Foods That Boost Your Immune System Naturally | Dr. Neal Barnard Live Q&A
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 21 July 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Did you know that improving your immune system can begin by eating certain foods?
Even if the immune system has been weakened, in many cases changes to the diet can help repair it and restore its function.
Dr. Neal Barnard reveals the best foods to improve your immune system when he joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room LIVE.
Plus, Chuck reports on a study that shows eating colorful fruit could help keep the blues away. Find out how much fruit you should be eating to help prevent depression!
This episode of The Exam Room™ Podcast is sponsored by The Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund, which supports organizations like the Physicians Committee that carry on Greg's passion and love for animals through rescue efforts, veganism, and wildlife conservation.
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| 0:00.0 | The immune system is really white blood cells. |
| 0:05.0 | They don't do very well in an oil slick. |
| 0:07.5 | And the white blood cells are trying to make antibodies, they're trying to move around, |
| 0:12.0 | and the more greasers and you die, the more greasers there's up in your blood. |
| 0:14.7 | And it just interferes with the white blood cells. |
| 0:16.7 | Simple as that. |
| 0:21.8 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast. |
| 0:23.7 | Brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:25.9 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:29.0 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us coast to coast in the US and in |
| 0:33.4 | more than 150 countries. |
| 0:35.8 | Hi to everyone listening in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Santa Maria, California, and Porto, |
| 0:42.0 | Portugal. |
| 0:43.0 | We appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 0:47.0 | This is episode 56 of season 5, number 355 overall. |
| 0:53.7 | Are you the kind of person who's always getting sick? |
| 0:57.1 | Just cold after cold and when everyone else in your house is running around, healthy as |
| 1:02.5 | could be, you are stuck sick in bed. |
| 1:06.4 | Well, that's not fair, but have you ever wondered why, why that might be happening? |
| 1:12.5 | It could be that your immune system just isn't working as well as it should. |
| 1:17.8 | And while there are many reasons why that could be, one of the biggest could be what you're |
| 1:23.6 | eating. |
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