But there's a really big difference between what's common and what's normal and that's what we've forgotten.

It's not actually normal for human beings to have chronic disease.

That's one of the...

If this is the only thing that people listening to this come away with,

that's what I would like it to be.

It's not normal.

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Chris Kresser, welcome to the Legendary Light Podcast.

I'm so happy to be here. Thank you so much for having me. It's a pleasure.

Me too. I've been looking forward to this for a long time. You've been on my interview wish list for a while, so it's

finally happening. Chris, you've got a new book out, Unconventional Medicine, and I've talked a little bit about you in the intro

that I did for this interview, but I just love to hear your explanation of this unconventional medicine that you talk about

otherwise known as functional medicine or integrated medicine can you explain what that is?

Yeah it's a new approach or not new, it's actually ancient,

but in its modern form, it might strike some people as new.

That is really focused on addressing the root cause of the problem instead of just

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