99. Dr. Gerald Lemole: Is Your Lymphatic System a Key Factor in Longevity?

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🗓️ 28 October 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In this episode, Dr. Axe is joined by Dr. Gerald Lemole to discuss his new book, "Lymph & Longevity: The Untapped Secret to Health". The lymphatic system is often misunderstood and is widely ignored despite it being so crucial to your body. Ranging from neurological health, to longevity and cancer prevention, the lymphatic system is wide-reaching in impact. Dr. Lemole shares his wealth of knowledge on the subject and offers invaluable tips and tricks on what you can do to care for your lymphatic health.

Gerald M. Lemole, MD, is a board certified cardiothoracic surgeon and integrative physician. Dr. Lemole served as chief of cardiovascular surgery at Christiana Care Health Services from 1986 to 2006 and subsequently served as the Medical Director for the Center of Integrative Health at the Preventive Medicine and Rehabilitation Institute. In 1968, he was a member of the surgical team that performed the first successful heart transplant in the United States. He has since served as professor of surgery and chief of cardiac surgery at Temple University School of Medicine and chief of surgery at the Deborah Heart and Lung Center.

Learn more:
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lymph-Longevity/Gerald-Lemole/9781982180256

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, Dr. Axe here. Welcome to the show. This week I have Dr. Gerald Lemol. He is a medical
0:14.5	doctor. He's the appointed director of the Christiana's CARES Preventative Medical and Rehabilitative
0:20.0	Institute for the Center for Integrative Health. And actually, I was introduced to him through a
0:24.9	mutual. Well, actually his son-in-law, Dr. Mehmet Oz, and who I know many of you know. And I was so
0:31.0	impressed checking out his new book here. It's called Lymph and Longevity. And this is a book that
0:36.7	really I think is so unique. We don't talk about the lymphatic system much. So Dr. Gerald, I'm
0:40.7	excited to dive into this topic and welcome the show. Well, thank you, Josh. And thanks for inviting
0:45.2	me on your show. And I'm looking forward to speaking with you about Lymphatics. As we dive in here,
0:51.2	talk to me about what the lymphatic system is and why have we overlooked it because I know all the
0:55.5	time people are talking about the liver, the heart, the cardiovascular system, the digestive system,
1:01.0	but the lymphatic system is rarely discussed. Well, it's been known for many centuries. It's been
1:06.8	identified, but it's very hard to measure. We don't have the equipment to be able to tell what
1:15.2	the flow is and what the consistency is. So it makes it difficult and it's always looked as
1:20.9	an adjunct system. It was never looked at as a system in fullness. And it really connects
1:27.8	with every system in every organ we have. So it's vital that we know about this and how we
1:34.5	improve our flow in the lymphatics because these things affect every organ we have. And we don't
1:41.2	have any special tests to measure the lymphatic problems, but they affect the problems in the
1:48.0	organs that they've cleaned and that they flow from. Yeah, you know, I think one of the things
1:53.7	that I think about when we talk about the lymphatic system is it's so important for our immune system.
1:58.6	It's so important for cleansing our bodies, our detoxification system. Talk to us about the role
2:05.1	of the lymph system and our immune response. Well, it has several significant roles. It actually
2:13.4	brings the fluid back into the body. We exchange our fluid maybe every other day, the entire
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