How The Most Important Superfood You've Never Heard About Will Rejuvenate Your Immune System with Dr. Jeffrey Bland

How The Most Important Superfood You've Never Heard About Will
Rejuvenate Your Immune System | This episode is brought to you by
Thrive Market, TrueDark, and Uqora It seems like everywhere we look
these days, there’s chronic disease. Our bodies are extremely
intelligent, so why are they acting so dumb and having so many
dysfunctions? Using the lens of Functional Medicine, we can see
that a disease is so much more than its location. With inflammation
smoldering throughout the body in many people, we need to zero in
on the immune system, how it’s functioning, and what factors are
negatively impacting it. We’re in an exciting time for research in
this area, as we continue to learn how to fix the problems behind
an aging immune system.  There’s no better person to talk to
about this topic than the one and only Dr. Jeff Bland. Dr. Bland is
the founder of Big Bold Health, a company on a mission to transform
the way people think about one of nature’s greatest innovations—the
immune system. Through Big Bold Health, Jeff is advocating for the
power of immuno-rejuvenation to enhance immunity at a global level,
often through the rediscovery of ancient food crops and superfoods.
To get there, Jeff is building a network of small farms and
suppliers throughout the US that take a clear stance on
regenerative agriculture, environmental stewardship, and planetary
health. Jeff’s career in health spans more than 40 years. A
nutritional biochemist by training, he began in academia as a
university professor. Jeff then spent three decades in the natural
products industry, working alongside other pioneers. This episode
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the details from our interview:  Why diseases don’t exist and
inflammation may not be the primary driver of chronic illness
(11:26) Our body’s ability to combat (or succumb to) the most
common insults to our immune system (17:58) How stem cell damage
drives inflammation and can alter our genes (25:23) Supporting the
body’s innate ability to renew and rejuvenate its immune system
(38:29) Using food as medicine to prevent and reverse chronic
illness (51:16) The superfood you’ve probably never heard of:
Himalayan Tartary buckwheat (54:18) Flavor is connected to the
medicine in food (1:05:29) How Himalayan Tartary buckwheat
rejuvenates your immune system (1:08:10) Actionable steps to
maximizing your immune system (1:11:10) The way our food is grown
affects our health (1:20:36) Learn more about Big Bold Health at
https://bigboldhealth.com/ and on Twitter @bigboldhealth, on
Facebook @bigboldhealth, and on Instagram @bigboldhealth. Learn
more about Dr. Jeffrey Bland at https://jeffreybland.com/ and on
Facebook @jeffreyblandphd, on Instagram @drjeffreybland, and on
Twitter @jeffreyblandphd.