SPECIAL EPISODE: The Power of a Balanced Immune System

the goop podcast

Gwyneth Paltrow

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education

4.3 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Matt Richtel highlights what he learned about the immune system while researching his latest book, An Elegant Defense. Host Elise Loehnen asks him how these lessons apply to us today as we try to slow the spread of the coronavirus and stay healthy. Our immune system, says Richtel, doesn’t need a boost as much as it needs balance. “Stress, sleep, and nutrition are the three ways we best understand to keep our immune system in balance,” says Richtel. Listening to him made us feel a little less stressed and convinced us that staying present right now and using tools (like, say, a daily meditation practice) could help pull us through this time. (For more, see The goop Podcast hub.) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Don't hold anything too tightly. Just wish for it, want it, let it come from the
0:10.6	intention of real truth for you, and then let it go. For me our soul is like it's
0:16.8	unbound, it's limitless, but we will use words to limit ourselves. When people
0:23.2	stop believing that somebody's got your back or Superman's coming we turn to
0:28.9	ourselves and that's where you become empowered. Courageous participation attracts positive things.
0:37.3	I'm Gwyneth Paltrow. This is the Goop podcast bringing together thought leaders,
0:43.0	culture changers, creatives, founders and CEOs, scientists, doctors, healers and seekers.
0:49.9	Here to start conversations because simply asking questions and listening has the power to change
0:55.6	the way we see the world. Today is no exception. I'll let Elise fill you in on her extraordinary guest.
1:03.6	All right, over to Elise. Hi, I'm Elise Loonon, co-host with Gwyneth of The Goop Podcast.
1:10.6	In today's episode, an effort to spread awareness and helpful information and how we can best
1:15.4	manage during the coronavirus pandemic, Matt Richtell is joining us. Hi, Matt.
1:21.5	Hello. Good morning. Good morning. Matt Richtell is a Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times
1:27.1	Journalist and the author of an elegant defense, the extraordinary new science of the immune system.
1:33.3	Regarding the current COVID-19 situation, Matt is joining us to talk about the importance of
1:38.4	keeping our immune system in balance. We'll learn about how the immune system responds to viruses,
1:43.2	what we need to know about the relationship between our immune system and our lungs and the
1:46.8	implications of COVID-19 slow onset. Matt, I know you're self-isolating at home with your kids.
1:55.6	Thanks for hopping on the phone. I hate not reading books and full before interviewing people. I'm
2:01.8	55% of my way through your book, which I love. It's really fun and fascinating. I love this, but go on.
2:08.7	I love it for the interview. I literally was sitting in the parking garage outside of the podcast
2:16.0	studio trying to slam it as fast as I could, but I wanted to save for it. For people who are looking
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