Creating Lasting Habits To Strengthen Immunity

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Dec 8, 2021

Ken Cook, President and co-founder of the Environmental Working Group, discusses the vital link between personal health and immunity, especially highlighted by the pandemic. He emphasizes the role of nutrition in preventing COVID-19 hospitalizations and the transformative power of dietary changes. Cook advocates for building a supportive social environment to drive healthy habits and shares insights on the importance of preventive measures like vitamin D. The conversation inspires listeners to take charge of their health and make informed lifestyle choices.

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Diet and COVID-19

63% of COVID-19 hospitalizations were due to poor diet, highlighting the impact of nutrition on health.
This preventable factor contributes significantly to America's high COVID-19 case and death rates.

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Vitamin D and COVID-19

A study indicated zero COVID deaths for individuals with vitamin D levels over 50.
This highlights the potential of simple interventions for improving health outcomes.

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Environmental Toxins and Health

Environmental toxins negatively affect the immune system, increasing vulnerability to diseases.
Improving both personal and planetary health is crucial, as they are interconnected.

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I don’t like to look at what I do as treating disease. I’d rather look at it as creating health. And we have a lot of power to do that ourselves, each and every day. This is something I especially like to remind people of as we continue through the pandemic—the right choices and habits can help us stay more resilient and healthy during what feels like an uncontrollable world health crisis.

Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I talk to my good friend Ken Cook, as part of EWG’s CleanCon Conference. In this conversation, Ken interviews me about establishing better habits for human and planetary health.

Ken Cook is widely recognized as one of the environmental community’s most prominent and influential critics of industrial agriculture and the nation’s broken approach to protecting families and children from toxic substances. Under Cook’s leadership, EWG has pioneered the use of digital technologies to empower American families with easy-to-use, science-driven tools to help reduce their exposure to potentially harmful ingredients in food, drinking water, cosmetics, and other household products.

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Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

The connection between poor diet and Covid-19 outcomes (4:53 / 1:48)
Environmental toxins and the immune system (7:05 / 3:19)
My journey into understanding the power of nutrition and health (8:15 / 4:13)
My approach to working with patients to promote behavior change (12:29 / 8:46)
Improving your diet to improve your health (18:12 / 14:11)
Creating structure to support healthy habits and behavior change (20:30 / 16:50)
Understanding your body as one interconnected ecosystem (25:12 / 21:04)
Becoming Covid-resistant (29:18 / 24:04)

Learn more about the Environmental Working Group at ewg.org and follow EWG on Facebook @ewg.org, on Instagram @environmentalworkinggroup, and on Twitter @ewg.