TMHS 796: How Obesogens Cause Weight Gain & Detoxing Your Environment – with Dr. Vivian Chen
The Model Health Show
Shawn Stevenson
4.8 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2024
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever considered that common household items could be harming your health? If you’re looking to upgrade your environment to optimize your health, one of the best places to start is in your kitchen. Common kitchen staples like cutting boards and food storage containers can actually be a huge source of chemical exposure – and on this episode of The Model Health Show, you’re going to learn why.
Today’s guest is board-certified medical doctor, Dr. Vivian Chen. After a personal experience that led her to root-cause medicine, Dr. Viv became passionate about helping others reduce their toxic load and upgrade the products in their environment. On today’s show, she’s sharing the shocking science behind obesogens, the common kitchen products that might be disrupting your health, and how red light therapy can improve your mitochondrial health.
This episode contains important conversations on how to replace and upgrade your kitchen staples in order to reduce your exposure to toxic chemicals. Dr. Viv is incredibly knowledgeable in this subject matter, and I know you’re going to love her approachable, common-sense outlook. So click play, apply the tips that resonate with you, and enjoy the show!
In this episode you’ll discover:
- What obesogens are.
- The connection between mitochondria and metabolic health.
- Which common chemicals can disrupt your endocrine system.
- How using aluminum foil can damage your DNA.
- Why you shouldn’t put plastic items in a dishwasher.
- How using a plastic cutting board can expose you to microplastics.
- The best tips for upgrading your kitchen products and reducing your exposures.
- What the numbers on plastic packaging mean.
- Major differences between the US and the UK healthcare systems.
- What you need to know about drinking out of plastic water bottles.
- How red light therapy charges your mitochondria.
- The connection between mitochondria and most chronic diseases.
- Why Dr. Viv created the Lumebox
- How red light therapy can improve skin health and increase collagen production.
- The science behind red light for increased endurance and reduced muscle soreness.
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| 0:00.0 | You are now listening to the model health show with Sean Stevenson. |
| 0:04.0 | For more visit the model health show. |
| 0:07.0 | .com. |
| 0:08.0 | It is now confirmed that chemicals in our environment are contributing to our |
| 0:17.6 | obesity epidemic. A recent study published in environmental health |
| 0:21.6 | perspectives is covering the science on these |
| 0:25.8 | compounds known as obeseogens. |
| 0:29.6 | Obesogens, according to these researchers, can alter human metabolism and predispose people to gaining weight. |
| 0:38.0 | This is independent of the food that we're eating, independent of the exercise that we're doing or not doing, |
| 0:46.0 | these compounds, obeseogens, are altering human metabolism and we need to know about this so what are these |
| 0:55.4 | obeseages we're gonna be covering that today where are they found because they're found |
| 1:00.0 | in certain places more than others and most importantly what can we do about this what |
| 1:06.3 | can we do to help to insulate ourselves against these obeseogens and really |
| 1:11.0 | stacked conditions in our favor to be healthy and to thrive in an increasingly |
| 1:16.8 | toxic world. |
| 1:18.6 | Now we've got on an incredible guest today who is an expert in this subject matter to really enlighten us about |
| 1:27.2 | obesigens and also some of the common products that we have in our homes that we have in our kitchens that we might be using every day |
| 1:35.0 | that can be putting obesigions straight into ourselves. |
| 1:40.0 | So buckle your seat belts, this is going to be a good one. |
| 1:43.3 | Now when I have special guests here at the model health show studios, |
| 1:47.2 | I like to give gifts. All right? It's one of my favorite things to do. I like it's Christmas you know when you move on from |
| 1:54.6 | from being a baby you know really feels good to be a giver and you know it just goes back to that |
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