Cellular Toxicity: The Root Cause of Aging, Inflammation & Chronic Disease

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Dr. Josh Axe

Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Christianity

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🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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You might be doing everything “right” for your health, and still feel exhausted, inflamed, or stuck. The reason may be cellular toxicity: an invisible overload from food, water, air, stress, infections, and even your own metabolism that quietly ages your cells and hijacks your energy. Thank you to our sponsors! Sunlighten Sauna: https://get.sunlighten.com/axepodcast Manukora Manuka Honey: https://manukora.com/axe Watch The Dr. Josh Axe Show every Monday & Thursday on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@drjoshaxe 🎧 Early Access! Our podcast listeners get every episode early, and you can tune in and be a part of our exclusive listeners below → Spotify: https://bit.ly/DrJoshAxeSpotify Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3JDvWcS My Favorite Sauna Brand→ Sunlighten Sauna: https://get.sunlighten.com/axepodcast My Favorite Honey Brand→ Manukora Manuka Honey: https://manukora.com/axe Order My Book, The Biblio Diet → https://bit.ly/4oPEP3t Watch my free training on how to naturally balance your blood sugar and reverse your symptoms →http://DrAxeDiabetesClass.com Discover practical steps you can take today to start healing your thyroid naturally → DrAxeThyroidClass.com If you’re ready to start feeling like yourself again and balance your hormones, take my free class → DrAxeHormoneClass.com Uncover what’s really going on in your body with advanced biomarker testing for hormones, thyroid, and metabolism— plus a 1-hour consultation with a Senior Health Advisor! → http://MyBloodWork.com CONNECT WITH DR. JOSH AXE Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjoshaxe/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJoshAxe/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedrjoshaxeshow/ X: https://x.com/drjoshaxe/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshaxe Website: http://thehealthinstitute.com Sign up for my newsletter: https://bit.ly/4oE9Jf3 Ask me a question: http://speakpipe.com/drjoshaxe Links https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2025/06/new-epa-data-shows-165m-people-exposed-forever-chemicals-us https://www.who.int/news/item/04-04-2022-billions-of-people-still-breathe-unhealthy-air-new-who-data https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/129437 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412019318495?via%3Dihub https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7347016/ https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/mthfr-gene-mutation-tests-symptoms-treatment https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8619365/ https://www.cdc.gov/mold-health/about/index.html https://publichealth.gmu.edu/news/2025-06/international-study-reveals-glyphosate-weed-killers-cause-multiple-types-cancer https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/3492/ https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-025-01187-2 https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-finalizes-first-ever-national-drinking-water-standard https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/full/10.1289/EHP10359 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41370-024-00742-2 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8078867/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8025785/ https://www.ewg.org/research/body-burden-pollution-newborns https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijc.33443 https://www.ars.usda.gov/plains-area/gfnd/gfhnrc/docs/news-articles/2012/the-question-of-sugar/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11351758/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/hayflick-limit https://idf.org/news/gbd-estimates-2021/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39450216/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047637423001148?via%3Dihubhttps:// https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9345296/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37527766/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-018-0092-9 www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/patient/gerson-pdq https://longevity.stanford.edu/lifestyle/2024/04/08/what-is-fiber-and-why-is-it-important-for-the-microbiome/ DISCLAIMER This content is strictly the opinion of Dr. Josh Axe and is for informational and educational purposes only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.6	strange moment in history we have access more than ever before to healthy foods, supplements, gyms, biohacks,
0:40.3	and yet rates of autoimmune disease, cancer, infertility, brain fog, and fatigue continue to
0:46.6	climb. And if you're wondering what's going on, the reality is this, we have to zoom way,
0:52.0	way in to see what's actually happening. And here's the problem.
0:56.1	Our cells are sick. The human body is made up of around 35 trillion cells. And if your cells
1:02.4	aren't healthy, your organs and your entire body can't be healthy. And most people today,
1:08.2	the average person, is dealing with major cellular toxicity.
1:12.0	We are constantly being bombarded and assaulted, at least our cells are, with environmental chemicals.
1:19.2	Hidden infections, everything from mold to parasites to long COVID.
1:24.0	Metabolic waste and even our own lifestyle choices are constantly harming our cells, making them toxic, and making them sick.
1:32.8	Even if your labs say you're normal, by the way, oftentimes we're still dealing with cellular toxicity issues that are damaging our mitochondria, our cell membranes, our nucleus, our DNA, and turning on our genes,
1:48.0	everything from MTHFR to glutathione genes.
1:51.4	And when these are turned on, our body cannot detoxify properly, so you end up feeling sick all the time.
1:58.3	And today I'm going to walk you through how to heal cellular toxicity and go
2:02.9	over the three big threats to ourselves, causing them to be toxic, oxidative stress,
2:08.9	impertotophagy, and cellular senescence. And I'll walk you through the top foods, supplements,
2:15.8	and detoxification protocols to heal your body at the
2:19.2	cellular level. Let's dive in. Welcome to the Dr. Josh Jack Show.
2:39.6	So what is cellular toxicity?
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