A Primal Primer: Lymphatic Health

The Primal Kitchen Podcast

Mark Sisson & Morgan Zanotti

Fitness, Entrepreneur, Sisson, Parenting, Health, Wellness, Weightloss, Primal, Paleo, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 717 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2018

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

I get more questions these days about lymphatic health—particularly lymphedema. Sometimes it’s an issue related to a reader’s cancer recovery or a co-occurring symptom seen with a loved one’s other health concerns. While I might take up specific conditions in future posts (let me know if you have suggestions there), I thought I’d spend today taking apart the basics of lymphatic health. As with many of the body’s core operating functions, the real story often gets camouflaged within vague, consumer-based terms that end up being only medically tangential. Consider today’s post a trip into the weeds and (maybe) the beginning of an ongoing conversation on the topic.

(This Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Tina Leaman)

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0:00.0	lymphatic health, a primal primer.
0:25.6	I get more questions these days about lymphatic health, particularly lymphedema.
0:32.6	Sometimes it's an issue related to a reader's cancer recovery or a co-occurring symptoms seen with the loved one's other health concerns.
0:42.1	While I might take up specific conditions in future posts, let me know if you have suggestions there.
0:48.7	I thought I'd spend today taking apart the basics of lymphatic health.
0:53.4	As with many of the body's core operating functions,
0:56.0	the real story often gets camouflaged within vague, consumer-based terms that end up being only
1:02.5	medically tangential. We can do better, I think. In essence, the lymphatic system is the body's
1:09.6	filtration system, helping to sample incoming
1:12.9	substances, filter out waste products from cells, regulate fluid homeostasis, and prime
1:19.6	the immune system for action when a threat is located.
1:24.2	Central to the entire system is the transportation of lymph, a clear fluid that stores and transports white blood cells, proteins, salts, glucose, bacteria, and certain waste products.
1:37.3	Lymphatic vessels perform a similar role to the blood circulatory system, carrying lymph to virtually all areas of the body other than
1:45.8	bone marrow. Unlike the blood system, however, a series of valves force lymph to travel in just
1:52.5	one direction, taking it ever upward towards the neck, whereupon it re-enters the venous
1:58.7	circulatory system.
2:00.9	New lymph is formed when specialized lymphatic capillaries allow soluble materials and cells
2:06.9	to court their way back into the lymphatic vessels.
2:10.9	Lymphatic vessels are connected to lymph organs.
2:14.2	These organs are where the lymph is filtered and lymphocyte is created, arguably where most of the exciting action happens.
2:22.6	Red bone marrow and the thymus gland are considered the primary lymphoid organs and act as incubators for maturation of lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell.
2:33.7	As these lymphocytes get older, they're forced out of the nest and sent into the lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. As these lymphocytes get older, they're forced
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