The Insane Benefits of Polyphenols - Dr. G's Quick Health Tip | EP 350.B
The Dr. Gundry Podcast
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🗓️ 8 May 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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A shot a day can improve your health? YES, it’s true! But it’s not the kind of shot you’re thinking of, it’s of olive oil. You all should know by now that I'm a HUGE fan of olive oil, that’s because of its high polyphenol content. And in this episode, I explain what exactly polyphenols are and how they can improve your overall health and lifespan.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dr. Gundry podcast, where Dr. Stephen Gundry shares his groundbreaking research from over 25 years of treating patients with diet and lifestyle changes alone. |
| 0:11.1 | Dr. Gundry and other wellness experts offer inspiring stories, the latest scientific advancements, and practical tips to empower you to take control of your health and live a long, happy life. |
| 0:24.5 | Insane benefits of polyphenols. All right, National Polyphenol Day is July 11th, and National Polyphenol Month is here. |
| 0:35.4 | So let's have a party for polyphenols, a powerful compound naturally occurring in certain foods that help you thrive. |
| 0:43.8 | Here are my top three reasons why you need to get more polyphenols in your life. |
| 0:50.5 | But first, it's important to note that polyphenols do not work as antioxidants. |
| 0:57.0 | Not a day goes by that I see some health guru refer to polyphenols as antioxidants. |
| 1:03.0 | I can assure you that polyphenols do not work as antioxidants. |
| 1:09.0 | The world expert on polyphenols, Marvin Edes from Paris, France, |
| 1:14.1 | addressed an entire group of us polyphenol researchers years ago and said, any of you who believe |
| 1:20.7 | that polyphenols work as antioxidants, leave the room now because I have no time to convince |
| 1:27.1 | you otherwise. That's pretty blunt. |
| 1:29.9 | So what do they do? Well, these plant compounds are produced by plants to protect their mitochondria |
| 1:39.5 | from damage, particularly by sunlight, from stress. And these compounds actually protect the mitochondria plants |
| 1:49.0 | by uncoupling them. |
| 1:51.0 | And we'll get into that in a minute. |
| 1:53.0 | Now, how do we get polyphenols? |
| 1:55.0 | Well, when we eat plants that contain polyphenols, |
| 2:00.0 | or the babies of plants, like their seeds or their fruits |
| 2:04.6 | we absorb those polyphenols through our gut but hold on polyphenols are very |
| 2:11.6 | poorly absorbable compounds maybe one to ten percent of the polyphenols that we eat actually get absorbed intact through our gut wall. |
| 2:24.3 | That's a problem because they're really useful. What we didn't know until recently is that our gut microbiome is actually dependent on polyphenols as an important energy source. So the gut microbiome |
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