Podcast episode title: How The Most Important Superfood You've Never Heard About Will Rejuvenate Your Immune System
Guest: Dr. Jeffrey Bland
It seems like everywhere we look these days, there’s chronic disease. Our bodies are extremely intelligent, so why are they acting so dumb and having so many dysfunctions? Using the lens of Functional Medicine, we can see that a disease is so much more than its location. With inflammation smoldering throughout the body in many people, we need to zero in on the immune system, how it’s functioning, and what factors are negatively impacting it. We’re in an exciting time for research in this area, as we continue to learn how to fix the problems behind an aging immune system.
There’s no better person to talk to about this topic than the one and only Dr. Jeff Bland. Dr. Bland is the founder of Big Bold Health, a company on a mission to transform the way people think about one of nature’s greatest innovations—the immune system. Through Big Bold Health, Jeff is advocating for the power of immuno-rejuvenation to enhance immunity at a global level, often through the rediscovery of ancient food crops and superfoods. To get there, Jeff is building a network of small farms and suppliers throughout the US that take a clear stance on regenerative agriculture, environmental stewardship, and planetary health. Jeff’s career in health spans more than 40 years. A nutritional biochemist by training, he began in academia as a university professor. Jeff then spent three decades in the natural products industry, working alongside other pioneers.
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Thank you for the code on the Truedark glasses which I would love to order. I cannot use the code on the website since I live in Germany and there is no shippingh to Germany available. Is there a chance to receice a code and use it via the German online distributors of the Truedark glasses?
I looked on this site and I wouldn’t order the fish oil, unfortunately – there is no guarantee of 3rd party testing for purity. I looked under FAQ and on the product page. Pretty sketchy. If you stand by purity, then you offer up the batch testing info. Saying you use 3rd party manufacturers that adhere to strict guidelines is useless. Crappy food from the grocery store Also adheres to strict guidelines. Really disappointed, but perhaps there is another product, same technology – that is happy to guarantee purity – will have to do some searching, because it sounds good.
maybe a message to their team could achieve something! that would be good. unlikely theyll read and implement here tho
Thank you for presenting this POD cast. Dr. Brand is definitely a forward thinker. Personally I’d like to try the buckwheat as a precursor to 3 separate (probably all connected) health issues. Trying to reverse some not so healthy eating habits .
Bland not Brand ironically. Hyman? let’s not go there…
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Your guest spoke sideways the entire show. Sometimes it was difficult to get a specific word. If he had been facing forward I could have read his lips and known exactly what he said.
I don’t know. Tons, and tons of folks that are very elderly that lived their whole lives in the northeastern mountains. They had 0 access to himalayan buckwheat, or any seafood of any kind. Yet, obviously they found the proper combination of nutrients. I do believe the nutrient value of food is a key element. But I cannot believe “certain foods” are “super foods”. I think it is just the ample presents of micronutrients like elemental minerals that are not found in our treated and bottled water, and not eating crap with any added sugars or chemicals for preservation that will allow the body to age properly and gracefully. I think these folks are on the right path, just not so sure they can rely on a “superfood”.
My parents were born in France. My mom was a French chef. Her generation both here and in France in our family ate everything you are not supposed to eat and they are ALL over 90. I don’t get it!
@Papinoo 11 I believe how long we live is mostly determined by genetics. If you find someone that has lived to 90 or older you will likely find other family members that have or will also live to that age. In my family no one that I know of has made it to 80 because we obviously don’t have the longevity gene.
@reevin riggin the real question how can we reverse damage sustained from a bad lifestyle
Genetics play a role, but a much smaller role than one thought. About 20%.
@Papinoo 11 Probably were not full of Gmo. ,High fructose corn syrup and Gmo foods laced with glyphosate/ pesticides. These are really jacking up our systems/bodies/hormones/ gut floras.
If we could just have old skool Real foods again…. I think we would be fine. Not obese, diabetic, lots of cancers.. etc.. The older generations had the luxury of real foods. I wish America would have never allowed this terrible movement.
…. we need to take a long hard look at Electro-Magnetic-Frequencies and their impacts on Bio-Integrity…. Wi-Fi…. 4g…. 5g et al….
This was so informative and to me, the best interview I have ever listened to, Thank You!
Organic hemp seed is the way go for amino acids. Wheatgrass for super nutrients. Our soil needs to be regenerated by rock dust. Most of all a belief that all human life matters and can be sustained for enjoyment.
Dr. Mark — please have someone on who can speak to sleep — how to have restorative sleep. What should someone do if their sleep pattern is just-plain not good. 🙂 Thanks!!!
There are several experts in the area of sleep and many studies looking at how to improve. Review the work of Dr. Michael Breus, a clinical psychologist and sleep expert and you may find some information that will truly help you!
@Tomas German-Palacios Thank you Tomas! I will do just that 🙂
@T Wilde Your Welcome!
i heard taurine helps sleep quality
I find it so hard to understand so many words from Dr Hyman and his guests because they speak so fast and use words that they are so familiar with they almost run over the words so that the listener, me can’t understand it.
Slow down the play back speed on the video
Mark! You keep jumping ahead of the speaker to say what he Wants to say. Mark, you speak twice as long as the person you are supposedly interviewing. Whew!
THIS THEORY IS GROUND-BREAKING! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DISCOVERING AND DISCUSSING!
If someone could spell whatever plant he is speaking of so I can research it, that would be great.
Great info, I watched the whole thing but was a little disappointed to find a money angle at the very end.
Jeff and Mark have continued to do brilliant research and have used those studies to market some amazing items. Although I would not be surprised if they give a lot to several undernourished communities, they can’t just give it all away. Money is not bad, it is how we use it that matters.