The Impact of Environmental Toxins on Our Bodies | Dr. Tom O’Bryan

EPISODE 171: Environmental toxins are everywhere, and so, knowing how to deal with them and their side-effects is crucial if you want to live a long and healthy life.

In fact, these toxins are so prevalent that you can detect them at birth –scientists have been able to detect 186 different chemicals in the umbilical cords of newborns. So, knowing how these toxins influence our bodies and what we can do to minimize their effects is super important, and no one knows this more than this week’s guest on the podcast, the amazing Dr. Tom O’Bryan.

Dr. O’Bryan is a renowned functional medicine expert specializing in environmental medicine and holistic health, and today, he and I will be discussing everything you need to know about environmental toxins.

We’ll be talking about the impact of environmental toxins on our health, the difference between living longer and living healthily for longer, how to manage chronic inflammation through your diet, and more.

I hope you enjoy this discussion as much as I did!

Tune in now.

Key Takeaways: 

Introduction (00:00)

The difference between a healthy lifespan and a total lifespan (02:11)

The most common source of environmental toxins (07:33)

Where is your inflammation coming from? (22:43)

How to reduce environmental toxins (28:52)

A quick message to moms (38:31)

Lowering inflammation with plants (40:54)

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