Anti-Viral Gut: Maximize Your Immunity | Dr. Robynne Chutkan Live Q&A
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 27 October 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Building a strong immune system begins in your gut!
Learn from Dr. Robynne Chutkan, one of the most recognizable gastroenterologists in the world today, how the bacteria in your digestive track is directly connected to your body's ability to fight viral infections.
Dr. Chutkan also shares what foods can build healthy gut bacteria, the risk of overusing medications that result in making us more susceptible to becoming sick, and the other steps you can take to turn your microbiome into a health-building machine.
She joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room LIVE to talk about her book, The Anti-Viral Gut, and a wide-ranging question and answer session that will take your immune system to the next level.
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| 0:00.0 | I can sum it up in three words for you, Chuck. |
| 0:03.8 | Host, health matters. |
| 0:06.7 | What we see is that our terrain is soil in which disease develops. |
| 0:11.0 | And we're really talking about our microbiome, our immune system, etc. |
| 0:14.4 | That soil is really critical to outcomes. |
| 0:18.9 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:26.0 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:29.3 | 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 Rockport, Texas, Olympia, Washington, and Ty-Non City, Taiwan. |
| 0:43.8 | Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 0:49.1 | This is episode 82 of season 5, number 381 overall. |
| 0:55.7 | Today's question is this. |
| 0:58.2 | Why is it that some people get sick over and over and over again? |
| 1:04.5 | And there are others who are exposed to the same virus that never gets so much as the |
| 1:11.3 | sniffles. |
| 1:13.1 | My guest today says the answer to that question is far from random. |
| 1:18.1 | And there are a lot of ingredients in the secret sauce that we call immunity. |
| 1:23.1 | But one of the main ones appears to be a healthy gut. |
| 1:28.0 | And that is what Dr. Robin Chukkin will be talking about with us here today on the show. |
| 1:33.0 | She joined me recently on the Exam Room Live. |
| 1:36.1 | And Dr. Chukkin is one of the most recognizable gastroenterologists in the United States. |
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