362: Immune resilience, COVID & climate change | Jeff Bland, Ph.D., the father of functional medicine

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Jeff Bland, Ph.D.: “The planet has an immune system, we have immune systems, and they're intercommunicating.” 

Bland, the father of functional medicine and founder of Big Bold Health, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss our 2022 Wellness Trend of how doctors are taking charge in the environmental movement, plus:

- How to strengthen the planet’s immune system (~05:56)

- The connection between COVID & climate change (~08:37)

- Why our climate crisis is now a health crisis (~12:11)

- How environmental action shows up in doctors' offices (~17:39)

- Why fake meat is a stepping stone, not the end goal (~21:55)


Referenced in the episode:

- Read our 2022 Wellness Trend on how doctors are treating the planet.

- Read all of our 2022 Wellness Trends.

- mbg Podcast episode #222, with Bland.

- Candace Pert, Ph.D.'s book, Molecules Of Emotion.

- Read about Hans Selye's code of altruistic egoism.

- Big Bold Health.

- Big Bold Health's recipe page.

- Bland's podcast, Big Bold Immunity.


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Jeff Bland, Ph.D.: “The planet has an immune system, we have immune systems, and they're intercommunicating.” 

Bland, the father of functional medicine and founder of Big Bold Health, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss our 2022 Wellness Trend of how doctors are taking charge in the environmental movement, plus:

- How to strengthen the planet’s immune system (~05:56)

- The connection between COVID & climate change (~08:37)

- Why our climate crisis is now a health crisis (~12:11)

- How environmental action shows up in doctors' offices (~17:39)

- Why fake meat is a stepping stone, not the end goal (~21:55)


Referenced in the episode:

- Read our 2022 Wellness Trend on how doctors are treating the planet.

- Read all of our 2022 Wellness Trends.

- mbg Podcast episode #222, with Bland.

- Candace Pert, Ph.D.'s book, Molecules Of Emotion.

- Read about Hans Selye's code of altruistic egoism.

- Big Bold Health.

- Big Bold Health's recipe page.

- Bland's podcast, Big Bold Immunity.


Enjoy this episode sponsored by sonos! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2021-12-29 38 min
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