Snot 411 (your immune system will thank you) | Ep199
The Dr. Gundry Podcast
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How Much Mucus Do We Need to Produce?
Our initial respiratory defenses are dehydration, alergens and most over the counter cold and flumeticcations. Breathing decrease levels of nitrous oxide, which maybe why diabetics are more prone to covet 19 a complications. Also in the muk as the mucus in our nose dries up and becomes thicker. Silia in our nose beats slower. Sillia are small hair like projections that move mucus. also something that's found in the gut. We produce one and a half quarts of mucus a day. And as i said before, swallow most of it. So all this is cleaning out our respiratory epithelia. As viruses and bacteria get
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