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Dhru Purohit Show

Why You Shouldn’t Drink Tap Water, Top Sources of Forever Chemicals, and How Regulatory Capture Is Making Us Sick with Darin Olien

Dhru Purohit Show

Dhru Purohit

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.73.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2023

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, BiOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough, and Calm.  Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with Darin Olien, co-host of the Emmy Award Winning Netflix docu-series, Down to Earth with Zac Efron, to discuss the top hidden toxins found in our everyday products. Dhru and Darin discuss the sources of forever chemicals that invade our water, food, and clothes. Darin has spent nearly 20 years as a Superfood hunter exploring and discovering new and underutilized exotic foods and medicinal plants. From his years of experience within the health space, he wrote his New York Times best-selling book, SuperLife. Darin is the host of the wildly popular podcast The Darin Olien Show, where he curiously explores people, solutions, and health as well as life’s Fatal Conveniences™ – a segment of the show uncovering modern-day flaws and challenges that may be undermining our health and our environment. In this episode, Dhru and Darin dive into (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): -Hidden toxins found in tap water (1:28 /1:31) -Water and other top sources of exposure forever chemicals (7:07 / 6:31) -Phasing out PFAS for safer alternatives (30:25 / 26:00) -Concerns around the new “Apeel” coating on produce (38:25 / 34:04) -Raising awareness of the toxins in our food and water supply (45:09 / 40:42) -Striking a balance between awareness and obsession (57:30 / 52:59) -Taking a precautionary approach to EMF exposure (1:06:12 / 1:01:30) -Minimizing exposure to fragrances (1:14:25 / 1:09:57) -Darin’s father’s experience with chemical sensitivities (1:16:28 / 1:11:51 ) -How to monitor your air quality (1:23:20 / 1:18:14) Also mentioned in this episode: -Fatal Conveniences  -SuperLife -The Darin Olien Show -(PFAS) presence in food article -Try This: How Indoor Air Quality Impacts Your Brain And What to Do About It For more on Darin Olien, follow him on Instagram @darinolien. Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 3,000 specialty lab tests from over 35+ labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, and Great Plains. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at rupaHealth.com. Magnesium Breakthrough really stands out from the other magnesium supplements out there. BiOptimizers is offering my community 10% off + special gift with purchase, just head over to magbreakthrough.com/dhru, with code DHRU10. Calm is offering an exclusive offer of 40% off a Calm Premium Subscription at calm.com/dhru. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

We are barely surviving, but we're certainly not thriving.

0:04.6

Mayo Clinic study, 2.7% of Americans were deemed healthy, from lifestyle, diet, exercise.

0:11.6

It's a flipped statistic. That's scary.

0:14.5

And we know, its top killers are killing us, are manufactured by us.

0:21.0

Welcome to the Drupurot podcast. Each week we explore the inner workings of the brain and the body,

0:26.0

with one of the brightest minds in wellness, medicine and mindset.

0:29.0

This week's guest is Darren Allian, and he's here to talk to us about the top hidden toxins that are found in our everyday products and goods.

0:36.0

Now a little bit more about Darren.

0:38.0

Darren is the co-host of the Emmy Award-winning number one Netflix docu-series, Down to Earth with Zach Efron.

0:44.0

Darren has spent nearly 20 years exploring the planet, discovering new and underutilized exotic foods and medicinal plants,

0:51.0

which has led to others dubbing him as the superfood hunter.

0:55.0

As a host of the widely popular podcasts, the Darren Allian Show, Darren curiously explores people, solutions and health,

1:01.0

as well as life's fatal conveniences, a segment of the show uncovering modern day flaws and challenges that may be undermining our health and environment.

1:11.0

Fatal conveniences is also the title of his new book, which was released on May 16th, and a big part of today's conversation.

1:18.0

Stay tuned for a fantastic podcast with Darren Allian.

1:22.0

Darren, welcome to the podcast. Pleasure to have you brother. Big fan of the work, big fan of the book.

1:28.0

I want to jump right in and talk a little bit about water.

1:31.0

You know, I heard a great quote many, many years ago from a speaker, and he said,

1:35.0

either you get a filter or your body becomes the filter.

1:40.0

Tell us what happens for those of us that don't have water filters.

1:45.0

What are they exposing themselves to on a daily basis in our toxic water supply?

1:51.0

Wow. Well, you know, stepping into that, the job of the filter systems, the big filter systems are stopping dysentery, typhoid, things that acutely can cause diarrhea and kill us, right?

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