Episode 413: Dr. Alejandro Junger: The Gut's Impact on Depression, Skin and Allergies + a Gut Repair Program
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What is the gut's impact on chronic health issues?
Hi guys, it's Tony Robbins. You're listening to Habits & Hustle. Crush it.
Hello everyone. Welcome to the podcast. And today we have one of my friends who just so happens to be one of the smartest doctors I know. And he is here visiting from very far away. He lives all over the world. The last couple of years, doctor, I always can't pronounce. Again, you just told me how to actually say your last name.
Junger.
Dr. Junger. By the way, guys, I have the guy who is probably one of the smartest guys when it comes to gut health. He's the king of gut health. His program is called The Clean Program. We'll get into that. But I was saying that he travels everywhere, he lives everywhere, and he's in Los Angeles only for a very short time. And so I was fortunate enough to spend time with you. So thank you for being on the show.
Well, I came too late to be on the show.
Well, that makes me feel really nice and that's very flattering. And I don't believe you. I bet you came here for bigger and better, not better shows, but bigger shows possibly.
I don't know about better or bigger.
I mean, not better, maybe slightly bigger, but nevertheless, I'm so happy to have you. On the podcast, you know what we do every time we have a guest? Just to make sure we are very focused and super alert, we take these magic mind shots. And the ingredients are very clean. They're exceptionally good. There's everything from ashwagandha. It's a neurotropic. It's very, very good. It has ashwagandha. It has a little bit of green tea in it. And it keeps you alert. But wait, I want to do it. I'm going to put it on my story. So let's do it.
Do you actually feel the effect?
It's so mild, but it keeps you leveled. It's not like a crazy jittery thing. All right, so what we do in this is we actually, we cheers, like cheers. Say cheers. This is a magic mind. I'm telling you, it's really, it's great. You're going to like the taste.
Do you like it? I like it. It's good, right? The taste is great.
Most people are shocked that it actually has a really nice flavor. Okay, so now you're going to be so focused. You're going to be so alert.
I feel smarter already.
I was going to say, I expect to have nothing but the best information come out of that noggin of yours, so... So now that I've kind of coined you as this king of gut health, why don't we just start with like a little bit of your background? Because what I always say to you and I actually talk about this is that you are very qualified. You're not, you know, you're not some schmendrick who is on Instagram just touting the latest and greatest. You're actually a cardiologist, plus you're a functional medicine doctor, and you've been schooled and you constantly are educating yourself on things that really heal your overall body, your system, and why I like you so much. So besides that, can we talk about how you really kind of honed your program and honed what you feel really are these healing properties and...
Yes. I was born in Uruguay, in South America. And when I was born, there were not even supermarkets there. We used to go with my dad to the farmer's market and we'd buy and choose our fruit. And we knew the guy that sold us the meat. And so life was very simple at the time when I was born. Later on, it became very Americanized. But meals were cooked from scratch at my mother's kitchen, and we ate all together as a family, and life was simple.
Yeah.
And healthy by default. Once I went to medical school and graduated from medical school, I went to New York, I moved to New York to do my postgraduate training. So I started with three years of internal medicine at NYU Downtown Hospital, and then three years of cardiovascular diseases to become a cardiologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. The drastic change of lifestyle from moving from a simple place like Uruguay, where life was simple and healthy by default, to a fast-paced city like New York, living in hospitals, a lot of time in the emergency room, three days in a row being on call, eating garbage, never eating home-cooked meals. I remember going to the supermarket and looking at
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the gut's impact on chronic health issues?
0:01–5:33
2
How did Dr. Junger's journey to gut health begin?
5:33–9:26
3
What is the Clean Program and how does it work?
9:26–13:11
4
What role does functional medicine play in healing?
13:11
5
How do modern lifestyle choices affect gut health?
3:02–5:54
6
Can meditation and spirituality enhance health?
5:54–1:12:26
7
What is the relationship between diet and mental health?
1:12:26
8
How can we bridge the gap between traditional and functional medicine?
43:23–1:34:32
Speakers
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