What Your Doctor Isn’t Telling You About Toxins, Autoimmunity, & Metabolism - With Dr. Aly Cohen

The Model Health Show

Shawn Stevenson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.8 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Have you ever felt like everything in our modern world is harmful to our health? Everywhere you turn, someone is talking about how our food, our water, and our air are poisoning us by the minute. And while it’s true that our environment has more harmful chemicals than any point in human history, what’s often missing from this conversation is the power we hold to protect ourselves, and how we can equip our bodies to build resilience. Our guest today is Dr. Aly Cohen. She is a triple-board certified physician practicing in the fields of rheumatology and integrative medicine. Her passion is helping folks become educated on how to make smarter decisions around chemical exposures. Her new book, Detoxify, is a realistic and empowering guide to reducing your toxic exposure while optimizing your body’s innate detoxification systems. In this conversation, Dr. Cohen is sharing the connection between environmental toxins and chronic illnesses like autoimmune conditions. You’re going to hear practical advice on reducing your chemical exposures, including the biggest levers you can pull to make a difference, how to make better choices without feeling overwhelmed, and so many more realistic strategies. Enjoy! In this episode you’ll discover: How many autoimmune diseases there are. What percentage of the United States population struggles with autoimmunity. How controlling your environment can change your genetic expression. Which major historical event marked a dramatic change in chemical exposure. What the 4 As of environmental health are. How Dr. Cohen’s dog influenced her career trajectory. What GRAS means. How chemicals can disrupt the immune system. Which periods of human development can make us more vulnerable to chemicals. Why hydration is one of the best things you can do to support natural detox. How sweating can help your body eliminate chemicals and toxins. What to consider about water filtration. The importance of having a strong motivator to decrease your toxin exposure. How sleep plays a role in detoxification. What to look for when shopping for produce. The importance of omega 3 fatty acids. Which nutrient can support heavy metal detoxification. Items mentioned in this episode include: Fromourplace.com/model - Get up to 10% off toxin-free, ceramic coated cookware! PaleoValley.com/model - Detoxify by Dr. Aly Cohen - Read Dr. Cohen’s book! Connect with Dr. Aly Cohen Website / Podcast / Instagram / X / TikTok Be sure you are subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your episodes:  Apple Podcasts Spotify Soundcloud Pandora YouTube This episode of The Model Health Show is brought to you by Our Place and Paleovalley. Get 10% off toxin-free, ceramic coated cookware by using my code MODEL at fromourplace.com/model. Use my code MODEL at PaleoValley.com/model to save 15% sitewide on nutrient dense snacks, superfood supplements, and more.

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0:00.0	You are now listening to The Model Health Show with Sean Stevenson. For more, visit the modelhealth
0:06.5	show.com. If you've ever wondered why cancer, autoimmune issues, or hormonal problems are
0:17.0	skyrocketing across the United States and really all over the world.
0:21.4	This episode is going to shock you.
0:24.0	Today we have one of the foremost experts in the world,
0:26.6	a triple board certified physician who's affirming that everyday toxins in our homes,
0:33.9	in our environment, are harming our immune system.
0:36.8	And she's also going to talk about how to
0:39.3	defend our bodies and our families against them and what i love most about our special guests is that
0:44.8	this is very practical this can be a doom and gloom scenario once you find out how pervasive and how
0:50.8	bad this situation looks but the human body is so resilient and there's so many
0:56.6	practical, simple things that we can do to remove some of these things, but also to help our
1:01.8	bodies and our body's immaculent ability to detoxify nefarious compounds and to heal. And so that's
1:10.4	what it's all about as well, stacking conditions
1:12.1	in our favor and knowing the practical things that we need to start doing on a regular basis
1:17.1	to support our body's ability to detoxify. And again, this is coming through the lens of a
1:23.6	triple board certified physician and rheumatologists specifically who specializes in
1:29.7	autoimmune conditions and not usely using the term detoxify or detox but really looking at the
1:37.9	science and really what it means and this being something that the human body is designed to do.
1:44.1	This isn't a new thing. This isn't a new
1:45.8	term. The human body and ourselves have been detoxifying themselves forever. Forever in a day,
1:53.8	forever and a day. But today to detox can be something very elaborate, very structured, very intentional, and also very
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