Dr. Aly Cohen is a practicing rheumatologist and integrative
medicine physician in Princeton, New Jersey. She has been actively
involved in the area of environmental health over the past decade.
Her work has led to education collaborations with Environmental
Working Group and several medical schools and physician training
programs. She recently co-edited the text, "Integrative
Environmental Medicine, through Oxford University Press/ Weil
Academic Series.
In 2016, she founded "The Smart Human"
social media platform, in order to better educate the general
public on topics in environmental health and prevention, and she is
currently working to create curriculum on environmental health to
be available to high school students nationally. She posts
practical health and prevention tips and recommendations on
Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. She is also a mother of two crazy
young boys and several adorable animals.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
How her dog’s death opened her eyes to Environmental Health
(2:10)
What Environmental Health is and why you should care
(4:58)
Environmental Health is important during pregnancy (8:23)
Things to do if you want to have a healthy child (11:12)
If you can’t buy all organic food, follow the Dirty Dozen & Clean 15 (18:15)
Soak conventional produce in warm water and white vinegar
(20:48)
How to be sure that you’re drinking clean water (22:15)
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