Environmental Medicine Episodes

This week on The One Thing Podcast, host Dr. Adam Rinde welcomes back renowned rheumatologist Dr. Aly Cohen to dive deep into her groundbreaking new book, "Detoxify" (releasing May 2025!). Forget extreme deprivation and unsustainable measures. Dr. Cohen shares her balanced, practical, and science-backed approach to navigating the environmental toxins that challenge our bodies daily. Learn how to reduce your body's burden, support your immune system, and gain peace of mind by focusing not just on avoiding toxins, but also on adding supportive nutrients and lifestyle habits that fit into real life. This is essential listening for anyone looking to optimize their health in the modern world!

In this episode of the One Thing Podcast, we have the honor of speaking with Dr. Joseph Pizzorno, a pioneering naturopathic physician, educator, researcher, and author. Dr. Pizzorno' s profound influence on the field of naturopathic and functional medicine is well-recognized as he delves into his journey from founding Bastyr University to his current ventures. The conversation covers his initial inspiration, essential life lessons, and invaluable insights into the impact of environmental contaminants on health. Dr. Pizzorno sheds light on the significance of detoxification and the role of natural medicine in promoting overall well-being. He also discusses the importance of clean nutrition, the unseen hazards of arsenic, and practical steps to reduce toxic exposures.

Pediatric Acute Onset Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus Infection and Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome is a troubling condition that involves sudden onset of OCD, anxiety, tics, sometimes aggression, sometimes ADHD, sometimes depression, sometimes dysgraphia.. that abruptly happens almost overnight. In some cases like PANDAS it follows a streptococcus infection in other cases like PANS it may follow a virus, vector-borne-illness, or mycotoxin exposure. In this episode a legend in functional medicine Nancy O'hara, MD joins us as she is an expert in this topic and author of Demystifying PANS/PANDAS: A Functional Medicine Desktop Reference on Basal Ganglia Encephalitis.

Autoimmune diseases often have multifactorial causes, including genetic predisposition, environmental factors, lifestyle choices, and immune system dysregulation. Integrative treatments aim to identify and address these underlying causes instead of merely managing symptom. While conventional therapies are often necessary to stabilize autoimmune disease processes; integrative approaches are often needed to drive the disease into remission. In this episode, we were joined by Dr. Akil Palanisamy, ...

Hello Friends! Today I bring you Aly Cohen, MD a triple board certified Integrative Rheumatologist and environmental health expert. I have followed Dr. Cohen and her work with The Smart Human for a while and also have been reading her book Non-Toxic: Guide to Living Healthy in a Chemical World; In this episode we go so many interesting topics. I know you will learn a lot!  Here is the rundown:  (00:00) Opening  (02:03) Intro to Dr. Cohen's interest in Integrative Rheumatology and Environmental Medicines  (09:01) What is in our tap water.  (15:23) Regulation Challenges  (17:39) Xenobiotic health effects  (23:44) Avoidance of water contaminants  (28:55) Water Filtration Systems (32:45) Testing your water (36:24) Community water quality  (38:31) Skin Water Exposures (42:28) Installing a RO filter  (48:16) Containers For drinking water  (54:05) Closing Thoughts

Mold and Mycotoxin Illness is a Neuro-immune-Endocrine Disorder How can one thing disrupt so many systems? It is quite fascinating and informative to learn this from my dear colleague, Dr. Lauren Tessier, who is back with us to discuss her expertise environmental illness and specifically mold and mycotoxin illness. The pervasiveness of this condition has great awareness in some circles but complete disregard in others. In this episode we go into the acknowledgement of this condition as well a...

Plastics are everywhere  They are in our food, beverage containers, beauty products, and many more. This consistent exposure can be harming our immune system to a great degree. We need to learn how to make smart choices when it comes to plastic exposures In this episode I welcome on Dr. Anne Marie fine a Naturopathic Physician and Environmental Medicine Expert who happens to know  a ton about the immunotoxicity of plastics.

Some Toxin exposure is unavoidable . We live in a toxic world. However how much exposure, the types of exposure, and the way we process toxins is more in our control. The immune system, nervous system, metabolism, and endocrine system  can all be impacted if we are overloaded with certain burdens of toxins like plastics, heavy metals, and mycotoxin. In this episode I welcome on Wendie Trubow, MD , a functional medicine gynecologist and author of Dirty Girl: Ditch the Toxins, Look great and feel FREEKING amazing to take us through how to Ditch toxins.  Please note Dr. Trubow is offering a free guide to ditching toxins to listeners by going to this link Show outline: (00:00) Opening and intro (02:05) Wendie’s background (07:46) The last two years (10:06) The role of toxins (12:38) Beginning of Wendie’s health journey (16:19) What toxins do to the body (20:12) The impact of toxins on the immune system (24:20) Wendie’s experience with celiac disease…

Bile and biliary dysfunction are intimately connected with mold-related illness. In fact, so connected that a key strategy to overcome mycotoxin illness is to help your bile rid of mycotoxin. Bile does so much in our body . Not only is it important in fat digestion and absorption; it also has secondary effects on protecting our gut lining, immune system, our inflammation, and so much more. We are so fortunate in this episode to have an expert in all things Mold ; Dr. Jill Crista walk us through ...

Mold related illness with mold expert Dr. Lauren Tessier. In this episode we gain a great understanding of mold related illness including Mycotoxicosis (mycotoxin illness) and Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS). Specifically, in this episode we cover the following. 2:00: How Dr. Tessier became interested in mold related illness. Her Uncles illness, Her community, and her own bout with mold exposure. 6:30: The different types of mold related illness. Mycotoxicosis, mold allergy, mol...

In this episode we speak with Mitch Marder,DDS a well-known Biological Dentist. We speak about such important topics like mercury amalgams, root canals, and how oral health is actually related to the entire field of health and medicine. For years, the field of dentistry has been seen as a distinct aspect of health focused on this “box” we call the mouth, yet we know how oral health is linked to brain health, gut health, and cardiovascular health. Conditions like gingivitis are associated with di...