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Addiction 17: Trauma (with Dr. Gabor Maté)

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The Long-Term Health Implications of Trauma

The more trauma there is, the more inflammation there is in the body. During the Mate, trauma can take actual years off your life. While addiction may not be genetic, the impact of trauma can affect us on a genetic level. There's something called telomeres. Telomeres are strands of DNA at the end of our chromosomes that keep our chromosomes together.

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