This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and InsideTracker. We’ve become exposed to a greater number of environmental toxins than ever before. Environmental toxins can feed cancer, interfere with glucose and cholesterol metabolism, and induce insulin resistance and obesity through multiple mechanisms, including inflammation, oxidative stress, mitochondrial injury, altered thyroid metabolism, and impaired central appetite regulation. In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, we’re talking about how environmental toxins impact our health, the top endocrine-disrupting toxins, and my strategies for reducing your exposure. I also share which foods you should be sure to buy organic. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and InsideTracker. Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 35 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, and Great Plains. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. InsideTracker is a personalized health and wellness platform like no other. Right now they’re offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): How environmental toxins impact our health (3:46 / 00:58) The top endocrine-disrupting toxins (5:52 / 4:01) Strategies to reduce your toxic burden (10:41 / 8:49) EWG’s Clean Fifteen and Dirty Dozen lists (16:02 / 15:00) Mentioned in this episode EWG's Skin Deep Database EWG's Guide to Healthy Cleaning Thrive Market Seatopia.fish EWG’s 2023 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce

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