Gut Bacteria and COVID-19
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2020
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
What is the connection between gut bacteria and COVID-19?
On this episode of The Exam Room™, "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll is joined by gut health expert Dr. Will Bulsiewicz to find out. The trillions of cells in the gut play a huge role in our day-to-day health and during the pandemic they may take on even greater importance. Take a deep dive into what we know with The Gut Health MD, author of the new book Fiber Fueled.
Plus, could there be a shortage of fresh fruits and vegetables like what is happening with meat? Shortages of pork, beef, and chicken are sweeping through grocery stores across the country due to COVID-19 outbreaks at processing plants. To see if the same could happen with produce, Chuck is joined by Dale Moore of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Join them as they go down on the farm to check on how the crops are doing!
If you are interested in contacting Dale to see if you can help connect a farmer with someone in need please email him at dalem@fb.org.
Schedule a telemedicine appointment with doctors and dietitians at Barnard Medical Center. Available to residents of the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, Arizona, California, Colorado, New York, Missouri, and Massachusetts.
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Chuck Carroll
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Dr. Will Bulsiewicz
IG: @theguthealthmd
Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/PCRMFacebook
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Physicians Committee
Twitter: @PCRM
Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/PCRMFacebook
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Barnard Medical Center Telemedicine
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COVID-19 Resources
PCRM: https://bit.ly/PCRMcovid
COVID-19 Global Map: https://bit.ly/CVID19map
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| 0:00.0 | Where is the highest percentage of your immune system? |
| 0:02.9 | It's in your gut. |
| 0:03.7 | 70% of the immune system lives in the gut. |
| 0:07.7 | 38 trillion cells are right there. |
| 0:11.5 | We have study after study that shows us this to be true. |
| 0:16.8 | That when you damage the gut, you damage the immune system. |
| 0:27.8 | Well, hello there. |
| 0:29.9 | And welcome to the Exam Room Podcast. |
| 0:32.0 | Brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:34.1 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:37.0 | Thank you so very much for giving the show a listen, |
| 0:39.6 | or a view, or a download. |
| 0:42.2 | Wherever it is in the world that you are, |
| 0:44.9 | we appreciate the fact that you are here. |
| 0:50.0 | The gut, how much of your immune function is dictated by it? |
| 0:55.9 | You just heard Dr. Will Bolsoitz say 70%. |
| 1:00.1 | So it stands to reason that if your gut isn't healthy, odds are, |
| 1:06.4 | you're not either. |
| 1:08.7 | So then how do you get to have a healthy gut? |
| 1:12.6 | And what should you be doing to make this happen? |
| 1:16.2 | All good questions, and Dr. B will be here with some good answers. |
| 1:22.2 | So let's get pumped up to get dirty about this. |
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