Do You Keep Getting Sick? How To Break The Cycle Of Illness

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Dec 18, 2023

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Leonard Calabrese

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Elizabeth Boham

Join Dr. Elizabeth Boham, a Functional Medicine physician and nutrition expert, alongside Dr. Leonard Calabrese, a renowned professor in rheumatology and immunology. They discuss how lifestyle factors like sleep, stress, nutrition, and toxins impact immune health. Highlights include ways to rejuvenate the immune system, the role of phytochemicals in boosting resilience, and holistic approaches for children facing recurrent infections. They emphasize the crucial link between mindfulness, diet, and exercise in maintaining a robust immune function.

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Dietary Recommendations

Eat an anti-inflammatory, plant-rich diet full of phytochemicals to reduce inflammation and rejuvenate the immune system.
Himalayan Tartary buckwheat, an ancient grain, contains numerous phytochemicals beneficial for immunity.

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Hormesis

Incorporate positive stressors like exercise, fasting, sauna, or cold plunges to boost resilience.
These hormesis activities trigger the body's healing response, promoting adaptation and strength.

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Chronic Congestion

Address chronic congestion and inflammation to reduce recurrent infections.
Congestion can trap viruses and bacteria, leading to ear infections and other illnesses.

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The foundation of our health is a robust immune system that has a very important mechanism of cleaning out inflammatory cells. If this process is broken, the inflammatory cells can actually turn other functioning cells into inflammatory cells. Our daily life habits and exposures, such as sleep, stress management, diet, and toxins, affect key biological processes that impact our immune function. When our immune health is functioning properly, the rest of our body follows with less illness and disease.

In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Elizabeth Boham and Dr. Leonard Calabrese about ways that we can support our immune systems to reduce the chance of illness and disease.

Dr. Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices Functional Medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing.

Dr. Leonard Calabrese is a Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and Vice Chair of the Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases. He is also the director of the RJ Fasenmyer Center for Clinical Immunology at the Cleveland Clinic and holds joint appointments in the Department of Infectious Diseases and the Wellness Institute.

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