Kind: captions
Language: en
welcome to Dr Lee unplugged real
insights from The Cutting Edge this is a
stripped Down video where I share behind
the scenes insights as a scientists and
as a doctor on different health and
wellness topics it's raw direct
unscripted no sugar coating just real
talk and real science and today we're
going to talk about your lungs and foods
for lung Health now food is medicine is
making headlines everywhere and it's
important to know that whatever we're
actually putting into our body can
affect
our lungs uh and the rest of our
respiratory tract which actually starts
from our nose and our mouth goes all the
way down to our sinuses and then goes
down uh the tubes the the bronchial and
all the way down to uh to our lungs and
when we're talking about the health of
our lungs we're not just talking about
the absence of disease our lungs have to
protect themselves to stay healthy um
using these hardwired Health defense
systems these same Health defense
systems protect our health in every part
of our body but in the lung let me just
tell you what they are and what do they
do all right so the First Health defense
is called angiogenesis it's my area that
I study Ango blood blood vessel Genesis
how our body grows and protects blood
vessels now this is a 60,000 mile
Channel throughout all of our bodies but
from our lungs perspective we need a
good blood flow because it's our blood
that carries the oxygen that we breathe
to the rest of our body and it's our
blood blood in our lungs that actually
expel carbon dioxide so that we can
breathe in and breathe out we're going
to talk about that a little bit more in
a second number two second Health
defense in the lung is our regenerative
system we have stem cells in our lungs
as well as elsewhere in our body but in
our lungs our stem cells can help to
repair our lungs why do we need them
repaired well because you're breathing
in crap all the time right think about
that you're painting your room you're
breathing those fumes you're um painting
your f F nails or removing fingernail
polish that acetone you're breathing in
that's all damaging to the cells of your
lungs and your lungs have to fix that
and the good news is that regeneration
as a health defense can help to repair
your lungs from exposures the third
thing is a gut microbiome now it turns
out our gut microbiome which is actually
not in our lungs it's actually in our
gut also affects inflammation throughout
our body a good healthy gut microbiome
lowers inflammation including the lung
which is really important and the lung
itself has its own microbiome and we're
just beginning to discover this this is
kind of new areas of science and
medicine but I think in the coming years
we're going to be learning a lot more
about the lung microbiome now the fourth
Health defense system is our DNA
protection system now DNA you you will
know their DNA is our genetic code but
guess what in addition to being the code
that makes proteins for healthy living
it turns out that our DNA is hardwired
to protect itself from damage so for
example when you have damaged DNA you
have a mutation when you have a mutation
that's a setup for Cancer all right so
our DNA knows how to fix itself with its
damage we can also block damage coming
in like a bulletproof vest and our DNA
is protected with these caps called tiir
that are on the edge ends of the DNA so
that as we age the tiir the protective
caps start to shorten but we can
actually slow that process down I'm
going to talk about that a little bit uh
later because that's actually good for
slowing down cellular aging and the
fifth and final Health defense system
I'm going to talk about in your lung is
your immune system now your immune
system knows how to mount inflammation
when there is damage trauma injury but
it also knows how to turn down
inflammation when we don't want uh
inflammation anymore inflammation is
kind of a uh first responder Cleanup
Crew when there's uh debris and garbage
and it's kind of like the the EMTs that
show up to the sight of an accident
they're they're there immediately to
kind of um assess and take care of
things that's what inflammation does
chronic inflammation is really bad
because that means that it's you're
you're having uh this cleanup crew there
all the time uh splashing all the
cleaning agents all around you don't
want that that can actually be damaging
which is why chronic inflammation is so
bad but our immune system naturally
knows how to turn that down turn down
the volume okay the other thing of
course with our immune system is that it
raises our immune protection to defend
against viruses and bacteria now in the
lung that's especially important in fact
all of our Airways you know why you go
into a airplane a train a bus okay
inside a shopping mall uh you're
breathing in all these particles uh that
could be toxic um but they can also
contain lots of bacteria and viruses and
fungi and think about that in the winter
time when you're in a crowded place and
you have somebody sneezing and coughing
what do you think you're doing you're
breathing in those bacteria and viruses
but not everybody gets sick and the
reason we don't all get sick is because
our lungs immune function protects us
against getting sick all right these are
the systems that keep your lung healthy
now we're going to talk about foods that
can actually help to uh enhance the
protection of our lung for lung Health
but before that I talked about those let
me share some cool facts that you might
not know about the lung so first of all
your lung is actually in your chest
right uh your heart's kind of in the
middle slightly to the left all right
and it turns out your lungs are like big
vacuum cleaner bags that are lined with
air pockets now these air pockets are
have a name they're called Alvi and what
they look like is literally they're like
little soap bubbles um that are all um
inside the lung soap bubbles or maybe
you know like bubble wrap you know all
those little air pockets in there that's
what it kind of looks like all right now
these little uh bubbles in the lung the
alvioli provides surface area for gas
exchange and if you don't know what I'm
talking about let me explain it to you
what gases are being exchanged in your
lungs well when we breathe oxygen comes
in through our nose all right right uh
and our mouth when we breathe through
our mouths they go right down into our
lungs they go into the air sac and
that's in the air sac is where the
oxygen goes into our bloodstream and
then our bloodstream carries it to the
rest of our body all right the same time
those air sacs are where carbon dioxide
that comes from our blood circulates
into our lungs and then and the CO2 the
carbon dioxide um ex expelled so we
breathe out CO2 at the same time we're
breathing in uh oxygen so this is what
is going on this gas exchange all right
is happening every single time that
we're uh breathing now you know how many
uh times we inhale and exhale uh every
day about 22,000 times that's a lot of
uh inhale exhalation and that means that
the exchange of oxygen and carbon
dioxide is happening at a pretty amazing
Pace at these air bubbles the Alvi in
your lungs now this is important that
air surface area of of the alvioli is
huge it's a big area in fact the surface
area of your alvioli is about 70 square
m now if you're like me you're like what
does that mean I have no idea what 70
square meters are so let me bring it
down Earth for you 70 square meters is
about the size of a tennis court all
right that means that if you were to
flatten out all those bubbles in your
lungs that for gas exchange you'd
actually form uh a shape and a size
about uh the like a tennis court now how
how many the these air sacks do you
actually think you have in your lungs
take a
guess random guess more than a million
yep more than 10 million yes in fact we
have somewhere between 300 million and
500 million of these air sacks in our
lungs all right uh which is pretty
amazing when you think about how much
surface area that is the tennis court
and the 22,000 times that we're
breathing in and breathing out hey there
are you ready to use food to improve
your health I Do cover a lot in my
YouTube videos but there's only so much
time to dive deep into how to use food
as medicine that's why I created my eat
to beat disease
course in my course I walk you through
how to use everyday foods that you can
find in your grocery store to boost your
body's Health
defenses this is all based on my
research and everything is rooted in
science and I've made it super easy to
follow with practical everyday tips
whether you're trying to prevent disease
or just want to optimize your health for
longevity my e to be disease course
gives you all the tools to make it real
and to help you get lasting changes that
will help you live longer and live
better to learn more click the link
below or scan the QR code on the screen
I can't wait to get started together in
my course now back to the video now
here's another fact even though we've
got two lungs you can actually function
if you miss a lung if you lose a lung
you even on one lung your body can run
not quite as well you're not going to be
running any marathons you're not going
to be doing a lot of uh scuba diving or
free diving all right but uh one lung
can take up the the job of two lungs if
you're happening to miss one of the
lungs and that can actually happen
sometimes people have a pneumectomy
which is removing a lung or a lobectomy
removing part of the lung okay another
fact your lung also has its own healthy
bacteria I may I I mentioned that
briefly it's the lung microbiome it's
this is like a new area we're still
discovering uh what that all means but
just like the gut microbiome this lung
microbiome is probably pretty darn
important and so we need to actually do
more research to figure that out I'm an
honest scientist so um uh when I don't
know something I'm not going to I'm
going to tell you that we don't know so
we don't really understand what the lung
microbiome does but it's probably pretty
important now I also mentioned that your
lungs have stem cells and our lungs can
regenerate all right I think I told you
you can actually repair and replace the
lining on the inside but guess what if
you were to snip off the top of your
lung that tip will grow right back the
stem cells will regenerate your lung all
right so pretty important organ right
it's got a lot of built-in uh mechan
isms to be able to do its job but
there's things that can damage our lungs
all right now you know lung disease is
one of the big causes of chronic uh
disease uh in modern societies Right
comes like after heart disease and
cancer and diabetes lung diseases there
way up there now some of the things that
can damage your lung pollution all right
air pollution and we know that our world
is getting more and more polluted in
fact what was pretty amazing uh was that
right at the beginning of the pandemic
in 2020 when everything shut down there
was actually a brief moment in uh modern
history where the air actually cleaned
up because we weren't driving we weren't
running factories and it just goes to
show you how much uh you know like the
everyday nature of society uh puts stuff
in the air so pollution can damage your
lung toxic exposures can damage your
lung too I mentioned this right like if
you work in a factory and you're exposed
to solvents and fumes all right um that
can actually have serious consequences
for your lungs but even at home you
might not realize this but putting on
that fingernail polish taking off the
fingernail polish that's a toxic
exposure all right um that's acetone
you're breathing it right in and
normally we're painting it like this
it's a really really risky Behavior
actually uh to to be doing that so if
you notice if you go to a nail salon the
people that are actually helping to
paint your nails they'll often wear a
mask all right by the way the other
reason they wear a mask they don't want
to be breathing up the dust from your
fingernails when they're doing uh your
manicure as well so even dust fine dust
particles can actually do that right and
speaking of fine particles soot an ash
in the air from wildfires for example
but even campfires and fireplaces all
right and even the barbecue grill when
you're breathing that stuff you know the
nice delicious smell from the barbecue
if you're actually the person doing the
grilling and you're up close in that and
that smoke is coming into your face all
right you're breathing in a lot of soot
and Ash and all the toxins that are in
there and of course smoking all right
smoking we know is not good for you we
know smoking causes lung disease empyema
lung cancer cigarettes cigars pipes pot
marijuana vaping all right all these
things
are introducing toxins inside our lungs
you know our lungs will try to protect
themselves against all those insults but
you know people who are smoking or
vaping uh they're doing it a lot you
know uh and uh and despite your its best
efforts your lung's probably not going
to be able to fully protect itself
against those insults okay now talk a
little B about the lung talked a little
bit about the things that can hurt the
lung so what can we do using food as
medicine to keep our lungs healthy
that's the area I work on right how do
we use food as medicine now our food um
is is important because it can enhance
our body's Health defenses including our
lungs all right so I'm going to give you
three simple food tips for better lung
Health it's all based on Research human
research okay so ready first food green
tea all right I love green tea I drink
green tea every single day green te um
chamellia cesis okay uh has got
polyphenols uh that come out from the
leaves when you're steeping uh tea
leaves right that's what makes the tea
uh green uh and those polyphenols can
activate your lungs and your whole
body's Health defense systems now what's
important is that uh the polyphenols and
green tea can lower inflammation they're
directly anti-inflammatory including in
your Airways all right so if you have
some inflammation I mean think think
about asthma that's a pretty that's a
that's a lung reaction to inflammation
and Broncos spasm tea can actually relax
that because there's actually some
muscle relaxing in tea theop flavans all
right but the other thing is it can
lower inflammation itself which could be
important if you're sick get a virus
infection try sipping some green tea
it'll actually make your Airways feel a
little bit better polyphenols in green
tea can also block cancer growth okay
including lung cancer growth this has
been studied in the laboratory and the
same polyphenols in the te can actually
stimulate lung
regeneration for healing all right so uh
lower the inflammation uh uh block the
cancer uh help the lung heal itself when
it when you need to all right and a
study of more than 13,000 people in
Korea show that those people who drank
two or more cups of green tea a day were
50 %
less likely to develop empyema or um uh
COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease you probably heard about that
that's like a chronic scarring of the
lung where your lung function keeps on
getting worse and worse basically in
COPD you know those air bubbles we were
talking about they start to go away you
damage them and you you can't regenerate
them and you have fewer and fewer and
fewer of those air bubbles for gas
exchange so you never feel like you're
getting quite enough oxygen all right
now let's talk a little bit about green
tea I like to drink green tea every
single day my choice of green tea is to
actually have loose leaf tea this is by
the way I picked this up from my parents
and my relatives who uh come from Asia
uh and uh you know in Asia they don't
really use tea bags most of the time
they use tea pots to trap the tea leaves
but they're all loose leaf tea that way
you can control how much tea you
actually put in there all right so if
you get a tea ball that will do it as
well all right so I Like Glue sleeve tea
if you just take a a kind of like a a
small amount of loose leaf tea put it
into a mug pour hot water on there and
then sit back all right give it 3 to
five minutes is my secret number that I
use myself that'll allow the hot water
to um saturate the tea leaves and then
the water the polyphenols will actually
come out into the tea water to flavor
the water but then they're in there then
when you sip it you're getting all the
benefits of the flavor which I love and
the polyphenols okay I don't like to use
teabags number one I don't want to have
this thing like hanging around um but
now we know that tea bags many
commercial tea bags actually Can Shed
microplastics in fact one study
suggested that a single tea bag and a
mug of tea can shed one billion
microplastic particles into the tea
that's uh pretty scary kind of
disgusting I wouldn't want that
invisible but then you're drinking the
tea it's got the good stuff in in it for
you the polyphenols but guess what it's
got bad stuff in there too that can
cause inflammation in the body why would
you want that so I don't use tea uh bags
I think one of these days they're going
to figure out how to make tea bags that
don't shed microplastics but in the
meantime loose leaf tea is a way to do
it or you know get a tea ball uh or
steep your tea uh and a you know and a
catch something that catch the tea
leaves and watch out for the cups that
you're using to drink your tea right
think about it plastic cups will shed
microplastics styrofoam cups will shed
microplastics have it in glass ceramic
you know the old old school tea mug
that's a good way to actually go all
right now I what kind of tea I like
green tea there's a lot of different
kinds of green tea uh Japanese green tea
CA uh uh most people don't know this but
one of my favorites is jasmine tea and
what people don't know is that Jasmine
tea is basically Chinese green tea with
Jasmine flowers that are actually rolled
up and mixed with the tea leaves and now
you get the floral Jasmine scent from
the flowers that combine with the
polyphenols in the tea it's a it's very
relaxing to me and I love the flavor so
you know you don't to be stuck with just
one type of tea you can try different
kinds of green tea now if you want the
most potent green teeth when it comes to
polyphenols get
matcha you know matcha is that kind of
super super green opaque tea if you go
to a Japanese restaurant you sit at the
sushi bar you order green tea they're
probably going to give you matcha all
right matcha actually comes as a powder
doesn't come as leaves it's the whole
Tea Leaf that actually gets the stems
removed and then the leaves are
completely ground up into that powder so
you're getting every bit of the
polyphenols plus you're getting the
dietary fiber that comes within the
leafy itself you're not steeping you're
just basically ingesting the leaf that's
all been powdered up now that's good for
the gut microbiome which helps to lower
inflammation but now you get every bit
of the polyphenols all right recently
there's a whole other type of tea that
isn't matcha but it's powdered these are
powdered teas and the way that they make
these powdered teas they come in these
little um paper sleeves all right these
little tubes you rip off the top and you
just pour tea powder into a cup put hot
water in it and the whole thing
dissolves now how they do this basically
um at the tea Factory they're Brewing
huge amounts of tea uh uh the way the
way that it should be brewed it's got
all the polyphenols in it then they
remove all the water okay they dehydrate
the tea all right and big Vats and what
you're left with is this powder this
powder will instantly dissolve so that's
another way that I actually like it it's
very convenient no mus no fuss it's a
powder all right you don't have to stir
anything you don't have to wait the
whole thing you you know uh it will will
turn will dissolve immediately into the
water all right so um and by the way
powdered tea uh matcha you can actually
use that for cooking as well you don't
have just to drink it in a mug you want
to bake some muffins with it put in some
cookies if you're a baker or if you want
to actually put it into a stew that's an
interesting way as well and here's a a
creative idea for you bet you didn't
think about this what about putting some
tea powder into a cup of coffee
now I I talk about this now water tea
and coffee are the Holy Trinity of
beverages when it comes to health all
right if you didn't drink anything else
but water tea and coffee you're actually
um going to be able to survive really
really well because of the polyphenols
in a coffee polyphenols in a tea what
about putting some powdered tea into
coffee and see if you like that all
right so again lots of creative ways to
actually use powdered tea um and just
dissolve uh the powder right into the
cup
all right you ready for the second food
tip for lung Health eat dietary fibers
eat foods with high dietary fiber lots
of dietary fibers right you can eat them
in vegetables and beans um and here's
the reason why when you have Foods all
right like produce um with dietary fiber
that helps to feed your gut microbiome
that's bacteria your colon about 39
trillion of them and those bacteria
healthy gut bacteria release when
they're well fed they releasee something
called short chain fatty acids
scfa sometimes if you listen to health
and wellness people talk they'll call
them
scaas
scfas they're just the the the
metabolizes the things that the bacteria
produce once they're well fed but the
cool thing about short chain fatty acids
or scaas is they're powerfully
anti-inflammatory so you can actually
lower inflammation everywhere in your
body including in your lung now the
other thing that uh fiber does is it
stimulates the immune system because
your gut microbiome when it's happy uh
helps to groom and activate your immune
system what does that do that protects
you against infections for things that
you might be breathing in so it enhances
your protective immunity in your Airways
and in your lungs protects you against
infection all right and in fact a study
of 1921 people across the United States
showed that those people who ate more
dietary fiber so fiber from their Foods
mostly fruits and vegetables had better
lung function than those who didn't eat
um uh much fiber uh in their Foods all
right so let's talk about what those
foods are that are good for lung health
because they contain fiber all right
some of the top ones lentils chickpeas
black beans okay legumes all right so
now this is by the way these are very
commonly uh used in Mediterranean
cooking uh you can find type lentil
Mediterranean or chickpea Mediterranean
or black bean Mediterranean you'll find
lots of recipes uh for them they're
really really packed with dietary fiber
okay feeds the gut microbiome lowers
inflammation by helping the bacteria
release short chain fatty acids what
about some fruits well raspberries
pound-for-pound raspberries even though
they're Hollow and light are packed with
lots like among all the berries the most
dietary fiber guava also very good with
dietary fiber and mango as well you ever
try to cut a mango you'll see how much
uh fiber is even soft and delicious with
a lot of dietary fiber now some veggies
too are really good for dietary fiber
artichoke I love artichoke um uh you
know just not just the hearts but also
the meat on the end of the leaf brussel
sprouts uh for example they have a lot
of dietary fiber uh as well now there
are some foods that don't seem like they
should have a lot of dietary fiber
because they're soft and Squishy but
they actually do have a lot of dietary
fiber so what's an example of that
avocado avocado is good for lung health
because it's got a lot of dietary fiber
to feed your gut microbiome another soft
squishy food mushrooms even the lowly
lowly white button mushroom think about
that the English breakfast you know
sauté some mushrooms I would do it with
a little bit of extra virgin olive oil
maybe some shallots or a little bit of
garlic or just olive oil all right pinch
of salt just slice them up U good source
of vitamin D as well all right now
mushrooms soft kind of slippery packed
with dietary fiber all right hey there
check this out I've got a resource on
the 10 foods to improve your cholesterol
and it's free hey not all cholesterols
created equal so in this resource I
explain why maintaining a healthy
balance of LDL that's lowdensity
lipoprotein and HDL highdensity
lipoprotein is crucial for your
cardiovascular health and I tell you
about the foods that you can add to your
diet to help make this happen my
resource it's yours right now for free
in the caption below all you have to do
is click on the link below the video and
now back to the other video what about
some other foods that I enjoy that have
fiber I Love Pears especially in the uh
winter time you know when they come into
season uh uh figs especially dried figs
are very very rich with dietary fiber
you know another one that I will
sometimes have all right um popcorn
popcorn actually is a good source of
dietary fiber now you don't want to be
pouring sugar and all kinds of other
things in your popcorn my latest
favorite little uh kind of culinary tip
um to make popcorn taste great get
Rosemary you know the the herb Rosemary
and spice get it ground up really really
finely now you can uh you know just get
a pepper uh a coffee grinder and put
Rosemary in there dried rosemary and
just really powderize it you sprinkle a
little bit of Rosemary which has rosem
marinic acid by the way which is good
for brain health put you in a better
mood actually sprinkle a little bit of
Rosemary and popcorn man that tastes
really really great all right not what
you would get uh at the movie theater
all right so uh so dietary fiber it's
the second one third one what's the
third food that we can use uh food is
medicine for good lung Health well this
one nobody hates and that's dark
chocolate all right maybe a few people
don't like dark chocolate but most
people love chocolate all right now
here's the thing about chocolate
chocolate is a confection like the stuff
you buy in a bar all right um which is a
candy and it's got made in the factory
and it's got all kinds of other stuff in
it you got to be careful about including
a lot of added sugar but dark chocolate
uh has more of the plant-based cacao now
Cacao is a bean that uh comes off a tree
Cacao Tree all right and it's
plant-based so chocolate is actually
originally made from a it's originally a
plant-based food the darker the
chocolate the more the plant percentage
is in there and guess what cacao
contains a polyphenol called
proanthocyanidin all right
proanthocyanidin actually is a powerful
anti-inflammatory substance substance
good for lung health and it also
improves blood flow as well and it also
improves regeneration so all these
things we talked about that are actually
good for protecting lung function and
lung Health right you want to have lower
inflammation you want to have better
blood flow for gas exchange and you want
to be able to repair it with
regeneration dark chocolate will do that
in fact a study of 2,850 people in
Europe showed that those people who
consume the most flavonoid containing
foods okay now proanthocyanidin and
chocolate is a flavonoid all right and
so this study included people that ate a
lot of chocolate had Superior lung
function better lung function all right
than those people who didn't eat very
many flavonoids including the flavonoids
come from chocolate now remember dark
chocolate has higher levels of these
polyphenols the flavonoids the
proanthocyanidins than milk chocolate
does milk chocolate is basically
some of the cacao but then you add milk
in it all right um so what I tell people
is that if you really want to use
chocolate for health and I also like the
taste of dark chocolate a little bit
bitter but you know what bitter can be
better and it's a It's actually kind of
a maybe it's a acquir taste but I I like
it a lot but here what number should you
go for right you go to the grocery store
and you look at or chocolate store and
you'll see all these kinds there's milk
chocolate there's 50% 60% 70% what
percent should you actually Get Well
turns out that most of the studies show
that if you get 80 to 85% or higher dark
chocolate that's even better so you get
lots of these polyphenols chocolate
polyphenols dark chocolate also has a
lot of dietary fiber in fact 85% dark
chocolate all right has about four gram
of dietary fiber per serving that's
about as much as a fig would actually a
dried fig would actually have right but
you didn't expect that dark chocolate so
but but you also want to be careful
about the amount of chocolate you have
because as I said chocolate is a
confection it's made with sugar there
are other additives that are in there
emulsifiers thickeners and you always
want to look at the ingredient label to
make sure that whatever that factory put
in there the chocolate maker you're
comfortable with make sure there's no
artificial preservatives and artificial
sweeteners and artificial flavors and
artificial colors all those kinds of
things they wind up in candy like
anything that's made in a factory can
actually have that so I always say even
for dark chocolate please look at that
ingredient label that actually will
that's a that's a tell it's a it gives
it away whether or not it's going to be
healthy for you or maybe not so healthy
now here's a practical tip dark
chocolate especially 85% chocolate dark
chocolate pretty bitter all right and a
lot of people are very sensitive to
Bitter Foods all right but so here's my
little hack on how to actually use
bitter chocolate dark chocolate uh and
make it more palatable guess what have a
square or two or three of dark chocolate
85% or higher with a cup of coffee what
is chocolate plus coffee that is mocha
all right tastes great uh the coffee and
the chocolate they kind of play off each
other it's a really really nice way to
get to have dark chocolate little tip
I'm sharing with you hopefully if you
don't already like dark chocolate uh or
you're hesitant about the darkness of
the chocolate try it with some coffee
now I also know that some people
actually um uh have been asking me about
when I talk about chocolate what about
this idea that um dark chocolate might
have heavy metals like cadmium or lead
or arsenic those are scary things to
have in your chocolate Well turns out
that publication Consumer Reports
actually did do a survey of like 30
different types of dark chocolate and
found that some of them had way high
levels of heavy metals like way higher
than what's allowed all right so um
since that report came out some years
ago all right I think a lot of the
chocolate manufacturers um scrambled to
try to figure out how to get better
chocolate they have better processes and
so that's why I'm not calling out any
particular Brands right now but you
should look them up and always you know
do your own research on any kind of
chocolate here's the thing you need to
know about heavy metals all right
they're not things that the farmers are
pouring into the ground but a lot the
volcanic soil that uh chocolate trees
like to grow in all right they like to
grow like in these side volcanic uh
terrain all right it turns out what do
volcanoes do they're bringing in magma
and lava from the center of the earth
there's a lot of heavy metals in the
Earth itself so this is not really
thought to be Factory spillover like
battery factories and stuff just
chucking their uh heavy metal waste you
know right onto the Chocolate Tree nope
it's actually stuff that's coming
naturally from the ground so here's a
couple of things that are interesting
for you to know it turns out that uh
chocolate that comes from cacao the
beans sourced from Central and South
America tend to have more heavy metals
because the volcanic soil in the Central
and South America tend to have more
heavy metals all right you got to check
the the specific chocolate but chocolate
made with Cacao sourc from to Africa
like Ghana all right um that they
produce chocolate as well um and
chocolate from Asia not the most popular
common places to get their chocolate
they actually have less heavy metal
because the soil the ground there
doesn't actually have as much heavy
metal as well all right so best solution
is in any event do your research and eat
chocolate in moderation and you should
be just fine all right I mean anything
we eat has some pluses and is risks and
benefits you got to kind of weigh at
yourself to figure out what's going to
make the most sense for you but when it
comes to Chocolate especially because
it's a confection a candy don't eat too
much of it all right uh here's a good
one just take like three squares and
nibble on those dark chocolate with a
cup of coffee in the morning that's a
great way uh to actually have the mocha
I guess it would be like we' call it the
um uh the dissembled uh mocha
all right that's it for today on Dr Lee
unplugged if you found this insightful
hit the like button and of course
subscribe if you want more science
backed content from me all right and if
you got any thoughts or questions drop
them into the comments I'd love to hear
from you all right and with that I will
see you at the next
video hey if you like that video then
you're going to love this one check it
out