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I'm Dr. Mark Hyman, and each week we're going to pull back the curtain and share the insights, the research, the lessons that

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Most people are exposed to hundreds of chemicals every single day. Now, chronic disease isn't just

about food or your genes. It's about your total toxic load. I never learned about

medical school like zip zero, nada. I mean acute toxicity, yes, but the total toxic burden we have, definitely not, and certainly know how to diagnose it or treat it. And that's what we're going to talk about today. So this isn't about fear and making you scared. It's not about being perfect and you're going to every toxin. It's about understanding what you need to do, have some clarity, what you should prioritize, and what you actually can control

so you don't have to be ongoing dumping taxes in your system. You're trying to eat well,

if you're taking care of yourself, but you still don't feel great, you're not alone. We're living

in an environment that our bodies were never designed for. Personally, and sadly, I'm an expert, and just because i lived in china in my 30s and in the winter

the air was so thick that on a sunny bright day you couldn't see the building across the street

and everybody wore masks i breathed all this soot it It was from raw coal, which is full lead in mercury,

and I got mercury poisoning. So I get it. Every day, we're exposed to hundreds of chemicals

and our food, our water, in the air we breathe, and the products we use in our homes, on our skin.

And over time, this total toxic load just adds up. It's like kind of the straw that breaks the camel's back that finally makes it sick. It affects our hormones. It affects our weight and metabolism. It affects our brain. It affects our immune system. Their immunotoxins are called autogens. They're called xenohormones or xenoestrogens. They're just bad news. But here's the good news. This episode is not about fear.

It's not about perfection or living in a bubble. It's about getting clear. Your body already

knows how to detoxify. You just have to help it. The problem isn't that your detoxisms are broken.

You're just a little overwhelmed. So in today's office hours, I want to make sense in the science.

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