Anti-Viral Gut: Less Inflammation, More Immunity | Dr. Robynne Chutkan
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 16 August 2022
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
An inflamed gut can make you sick because the majority of your immune system lives there.
Learn how to optimize your immune system and microbiome while reducing inflammation in your gut with Dr. Robynne Chutkan. The gastroenterologist shares her anti-inflammatory tips when she joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Podcast.
Dr. Chutkan also details the dramatic microbiome shift that can occur during weight loss and the foods you should be eating to reduce inflammation.
Chuck also has details on a large scale review on the impact plant-based foods have simultaneously on human health and the environment.
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ICNM
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Dr. Robynne Chutkan
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Chuck Carroll
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Physicians Committee
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Barnard Medical Center
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| 0:00.0 | 70-80% of your immune system is physically located in your gut. |
| 0:06.2 | So you have the trillions of microbes on one side, the trillions of immune cells on the |
| 0:10.4 | other side, and they're constantly interacting. |
| 0:12.8 | So that gives us an important clue that to optimize our immune system, we really have |
| 0:16.3 | to optimize our gut health. |
| 0:22.1 | Welcome to the exam room podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:26.3 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:29.2 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us coast to coast in the US and in |
| 0:33.7 | more than 150 countries. |
| 0:36.2 | Hi to everyone listening in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Tyler, Texas, and Bangkok, Thailand, wherever |
| 0:43.2 | you are. |
| 0:44.2 | We appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 0:48.0 | This is episode 63 of season 5, number 362 overall. |
| 0:54.8 | Inflammation nation, that is where we are living my friend. |
| 1:01.8 | Get this, as of 2022, there are 197,163 fast food restaurants in the United States. |
| 1:13.7 | That is according to industry research firm IBIS World. |
| 1:18.7 | And that's just fast food. |
| 1:20.4 | It doesn't account for the gazillion products that are taking up the majority of space on |
| 1:25.2 | grocery store shelves or at your local 7-Eleven or even the bodegas into your. |
| 1:31.7 | It seems wherever you are, good food can be hard to find. |
| 1:36.2 | And that is a major problem on so many levels. |
| 1:41.8 | But the one we will be focusing on today is how that is affecting your immune system. |
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