Episode 20: The Environment and Human Health Connection with Rupa Marya, MD

January 06, 23

Environmental toxins can have a significant burden on human health, yet the topic remains rife with confusion and misinformation. In this episode of The Good Clean Nutrition Podcast, host Mary Purdy, MS, RDN, is joined by Dr. Rupa Marya to explore the connection between environmental toxins, food systems, and human health. Tune in as Dr. Marya explains the different types of environmental toxins, how they can inflict and exacerbate chronic inflammation and other health conditions, and the steps you can implement to minimize risk.

Dr. Rupa Marya

Rupa Marya, MD is a physician and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Marya earned her medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed her residency in internal medicine at UCSF. She is the founder and executive director of the Deep Medicine Circle, a worker-directed nonprofit whose mission is healing the wounds of colonialism through food, medicine, restoration, story and learning. She is the cofounder of the Do No Harm Coalition and co-author with Raj Patel of Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice.

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