The Little-Known “Throwaway” Gland That Is CRITICAL For Immunity (& The Unexpected Peptides To Support It) - With Abud Bakri

Podcast: Boundless Life · Ben Greenfield

Opublikowano: 2026-10-10

Full show notes: BenGreenfieldLife.com/thymuspodcast In this episode, I sit down with internal medicine physician Dr. Abud Bakri to talk about the thymus, the small gland on top of your heart that trains your immune system and starts shrinking as soon as you hit puberty. You’ll hear what speeds that shrinkage up, from birth control and testosterone therapy to chronic infections, stress and a leaky gut, why Korean eunuchs lived longer, and which blood markers, like the ratio of helper to killer T cells (CD4-to-CD8 ratio), give you a window into how your thymus is...