Bird Flu: Is Your Food Putting You At Risk? | Dr. Neal Barnard

The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee

Physicians Committee

Carroll, Health & Fitness, Diabetes, Science, Nutrition, Vegan, Pcrm, Barnard, Weightloss, Food, Health, Recipes, Medicine, Diet

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🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The severity of bird flu should not be underestimated. There are big pieces to the puzzle that most of us are missing, including how the virus is able to spread so rapidly from birds to other species, including humans. The threat is putting all of our health in jeopardy, but there are steps we can take to reduce the risk of spread and keep ourselves safe.

Dr. Neal Barnard explains the alarming situation on The Exam Room Podcast.

- In This Interview -

- How viruses mutate

- Why current chicken-raising conditions make the virus incredibly easy to spread

- Why dairy cattle are at great risk

- Foods that reduce the risk of bird flu spread

- Egg alternatives and eggless recipes

- And more

This episode is sponsored by The Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund, which supports organizations like the Physicians Committee that carry on Greg’s passion and love for animals through rescue efforts, veganism, and wildlife conservation.

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0:00.0	Today on the exam room.
0:04.0	I think we should be very concerned because although it hasn't hit humans in a huge way so far, it has also leapt to mammals.
0:12.0	It's in cattle herds. And those are just a cauldron breeding new viruses that are just waiting to jump into the human species.
0:19.0	Welcome to the exam room podcast. just waiting to jump into the human species.
0:26.5	Welcome to the exam room podcast, brought to you by the Physicians Committee.
0:32.5	Hi, I'm the weight loss champion Chuck Carroll, raising health IQs coast to coast and around the world.
0:33.8	Hi to the exam room.
0:39.1	He's listening in High Point, North Carolina, League City, Texas, and Auckland, New Zealand. Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place.
0:44.0	This is episode 22 of season 8, number 621 overall. And the focus of this episode is the bird flu,
0:52.7	and what's in your kitchen, and what everyone can be using instead
0:57.5	of eggs while prices are soaring and hopefully stick with these alternatives long after the
1:04.2	latest zoonotic health crisis is behind us. Dr. Neil Barnard is with us to take us inside
1:10.0	the fight against the bird flu response and gives us what we need to know.
1:15.1	So here is what's on tap today.
1:17.1	A fascinating dive into how viruses mutate and the way that he describes so magnificently how this microscopic cell, this virus cell, is able to expertly mutate and reproduce and
1:30.5	ultimately spread from species to species is nothing to miss. And also why current chicken
1:36.8	raising conditions make the virus incredibly easy to spread, why dairy cattle seem to be at
1:42.7	great risk, and the foods that can reduce the risk
1:46.0	of bird flu spread, and of course, egg alternatives and eggless recipes, plus a lot more. So this is where we
1:53.7	are and where we are going in the fight against the bird flu, plus how to keep yourself safe. And it all begins right now with Dr. Neil Barnard
2:02.6	on the exam room. Thanks for being here. Great to be here, Chuck. How concerned should we be
2:09.9	about the bird flu? I think we should be very concerned because although it hasn't hit humans in a huge
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