362: Immune resilience, COVID & climate change | Jeff Bland, Ph.D., the father of functional medicine

Jeff Bland, Ph.D.: “The planet has an immune system, we have immune systems, and they're intercommunicating.” Bland, the father of functional medicine and founder of Big Bold Health, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss our 2022 Wellness Trend of how doctors are taking charge in the environmental movement, plus: - How to strengthen the planet’s immune system (~05:56) - The connection between COVID & climate change (~08:37) - Why our climate crisis is now a health crisis (~12:11) - How environmental action shows up in doctors' offices (~17:39) - Why fake meat is a stepping stone, not the end goal (~21:55) Referenced in the episode: - Read our 2022 Wellness Trend on how doctors are treating the planet . - Read all of our 2022 Wellness Trends . - mbg Podcast episode #222 , with Bland. - Candace Pert, Ph.D.'s book, Molecules Of Emotion. - Read about Hans Selye's code of altruistic egoism . - Big Bold Health . - Big Bold Health's recipe page . - Bland's podcast, Big Bold Immunity . Enjoy this episode sponsored by sonos ! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices