How Toxins Cause Inflammation and How to Detox Them with Wendy Myers
Dr. Jockers Functional Nutrition
Dr. Jockers
4.8 • 688 Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Dr. Jockers sits down with Dr. Wendy Myers, a leading expert in heavy metal detoxification, to explore how toxins trigger chronic inflammation. You’ll learn why your body is constantly exposed to harmful chemicals and how this buildup can impact your health in unexpected ways.
Dr. Myers reveals the shocking truth about how everyday toxins like microplastics, mercury, and lead accumulate in your system. You'll discover the long-term effects these toxins can have on everything from your brain function to your metabolism.
They also dive into practical detox strategies that can help your body eliminate these harmful substances. From supporting liver function to boosting your mineral intake, find out how simple changes can make a big impact on your overall well-being.
In This Episode:
- 00:00 Introduction to Toxins and Health
- 00:17 Welcome to the Doctor Jockers Functional Nutrition Podcast
- 02:46 Special Guest: Dr. Wendy Myers on Heavy Metal Detox
- 03:29 The Impact of Microplastics and Heavy Metals
- 06:41 Symptoms and Testing for Toxins
- 12:20 Detoxification Methods and Plasma Exchange Therapy
- 16:44 Home Detox Strategies and Mineral Importance
- 18:43 Nutrient-Rich Diets for Optimal Health
- 19:31 Understanding Digestive Health and Stomach Acid
- 22:38 The Benefits of Infrared Saunas
- 27:06 Heavy Metals and Inflammation
- 31:15 Effective Detox Binders
- 33:41 Final Thoughts and Practical Tips
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"When toxins build up, they trigger chronic inflammation that affects everything from your skin to your brain."
~ Dr. Jockers
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| 0:00.0 | Most people have 20,000 different toxins in their body. It's shocking, really, when you dig into it. |
| 0:06.0 | So you've got to be paying attention to this because it's one of the biggest factors in |
| 0:09.9 | inflammation and in health diagnoses and symptoms that people are experiencing. |
| 0:16.9 | Hello and welcome to the Dr. Jocker functional nutrition podcast, the show designed to give you |
| 0:23.0 | science-based solutions to improve your health and life. I'm Dr. David Jockers, doctor of natural |
| 0:29.5 | medicine, and creator of Dr.jockers.com, and I'm the host of this podcast. I'm here to tell you |
| 0:36.5 | that your body was created to heal itself. |
| 0:39.2 | And on this show, we focus on strategies you can apply today to heal and function at your best. |
| 0:45.6 | Thanks for spending time with me. And let's go into the show. |
| 0:51.2 | Well, if you've been listening to this podcast for any like the time, you know, you cannot cook or use seed oils. These things are so toxic. They're in so many different things. I'm talking about canola oil, corn oil, soybean, safflower, cotton seed oil. One of the best things you can do for your health is throw out the vegetable oils or the seed oils. What are good cooking oils? Well, you can certainly |
| 1:11.6 | use things like olive oil, coconut oil, but one of my absolute favorite cooking oils for its |
| 1:17.1 | flavor and its health benefits is beef tallow. In particular, 100% grass-fed and finished |
| 1:22.3 | beef tallow. And that's why I love paleo-vallies, new 100% grass-fed and finished beef tallow. |
| 1:28.9 | It's loaded with conjugate linoleic acid, which studies show has a variety of benefits, |
| 1:34.6 | including supporting a healthy immune system and metabolism. |
| 1:37.9 | CLA has been shown to help boost fat burning. |
| 1:40.6 | Also, the healthy fats that are in tallow help you absorb fat soluble vitamins like vitamin |
| 1:45.3 | A, D, E, and K. And tallow is very stable under high heat so it doesn't oxidize. |
| 1:54.2 | And so that's really good. And it adds great flavor and nutrients to the food that you're |
| 1:58.9 | cooking in. And it contains a high amount of mono-un saturated |
| 2:02.1 | fats, which studies show can increase HDL or good cholesterol levels and lower levels of the |
| 2:08.2 | inflammatory protein C-reactive protein. So keeping inflammation under control. Guys, you got to try out |
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