immunity. Enjoy this episode sponsored by sonos! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the MyBuddyGreen podcast. I'm Jason Wackeb, founder and co-CEO of MyBuddyGreen and your host.
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0:43.6	Performance is not guaranteed. We're MyBuddyGreen. We're not MyBuddySoul. We're not
0:51.2	behind body. We're not MyBuddySpirit. We are MyBuddyGreen. And when I purchased the domain name
0:59.5	14 years ago, I was very intentional about that. It was my belief. It still is my belief.
1:05.5	And I believe all of you believe this now that chew well-being is a blend of mental, physical,
1:10.8	spiritual, emotional and environmental well-being. All connected. Hence MyBuddyGreen, one word,
1:16.6	not three. With all that said, I am very excited to be talking about our 2022
1:24.6	wellness trend about doctors becoming leaders in the environmental movement. It is a very
1:30.8	exciting trend. And I am beyond thrilled to have the one and only father of functional medicine,
1:38.3	a man who needs no introduction. Dr. Jeff planned back on the show to discuss his very trend,
1:45.2	Jeff. Welcome. Jason, thank you. And I think that lead in is just so timely and so powerful.
1:51.7	It makes me want to take too deep breaths because there's so much below the surface of what you've
1:56.6	just said. It's very powerful. Well, you are so kind and it's a passion point for me and everyone
2:02.9	here at MyBuddyGreen and for so many of our listeners. And it's an important conversation. I'm
2:07.0	glad we're having it. And I want to start with a quote you gave us for a wellness trend's
2:12.2	piece, which everyone should read. Quote, when health practitioners and caregivers start to think
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