Dr. Rangan Chatterjee

The immune system develops depending on our life experiences, depending on the inputs we give our body that then shapes the immune system and how it functions.

First of all, have I got that right?

And secondly, if so, can you give us some sort of practical examples of what are the kinds of things that we can do that positively shape our immune systems?

Yeah.

So you're saying that there's some research showing us that if we increase the right type of fiber in our diets, we're going to get less infections?

Yeah.

I mean, that's really interesting, isn't it?

This more holistic look at the immune system, which I guess takes us away or a little bit away from things like, you know, when you have a cold, take vitamin C, right?

We can maybe unpack that later.

I guess the strong sense I get from your work and in particular reading your latest book, Immune to Age, is

is this idea that it's everything we do.

Everything we do, the food that we eat, how stressed we are, how much movement, is it the right kind of movement?

Even the way we talk to ourselves also impacts the health of our immune system.

Yes.

And I guess just to sort of make the full link, if someone has tuned into this conversation because they want better longevity, right?

They want to live well for longer.

you can't go far wrong focusing on the health of your immune system, can you?

Yeah.

And it really tells us something about the human condition, doesn't it?

This idea that, guys, we've already had it or we've already had...