Vegan Diet And The Immune System
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2018
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Learn how fruits and vegetables not only help to fight off the common cold cold, but also lower your risk of developing cancer. Dr. Steve Neabore reveals some of the healthiest choices to eat.
"The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll will also speak with Dr. Charlie Ross who went from being an emergency room physician to one of the leading advocates for preventative medicine through nutrition. He also turned his community into a Blue Zone where residents are routinely living well past the average lifespan of Americans.
And Dr. Neal Barnard gives the one diet change you need to make to lose weight weight and boost your immune system.
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| 0:00.0 | You know how important it is to put good fuel in your car? |
| 0:12.8 | Well you need good fuel for your body too. |
| 0:15.8 | You know, colds and flus and all kinds of things are rampant and if you have real good |
| 0:21.8 | immunity you're going to have better resistance to those infections and what fuels that |
| 0:27.8 | foods do it. |
| 0:29.2 | And there's something even more serious. |
| 0:31.3 | Your immune system also can reduce your risk of cancer. |
| 0:35.5 | So we're going to tackle all of that on today's program because we have found that people |
| 0:40.3 | on plant-based diets have advantages when it comes to immune strength, seeking out those |
| 0:45.3 | viruses and cancer cells and knocking them out. |
| 0:48.3 | In today's program, Dr. Steve Neabor and Nurse Practitioner Gretchen Housel will dig |
| 0:52.5 | into the science and show you how to put it to work. |
| 0:55.6 | So thanks for joining us onto the program. |
| 0:59.2 | You're listening to the exam room brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 1:08.7 | I am Chuck Carroll, the Weight Loss Champion. |
| 1:11.4 | Be sure to give the show a follow on Twitter at PCRM. |
| 1:15.6 | Now my next guest is one that I've been really looking forward to speaking with this |
| 1:21.2 | gentleman for some time. |
| 1:22.6 | I was passed along his story by somebody else who works here at the Physicians Committee |
| 1:26.5 | and I said, wow, if there was ever a perfect guest for the show, it would be this guy. |
| 1:32.7 | So with that, I welcome to the program, Dr. Charlie Ross. |
| 1:35.6 | How are you today? |
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