I was thrilled to be included on another episode 🎤 of @drmarkhyman’s The Doctor’s Farmacy to talk 🗣 about some surprising levers of metabolic health.⁠ Research from The Lancet has shown that deaths attributable from air pollution deaths are rising rapidly. ⁠ The Doctors’ Farmacy is his podcast 🎙 about the ever-increasing burden of chronic disease, primarily driven by our food and food system. This is perpetuated by agricultural 👩🏻‍🌾, food, and health care policies that don’t support health.⁠ ⁠ Here are a few topics we covered ⬇️⁠ ⁠ ✔️ Why obesogens are bad 🫤 for metabolic health:⁠ ⁠ - Obesogens are metabolism-disrupting chemicals that can directly increase fat mass and contribute to obesity.⁠ - These are chemicals like bisphenols, phthalates, parabens, non-steroid estrogens, flame retardants, and more.⁠ - They are in our plastics, food preservatives, furniture 🛋, medications 💊, clothing 👚, etc.⁠ ⁠ ✔️ Why sunlight 🌞 is good for metabolic health:⁠ ⁠ - Our eyes 👀 are the brain’s access port to natural light.⁠ - By getting sunlight first thing in the morning 🌅 and avoiding excess artificial light near bedtime 🛏, we signal to our brain 🧠 the time of day and set our bodies up to time genetic and hormonal signals appropriately.⁠ ⁠ ✔️ Why micronutrients are crucial for metabolic health 🍓 🥑:⁠ ⁠ - Each of your roughly 37 trillion cells can contain a thousand or more mitochondria, each with innumerable proteins embedded into their membranes that act as tiny molecular machines.⁠ - For those proteins to function correctly requires adequate levels of specific micronutrients, which we get from food.⁠ - These vitamins, minerals, trace metals, and antioxidants are crucial links 🔗 in chain reactions that regulate every part of your body’s metabolism.⁠ ⁠ ✔️ And, as a bonus, we even some strategies for longevity 🧓⁠ ⁠ 🖇Check out the link in my bio for the episode and to learn more.⁠ ⁠ #MetabolicHealth #Metabolism #CGM #Levels #Health #Wellness #WomensHealth #Microbiome #FoodisMedicine