3073: Regenerative Healthcare: Could This Simple Concept Heal The World by Emma Hogan with Les Mills

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[00:01:04] Regenerative Healthcare Could This Simple Concept Heal The World by Emma Hogan with Les Mills.com In many ways, farming and modern healthcare are worlds apart But they shouldn't be. After all, the basic goal of farming is to provide the nutrients our bodies require

[00:01:23] And the purpose of the healthcare industry is to help us stay well Maintaining human health is clearly at the heart of both industries, but over the years many have lost sight of the common ground

[00:01:35] Farming is firmly focused on efficiency and yields while healthcare has become consumed with managing expensive diseases Now a team of medical professionals and agricultural experts are making a case for change Suggesting a shift towards

[00:01:51] Integrated farming and healthcare so that both industries work together with a prevention based approach to human and environmental health This concept is supported by a compelling new white paper that compares historical data with health nutrition and agriculture research it highlights exactly how the increased

[00:02:12] industrialization of our food system has led to environmental degradation poor nutrition and proliferation of lifestyle related diseases It also addresses the issues with our current healthcare system which prioritizes pharmaceutical intervention over lifestyle changes like nutrition and physical activity

[00:02:32] All over the globe healthcare is overburdened attempting to treat chronic diseases with pharmaceutical intervention at the same time conventional farming processes use toxins detrimental to health and prioritized crops that are low in nutritional value the facts speak for themselves

[00:02:51] While many of us are living longer than our parents. We are not living healthier or happier lives Approximately 92 million Americans are living with coronary artery disease today six out of ten American adults have a chronic disease and four in ten have more than one chronic disease

[00:03:11] globally more than 1% of deaths annually are related to non communicable lifestyle related diseases that include cancer type 2 diabetes chronic lung disease and cardiovascular disease Based on current global trends six of the top seven causes of death in

[00:03:30] 2040 including heart disease stroke all's Heimers and diabetes will be directly related to our lifestyle choices and diet The standard American diet derives more than half of total calories from highly processed foods Only 11% of calories come from fruits vegetables whole grains beans and nuts

[00:03:52] And finally industrial farming has resulted in crops continually reducing nutrient density It also affects human health via exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals and through environmental pollutants We face an epidemic of diet and lifestyle related disease that is eroding personal health straining healthcare systems and depleting our natural environments

[00:04:17] Experts say a healthier future relies on dramatically altering the trajectory of chronic disease and regenerative healthcare could be the answer regenerative healthcare involves increasing the availability of nutrient dense foods by shifting to a regenerative organic farming system that eliminates toxic inputs and

[00:04:38] Focuses on foods optimal for our health. This type of farming will initiate regeneration of the soil Critical given we only have 60 years of top soil left due to soil degradation Alongside the shift in farming there must also be healthcare changes where we move to an integrative medical system

[00:04:56] Founded on lifestyle medicine and supported by regenerative whole nutrient dense foods What is regenerative healthcare a? system in which farming and healthcare work together to inform a prevention based approach to human and environmental health

[00:05:14] Rather than relying on toxic chemicals to solve agricultural issues and pharmaceutical intervention to manage disease Regenerative healthcare aims to prevent disease through an organic whole foods Plant-forward diet that begins on farms working in harmony with nature Right now experts are driving further research

[00:05:35] education and collaboration between medical professionals and Farmers to create meaningful change in our food and healthcare systems There are visions of a regenerative health Institute where farmers soil scientists Medical professionals and consumers will come together for a common goal Regaining our health and vitality through food

[00:05:56] What can we do to help? Making more thoughtful food choices is number one the way our food is grown and raised Impacts not only our own cellular health and immune systems, but also whole communities and entire ecosystems

[00:06:11] With this in mind we need to start considering not only what we eat, but also how it was produced The easiest way to do this is to start purchasing more products from local farms

[00:06:22] You can also start talking to healthcare providers about the benefits of an organic whole foods diet as a meaningful prevention of and intervention for lifestyle related conditions You just listened to the post titled

[00:06:40] Regenerative healthcare could this simple concept heal the world by Emma Hogan with Les Mills comm Dr. Neal here for my commentary In my nutrition classes, I often make my students read the book the omnivores dilemma by Michael Paulin and watch the film food ink

[00:06:59] Students find both of these such eye-opening experiences It's because both of these discuss what happens as food goes from the farms where they're grown to our tables but the information can be overwhelming and kind of depressing

[00:07:14] Luckily, both the omnivores dilemma and food ink provide us with a powerful take home message Something that Emma mentioned in her post We as consumers have the power to change the whole system

[00:07:26] How well every time we purchase something we are telling the manufacturer. I like this make more of this So if we change our purchasing habits to support those things that we want to see more of like Farming and manufacturing practices that we prefer

[00:07:45] We then send a clear signal to continue these practices it's like we're voting but using money as our ballots and Voting with our hard-earned money sends a very clear signal to farmers and food manufacturers So the next time you purchase anything

[00:08:02] Remember that you're sending a clear signal a clear vote that yes I like this make more of this and make more of it in the same way. You're making it now All right, that'll do for the Saturday episode

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