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Invisible Illnesses with Meghan O'Rourke

I Weigh with Jameela Jamil

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The Pros and Cons of Medical Science

In Western medicine, we want bodies to behave the same way. And guess what? A lot of our bodies don't fit that norm. I sometimes felt that I was in essence almost being punished or kind of outcast as a person who couldn't really access healthcare because my body was not behaving according to medical textbooks. What I'm really looking for is a much more nuanced science that's looking at physical and mental health together. There is a direct link between how your stomach is feeling and processing food and the way your brain feels.

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