Show 1312: Fiber, Phytonutrients and Healthy Soil

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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This week on our nationally syndicated radio show, we discuss the importance of fiber and phytonutrients in our food for keeping our intestinal microbes healthy. We’ll also find out why encouraging a varied and thriving microbiome in the soil is critical for producing healthy food crops. Fiber and Phytonutrients: Do you know what is the […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Gradyton and I'm Terry Grady. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at people's pharmacy.com.
0:15.0	20 years ago med students didn't learn much about the microbiome.
0:19.0	Now it's a hot topic in medical education.
0:22.0	This is the people's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe
0:25.8	Grady.
0:26.8	The microbe. The microbes that live in our gastrointestinal tract are not interlopers. Instead, they're an essential part of us.
0:41.0	How do we nurture beneficial bacteria and other organisms to promote good
0:46.0	health? What our microbiome loves is fiber. What exactly is it and what are the best sources?
0:54.0	A plant-based diet is the best way to get enough fiber, but has the soil our produce grows in become depleted?
1:01.0	Coming up on the people's pharmacy,
1:03.2	fiber, phytonutrients, and restorative farming
1:06.6	for good health. In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, a new study suggests that a very old vaccine might help people avoid COVID-19. The Basilis Kalmat-G vaccine was first
1:27.5	tested in humans a hundred one years ago in Paris to protect babies against tuberculosis.
1:34.0	BCG is still being administered to infants in countries where TB is common.
1:39.0	A study begun before the start of the pandemic has revealed some intriguing results in the fight
1:44.6	against COVID.
1:46.6	Investigators were testing whether patients with type 1 diabetes would be protected from
1:50.9	a variety of infections. People with this kind of diabetes are especially
1:55.3	vulnerable to microbes. The theory was that BCG vaccination might activate the immune system
2:02.0	against a number of pathogens.
2:04.0	Some volunteers receive BCG injections,
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