Dr. Robert Silverman: Understanding The Covid-19 Immune Response, And The Importance of the Gut-Brain Connection

The Primal Kitchen Podcast

Mark Sisson & Morgan Zanotti

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

4.4 • 717 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Host Brad Kearns catches up with New York Chiropractor and Functional Physician Dr. Robert Silverman, author of the upcoming book, "The Superhighway To Health." Dr Robert is the stat king, firing off a number of interesting and memorable stats about Covid-19 immune response and risk factors, ketogenic eating patterns, and the inner-workings of the gut microbiome and the gut-brain connection. Covid-19 symptoms take 5 days to appear, 35% of people have no symptoms, one type of antibody kicks in around day 7, another around day 14. You excrete the virus in stool after 28 days. Diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity are major co-morbidity factors, and the vast majority of Covid-19 victims present with co-morbidity factors.

Covid-19 has exposed America as an unhealthy nation, with 75% of citizens classified as overweight or obese and only 12% considered entirely metabolically healthy. Eighty percent of our immune response is in the gut, 93 percent of serotonin is made in the gut. Sugar is the big enemy here, as it inflames the delicate gut lining and promotes leaky gut syndrome. The strong connection between gut and brain (the Vagas nerve connects the two so they are in constant communication.) means that leaky gut can be a major risk factor for the diseases of cognitive decline that are so prevalent. Enjoy the show and learn more at DrRobertSilverman.com

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Mark Sisson.
0:03.1	Welcome to the Primal Blueprint Podcast,
0:05.2	where we deliver a variety of fresh content
0:07.4	to help you live awesome.
0:09.9	Enjoy the show.
0:10.8	Engage with us online at marksdailyapple.com and on social media
0:14.1	and send your questions to info at primalblueprint.com.
0:22.3	Dr. Robert Silverman, we got you.
0:25.0	The busy guy sits down and joins us for a very interesting podcast.
0:31.6	We talked about some topics offline.
0:33.6	So I think we better jump right into it.
0:37.2	I know you got a book coming out, but I'd love to know about your unique medical practice there in New York and actually the sensitivity you have here because you're so close to the, you know, the coronavirus epicenter.
0:51.7	Yeah, I am.
0:52.2	I'm, I live two miles from where the epicenter started in Westchester County.
0:57.9	And I'm 30 minutes outside of New York City.
1:00.1	I grew up in New York City.
1:01.7	And so we're in the Westchester's that small, well, not small, but it's the first suburb.
1:06.8	So all my patients work in Manhattan, so very sensitive.
1:10.3	I've been doing a lot of antibody tests.
1:11.9	About 20% of the patients have antibodies to COVID-19.
1:16.0	We've been back at work for the last few weeks.
1:18.7	So we are without question.
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