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Treating Acne From The Inside Out with Dr. Elizabeth Boham | This episode is sponsored by AirDoctor Acne is the #1 skin condition in the United States, affecting not just millions of teenagers but an increasing number of adults as well. We spend over a billion dollars for prescriptions and over-the-counter (OTC) products to cure acne, yet at best these are short-term solutions. Conventional medicine deals with symptoms, so their solutions for acne include lathering on potions and lotions, and taking antibiotics or strong liver-damaging medications. Functional Medicine, on the other hand, addresses the problem’s root cause. From this lens, we can understand that numerous factors contribute to acne, including nutritional status, stress, toxicity, inflammation and hormonal and gut imbalances. In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman is joined by Dr. Elizabeth Boham to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to treating acne and other skin issues. Dr. Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices Functional Medicine as part of my team at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing, she has helped thousands of people achieve their wellness goals. She is part of the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and has been featured on the Dr. Oz show and in a variety of publications and media including Huffington Post, The Chalkboard Magazine, and Experience Life. Her DVD Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer explores the Functional Medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well, a topic she is passionate about as a breast cancer survivor. In this episode, Dr. Hyman and Dr. Boham discuss: Why what you’re eating is so much more important than what you put on your skin How topical skin treatments can work in short term but cause issues in the long term Foods that can commonly cause acne, including sugar, starch, dairy, and processed foods How sugar affects our microbiome and immune system How Dr. Boham treated two patients with acne The gut-skin connection Nutrients that are really important for skin to turn over, including vitamin A and zinc How toxins such as pesticides and BPA can affect skin and overall health Supporting your detoxification system through diet, hydration, sweat, and more For more information, visit drhyman.com/uwc This episode is sponsored by AirDoctor. We need clean air not only to live but to create vibrant health and protect ourselves and loved ones from toxin exposure and disease. Learn more about the AirDoctor Professional Air Purifier system at a special price at www.drhyman.com/filter Additional resources: “Got Acne? What You Put IN Your Body is More Important Than What You Put on Your Skin” https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/08/01/got-acne-what-you-put-in-your-body-is-more-important-than-what-you-put-on-your-skin/ “Inner Glow” https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2017/07/17/inner-glow/ “Hormones and Neurotransmitters” https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2012/10/17/lesson-3-hormones-and-neurotransmitters/ “Gut and Digestive Health” https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2012/10/17/lesson-4-gut-digestive-health/ “Detoxification” https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2012/10/17/lesson-5-detoxification/ “Energy, Mitochondria and Oxidative Stress” https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2012/10/17/lesson-6-energy-mitochondria-oxidative-stress/ “Clean Beauty” https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/04/25/clean-beauty/ “Why Is Sugar So Hard To Kick” https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/08/15/why-is-sugar-so-hard-to-kick/ “Essential Glutathione: The Mother of All Antioxidants” https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/05/19/glutathione-the-mother-of-all-antioxidants/ “Defeating Acne, Quick Meal Prep, and How to Gain Weight on a Low Carb Diet” https://drhyman.com/blog/2017/04/17/defeating-acne-quick-meal-prep-gain-weight-low-carb-diet/ “10 Simple Strategies to Eliminate Acne” https://drhyman.com/blog/2015/11/04/10-simple-strategies-to-eliminate-acne/ “Do Milk and Sugar Cause Acne” https://drhyman.com/blog/2011/02/11/do-milk-and-sugar-cause-acne/ “How to Feed the Gut” https://drhyman.com/blog/2018/04/13/how-to-feed-your-gut/ “Get These Toxins Out of Your House: https://drhyman.com/blog/2016/07/25/get-these-toxins-out-of-your-house/ “Enhance Detoxification” https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/08/30/the-ultramind-solution-key-5-enhance-detoxification/ “EWG’s 5 Ways to Reduce Your Exposure to Toxic BPA” https://www.ewg.org/news-and-analysis/2018/02/5-ways-reduce-your-exposure-toxic-bpa Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kerry Kennedy - Is Your Food Grown by Oppressed Farmworkers? | Brought to you by Thrive Market, Athletic Greens, and Theragun Social injustice is all around us. With the age of COVID-19, we see it in the higher rates of illness in our most underserved communities. On a larger, everyday scale we see it in the exploitation of farmworkers we all rely on to produce our food. Of course, these are only two examples of many human rights issues that we all should be thinking about. We often make a mistake in thinking we’re too insignificant to help. We’re not politicians, lobbyists, philanthropists, so what could we possibly do? The answer is a lot—with each small step of activism we take, we send positive ripples out into our communities and the rest of the world. I was so excited to sit down with my good friend Kerry Kennedy to talk about human rights activism and how her family has historically been a part of producing positive social change. Kerry is the president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. Since 1981, she has worked on diverse human rights issues including child labor, disappearances, indigenous land rights, judicial independence, freedom of expression, ethnic violence, impunity, women's rights, and the environment. Kerry is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Being Catholic Now, Robert F. Kennedy: Ripples of Hope, and Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our World. Kerry founded RFK Compass, which convenes biannual meetings of institutional investors who collectively control $5 to $7 trillion in assets to address the impact of human rights violations on investment outcomes. She serves on the boards of the U.S. Institute of Peace, Human Rights First, Ethics in Action, SDG USA, Sustainable Development Goals Center for Africa, Health eVillages, Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation, Nizami Ganjavi International Center as well as several public companies. This episode was sponsored by Thrive Market, Athletic Greens, and Theragun. Thrive Market has made it so easy for me to stay healthy, even with my intense travel schedule. Not only does Thrive offer 25 to 50% off all of my favorite brands, but they also give back. For every membership purchased, they give a membership to a family in need. Get up to $20 in shopping credit when you sign up and any time you spend more than $49 you’ll get free carbon-neutral shipping. All you have to do is head over to thrivemarket.com/Hyman. I use Athletic Greens in the morning as part of my daily routine. It’s really one supplement that covers so many bases and you’d be hard-pressed to find something else this comprehensive in one place. Right now Athletic Greens is offering my audience their Vitamin D3/K2 Liquid Formula free with your first purchase. Just go to athleticgreens.com/hyman to get your free bottle of Vitamin D3 and K2 with your first purchase. The Theragun is a percussive handheld therapy tool that I can use at home on myself or you can use it on a partner. There are a variety of devices to choose from and multiple head attachments to get different kinds of targeted muscle treatments. The Gen Four series, with an OLED screen, personalized Theragun app, and plenty of power for deep relaxation start at just $199. Just go to theragun.com/Hyman to get your Theragun today. Here are more of the details from our interview: Robert and Ethel Kennedy’s social justice work and how it influenced Kerry’s human rights work (7:06) Exploitation of food and farm workers in the U.S. and New York state (17:51) How Black people were intentionally excluded from the Fair Labor legislation passed by President Roosevelt (23:34) The importance of allowing collective bargaining among farm workers (26:10) The Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ work preventing exploitation of farm workers and how their model is being replicated around the world (30:15) The Fair Food Program and how it’s different from most social responsibility compacts (36:59) Health, economic, and human rights inequities in the United States (40:24) The silver linings of the coronavirus pandemic (43:27) RFK’s moral imagination, his role in the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the speech he gave on the night of MLK Jr.’s assassination (48:56) Social emotional learning (57:58) Learn more about Kerry’s work at RFK Human Rights at https://rfkhumanrights.org/ and follow her on Facebook @KerryKennedyRFK and on Twitter @KerryKennedyRFK Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Maintaining good health is front and center in most of our minds right now, and for good reason. As we take in the latest news on COVID-19 each day, it’s the perfect time to take a deeper look at why some of us are more susceptible to this virus. How can we collectively improve our immunity to combat this pandemic more successfully? How can we protect ourselves in the future? There are many ways. And you won’t be surprised that food and the policies that influence our food system are a huge piece of that puzzle. Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy I talk with Senator Bill Frist, a politician, doctor, farmer, author, and much more. Senator Frist is a heart and lung transplant surgeon and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader. He represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate for 12 years and was elected Majority Leader in 2003. He led passage of the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act and the historic PEPFAR HIV/AIDS legislation that has saved millions of lives worldwide. As the founder and director of the Vanderbilt Multi-Organ Transplant Center, he performed over 150 heart and lung transplants, authored over 100 peer-reviewed medical articles, and published seven books on topics such as bioterrorism, transplantation, and leadership. Throughout this episode, we discuss how a lack of appreciation for data and science among policymakers is affecting how we handle COVID-19, as well as healthcare in general. *For context, this interview was recorded on May 1, 2020. Here are more of the details from our interview: Lack of appreciation for data and science among policymakers, as it relates to COVID-19 and healthcare in general (4:35) Is there an opportunity to improve our food system through policy at this moment in time? (7:28) Health and economic benefits of providing medically tailored meals to people with chronic disease (11:03) Food industry lobbying in Congress (15:44) Reforming our national food stamp and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (22:06) How policy moves from an idea to implementation, and why language and storytelling are critical to this process (26:03) Training COVID-19 contract tracers to be community health workers (41:24) Addressing challenges around the way we grow food and our commodity crop food system (52:13) Our health and its effect on our national security (1:01:35) Find Sen. Frist online at http://billfrist.com/ and follow him on Facebook @SenatorBillFrist and on Twitter @bfrist. Subscribe to Sen Frist’s podcast, A Second Opinion, at https://bit.ly/aso-podcast

Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases often go undiagnosed or are misdiagnosed. This is partially because Lyme mimics other illnesses such as the flu, manifesting as diverse symptoms including headaches, muscle aches, stomach ulcers, constipation, and joint pain, making diagnosing and treating Lyme very difficult. Left unchecked, Lyme symptoms can worsen, creating a long-running inflammatory response and autoimmune illness. Lyme disease, or borreliosis, is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which can proliferate to every area in your body. The good news is that with some work and effort, you can successfully treat Lyme disease. In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Todd LePine to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to identifying and treating chronic Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. Dr. LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine. He is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center, he worked as a physician at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA, for 10 years. Dr. LePine’s focus at The UltraWellness Center is to help his patients achieve optimal health and vitality by restoring the natural balance to both the mind and the body. His areas of interest include optimal aging, bio-detoxification, functional gastrointestinal health, systemic inflammation, autoimmune disorders and the neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders. Dr. LePine teaches around the world, and has given lectures to doctors and patients at American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), Age Management Medicine Group (AMMG), the University of Miami Integrative Medicine Conference, The Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA, and is on the faculty for American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M). Dr. LePine is the head of the Scientific Advisory Board for Designs for Health and a consultant for Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory. He enjoys skiing, kayaking, hiking, camping and golfing in the beautiful Berkshires, and is a fitness enthusiast. This episode is sponsored by AirDoctor. We need clean air not only to live but to create vibrant health and protect ourselves and loved ones from toxin exposure and disease. Learn more about the AirDoctor Professional Air Purifier system at a special price at www.drhyman.com/filter In this episode, Dr. Hyman and Dr. LePine discuss: Why conventional medicine doesn’t acknowledge chronic Lyme disease Why chronic Lyme and other tick-borne illness can present, or exist along with, conditions such as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue system, autoimmune issues, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s and dementia, multiple sclerosis, SIBO and other gut issues, depression, and more What syphilis can teach us about Lyme and other tick-borne illness Conventional vs Functional Medicine testing, identification, and treatment for Lyme Using botanicals, herbs, sauna, and sunshine exposure to treat Lyme Can you get rid of Lyme? Off-the-grid therapies for Lyme including stem cells, exosomes, hyperbaric oxygen, hyperthermia, ozone therapy, and peptides For more information visit drhyman.com/uwc Additional Resources: “7 Strategies To Tackle Lyme Disease” https://drhyman.com/blog/2015/10/09/7-strategies-to-tackle-lyme-disease/ “Getting to the Root Cause of MS and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome” https://drhyman.com/blog/2017/05/08/getting-root-cause-ms-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/ “The Myth of Diagnosis” https://drhyman.com/blog/2018/05/04/the-myth-of-diagnosis/ “Innovative Treatments for Chronic Disease Not Available in the US” https://drhyman.com/blog/2018/12/12/podcast-ep31/ “My Journey to Functional Medicine” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/03/20/my-journey-to-functional-medicine/

The ketogenic diet has gained a lot of popularity in the past couple of years. If you’re not quite sure what it is, why it could be beneficial, or you’re well-acquainted with it and just want to learn more, this episode is for you. The ketogenic diet, or keto as it’s called, is a high-fat low carbohydrate diet. While some people take this to mean loads of conventionally raised meat and dairy, the true (and beneficial version) means lots of beneficial fats from things like avocados, nuts and seeds, and coconut; high-quality protein from clean sources like grass-fed meat and pasture-raised eggs; and plenty of non-starchy vegetables. To hash out more of the details about keto and how it can support good health, I was excited to talk with my friend and one of the leading voices in the Paleo/Primal and keto movements, Mark Sisson. Mark is the founder of the popular daily health blog, Mark’s Daily Apple, godfather to the Primal food and lifestyle movement, and the New York Times bestselling author of The Keto Reset Diet. His latest book is Keto for Life, where he discusses how he combines the keto diet with a Primal lifestyle for optimal health and longevity. Mark is the author of numerous other books as well, including The Primal Blueprint. This episode is sponsored by Joovv, chili, and my Sleep Master Class. I recently discovered Joovv, a red light therapy device. Red light therapy is a super gentle non-invasive treatment where a device with medical-grade LEDs delivers concentrated light to your skin. It actually helps your cells produce collagen so it improves skin tone and complexion, diminishes signs of aging like wrinkles, and speeds the healing of wounds and scars. Check out the Joovv products at joovv.com/farmacy and use the code FARMACY at checkout. One of the easiest and most effective ways to get better sleep every single night is through temperature regulation, which is why I was so relieved to discover the transformative products from Chili. The chiliPAD and OOLER system are two really cool gadgets that fit over the top of your mattress and use water to control the temperature of your bed - which helps lower your internal temperature and trigger deep relaxing sleep. Right now chili is offering my audience a really great deal. Get 25% off the chiliPAD with code hyman25 or 15% off OOLER with code hyman15, just go to chilitechnology.com/drhyman In this modern world we place too much value on staying busy and deprioritizing sleep, which is why I have created my first ever Master Class. It guides you through the most important steps to getting better sleep, starting today. To learn more about the Sleep Master Class, head over to drhyman.com/sleep. Here are more of the details from our interview: Mark’s wake-up call to change how he ate and exercised at 28 years old (5:42) Tenets of the Primal Blueprint (13:50) Reversing the aging process through metabolic flexibility (19:36) What is a ketogenic diet? (24:37) How long does it take to adapt to the ketogenic diet and why do people get the “keto flu”? (33:15) Can you eat too much on the ketogenic diet? (35:53) The way to know if you’re doing a ketogenic diet properly (39:28) Weightlifting and the importance of muscle, especially as you age (41:12) Why burning fat is better than burning sugar for longevity (44:21) Do you have to be “keto” all of the time to get the benefits of a ketogenic diet? (53:02) Find Mark online at www.marksdailyapple.com and follow him on Facebook @marksdailyapple, on Instagram @marksdailyapple, and on Twitter @Mark_Sisson Get Mark’s latest book Keto for Life at http://www.ketoreset.com/forlife/

Only 12% of us in the US are metabolically healthy—it’s pretty alarming when the healthy population is the minority. And in the age of COVID-19, it’s important to recognize that those with a chronic disease are at an exponentially higher risk of hospitalization than someone who is metabolically healthy. If we as a population were healthier (think less obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, etc.), the evidence supports that we’d be faring much better throughout this pandemic. Of course, a major driver of chronic diseases and the risks they create is our food system. We can’t expect to be a resilient population if we aren’t feeding our bodies real food with real nutrients we can use to function optimally. To dig into this topic further, I was excited to sit down with Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian on this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy. Dr. Mozaffarian is a cardiologist, Dean and Jean Mayer Professor at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and Professor of Medicine at Tufts Medical School. As one of the top nutrition institutions in the world, the Friedman School’s mission is to produce trusted science, future leaders, and real-world impact. Dr. Mozaffarian has authored more than 400 scientific publications on dietary priorities for obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases, and on evidence-based policy approaches to reduce these burdens in the US and globally. He has served in numerous advisory roles including for the US and Canadian governments and, in 2016, Thomson Reuters named him as one of the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds. For context, this interview was conducted on April 30, 2020. Here are more of the details from our interview: Three ways COVID-19 influences food and nutrition, and visa versa (3:28) How our national health and economic outcomes from COVID-19 might be different were we a metabolically healthy society (7:37) We can improve our metabolic health in real time (9:53) Micronutrients and their potential for preventing and reducing COVID-19 severity (11:32) Strategies to address our chronic disease pandemic and problems with our food system (28:41) How obesity is affecting our military and national security (33:23) Why we need a coordinated national organizing office around food and nutrition policy (48:18) Functional Medicine for our food system (54:55) Obstacles to changing and improving our food system (56:12) Educating policymakers through strategic collaboration among stakeholders (1:00:30) Find the “Report of the 50th Anniversary of the White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health: Honoring the Past, Taking Actions for our Future” at https://sites.tufts.edu/foodnutritionandhealth2019/ Follow Dr. Mozaffarian on Twitter @Dmozaffarian.

Many of us wonder why we keep getting sick and repeatedly suffer from recurrent infections—whether it be sinus infections, ear infections, urinary tract infections, cold and flu, or a range of other infections. While conventional medicine typically treats these infections with antibiotics, Functional Medicine digs deeper to determine the cause of the infection and what can be done to eliminate it. In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman is joined by Dr. Elizabeth Boham to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to breaking the cycle of recurrent infections and how to make ourselves more immune resilient. Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices functional medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing. Dr. Boham has contributed to many articles and wrote the latest chapter on Obesity for the Rankel Textbook of Family Medicine. She is part of the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and has been featured on the Dr. Oz show and in a variety of publications and media including Huffington Post, The Chalkboard Magazine, and Experience Life. Her DVD Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer explores the functional medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well. In this episode, Dr. Hyman and Dr. Boham discuss: Strengthening our immune system to break the cycle of recurrent infections. COVID-19. How antibiotics can disrupt the balance of bugs in our microbiome, affecting the immune system, and leading to a cycle of infections. A 10-year old patient Dr. Boham treated who was consistently getting sick from cold and flu. Dairy as a common cause of congestion and recurrent ear infections. Boosting the immune system with zinc and vitamin C. How heavy metals, such as lead, interrupt gut function and affect the immune system. Using probiotics and supplements to personalize treatment for recurrent infections. Supporting the detoxification system to improve the immune system. Treating recurrent bladder infections. Common causes of urinary tract infections (UTIs). Breaking the cycle of recurrent bladder infections by drinking a lot of water, urinating frequently, wiping from front to back, wearing cotton underwear, and urinating after sex as well as with probiotics, cranberry, D-mannose, and herbs. Rejuvenating the immune system with sleep, exercise, stress reduction, a whole foods diet, getting off sugar, and eliminating ultra-processed foods. For more information visit drhyman.com/uwc This episode is sponsored by AirDoctor. We need clean air not only to live but to create vibrant health and protect ourselves and loved ones from toxin exposure and disease. Learn more about the AirDoctor Professional Air Purifier system at a special price at www.drhyman.com/filter Additional Resources: “Five Tips for Building a Better Immune System” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2020/02/08/five-tips-for-building-a-better-immune-system/ “5 Steps to Break the Cycle of Chronic Urinary Tract Infections” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2017/09/15/5-steps-to-break-the-cycle-of-chronic-urinary-tract-infections/ “Getting to the Root | Episode 3 | Supporting the Immune System” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/04/23/getting-to-the-root-episode-3-supporting-the-immune-system/ “Top 5 Foods to Support Your Immune System” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/11/12/top-5-foods-to-support-your-immune-system/ “The Wrong Gut Bugs Can Make You Fat and Sick (and How to Fix Them)” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2017/09/21/the-wrong-gut-bugs-can-make-you-fat-and-sick-and-how-to-fix-them/ “How To Feed Your Gut” https://drhyman.com/blog/2018/04/13/how-to-feed-your-gut/ “Are You Still Consuming Dairy?” https://drhyman.com/blog/2017/07/27/still-consuming-dairy/ “Stuffy Nose, Headaches, and Honey” https://drhyman.com/blog/2017/04/21/stuffy-nose-headaches-honey/ “Heartburn and Candida: What is Your Gut Trying to Tell You?” https://drhyman.com/blog/2017/04/06/heartburn-candida-gut-trying-tell/ “Here’s the Downside of Antibiotics Your Doctor Might Not Tell You” https://drhyman.com/blog/2017/01/25/heres-downside-antibiotics-doctor-might-not-tell/ “A Functional Medicine Approach to COVID-19” https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/04/01/a-functional-medicine-approach-to-covid-19/ Dr. Hyman’s 10 Day Reset getfarmacy.com Dr. Hyman’s 10 Day Reset free resource guide getfarmacy.com/free Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Food is political, whether we like it or not. From the subsidies used to grow the crops that produce our massive amounts of ultra-processed foods, to school lunches, to the meals being served on our own dinner tables and even in the White House, the state of our food system is impacted by policy on an incredible scale. My guest on today’s episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy has played a very positive role in trying to impact those policies for the better to make America healthier as a whole. Sam Kass is the former Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition in the Obama administration. After cooking for the Obamas in Chicago for two years, Sam joined the White House kitchen staff in 2009. During his White House tenure, he took on several additional roles including Executive Director of First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” campaign and Senior White House Policy Advisor for Nutrition. As one of the First Lady’s longest-serving advisors, he helped the First Lady create the first major vegetable garden at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden. Currently, Sam is a Partner at Acre Venture Partners. Acre is a venture capital fund investing in the future of food with a mission to improve human and environmental health in the food system. The fund focuses on early-stage, highly disruptive impactful companies in the food system focused on agriculture, supply chain, and consumer. Sam is also the author of Eat a Little Better: Great Flavor, Good Health, Better World. *For context, this episode was recorded in March 2020. This episode is sponsored by Athletic Greens, Thrive Market, Theragun and Farmacy. I use Athletic Greens in the morning as part of my daily routine. It’s really one supplement that covers so many bases and you’d be hard-pressed to find something else this comprehensive in one place. Right now Athletic Greens is offering my audience their Vitamin D3/K2 Liquid Formula free with your first purchase. Just go to athleticgreens.com/hyman to get your free bottle of Vitamin D3 and K2 with your first purchase. Thrive Market has made it so easy for me to stay healthy, even with my intense travel schedule. Not only does Thrive offer 25 to 50% off all of my favorite brands, but they also give back. For every membership purchased, they give a membership to a family in need. Get up to $20 in shopping credit when you sign up and any time you spend more than $49 you’ll get free carbon-neutral shipping. All you have to do is head over to thrivemarket.com/Hyman. The Theragun is a percussive handheld therapy tool that I can use at home on myself or you can use it on a partner. There are a variety of devices to choose from and multiple head attachments to get different kinds of targeted muscle treatments. The Gen Four series, with an OLED screen, personalized Theragun app, and plenty of power for deep relaxation start at just $199. Just go to theragun.com/Hyman to get your Theragun today. Here are more of the details from our interview : Sam’s experience training as a chef in Vienna and how it led him to think about agriculture and food policy (8:34) How Sam began cooking for the Obama family and his experience working in the White House (12:24) The passage of the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act and the challenges around school lunch reform (16:05) How tomato sauce, French fries, and pizza came to be considered vegetables in schools (19:39) The impactfulness of the “Community Eligibility Program” provision in the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act which allows schools to serve free breakfast to students (25:24) The current administration’s attempts to roll back standards put into place through the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act (31:26) The reason why junk food is more affordable than healthy food (41:07) Why government is not well positioned to change our food system (43:00) Innovation in the food industry (45:00) The negative feedback loop between food production and climate change (48:36) Check out Sam’s cookbook, “Eat a Little Better: Great Flavor, Good Health, Better World: A Cookbook” here. Follow Sam on Twitter @chefsamkass and on Instagram @samkassdc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While we can’t be sure what’s in store for us with the future of COVID-19, we can try to learn from the past to tackle this situation in the smartest way possible. That means looking at previous infectious disease epidemics and understanding zoonotic diseases like this one, that are passed from animals to humans, and how they’re different from the other pandemic diseases we’ve been able to eradicate. I was excited to connect with Dr. Steven Gordon to dig into these topics deeper, today on The Doctor’s Farmacy. Dr. Gordon is the Chairman of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Professor of Medicine at the Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western University. His clinical interests include infective endocarditis including cardiac electronic implantable device infections as well as opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients. He is a Fellow in the American College of Internal Medicine and a Member of the Infectious Disease Society of America. Dr. Gordon is the person to talk to when it comes to gaining a better understanding of infectious diseases. He explains some of the unique characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 and how they will dictate the way we move forward with healthcare and as a society in the coming years. The good news is that Dr. Gordon has a positive outlook about our ability to cope with COVID-19. *For context, this episode was conducted on May 1, 2020 Here are more of the details from our interview: Lessons learned from previous infectious disease epidemics (3:11) Unique characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 and how they will influence our ability to move forward as a society over the next few years (6:12) Evaluating infection rates, antibody testing, and mortality rates (9:39) Do we need widespread testing, and is it even possible? (12:02) Why are some locations affected more than others by coronavirus? (13:53) Treatments for COVID-19, what we’ve tried and what might be coming (18:44) Why a COVID-19 vaccine might not be the magic bullet we’ve been waiting for (22:51) Wearing masks and other culture change for effective COVID-19 prevention (31:18) Dr. Gordon’s coronavirus projections for the next two years (35:33) Can you get COVID-19 more than once? (38:28) How healthcare could improve if 5G and internet were a free utility for all (46:27)

Functional Medicine is all about looking at the way our systems function together, rather than focusing on one part of the body at a time. The steps you take to support whole-body health work in the same way. Diet, exercise, stress reduction—they simultaneously affect more than just one aspect of your health—and new research has revealed that choices around these things can have major impacts on our sleep, and how that cycles back to support overall optimal health. In this episode I sit down with Dr. Todd LePine to discuss why so many of us experience issues related to our sleep and what we can do about it. Dr. LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine. He is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center, he worked as a physician at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA, for 10 years. Dr. LePine’s focus at The UltraWellness Center is to help his patients achieve optimal health and vitality by restoring the natural balance to both the mind and the body. His areas of interest include optimal aging, bio-detoxification, functional gastrointestinal health, systemic inflammation, autoimmune disorders and the neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders. Dr. LePine teaches around the world, and has given lectures to doctors and patients at American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), Age Management Medicine Group (AMMG), the University of Miami Integrative Medicine Conference, The Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA, and is on the faculty for American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M). Dr. LePine is the head of the Scientific Advisory Board for Designs for Health and a consultant for Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory. He enjoys skiing, kayaking, hiking, camping and golfing in the beautiful Berkshires, and is a fitness enthusiast. This episode is sponsored by my Sleep Master Class. In this modern world we place too much value on staying busy and deprioritizing sleep, which is why I have created my first ever Master Class. It guides you through the most important steps to getting better sleep, starting today. To learn more about the Sleep Master Class, head over to drhyman.com/sleep In this episode, Dr. Hyman and Dr. LePine discuss: The value in asking if you are waking up refreshed How artificial light at night disrupts hormones and sleep The importance of getting exposure to natural light in the morning How side effects from medication, caffeine, alcohol, eating late at night, and environmental toxins can all affect sleep Sleep hygiene routines The link between temperature and sleep Consequences of chronic sleep deprivation Sleep and the immune system EMFs (or electric and magnetic fields) and their effects on our physiology Additional treatments for sleep issues For more information visit drhyman.com/uwc Products mentioned in this episode: TrueDark https://truedark.com/ Purity Coffee https://puritycoffee.com/ Oura Ring https://ouraring.com/ Chili https://www.chilitechnology.com/ 10-Day Reset https://getfarmacy.com/ Additional Resources: “Your Brain and Immunity: The Fascinating Connection You Need to Nurture” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/06/04/your-brain-and-immunity-the-fascinating-connection-you-need-to-nurture/ “Magical Magnesium” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2020/03/11/magic-magnesium/ “5 Strategies for Better Sleep” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2020/03/19/5-strategies-for-better-sleep-2/ “Why is my teenager so tired?: A personal story” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/09/25/why-is-my-teenager-so-tired-a-personal-story/ “8 Simple Hacks for a Better Night's Sleep” https://drhyman.com/blog/2016/04/13/8-simple-hacks-for-a-better-nights-sleep/ “Sleep Heals” https://drhyman.com/blog/2018/12/20/sleep-heals/ “Is Coffee Good or Bad for You?” https://drhyman.com/blog/2016/07/14/is-coffee-good-or-bad-for-you/ “Food Bites with Dr. Hyman – Nighttime Snacking” https://drhyman.com/blog/2015/05/15/food-bites-with-dr-hyman-nighttime-snacking/ “Food Bites with Dr. Hyman – What can I do to stay asleep and sleep more deeply?” https://drhyman.com/blog/2015/02/05/food-bites-dr-hyman-can-stay-asleep-sleep-deeply/ “Is There An Antidote to Stress?” https://drhyman.com/blog/2019/12/31/podcast-ep87/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When’s the last time you remembered a new phone number? This used to be the norm, but now most of us rely on our digital devices for everything from phone numbers to directions and even basic math. This might feel harmless but it’s actually doing our brains a disservice. We’re living in an age of digital dementia, because we don’t have to rely on our brains for the memorization and navigation we used to. But it doesn’t have to be that way—we can retrain ourselves to learn faster, retain information better, and really maximize our time spent learning. The secret is meta-learning, or the science of learning how to learn. There’s no better person to dive into this topic than Jim Kiwk, my guest today on The Doctor’s Farmacy. Jim is the founder of Kwik Learning and a widely recognized world expert in speed-reading, memory improvement, brain performance, and accelerated learning. For over two decades he has served as the brain coach to many of the world’s leading C-suite executives and celebrities. After a childhood brain injury left him learning-challenged, Jim created strategies to dramatically enhance his mental performance. He has since dedicated his life to helping others unleash their true brainpower to learn faster and perform smarter. His recent book, Limitless, provides the keys to accelerated learning and endless potential This episode is sponsored by my Sleep Master Class and Joovv. In this modern world we place too much value on staying busy and deprioritizing sleep which is why I have created my first ever Masterclass which guides you through the most important steps to getting better sleep today. To learn more about the sleep masterclass, head over to drhyman.com/sleep. Sign-up today to watch the first three lessons of the sleep masterclass for free. Here are more of the details from our interview (video / audio): Jim’s brain injury at the age of 5 and how it affected him throughout his childhood education and beyond (8:26) How technology is driving information overload, digital deluge, digital distraction, digital dementia, and digital deduction (12:03) Who we spend time with is who we become (17:10) How we grow is connected to how we learn (19:05) Investment in knowledge pays the most in dividends (20:30) The value of learning how to learn (21:45) The Limitless Model to learn and achieve anything faster; and how mindset, motivation, and method can act as constraints between where you are and where you want to be (24:21) Debunking lies that limit people from speed reading (38:30) How to read a book a week (41:20) Why Jim’s speed reading method works (50:47) Get a copy of Jim’s book, Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life at https://www.limitlessbook.com/ Find Jim online at https://jimkwik.com and follow him on Facebook @kwiklearning, on Twitter @kwiklearning, and on Instagram @jimkwik

As we continue to learn more about COVID-19, we continue to see a pattern in those more at risk. People who aren’t metabolically healthy (think obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension) are much more likely to experience severe complications if they are to get the virus. And to put that in perspective, only 1 in 8 Americans are considered metabolically healthy. That means a lot of us are at risk during this already alarming time. We can start changing that today, though, and create a newfound health baseline while creating a greater level of resilience when it comes to chronic disease and future situations like this. The US isn’t the only place dealing with an epidemic of obesity and other metabolic diseases. The UK and other parts of the world are also struggling, thanks to the spread of the ultra-processed food and a sedentary lifestyle. On this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, I’m joined by Dr. Aseem Malhotra to talk about the impact COVID-19 is having on the UK, the risks that metabolic diseases pose with the virus, and much more. Dr. Aseem Malhotra is a founding member of Action on Sugar and was the lead campaigner highlighting the harm caused by excess sugar consumption in the United Kingdom, particularly its role in type 2 diabetes and obesity. His first book, co-authored with Donal O' Neill, The Pioppi Diet, has become an international bestseller. *For context, this episode was recorded on April 24, 2020 Here are more of the details from our interview: Metabolic disease, excess body fat, and chronic inflammation lead to worse outcomes from COVID-19, as well as from the flu (5:13) Dr. Aseem’s personal experience with belly fat and excessive sugar intake (13:53) Five markers to assess metabolic health (17:49) Risks associated with sarcopenic obesity and loss of muscle mass, especially among older people (21:30) Health disparities and COVID-19 outcomes (25:24) Why the idea of personal responsibility is fundamentally flawed when it comes to our current food environment, including the food environment in hospitals (27:51) The role of public health interventions in improving life expectancy (34:11) What is ultra processed food? (40:56) Dr. Malhotra’s diet recommendations for combating inflammation and preventing insulin resistance (43:30) Eating healthier on a budget, how policy can make healthier foods more affordable, and the Environmental Working Group’s Good Food On A Tight Budget Shopping Guide (48:04) Learn more about Dr. Aseem Malhotra at http://doctoraseem.com/. Follow him on Facebook @aseem.malhotra.98, on Instagram @lifestylemedicinedoctor, and on Twitter @draseemmalhotra.

The body and brain are one interconnected system, which means you can’t treat anxiety effectively by using only drugs or psychotherapy. You need to treat the body, because the body and brain are one interconnected system. Unfortunately, conventional medicine plays the name and blame game. It says, you are “anxious;” you need an “anti-anxiety” medication. But saying you are anxious explains nothing about why you have anxiety. Functional Medicine takes a different approach. By taking a detailed history and personalized approach, it seeks to get to the root of the issue. In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with his colleague, Dr. George Papanicolaou, to discuss how they treat patients suffering with anxiety. George Papanicolaou is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and is Board Certified in Family Medicine from Abington Memorial Hospital. He is also an Institute for Functional Medicine Practitioner. Upon graduation from his residency he joined the Indian Health Service. He worked on the Navajo reservation for 4 years at the Chinle Comprehensive Medical Facility where he served as the Outpatient Department Coordinator. In 2000, he founded Cornerstone Family Practice in Rowley, MA. He practiced with a philosophy centered on personal relationships and treating the whole person, not just not the disease. He called that philosophy “Whole Life Wellness”. Over time as the healthcare system made it harder for patients to receive this kind of personal care Dr. Papanicolaou decided a change was needed. He began training in Functional Medicine through the Institute of Functional Medicine. In 2015, he established Cornerstone Personal Health – a practice dedicated entirely to Functional Medicine. Dr. Papanicolaou to join The UltraWellness Center in 2017. This episode is sponsored by AirDoctor. We need clean air not only to live but to create vibrant health and protect ourselves and loved ones from toxin exposure and disease. Learn more about the AirDoctor Professional Air Purifier system at a special price at www.drhyman.com/filter In this conversation, Dr. Hyman and Dr. Papanicolaou discuss: The conventional medicine vs Functional Medicine approach to treating anxiety Why making yourself more psychologically resilient makes you more physically resilient How Dr. Papanicolaou treated a patient with panic attacks, difficulty focusing, and bloating DNA testing to determine how your genes might be influencing anxiety How gut issues, including SIBO, IBS, and gluten sensitivity, can lead to anxiety Urine peptide testing How Dr. Papanicolaou treated a patient with, anxiety, brain fog, hair loss, and fatigue How anxiety can be related to hormones and autoimmune issues For more information visit drhyman.com/uwc

When we think about health, we usually think about diet and exercise. We think about the things we are doing for our physical body to promote wellness. But what about the things we can’t see? Relationships are a big one. For example. committing just ten to fifteen minutes a day to talking to someone we love is a powerful way to keep ourselves happy and connected, especially now during this time of coronavirus quarantine. Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I talk with Dr. Vivek Murthy about nurturing greater connection and what it means for our health. Dr. Murthy served as the 19th Surgeon General of the United States between 2014-2017. As the Vice Admiral of the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, he commanded a uniformed service of 6,600 public health officers globally. During his tenure, Dr. Murthy launched the TurnTheTide campaign, catalyzing a movement among health professionals to address the nation’s opioid crisis. He also issued the first Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health, calling for expanded access to prevention and treatment and for recognizing addiction as a chronic illness, not a character flaw. In 2017, Dr. Murthy focused his attention on chronic stress and loneliness as prevalent problems that have profound implications for health, productivity, and happiness. His book Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World was just published on April 28th. *For context, this episode was recorded in February 2020. This episode is sponsored by Simple Mills and Branch Basics. There are definitely not many baking mixes out there I trust. Simple Mills is an exception because they use real-food ingredients. Having a few boxes of Simple Mills mixes on hand is an easy kitchen hack for healthier baking on those days you just need a little extra help. Now until May 29th, 2020 you can get 20% off at simplemills.com using the code DRHYMAN20. Branch Basics makes a biodegradable, non-GMO, fragrance-free, multi-purpose concentrate that can clean everything in your house safely. You can honestly use it for anything - in the kitchen or bathroom or even for laundry or cleaning your wood floors. Right now Branch Basics is offering 15% off their Starter Kit, just go to branchbasics.com and use the code HYMAN15 at checkout. Here are more of the details from our interview: How Dr. Murthy came to focus on loneliness (9:04) The science behind loneliness and its impact on our health (14:24) Why we don’t always see the loneliness that exists around us (19:22) Loneliness and its connection to addiction (20:45) Building connection through love and kindness (29:51) Steps we can take in our individual lives to combat loneliness and build a connected life (37:36) Shifting culture to a society that focuses on people over reputation, power, and wealth (42:27) Our connection to other people is built on having a strong connection to ourselves (44:01) Why we often struggle with loneliness in the workplace (45:22) Getting over the obstacles that keep us from investing in connection in our own lives (48:54) Learn more about Dr. Murthy at www.vivekmurthy.com and get a copy of his book, “Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World” at https://www.vivekmurthy.com/together-book Follow Dr. Murthy on Facebook @drvivekmurthy, on Instagram @drvivekmurthy, and on Twitter @vivek_murthy

One in three children born today will develop type 2 diabetes and four out of ten will be overweight. There’s a fundamental problem happening around our country when it comes to how we feed our kids and the lifelong health risks they face as a result. When we think about fixing the problem, it makes sense to look at our schools. In Boston, for example, 30,000 children a day rely on the school food system for 2 to 3 meals a day. That gives the educational system a lot of power to change the nutritional profile of our children’s diets with real food, but unfortunately, many districts are stuck relying on packaged and processed options. Certain groups are making some amazing positive changes, though, by installing real school kitchens that serve real food. My friend Jill Shah, who joined me for this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, has led that fight in the Boston public school system with incredible results. Jill Shah is the President of the Shah Family Foundation, which supports innovative and transformative work where education, healthcare, and community intersect in the city of Boston. The foundation’s primary work and support is centered on Boston’s schools and community organizations, with the goal of sharing broadly the programs and solutions that prove successful. Jill’s civic interests include healthy food in schools, food access in high-needs neighborhoods, rigorous and successful public schools for all kids, and a deeper collaboration between education and healthcare around issues of physical, mental, emotional, and social health. *For context, this interview was recorded on March 31, 2020 Here are more of the details from our interview: School food programs during school closings from COVID-19 (3:36) The experience that led Jill to work on school food program reform in Boston (7:34) Serving whole, real food in schools costs less, employs more people, and is completely scalable (10:58) National policy rollbacks of guidelines implemented during the Obama administration (17:58) Improvements in children’s health, behavior, and academic performance (21:01) The role of local governments in addressing school food programs (25:22) How school food program reform can support local economies (30:32) Dealing with competitive foods in schools (33:00) Getting My Way Cafe into your local school system (41:49) Branding My Way Cafe as a lever for change (44:25) Learn more about My Way Cafe and reforming school food programs at mywaycafe.org and shahfoundation.org Find the documentary Eat Up at eatupfilm.com

Mounting research shows that there is no magic bullet to treat heart disease, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, arthritis, allergies, digestive disorders, headaches, fatigue, or any of the myriad problems we suffer from in the 21st century. But increasing evidence also shows us something else. It shows that food is the most powerful “drug” we have not just to prevent, but also treat, cure, and reverse most chronic illnesses. Food contains information that speaks to our genes, not just calories for energy. What you eat programs your body with messages of health or illness. We are learning from research in the field of nutrigenomics, that food “talks” to our DNA switching on or off genes that lead to health or disease. In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman speaks with Maggie Ward about the nutrition-focused appointments she conducts at The UltraWellness Center, and the power of treating people with food. Maggie Ward, MS, RD, LDN, is the Nutrition Director at The UltraWellness Center. Maggie holds a masters degree in Nutrition from Bastyr University which focuses on using whole foods for holistic Nutrition Therapy. In addition, she completed her requirements to become a registered dietitian at Westchester Medical Center in NY. Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center team in 2008, Maggie worked at The Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York providing nutrition counseling to children and families dealing with HIV. She also taught at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan and other sites throughout New York City, teaching nutritionally focused cooking classes for children and adults.Much of her focus is on food allergies, digestive disorders, inflammatory conditions, Pediatrics and Sports Nutrition. Maggie has been counseling individuals, families and business groups on therapeutic diets to address various health concerns for more than 15 years. Her ongoing clinical training through the Institute for Functional Medicine uses a systems biology approach when working with those who suffer from chronic and acute conditions to help them find their path to healing. She has a passion for cooking and reconnecting people with their potential to heal using whole, organic and local foods. This episode is sponsored by AirDoctor. We need clean air not only to live but to create vibrant health and protect ourselves and loved ones from toxin exposure and disease. Learn more about the AirDoctor Professional Air Purifier system at a special price at www.drhyman.com/filter In this episode Dr. Hyman and Maggie discuss: Foods that frequently cause reflux and digestive issues, including dairy and gluten Why taking deep breaths before you begin eating and chewing slower can improve digestive issues Using elimination diets to identify common food sensitivities and irritants The danger of long-term acid blocking drug use Nutritional testing and what can be gleaned from it Sleep apnea and its relationship to high-blood pressure and weight gain Using DNA testing and nutrigenomics to identify genetic variations and personalize your diet The value of low carbohydrate diets and reducing starch and sugar intake Supporting your detoxification system with foods such as cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, broccoli sprouts, Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, and through protein sources For more information visit drhyman.com/uwc Learn more about the nutrition services offered at The UltraWellness Center here Additional Resources: “Nutrigenomics: Supporting Your Immune System and Beyond” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2020/04/15/nutrigenomics-supporting-your-immune-system-and-beyond/ “Lab Spotlight: Testing for Food Sensitivities” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/09/27/lab-spotlight-testing-for-food-sensitivities/ “Getting to the Root: Tackling SIBO with Functional Medicine” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/06/14/getting-to-the-root-tackling-sibo-with-functional-medicine/ “Gluten and Dairy-Free Recipes Even an Italian Can Love” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/06/12/gluten-and-dairy-free-recipes-even-an-italian-can-love/ “Getting to Know our UltraTeam: A Personal Interview with Functional Nutritionist Maggie Ward” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/03/15/getting-to-know-our-ultrateam-a-personal-interview-with-functional-nutritionist-maggie-ward/ “How I Changed My Life Using Functional Nutrition” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/08/02/how-i-changed-my-life-using-functional-nutrition/ “Natural Remedies for Healthy Blood Pressure” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/04/12/natural-remedies-for-healthy-blood-pressure/ “How Hidden Food Sensitivities Make You Fat” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2012/02/22/how-hidden-food-sensitivities-make-you-fat/ “Finding Trigger foods, The Right Amount of Fat and My Top Superfoods” https://drhyman.com/blog/2017/03/12/finding-trigger-foods-right-amount-fat-top-superfoods/ “The Myth of Diagnosis” https://drhyman.com/blog/2018/05/04/the-myth-of-diagnosis/ Hosted on Acast. 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Energy is such a major piece to overall wellness—we don’t feel very motivated to practice self-care and pursue the things we love if we simply don’t have the energy. So what does it really look like to have great energy, and what can we do in our own lives to create more of it? Today’s guest on The Doctor’s Farmacy is the perfect person to answer that. Ben Greenfield is a human performance consultant, speaker, and New York Times bestselling author of 13 books, including the wildly popular titles, Beyond Training and Boundless. A former collegiate tennis, water polo, and volleyball player, as well as a bodybuilder, 13-time Ironman triathlete, and professional obstacle course racer, Ben has been voted by the NSCA as America’s top Personal Trainer and by Greatist as one of the top 100 Most Influential People In Health and Fitness. Ben hosts the highly popular fitness, nutrition, and wellness website bengreenfieldfitness.com, a site with over a million monthly visitors, featuring articles, podcasts, and product reviews. His latest book, Boundless, is all about creating more energy to live the life of optimal health and happiness you deserve. This can happen through many different types of actions, so today Ben walks us through his extensive research and personal experience. *For context, this episode was recorded in January 2020. This episode is sponsored by Joovv and Athletic Greens. I recently discovered Joovv, a red light therapy device. Red light therapy is a super gentle non-invasive treatment where a device with medical-grade LEDs delivers concentrated light to your skin. It actually helps your cells produce collagen so it improves skin tone and complexion, diminishes signs of aging like wrinkles, and speeds the healing of wounds and scars. Check out the Joovv products at joovv.com/farmacy and use the code FARMACY at checkout. I use Athletic Greens in the morning as part of my daily routine. It’s really one supplement that covers so many bases and you’d be hard-pressed to find something else this comprehensive in one place. Right now Athletic Greens is offering my audience their Vitamin D3/K2 Liquid Formula free with your first purchase. Just go to athleticgreens.com/hyman to get your free bottle of Vitamin D3 and K2 with your first purchase. Here are more of the details from our interview: Ben’s new book and why he chose to focus on how to have a boundless amount of energy throughout the day (6:33) Why doing Turkish Get-Up kettlebell exercises is one of Ben’s favorite workouts (10:21) Traditional gym culture vs taking “movement snacks” throughout the day (14:40) Using light therapy to reduce wrinkles, care for your skin, create energy, and more (17:13) The benefits of creating a bit of stress to the system to activate a healing response, such as employing hot/cold routines and sauna (21:33) Why the Carnivore and Paleo Diets were developed in response to plant’s built-in defense mechanisms (25:53) Anti-aging, NAD, sirtuin activating compounds, and sirtuin activating foods (29:41) Assessing what the best diet is for you, fasting, the pitfalls of eating while stressed, and why we should all avoid late night eating (46:12) Eating meat, MTOR activation, and how to avoid high amounts of leucine and methionine (54:46) Methods for optimal sleep (59:01) Get Ben’s book, Boundless: Upgrade Your Brain, Optimize Your Body and Defy Aging at https://boundlessbook.com/ Find Ben online at bengreenfieldfitness.com and follow him on Facebook @BGFittness, on Twitter @bengreenfield, and on Instagram @bengreenfieldfitness

People have never been more curious about strengthening the immune system than they are right now. The COVID-19 pandemic has got us all thinking seriously about our health and what it means to have immune strength, now and in the future. To get the most out of this trying time, we need to be open to looking at our health in ways we haven’t before. My guest today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, Dr. Jeffrey Bland, is a pro at that, and for this reason and so many others he is considered the father of Functional Medicine. Dr. Bland has been an internationally recognized leader in the nutritional medicine field for over 35 years. He’s authored five books on nutritional medicine for the healthcare professional and six books on nutrition and health. With his wife, Susan, Dr. Bland founded The Institute for Functional Medicine in 1991, a nonprofit organization focused on educating healthcare practitioners on effective approaches to treating and preventing chronic disease by getting to the root cause. Dr. Bland has always been a major inspiration for me. I was thrilled to have a video-call with him to discuss new ways of looking at optimal health and immunity in the face of this pandemic. In trying to better understand COVID-19, Dr. Bland went back to the basics of the immune system. He breaks down the processes at work, explains what the now often-heard phrase “cytokine storm” means, and talks about using food as medicine to promote immuno-rejuvenation. That means we’re not just supporting the current state of our immune system, we’re reviving it from the ground up. We talk about this and so much more on this week’s valuable episode. Here are more of the details from our interview: Acknowledging the psycho-physical effects of COVID-19 and the three zones of learning the disease offers (4:35) Dr. Bland’s article, Reflections on the COVID-19 Pandemic (8:17) The flexibility and adaptability of our immune system (12:21) Research from the HIV/AIDS epidemic showing dramatic effects of giving African women a simple multi-vitamin (16:35) Immuno-rejuvenation and why our focus should not be on supporting our immune system but rejuvenating it (19:31) How phytochemicals in plants impact human immune systems (24:03) Himalayan tartary buckwheat and its immunopotentiating compounds (28:06) How food influences the function of our immune system (40:30) My COVID-19 blog, A Functional Medicine Approach to COVID-19, and what we should be eating now to protect ourselves (48:31) Five significant changes Dr. Bland predicts in how we will see healthcare globally post-COVID-19 (50:59) The interrelatedness of our immune and nervous systems, and our control over the function of these systems (1:00:43) Find information on Dr. Bland online at jeffreybland.com, http://plminstitute.org/, and https://bigboldhealth.com/ Follow Dr. Bland on Facebook @jeffreyblandphd, on Instagram @drjeffreybland, and on Twitter @jeffreyblandphd

We’ve all heard the fiendishly simple and completely untrue colloquialism that to lose weight you just have to eat less and exercise more. Or that it’s all about willpower and that it’s the individual’s fault if they are fat. Not only are these ideas completely unsupported by the scientific literature, but they also lead to a blame-the-victim mentality that tells people who are struggling with their weight, in a not-so-subtle way, that if they only tried harder they would lose weight. There is only one problem with this point of view: It’s just not true. What makes us thin, fat, or somewhere in between does indeed have something to do with how much we eat and exercise. But the oversimplification stops there. Complex forces that govern our survival control our weight and metabolism. In fact, there is no one simple reason why an individual may have trouble with his or her weight. In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman is joined by Dr. Elizabeth Boham to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to weight gain and weight loss. Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices functional medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing. Dr. Boham has contributed to many articles and wrote the latest chapter on Obesity for the Rankel Textbook of Family Medicine. She is part of the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and has been featured on the Dr. Oz show and in a variety of publications and media including Huffington Post, The Chalkboard Magazine, and Experience Life. Her DVD Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer explores the functional medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well. This episode is sponsored by AirDoctor. We need clean air not only to live but to create vibrant health and protect ourselves and loved ones from toxin exposure and disease. Learn more about the AirDoctor Professional Air Purifier system at a special price at www.drhyman.com/filter In this episode, Dr. Hyman and Dr. Boham discuss: Common factors that contribute to weight gain such as blood sugar and insulin levels, environmental toxins, hormonal imbalances, mitochondrial Issues, and more. The value in getting a detailed personal history from patients, and how weight loss is often a side effect of a personalized medicine approach. The connection between the gut, food sensitivities, and weight. The relationship between inflammation and weight. What someone’s waist to hip ratio tells us. Time-restricted eating and intermittent fasting. Why when you eat matters. How sleep issues and sleep apnea can lead to weight gain. For more information visit drhyman.com/uwc Additional Resources: Dr. Hyman’s 10 Day Reset free resource guide getfarmacy.com/free “A Functional Medicine Approach to Obesity: 10 Ways to Lose Weight & Keep It Off” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/04/03/a-functional-medicine-approach-to-obesity-10-ways-to-lose-weight-keep-it-off/ “How Toxins Make You Fat: 4 Steps to Get Rid of Toxic Weight” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2012/02/20/how-toxins-make-you-fat-4-steps-to-get-rid-of-toxic-weight/ “Top 5 Tips for Weight Loss” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/07/11/top-5-tips-for-weight-loss/ “Three Hidden Ways Wheat Makes You Fat” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2012/02/13/three-hidden-ways-wheat-makes-you-fat/ “Is Intermittent Fasting Right for You?” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/03/27/is-intermittent-fasting-right-for-you/ “Ketogenic Diets: Sorting Through the Pros and Cons” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/01/06/ketogenic-diets-sorting-pros-cons/ “8 Ways Nutrient Deficiencies Cause Weight Loss Resistance” https://drhyman.com/blog/2016/06/02/8-ways-nutrient-deficiencies-cause-weight-loss-resistance/ “Why Can’t I Lose Weight?” https://drhyman.com/blog/2017/08/10/cant-lose-weight/ “Why Can’t I Lose Weight? (Part II)” https://drhyman.com/blog/2017/08/16/cant-lose-weight-part-ii/ “UltraMetabolism™ Myth #1: Eat Less + Exercise More = Weight Loss” https://drhyman.com/blog/2016/10/26/ultrametabolism/ “Why Diet and Exercise Are Not the Key to Weight Loss and Health” https://drhyman.com/blog/2014/06/09/diet-exercise-key-weight-loss-health/ “Three Days, Real Food, No More Insulin” https://drhyman.com/blog/2019/05/20/three-days-real-food-no-more-insulin/ “The 7 Ways to Fix a Slow Metabolism” https://drhyman.com/blog/2016/05/26/the-7-ways-to-fix-a-slow-metabolism/ “Is Your Lack of Sleep Making You Fat?” https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/07/18/is-your-lack-of-sleep-making-you-fat/ “Big Government and Big Food Give the Same Weight Loss Advice?” https://drhyman.com/blog/2014/05/11/big-government-big-food-give-weight-loss-advice/ “The Most Damaging Food Lie We Have Ever Been Told” https://drhyman.com/blog/201

We’re all going through this era of coronavirus—separately but together. I feel like humanity is taking one big existential breath; it’s a pause for us all to think about our previous normal lives, our currently abnormal lives, and how we want to reinvent life when this whole thing is over. And I know many of us have become confused by the different news outlets sharing different information. When it comes to deciding who is a reliable source, I know Katie Couric is always someone I can trust. I’m honored to have her chat with me for this week’s episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy. Katie is an award-winning journalist, New York Times bestselling author and a co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer. Since its launch in 2008, Stand Up To Cancer has raised more than $600 million to support cutting-edge collaborative science and its research has contributed to six new FDA approved therapies. In 2017, she founded Katie Couric Media, which has developed a number of media projects, including a daily newsletter, a podcast, and digital video series. She has played a part in producing many documentaries, including Fed Up, which I was thrilled to be a part of. Couric was also the executive producer of Unbelievable on Netflix, is developing other scripted projects, and is currently writing her memoir. This episode is sponsored by AirDoctor and AquaTru. We need clean water and clean air not only to live but to create vibrant health and protect ourselves and loved ones from toxin exposure and disease. That’s why I’m teaming up with AquaTru and AirDoctor to offer you the AquaTru Water Purification System and AirDoctor Professional Air Purifier systems at a special price. Learn more at www.drhyman.com/filter. *For context, this conversation was recorded on 3/31/20. Here are more of the details from our interview: The unprecedented nature of COVID-19 (6:16) Why now is not the time to turn to comfort foods (9:46) What Katie has been hearing from healthcare providers, psychologists, business leaders, and others she has been interviewing during the coronavirus crisis (12:03) The U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic (15:16) The devastating disruption to standard autopsy, grieving, and burial practices in COVID-19 deaths (21:26) Staying informed without obsessing over, or over-consuming, news updates (22:41) Finding power and a sense of control by focusing on where you can be of service (25:06) What our society will look like post-COVID-19 given our intense divisiveness, partisanship, current leadership, and media landscape (30:01) Practices to manage and cope with our current reality (41:32) Restoring national unity through leadership and empathy (48:42) Find Katie online at katiecouric.com. Sign-up for her morning newsletter, Wake-Up Call at https://katiecouric.com/newsletter/ Follow Katie on Facebook @katiecouric, on Instagram @katiecouric, and on Twitter @katiecouriic

There are so many questions about how coronavirus can impact our health, and rightfully so. This novel virus has completely changed the way we function as a society and brought about a feeling of uncertainty most of us haven’t ever experienced. But we’re in this together. There is, of course, a wide range of common concerns—from how to protect ourselves and families to what kinds of treatment options exist—but also many new conversations popping up around what supplements we can safely trust for immune strength, if it’s safe to go outdoors, how the virus attaches to surfaces, and so much more. Last week I was lucky enough to sit down with Dr. Patrick Hanaway for a video-call to talk about these important questions from a Functional Medicine perspective. Dr. Hanaway is the Senior Advisor to the Institute for Functional Medicine, their COVID-19 Task Force Coordinator, and Co-Chair of the IFM Expert Advisory Board. In case you missed it, we’re sharing that as the latest episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy. *For context, this interview was recorded on April 8, 2020. In this episode, Dr. Hyman and Dr. Hanaway discuss: The role of supplements in treating COVID-19 and boosting your immune system What we know about taking things like vitamin D, elderberry, zinc, and other compounds to protect against COVID-19 Is IV ozone an effective treatment option for COVID-19? Why what you eat is more essential than ever Is intermittent fasting or the ketogenic diet a good way to boost immunity? The potential effectiveness of using hot-cold interaction, such as sauna, to protect against COVID-19 How long is a person still contagious after having the virus and how long does antibody immunity last? Maintaining practices to ground yourself during this time Find additional information at: Institute for Functional Medicine Ifm.org “A Functional Medicine Approach to COVID-19” drhyman.com/c19 Special Episode: Medicine In The Age Of COVID-19 And Beyond https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/Medicine-In-The-Age-Of-COVID-19-And-Beyond

Hormone imbalances are epidemic these days. For example, symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), like mood swings, irritability, depression, anxiety, fluid retention, bloating, breast tenderness, sugar cravings, headaches, and sleep disturbances, affect 75 percent of women. But just because you’re a woman doesn’t mean you have to live with these symptoms. The real fact is that suffering related to menstrual cycles is unnecessary. You might never know this from conventional medicine, which seems to subscribe to the idea that women are destined to suffer throughout their reproductive life and beyond. However, there are actually many things you can do to fix hormonal imbalances. In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman is joined by Dr. Elizabeth Boham to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to treating hormonal imbalances in women. Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices functional medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing. Dr. Boham has contributed to many articles and wrote the latest chapter on Obesity for the Rankel Textbook of Family Medicine. She is part of the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and has been featured on the Dr. Oz show and in a variety of publications and media including Huffington Post, The Chalkboard Magazine, and Experience Life. Her DVD Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer explores the functional medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well. This episode is sponsored by AirDoctor. We need clean air not only to live but to create vibrant health and protect ourselves and loved ones from toxin exposure and disease. Learn more about the AirDoctor Professional Air Purifier system at a special price at www.drhyman.com/filter In this episode, Dr. Hyman and Dr. Boham discuss: The prevalence of hormonal imbalances in women Using the birth control pill as medical therapy to address PMS, heavy bleeding, and other symptoms of hormonal imbalance What happens during perimenopause The interrelatedness of hormones and what causes them to be out of balance The role of our adrenal glands and how to support them The benefits of eating foods such as flax seeds, broccoli, and whole-food soy to support our hormonal health Why maintaining balanced blood sugar is so important for hormonal health For more information visit drhyman.com/uwc Additional resources: “Getting to the Root: Perimenopause” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/02/16/getting-to-the-root-perimenopause/ “Lesson 3: Hormones and Neurotransmitters” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2012/10/17/lesson-3-hormones-and-neurotransmitters/ “Natural Approach to Alleviating PMS” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/04/25/natural-approach-to-alleviating-pms/ “Magical Magnesium” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2020/03/11/magic-magnesium/ “How Do I Naturally Balance Female Sex Hormones?” https://drhyman.com/blog/2015/08/14/how-do-i-naturally-balance-female-sex-hormones/ “How to Eliminate PMS in 5 Simple Steps” https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/09/17/how-to-eliminate-pms-in-5-simple-steps/ “Relationships, Menopause, and Health” https://drhyman.com/blog/2012/01/13/relationships-menopause-and-health/ “How to Get Your Mojo Back (Boosting Female Sex Drive)” https://drhyman.com/blog/2016/07/09/how-to-get-your-mojo-back-boosting-female-sex-drive/ “ULTRAMIND®: Key #2 Balance Your Hormones” https://drhyman.com/blog/2012/01/27/the-ultramind-solution-key-2-balance-your-hormones/ “A Functional Medicine Approach to Infertility” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/09/01/a-functional-medicine-approach-to-infertility/ “Clara’s Case Study: Overcoming Infertility” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/09/05/claras-case-study-overcoming-infertility/ “Overcoming Postpartum Depression” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/01/16/overcoming-postpartum-depression/ “Meditation: Connecting to the Wisdom Within” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2014/04/10/meditation-connecting-wisdom-within/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re all trying to make sense of the new world order. And while my wife and I stay at home and navigate these unusual times, we find routine and practice to be the core of our wellbeing. We’re meditating every morning, going for walks in the woods, and taking afternoon work breaks to check-in and find time to connect. These seemingly simple actions have become the parts of our day that keep us grounded and optimistic, so we actually even schedule them into our calendars. One of my favorite people to talk to about the benefits of spiritual and wellness practices is Gabrielle Bernstein. I was so happy to connect with her over a video-call for this week’s episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy. Gabby is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Universe Has Your Back and has written six additional bestsellers, including Super Attractor which launched in September 2019. She was featured on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday as a “next-generation thought leader” and The Oprah Winfrey Network chose Gabrielle to be part of the “Super Soul 100,” a dynamic group of 100 trailblazers whose vision and life’s work are bringing a higher level of consciousness to the world. Gabby provides a calm perspective to the crazy situation we find ourselves in. This episode is sponsored by Joovv and Four Sigmatic. I recently discovered Joovv, a red light therapy device. Red light therapy is a super gentle non-invasive treatment where a device with medical-grade LEDs delivers concentrated light to your skin. It actually helps your cells produce collagen so it improves skin tone and complexion, diminishes signs of aging like wrinkles, and speeds the healing of wounds and scars. Check out the Joovv products at joovv.com/farmacy and use the code FARMACY at checkout. Once you’re there, you’ll see a special bonus the Joovv team is giving away to my listeners. I’m excited to share an exclusive offer from Four Sigmatic on their best selling Immune Bundle that has their Ground Mushroom Coffee and Chaga Elixir - just for Doctor's Farmacy listeners. Right now you can get up to 20% off on their Immune Bundle plus an additional 20% off at checkout. Just go to Foursigmatic.com/HYMAN to take advantage of this awesome deal. You’ll see the full discount applied at checkout. Here are more of the details from our interview: Navigating our current circumstances by doubling down on our spiritual tools and practices (6:25) Scheduling time for spiritual practice for sustainable serenity (10:33) The daily spiritual practices and routines that Gabrielle and I are relying upon (14:59) Gabrielle’s Daily Design Method and why she and her husband practice it each morning (20:09) Why feeling good is the key to manifesting the life that you want and Gabrielle’s Choose Again Method (22:26) Gabrielle’s experience with postpartum depression, anxiety, insomnia, and suicidal thoughts (28:36) Voo breathing exercise to stimulate the vagus nerve (33:15) How we can pursue our dreams during this difficult and uncertain time (36:00) What it means to say, “The universe is always a yes” (48:04) Get Gabby’s free Positive Energy Meditation at https://gabbybernstein.com/positiveenergy/ Learn more about Gabrielle Bernssstein at https://gabbybernstein.com/ and follow her on Facebook @gabriellebernstein, on Twitter @gabbybernstein, and on Instagram @gabbybernstein Order Gabrielle’s latest book, Super Attractor at https://gabbybernstein.com/superattractor/

Multiple times a day, even multiple times an hour, we’re hearing new information about COVID-19. Some of the most common questions I’ve received have to do with testing. We had our first case of novel coronavirus the same day South Korea had its first case. Yet they are much further ahead of us when it comes to testing, something that has helped them quickly control the virus in a way we haven’t been able to do in the US. They also rapidly took on measures like quarantining and tracing the transmission of the virus. Of course, there are so many different components that go into successful testing and quelling a pandemic of this size. Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I hope to shed some light on those with my guest Dr. Steven Kleiboeker. Throughout our conversation, we cover who should be tested, when, and how, and what kinds of tests are currently available or soon will be. He is the Vice President of Research and Development for Viracor, and is responsible for the scientific direction and oversight of the company's research and development programs as well as the BioPharma and Clinical Trial Biomarker Services research services. Dr. Kleiboeker is board certified as a high-complexity laboratory director, technical supervisor, and clinical consultant by the American Board of Bioanalysis. Over his career, he has published more than 60 scientific manuscripts and serves on editorial boards and as a reviewer for several virological and microbiological journals. *For context, this interview was recorded on March 31, 2020. Here are more of the details from our interview: What we know today about coronavirus, how and when is it transmittable, and why good hygiene is so important as a protective measure (2:29) The difference between the South Korean and American responses to initial cases, which were both reported on the same day (5:33) Issues with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s initial COVID-19 tests and testing protocol (7:53) The COVID-19 test that is currently approved for use (the RT-PCR test), what exactly it tests for, and why there is variation in how long it takes to get test results back (9:47) Issues with scaling-up the supply chain for all necessary components of coronavirus testing (13:53) The current approach to coronavirus testing and how it differs from what testing would look like in a perfect world (21:03) The roll out of coronavirus antibody testing, what antibody tests tell us, and can you get COVID-19 more than once? (28:46) What we could learn from quantitative testing, or knowing the viral load that an individual is carrying (33:25) What should you do if you have COVID-19 symptoms? (36:29) Is it too late to do extensive testing to stop and slow the spread of COVID-19? (42:49)

It’s natural to have a lot of questions right now. COVID-19 has quickly changed the way we think about health and go about our daily lives. And though we still have a lot to learn about the novel coronavirus, there are also a lot of ways we can keep ourselves, our families, and our communities strong and healthy. I recently hosted a webinar, along with the doctors at The UltraWellness Center, to answer some of the most important questions about COVID-19. If you missed it, I am sharing it here as a special episode of my podcast, The Doctor’s Farmacy. Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices functional medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing. Dr. Boham has contributed to many articles and wrote the latest chapter on Obesity for the Rankel Textbook of Family Medicine. She is part of the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and has been featured on the Dr. Oz show and in a variety of publications and media including Huffington Post, The Chalkboard Magazine, and Experience Life. Her DVD Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer explores the functional medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well. George Papanicolaou is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and is Board Certified in Family Medicine from Abington Memorial Hospital. He is also an Institute for Functional Medicine Practitioner. Upon graduation from his residency he joined the Indian Health Service. He worked on the Navajo reservation for 4 years at the Chinle Comprehensive Medical Facility where he served as the Outpatient Department Coordinator. In 2000, he founded Cornerstone Family Practice in Rowley, MA. He practiced with a philosophy centered on personal relationship and treating the whole person, not just not the disease. He called that philosophy “Whole Life Wellness”. Over time as the healthcare system made it harder for patients to receive this kind of personal care Dr. Papanicolaou decided a change was needed. He began training in Functional Medicine through the Institute of Functional Medicine. In 2015, he established Cornerstone Personal Health – a practice dedicated entirely to Functional Medicine. In August 2017, Dr. Hyman invited Dr. Papanicolaou to join The UltraWellness Center. Todd LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine. He is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center, he worked as a physician at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA, for 10 years. Dr. LePine’s focus at The UltraWellness Center is to help his patients achieve optimal health and vitality by restoring the natural balance to both the mind and the body. His areas of interest include optimal aging, bio-detoxification, functional gastrointestinal health, systemic inflammation, autoimmune disorders and the neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders.Dr. LePine teaches around the world, and has given lectures to doctors and patients at American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), Age Management Medicine Group (AMMG), the University of Miami Integrative Medicine Conference, The Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA, and is on the faculty for American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M). Dr. LePine is the head of the Scientific Advisory Board for Designs for Health and a consultant for Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory. He enjoys skiing, kayaking, hiking, camping and golfing in the beautiful Berkshires, and is a fitness enthusiast. Here’s what we covered in the webinar: 1. How to establish immune resilience now and long term 2. Supplements that are effective in supporting immunity 3. Basic strategies to implement to protect yourself and your family 4. The importance of social distancing and how long we will need to implement this strategy 5. Important tips for anyone dealing with chronic disease 6. Telemedicine and the future of medical appointments 7. The role of Functional Medicine at a time like this For more information visit https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/04/01/a-functional-medicine-approach-to-covid-19/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Numerous things can contribute to cancer development and cancer recurrence. Studies show diet, exercise, thoughts, feelings, and environmental toxins all influence the initiation, growth, and progression of cancer. And when it comes to treating cancer, we are good at cutting it, burning it, and poisoning it with surgery, radiation, and drugs, but many doctors fail to treat the root cause of the cancer. Functional Medicine empowers patients and practitioners to achieve the highest expression of health by working collaboratively to address the root causes of disease. For example, a Functional Medicine practitioner might say that yes, we still need radiation and other conventional approaches, but what else can we do? In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman is joined by Dr. Elizabeth Boham to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to cancer and cancer recurrence prevention. Dr. Boham shares patient cases as well as her own experience with a breast cancer diagnosis. Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices functional medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing. Dr. Boham has contributed to many articles and wrote the latest chapter on Obesity for the Rankel Textbook of Family Medicine. She is part of the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and has been featured on the Dr. Oz show and in a variety of publications and media including Huffington Post, The Chalkboard Magazine, and Experience Life. Her DVD Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer explores the functional medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well. This episode is sponsored by AirDoctor. We need clean air not only to live but to create vibrant health and protect ourselves and loved ones from toxin exposure and disease. Learn more about the AirDoctor Professional Air Purifier system at a special price at www.drhyman.com/filter In this episode, Dr. Hyman and Dr. Boham discuss: Dr. Boham’s personal experience as a breast cancer patient and how it led her to begin practicing Functional Medicine The use of ketogenic and fasting-mimicking diets to treat and prevent cancer Why Functional Medicine looks at markers such as blood sugar and insulin levels, inflammation levels, toxic load, nutritional status, stress levels, and genetics to identify the underlying risk and cause of cancer Using diet and supplementation to influencing gene expression Why obesity is linked to estrogen-related cancers such as breast, uteran, and prostate Environmental toxins and cancer Dr. Boham’s Breast Wellness video “Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer.” Stream the video online here or visit http://www.drboham.com/order and use the code “breast30wellness” to receive 30% off your DVD purchase. For more information visit drhyman.com/uwc This episode is sponsored by AirDoctor. We need clean air not only to live but to create vibrant health and protect ourselves and loved ones from toxin exposure and disease. That’s why I’m teaming up with AirDoctor to offer you the AirDoctor Professional Air Purifier system at a special price. Learn more at www.drhyman.com/filter Additional Resources: “Top 5 Tips for Preventing Cancer” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2017/07/07/top-5-tips-for-preventing-cancer/ “I Did Everything Right…But I Still Got Cancer” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2017/07/07/i-did-everything-rightbut-i-still-got-cancer/ “Breast Cancer Risk and Prevention” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/05/09/breast-cancer-risk-and-prevention/ “My Top 5 Supplements for Breast Health” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/10/18/my-top-5-supplements-for-breast-health/ “Breast Wellness by Dr. Elizabeth W. Boham” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2013/10/21/breast-wellness-dr-elizabeth-w-boham/ “The UWC Team Shares Why Functional Medicine Matters to Them | A Personal Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Boham” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/11/16/uwc-team-shares-why-functional-medicine-matters-to-them-dr-elizabeth-boham/ “The Harm of Statins and the Right Diet for Cancer Prevention” https://drhyman.com/blog/2017/03/05/harm-statins-right-diet-cancer-prevention/ “5 Strategies to Prevent and Treat Cancer” https://drhyman.com/blog/2015/08/07/5-strategies-to-prevent-and-treat-cancer/ “Dr. Elizabeth Boham on Breast Cancer, Women’s Wellness and Becoming the CEO of Your Health” https://drhyman.com/blog/2016/12/15/dr-elizabeth-boham/ “10 Strategies to Prevent and Treat Breast Cancer” https://drhyman.com/blog/2015/10/02/10-strategies-to-prevent-and-treat-breast-cancer/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Only about 12% of Americans are considered “metabolically healthy.” That means the other 88% of us aren’t meeting basic medical guidelines for things like blood pressure, blood glucose, cholesterol, and other markers of metabolic health. Which percentage do you fall into? When it comes to answering that question, one common factor is how many fast carbs you’re consuming. These are the carbohydrates that have been processed—yes, that includes sugar—but it also means starches like refined flours and other processed grains. Whole wheat bread is indeed a fast carb. This week on The Doctor’s Farmacy I sat down with Dr. David Kessler to break down the differences between fast and slow carbs, how they affect our health, how our diet became so inundated with fast carbs and what we can do to regain metabolic strength. Dr. Kessler served as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. He is the author of A Question of Intent and The End of Overeating, a New York Times bestseller. He is a pediatrician and has been the dean of the medical schools at Yale and the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Kessler is a graduate of Amherst College, the University of Chicago Law School, and Harvard Medical School. This episode is sponsored by AirDoctor and AquaTru. We need clean water and clean air not only to live but to create vibrant health and protect ourselves and loved ones from toxin exposure and disease. That’s why I’m teaming up with AquaTru and AirDoctor to offer you the AquaTru Water Purification System and AirDoctor Professional Air Purifier systems at a special price. Learn more at www.drhyman.com/filter. Here are more of the details from our interview: Why 87% of Americans are metabolically unhealthy (7:03) What are fast carbs and how do processed carbohydrates affect us? (12:38) The glycemic index of bread is higher than that of table sugar (18:41) How processed carbs made from grains, corn, and wheat became the foundation of our diet (19:34) The food industry’s resistance to clear ingredient lists and labels on food (23:20) What are slow carbs? (26:02) Why we should all be able to get behind the idea of limiting fast carbs (32:00) Dr. Kessler’s own struggle with his weight, our tendency to turn to comfort foods in stressful time, and why it’s so difficult to break the vicious cycle that results from eating fast carb (33:29) The need for additional reform to the government’s dietary guidelines and how regulation differs in its oversight of the food industry vs the tobacco industry (41:08) Industry will follow the consumer (57:39) Dr. David Kessler’s new book is, Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs: The Simple Truth About Food, Weight, and Disease

For decades we were taught there was no stopping or reversing cognitive decline, now we know this simply is not true. The brain responds to all the same insults as the rest of the body — stress, poor diet, toxins, lack of exercise or sleep, nutritional deficiencies, high blood sugar, insulin resistance, and more. The term dementia is just a label or diagnosis we associate with a collection of symptoms, it doesn't get to why a person has those symptoms. In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman is joined by Dr. Elizabeth Boham to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to treating cognitive health and to review patient cases in which they treated individuals with dementia, memory loss, and cognitive decline. Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices functional medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing. Dr. Boham has contributed to many articles and wrote the latest chapter on Obesity for the Rankel Textbook of Family Medicine. She is part of the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and has been featured on the Dr. Oz show and in a variety of publications and media including Huffington Post, The Chalkboard Magazine, and Experience Life. Her DVD Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer explores the functional medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well. This episode is sponsored by AirDoctor. We need clean air not only to live but to create vibrant health and protect ourselves and loved ones from toxin exposure and disease. Learn more about the AirDoctor Professional Air Purifier system at a special price at www.drhyman.com/filter In this episode, Dr. Hyman and Dr. Boham discuss: The need for personalized treatment in stopping or reversing dementia and cognitive decline. Addressing underlying root causes that may be driving dementia such as inflammation caused by high mercury levels, belly or visceral fat, diabetes, pre-diabetes, and insulin resistance. The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT), a global network of dentists, health professionals, and scientists who research the biocompatibility of dental products, including the risks of mercury fillings, fluoride, root canals, and jawbone osteonecrosis. https://iaomt.org/ How a high-fat diet can benefit the brain. The ability for exercise and meditation to promote BDNF, which is like Miracle-Gro for the brain. How the detoxification system works with the immune system to promote brain health. For more information visit drhyman.com/uwc Additional resources: “Inflammation Causes Memory Loss and It Starts Sooner Than We Thought” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/05/24/inflammation-causes-memory-loss-and-it-starts-sooner-than-we-thought/ “Your Brain and Immunity: The Fascinating Connection You Need to Nurture” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/06/04/your-brain-and-immunity-the-fascinating-connection-you-need-to-nurture/ “5 Tips for Better Brain Health as You Age” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/05/10/5-tips-for-better-brain-health-as-you-age/ “Fixing Your Broken Brain + Lots More: 10 Takeaways from My Most-Asked Questions” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/01/08/fixing-broken-brain-lots-10-takeaways-asked-questions/ “The Science of Preventing (and Reversing) Dementia” https://drhyman.com/blog/2019/05/08/podcast-ep52/ “9 Steps to Reverse Dementia and Memory Loss as You Age” https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/06/14/9-steps-to-reverse-dementia-and-memory-loss-as-you-age-2/ “Being Proactive in the Face of Alzheimer’s” https://drhyman.com/blog/2019/05/14/being-proactive-in-the-face-of-alzheimers/ “Can You Reverse Cognitive Decline?” https://drhyman.com/blog/2017/09/14/can-reverse-cognitive-decline/

Sometimes we need to get quiet to really find the answers we’re looking for. What better time to do that than during this down-time at home? Artists, creators, and dreamers have always been our best teachers on breaking free from the distractions of life and just “being” with ourselves. They take facts and turn them into stories from which we can gain new perspectives. We can all learn many different lessons through various mediums—one of my personal favorites is poetry. This week on The Doctor’s Farmacy* I sat down for a deep talk with poet IN-Q. IN-Q is a National Poetry Slam champion, award-winning poet, and multi-platinum songwriter. His groundbreaking achievements include being named to Oprah's SuperSoul 100 list of the world's most influential thought leaders, being the first spoken word artist to perform with Cirque Du Soleil, and being featured on A&E, ESPN, and HBO's Def Poetry Jam. He's inspired audiences around the world through his live performances and storytelling workshops. Many of his recent poetry videos have gone viral with over 70 million views combined. This episode is sponsored by Joovv, AquaTru and AirDoctor purifiers, and Farmacy. I recently discovered Joovv, a red light therapy device. Red light therapy is a super gentle non-invasive treatment where a device with medical-grade LEDs delivers concentrated light to your skin. It actually helps your cells produce collagen so it improves skin tone and complexion, diminishes signs of aging like wrinkles, and speeds the healing of wounds and scars. Check out the Joovv products at joovv.com/farmacy and use the code FARMACY at checkout. Once you’re there, you’ll see a special bonus the Joovv team is giving away to my listeners. We need clean water and clean air not only to live but to create vibrant health and protect ourselves and loved ones from toxin exposure and disease. That’s why I’m teaming up with AquaTru and AirDoctor to offer you the AquaTru Water Purification System and AirDoctor Professional Air Purifier systems at a special price. Learn more at www.drhyman.com/filter. Everyone gets off track from time to time, that’s why I founded a new company Farmacy to create best in class protocols that combine food, lifestyle habits, and supplementation to support true wellness. Our first protocol, The 10 Day Reset is a systems-based approach designed to help you get back on track and reclaim your health. Learn more at getfarmacy.com. Here are more of the details from our interview: Why IN-Q named his book Inquire Within (7:27) The value of putting down our phones to just be with ourselves (13:26) The week I spent alone and decided to become a doctor (15:29) How we can feel connected by connecting with nature (17:23) Reframing our pain (18:19) IN-Q shares his poem “85” (25:55) Examples of American’s creating Victory Gardens and coming together during World War II (38:34) IN-Q share his poem about climate change, “One Little Dot” (40:26) Being vs doing (48:00) Learn more about IN-Q at https://in-q.com/. Follow him on Facebook @INQlife, on Instagram @inqlife, and on YouTube at IN-Q, and pre-order his book, Inquire Within, available March 21, 2020 here. *For context, this interview was recorded prior to the World Health Organization’s declaration of the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic.

Today’s food labels are deliberately misleading and confusing, which serves the interests of Big Food, but not the rest of us. Most of us are completely oblivious to what we are eating and its impact on our health and our world. We are mostly unaware of the chemicals that are added to our foods; how the hormones, antibiotics, plastics, and toxins we eat in our everyday foods harm our bodies. There are over 10,000 additives in our food supply, yet only 43% of them are recognized as safe by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). And the average American consumes three to five pounds of these additives every year. In this mini-episode, Dr. Mark Hyman talks about food labeling, food additives, and how the FDA is asleep at the wheel in protecting us. Learn more about these topics and the undeniable harm our food system is doing to human health and to the environment in Dr. Hyman’s new book, Food Fix. foodfixbook.com

Most of us (including most doctors) do not recognize or know that digestive problems wreak havoc in the entire body, leading to allergies, arthritis, autoimmune disease, rashes, acne, chronic fatigue, mood disorders, autism, dementia, cancer, and more. So having a healthy gut means more than simply being free of annoyances like bloating or heartburn. It is absolutely central to your health. It is connected to everything that happens in your body. That is why Functional Medicine almost always starts helping people treat chronic health problems by fixing their gut. In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman is joined by Dr. Elizabeth Boham to review two patient cases focused on treating the gut. Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices functional medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing. Dr. Boham has contributed to many articles and wrote the latest chapter on Obesity for the Rankel Textbook of Family Medicine. She is part of the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and has been featured on the Dr. Oz show and in a variety of publications and media including Huffington Post, The Chalkboard Magazine, and Experience Life. Her DVD Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer explores the functional medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well. This episode is sponsored by AirDoctor. We need clean air not only to live but to create vibrant health and protect ourselves and loved ones from toxin exposure and disease. Learn more about the AirDoctor Professional Air Purifier system at a special price at www.drhyman.com/filter In this episode, Dr. Hyman and Dr. Boham discuss: What is leaky gut, and why does it lead to so many other health issues, including food sensitivities? How our diet, food supply, over-reliance on antibiotics, acid blockers, steroids, and more can lead to leaky gut Using stool testing and Cyrex testing to assess gut health. The ‘5R’ program (remove, replace, reinoculate, repair, and rebalance) that Functional Medicine uses as a guide to treat chronic issues. Remove stressors: get rid of things that negatively affect the environment of the GI tract including allergic foods and parasites or other bad bugs such as bacteria or yeast. This might involve using an allergy “elimination diet” to find out what foods are causing GI symptoms or it may involve taking drugs or herbs to eradicate a particular bug. Replace digestive secretions: add back things like digestive enzymes, hydrochloric acid, and bile acids that are required for proper digestion and that may be compromised by diet, drugs, diseases, aging, or other factors. Reinoculate. Help beneficial bacteria flourish by ingesting probiotic foods or supplements that contain the so-called “good” GI bacteria such as bifidobacteria and lactobacillus species, and by consuming the high soluble fiber foods that good bugs like to eat, called “prebiotics.” Probiotics are beneficial microorganisms found in the gut that are also called “friendly bacteria.” Use of antibiotics kills both good and bad bacteria. Probiotics in the form of supplements or food are needed to re-inoculate the gut. Fermented foods, such as yogurt, miso, and tempeh are food sources of probiotics. Prebiotics are nondigestible food ingredients that selectively stimulate the growth of beneficial microorganisms already in the colon. In other words, prebiotics feed probiotics. Prebiotics are available in many foods that contain a fiber called inulin, including artichokes, garlic, leeks, onion, chicory, tofu, and other soy products. Grains such as barley, flax, oats, and wheat are also good sources of prebiotics. Another good prebiotic source is a supplement called “fructo-oligosaccharide” or FOS. Repair. Help the lining of the GI tract repair itself by supplying key nutrients that can often be in short supply in a disease state, such as zinc, antioxidants (e.g. vitamins A, C, and E), fish oil, and the amino acid glutamine. Rebalance. Pay attention to lifestyle choices – sleep, exercise and stress can all affect the GI tract. For more information visit drhyman.com/uwc Additional resources: “Is Your Digestive System Making You Sick, and Fat?” https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/05/20/is-your-digestive-system-making-you-sick/ “How to Feed Your Gut” https://drhyman.com/blog/2018/04/13/how-to-feed-your-gut/ “A New Approach to Autoimmune Disease” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/06/27/a-new-approach-to-autoimmune-disease/ “Lab Spotlight: Testing for Food Sensitivities” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/09/27/lab-spotlight-testing-for-food-sensitivities/ “The Wrong Gut Bugs Can Make You Fat and Sick (and How to Fix Them)” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2017/09/21/the-wrong-g

Did you know dementia begins in the brain decades before symptoms start showing up? We can see changes in brain scans 30 or 40 years before forgetfulness and other disconcerting symptoms creep in. But I’ve seen so many patients overcome symptoms of brain dysfunction through the right diet and lifestyle changes. If our actions can have that much power to reverse some forms of brain illness, why aren’t we talking more about using them for prevention? I’ve seen people with genetic predispositions avoid a diagnosis altogether by living a conscious life. That’s exactly what my guest and good friend, Max Lugavere, and I get into on this week’s episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy. Max lost his mom last year to a rare disease called Lewy body dementia, which comes along with the neurodegenerative and physical symptoms of both Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Max is a filmmaker, health, and science journalist and the author of the New York Times bestselling book Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life. He is also the host of the #1 iTunes health podcast The Genius Life. Max is excited to release his sophomore book, The Genius Life: Heal Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body, and Become Extraordinary, a lifestyle guide to living happily and healthily with proven, research-based lifestyle tactics, which we dig into more throughout this episode. This episode is brought to you by Lumen, Thrive Market, and Farmacy. I’ve recently started using an exciting new device called Lumen that measures your metabolism through the breath and gives you feedback on how your nutrition impacts your metabolism. If you’re interested in improving your metabolism and getting personalized nutrition, you should definitely check out Lumen. Right now they’re offering my listeners $50 off with the code HYMAN50. Just go to Lumen.me and use the code HYMAN50 to personalize your nutrition and improve your metabolic efficiency on a whole new level. Thrive Market has made it so easy for me to stay healthy, even with my intense travel schedule. Not only does Thrive offer 25 to 50% off all of my favorite brands, but they also give back. For every membership purchased, they give a membership to a family in need, and they make it easy to find the right membership for you and your family. You can choose from 1-month, 3-month, or 12-month plans. And right now, Thrive is offering all Doctor's Farmacy listeners a great deal, you’ll get up to $20 in shopping credit when you sign up, to spend on all your own favorite natural food, body, and household items. And any time you spend more than $49 you’ll get free carbon-neutral shipping. All you have to do is head over to thrivemarket.com/Hyman. Everyone gets off track from time to time, that’s why I founded a new company Farmacy to create best in class protocols that combine food, lifestyle habits, and supplementation to support true wellness. Our first protocol, The 10 Day Reset is a systems-based approach designed to help you get back on track and reclaim your health. Learn more at getfarmacy.com. Here are more of the details from our interview: How Max’s mother’s illnesses as well as her life and death inspire him to become an expert how how to fix your brain (5:56) The interconnectedness of our brains, our cognition, our emotional wellness and our gut health, hormones, heart health, and more (11:19) The effects of natural and artificial light on the body and the brain (16:18) The importance of our body’s relationship to temperature and how to activate our thermoregulatory pathways (22:20) Nature as medicine and how air pollution affects cognitive function (27:54) Vitamin D, its connection to Alzheimer’s and depression, and how to get optimal levels (32:04) Fasting, intermittent fasting, and early time restricted eating (43:43) The connection between brain health and exercise, the benefits of resistance training, how muscle supports the body, and high intensity interval training (50:21) Max’s new book The Genius Life and his 21-Day plan for genius living to help us reset our brain and body to its factory settings (59:11) Healing our relationship to food and the importance of avoiding ultra processed foods (1:02:24) Learn more about Max at https://www.maxlugavere.com/ and follow him on Facebook @MaxLugavere and on Instagram @maxlugavere. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We need to transform our food system and address one of the biggest threats to our well-being: our lack of a coordinated and comprehensive food policy. The outside influence that industrial food and agriculture lobbyists have on our policies encourages a food system that engenders disease. Lobbying power in Washington is rarely in the best interest of the public, supporting food and agriculture policies that undermine public health, harm the environment and increase private profits for Big Food. Big Food and Big Ag spend millions of dollars in Washington every year for the power to block policies that hurt their bottom lines and promote policies that make them money, whether or not it’s harmful to our society or the environment. On this week’s mini-episode, Dr. Mark Hyman talks about the dirty politics of Big Food, how that influences our government food policies, and why we need to change it. Learn more about these topics and the undeniable harm our food system is doing to human health and to the environment or climate in Dr. Hyman’s new book, Food Fix. foodfixbook.com

The thyroid tends to be an underappreciated organ, but despite being a small gland it has massive implications for your health. While thyroid disease can occur in various forms, one of the most common is called Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, an autoimmune disease where the body attacks the thyroid gland and diminishes its ability to create precious hormones—ones that impact every cell of the body. Hashimoto’s is the leading cause of hypothyroidism (an underactive thyroid) in the US and roughly 14 million people in the US are struggling with this diagnosis, with women at much higher risk, being 7 to 8 times more likely than men to get it. In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman is joined by Dr. Elizabeth Boham to review patient cases in which thyroid issues were treated. Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices functional medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing. Dr. Boham has contributed to many articles and wrote the latest chapter on Obesity for the Rankel Textbook of Family Medicine. She is part of the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and has been featured on the Dr. Oz show and in a variety of publications and media including Huffington Post, The Chalkboard Magazine, and Experience Life. Her DVD Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer explores the functional medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well. This episode is sponsored by AirDoctor. We need clean air not only to live but to create vibrant health and protect ourselves and loved ones from toxin exposure and disease. Learn more about the AirDoctor Professional Air Purifier system at a special price at www.drhyman.com/filter In this episode, Dr. Hyman and Dr. Boham discuss: Symptoms of hypothyroidism which can include sluggishness in the morning, poor concentration and memory, low-grade depression, dry skin, hoarse voice, thinning hair, coarse hair, being very sensitive to cold and having cold hands and feet, low body temperature, muscle pain, weakness or cramps, low sex drive, fluid retention, high cholesterol. Evaluating thyroid health by testing thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels as well as free T3, free T4, thyroid antibodies, reverse T3 testing, and DIO2 gene testing. Looking for associated problems such as gluten intolerance, food allergies, and heavy metals, as well as deficiencies of vitamin D, selenium, vitamin A, zinc, and omega-3 fats. Choosing foods that offer nutritional support for your thyroid, such as Eggs, sunflower seeds, whole grains, and brazil nuts. Just 1-2 brazil nuts a day can give your body all of the selenium it needs. Seafood and sea vegetables (such as nori, seaweed, and iodized salt) which are rich in iodine. Zinc-rich foods such as oysters, beef, poultry, beans, nuts, and seeds. Avoiding raw cruciferous vegetables and GMO soy. Instead, steam or cook cruciferous vegetables and eat non-GMO, whole food soy. Implementing lifestyle practices to support thyroid health such as reducing stress. Using supplements and medication to support thyroid health. Additional resources: “Could It Be Your Thyroid” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/04/10/could-it-be-your-thyroid/ “Thyroid Nourishing Recipes” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/03/26/thyroid-nourishing-recipes/ Supporting the Thyroid: Food as Medicine” https://ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/03/15/supporting-thyroid-food-medicine/ “6-Steps to Heal Your Thyroid” https://drhyman.com/blog/2015/06/10/a-comprehensive-6-step-strategy-to-heal-your-thyroid/

When I was growing up we had news sources we could trust. Under The Fairness Doctrine, news on the radio, TV, and in print was partial and fair. But in 1987 during the Reagan administration, this was repealed, leading to alternative media and more misinformation than ever before. And now with the internet, we are truly in the wild west of sharing information, collecting data, and trying to maintain privacy. Big companies take advantage of that from all angels with their marketing, which is now ultra-targeted (and often in ways you wouldn’t even be able to recognize). Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I sit down with Andy Russell to talk about what data really means, who has yours, how they got it, and how they use it. Andy is a digital media, ad-tech, marketing-tech, and data science innovator and pioneer as well as a self-taught Behavioral Economist. He has invested in, incubated, or run over 50 technology companies, including Daily Candy, Thrillist, Tasting Table, Idealbite, PureWow, Zynga, Betaworks, Business Insider, Sailthru, RapLeaf and LiveRamp, SpongeCell, AdRoll, and Bounce Exchange. He is the Founder and Chairman of Trigger Media, InsideHook, and Fevo. This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and Joovv. I recently discovered Joovv, a red light therapy device. Red light therapy is a super gentle non-invasive treatment where a device with medical-grade LEDs delivers concentrated light to your skin. It actually helps your cells produce collagen so it improves skin tone and complexion, diminishes signs of aging like wrinkles, and speeds the healing of wounds and scars. To check out the Joovv products for yourself head over to joovv.com/farmacy. Once you’re there, you’ll see a special bonus the Joovv team is giving away to my listeners. Use the code FARMACY at checkout. Now through March 29, 2020, new subscribers to ButcherBox will receive ground beef for life. When you sign up today, ButcherBox will send you 2 lbs of 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef free in every box for the life of your subscription. Plus listeners will get an additional $20 off their first box. All you have to do is head over to ButcherBox.com/farmacy. Here are more of the details from our interview: How much do sites like Facebook and Google watch our online actions and what are they doing with the information? (8:30) Why we have an unregulated internet (14:14) What does data really mean, who has yours, and how did they get it? (18:26) The repeal of The Fairness Doctrine and the regulation that alleviates digital platforms from responsibility for third-party content posted on their sites (24:42) The sale of your information by “Big Data” to Facebook and Google (27:27) How a computer or database can “know you better than you know yourself” (34:04) The current state of our personal data and political digital advertising (39:50) What we can learn from the Rwandan genocide (1:04:51) What you can do to know whether you’re being falsely advertised to (1:09:51) Should Facebook and Google get rid of political ads? (1:17:55)

It has been estimated that over the next 35 years, it's going to cost our society $95 trillion to address chronic disease. And not only is this affecting us economically, but our overall quality of life is decreasing. Imagine what we could do If we didn't have to spend as much money as we are currently spending on chronic disease. We would have enough money for other important things such as providing free education and healthcare. We could bring people up out of poverty, end social injustice, restore the environment, and help fund the reversal of climate change. By addressing the overall dysfunctions in the food system, we can solve these problems. The solutions exist and they will call on a lot of us to fix it—multiple sectors and stakeholders from citizens and consumers to businesses and farmers, to policymakers in every level of government, including city and state to nonprofits, philanthropists, scientists. By coming together we can transform the food system. Dr. Hyman speaks to all this and more in this mini-episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy. He also outlines the problems and the solutions in his new book, Food Fix. foodfixbook.com

Research has shown that for every 10% of your diet that comes from ultra-processed food, your risk of death goes up by 14%. Yet 60% of American diets are made up of ultra-processed food. And though the government tells us to eat more fruits and vegetables, existing food policy subsidizes thousands of acres of corn, soy, and wheat that are turned into processed junk food, while only 2% of our farmland is used to grow fruits and vegetables. In fact, if everybody ate the government-recommended amounts of vegetables and fruits, there actually wouldn’t be enough to go around. Part of what is driving these issues is that there is a major monopoly when it comes to seeds. Just a handful of companies control the majority of what and how crops are grown. We have to change our agricultural policies. Dr. Hyman dives into these topics and more in this mini-episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy. He also outlines the problems and the solutions in his new book, Food Fix. foodfixbook.com

Racism is still rampant in our country, and it might exist in places you didn’t expect it. For example, Black and Brown populations are at a higher risk of exposure to environmental toxins and have less access to high-quality medical care or clinical medical studies on their specific populations. This is a major problem that can’t be ignored. And it’s hugely impacting our economy and the success of future generations in multiple ways. Every year we spend 50 billion dollars and lose 23 million IQ points to lead toxicity alone, which affects people of color the most, regardless of social class and income level. Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy I sit down for an important conversation with Harriet Washington about these issues. Harriet has been the Shearing Fellow at the University of Nevada's Black Mountain Institute, a Research Fellow in Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School, a senior research scholar at the National Center for Bioethics at Tuskegee University, and a visiting scholar at DePaul University College of Law. She has held fellowships at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Stanford University. She is the author of Deadly Monopolies, Infectious Madness, and Medical Apartheid, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN/Oakland Award, and the American Library Association Black Caucus Nonfiction Award. Her new book, A Terrible Thing to Waste, is a “powerful and indispensable” looks at the devastating consequences of environmental racism—and what we can do to remedy its toxic effects on marginalized communities. This episode is brought to you by Thrive Market. Thrive Market has made it so easy for me to stay healthy, even with my intense travel schedule. Not only does Thrive offer 25 to 50% off all of my favorite brands, but they also give back. For every membership purchased, they give a membership to a family in need, and they make it easy to find the right membership for you and your family. You can choose from 1-month, 3-month, or 12-month plans. And right now, Thrive is offering all Doctor's Farmacy listeners a great deal, you’ll get up to $20 in shopping credit when you sign up, to spend on all your own favorite natural food, body, and household items. And any time you spend more than $49 you’ll get free carbon-neutral shipping. All you have to do is head over to thrivemarket.com/Hyman. Here are more of the details from our interview: Communities of color in America are being poisoned as a result of decisions and policies that expose them to dangerous levels of environmental toxins (5:29) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sanctioned case of toxic dumping in Afton, North Carolina (12:25) Lead poisoning, its effects on intelligence and cognition, and the populations it is most affecting (16:12) The lack of precautionary testing of chemicals in the United States (22:24) Unacknowledged fetal alcohol damage in Hispanic and African American communities (31:13) Environmental toxin rates among African American communities across all income levels (33:54) How to effectively test for and treat environmental toxin issues (39:38) What actions individuals and communities can take to protect themselves from environmental toxins (44:29) The connection between environmental racism and food injustice (48:39) The role that government, communities, and public health needs to play in protecting citizens from environmental toxins (1:06:57) Harriet Washington’s most recent book is A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind.

In honor of Dr. Hyman's newly released book, Food Fix (foodfixbook.com), we are sharing a recent interview he did on Revolution Health Radio with Chris Kresser. *** RHR: Fixing Our Broken Food System, with Dr. Mark Hyman I’ve often said that health is not just an individual endeavor—a multitude of other factors contribute to it, including our food system. In this episode of Revolution Health Radio, I talk with Dr. Mark Hyman about his upcoming book Food Fix, which delves deeply into the problems in our food system and discusses how they can worsen global crises like the chronic disease epidemic, climate change, poverty, and more. In this episode, we discuss: What’s wrong with our food system How our food system affects our children The role regulation can play in our health Access to healthy food in underserved populations The damage that our industrial food system causes Hyman’s Food Fix Campaign Show notes: Mark Hyman The UltraWellness Center Food Fix: How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet—One Bite at a Time, by Dr. Mark Hyman “RHR: How Sustainably Raised Cattle Help the Environment, with Will Harris,” Chris Kresser

Eleven million people die every year from a bad diet. In America, six out of ten Americans have a chronic disease; four out of ten have two or more chronic diseases. And this is not just an American problem. Eighty percent of the world's chronic disease and obesity is in the developing world. We know that food is driving the majority of this death and disease but no one is really talking about it. In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman explores the global chronic disease crisis being driven by food and the food system. He also breaks down the principles of his “Pegan” diet, a middle ground between vegan and Paleo, focused on whole-foods; primarily colorful, high-fiber vegetables like kale, cauliflower, peppers, and radishes; healthy fats like extra-virgin olive oil and avocados; some low-glycemic fruits like blueberries and blackberries; free-range meats and eggs, used more like condiments than as the star of the plate; anti-inflammatory nuts and seeds, and flavorful herbs and spices. Learn more about these all of topics in Dr. Hyman's new book, Food Fix. FoodFixBook.com

In honor of Dr. Hyman’s newly released book, Food Fix (foodfixbook.com), we are sharing a recent interview he did on The Drive with Peter Attia MD. *** Mark Hyman, M.D.: The impact of the food system on our health and the environment In this episode, Mark Hyman, M.D., director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine and the author of Food Fix, discusses that if we can fix the food system, we can solve many big problems—namely the chronic disease/obesity epidemic, the rising costs of healthcare, as well as the big problems facing the environment. Mark first briefly lays out the health consequences of processed food with a focus on the gut microbiome. From there, Mark discusses the environmental consequences of industrial farming and lays out how we can affect change on the individual level, through policy and regulations, and perhaps most importantly through regenerative agriculture. Additionally, Mark talks about the potential health risks of consuming GMO foods, herbicides, and other chemicals used in industrial farming as well as the environmental consequences, such as the loss of soil, caused by those same fertilizers and methods of farming. We discuss: The negative consequences of the existing food environment [3:46]; What makes processed food so unhealthy? [9:21]; The gut microbiome: Inflammation from gut permeability and how to measure gut health [18:51]; Steps to fixing a bad gut—The Five R’s [24:51]; Some staggering health statistics, and which races might be more genetically susceptible [27:36]; An argument for government regulations and policies to fight back against a massive food industry with unlimited resources (and what we can learn from the tobacco story) [29:21]; Industrial farming and climate change: The degradation of soil and use of fertilizer [42:06]; Regenerative agriculture: Could it be the answer to food waste, our health problems, and the environment? [52:06]; Comparing the Impossible Burger to regeneratively raised beef [1:06:21]; GMO and Roundup—The potential health risks of consuming GMO foods sprayed with Roundup (glyphosate) and other herbicides and pesticides [1:08:36]; How the livelihood of farmers are being affected by big ag companies and the current industrial farming system [1:16:51]; The loss of biodiversity in our food, and what “organic” really means [1:19:21]; What can people do on the individual level to protect themselves as well as affect change to the toxic food system? [1:25:21]; What role does the USDA play in this “toxic” food environment and how do we fix it? [1:30:36]; The top 3 changes Mark would make if he was “food czar” [1:35:36]; Mark’s rebuttal against the argument that it’s best for the environment if we stop farming animals and move to a fully plant-based diet (and his argument for “agriculture 2.0") [1:36:51]; What is Mark’s overall mission with the work that he’s doing? [1:40:51]; Bread in the US vs. Europe: Why does bread (and wheat products) taste different and potentially cause less health problems in Europe versus the US? [1:42:21]; and More. Learn more: https://peterattiamd.com/ Show notes page for this episode: https://peterattiamd.com/markhyman Subscribe to receive exclusive subscriber-only content: https://peterattiamd.com/subscribe/ Sign up to receive Peter's email newsletter: https://peterattiamd.com/newsletter/ Connect with Peter on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram.

How can we reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages? There are efforts globally around the world looking at soda taxes as a solution for bringing down the consumption of foods that we know cause obesity and chronic disease. When those taxes are paired with incentives for eating healthy food, it's a win-win for everybody. Consuming more healthy food and less soda creates more productivity, lower healthcare costs, and less chronic disease. Yet we see organizations such as the American Beverage Association spending millions of dollars fighting soda taxes. It’s obvious that they wouldn't spend that kind of money if they didn't think they would lose profits from a soda tax. Dr. Hyman talks about all this and more in this mini-episode. Learn more about these topics and the actions we can take for more transparency from the government and corporations in Dr. Hyman's new book, Food Fix. FoodFixBook.com

In honor of Dr. Hyman’s upcoming book, Food Fix (foodfixbook.com), out on February 25th we are sharing a recent interview he did on The School of Greatness with Lewis Howes. *** Build Your Health to Build Your Wealth with Dr. Mark Hyman Wealth without health isn't wealth at all. Let's say you're the richest person in the world. You have anything and everything you could ever want. You've started companies, written books, gone on tours—you name it. But your body isn't in the best shape. You've put it second to your career goals. And now, it's starting to show. Your health is a different kind of wealth. Taking care of your finances is important, but so is taking care of your body. If you neglect your body, your body will neglect you. As you age, this only gets harder. You won't be able to enjoy life because you'll feel tired, sick, or miserable. Of course, exercise is vital to maintaining good health, but so are the foods that you eat. The food we eat has an impact on our brain chemistry, our physical health, our community, and even climate change! It's easy to eat the processed food that's offered to us daily, but if we want to start investing in our health, it's time for a change. If there's one person who knows how to help, it's Dr. Mark Hyman. Dr. Mark Hyman is leading a health revolution—one revolved around using food as medicine to support longevity, energy, mental clarity, happiness, and so much more. Dr. Hyman is a practicing family physician and an internationally recognized leader, speaker, educator, and advocate in the field of Functional Medicine. He's the founder and director of The UltraWellness Center, is the Head of Strategy and Innovation of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, AND is the Board President for Clinical Affairs for The Institute for Functional Medicine. And somehow, in the midst of all this, he's a twelve-time New York Times bestselling author and hosts one of the leading health podcasts, The Doctor's Farmacy. He's also a regular medical contributor on several television shows and networks, including CBS This Morning, the Today Show, Good Morning America, The View, The Dr. Oz Show, and CNN. Needless to say, he's an expert. Dr. Hyman is one of my favorite people to learn from about health because he is so honest about what’s going on. Instead of trying to push his own agenda, he’s got humanity’s best interest at heart. If you're wanting to invest in your health, look no further! Join me on Episode 916 with Dr. Mark Hyman to learn how eating the right foods can make you healthier and happier. In This Episode, You Will Learn: How many people in the U.S. are actually sick (4:28) The truth about what diabetes is and what causes it (9:55) The history of processed food and what it does to the environment (14:50) How much food we waste annually (19:48) Why the FDA doesn’t regulate food the way other countries do (21:32) How the food industry convinces people bad food is safe (26:22) Why nut milks can be problematic (47:58) Plus much more… If you enjoyed this episode, show notes and more at http://www.lewishowes.com/916 and follow at instagram.com/lewishowes

In honor of Dr. Hyman’s upcoming book, Food Fix (foodfixbook.com), out on February 25th we are sharing a recent interview he did on Feel Better, Live More with Dr. Rangan Chatterjee. *** Why We Need To Fix Our Food System with Mark Hyman Is it possible to create a food system that promotes health, not disease? One that regenerates ecosystems, reverses climate change and ensures no one, least of all the poorest in society, is endangered? My guest on this week’s podcast believes it is. He is functional medicine doctor and New York Times bestselling author, Dr Mark Hyman. Mark and I talk about everything from how processed food is addictive by design, to the powerful role good nutrition, from real food, could have in hospitals, schools and prisons. We discuss why soil depletion from intensive farming is one of the biggest drivers of climate change – and why that vegan burger may not be the environmentally friendly option. Despite the serious subject matter of this conversation, I’m sure you’ll come away feeling hopeful. Mark doesn’t simply highlight the problems we’re facing. He identifies the ‘fix’, providing practical, positive solutions. It’s a call to action that we can all do our bit to answer. Show notes available at drchatterjee.com/98 Follow me on instagram.com/drchatterjee/ Follow me on facebook.com/DrChatterjee/ Follow me on twitter.com/drchatterjeeuk DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

It’s time we stopped thinking about the way we eat only in terms of our health—we need to recognize the global impact of food. We need to eat in a way that combines good science with common sense. We need to not just include our health in the equation but also the biodiversity of the planet and our ability to grow food for future generations. So how do we do that? We’ve all been told we should go vegan to save the planet, but even if you don’t eat animals conventional agriculture kills 7 billion animals a year through habitat destruction. Not to mention, massive amounts of greenhouse gases are emitted to produce processed soy foods even if you completely avoid beef. Then people preach Paleo or keto but eat lots of factory-farmed meat, which also produces massive amounts of greenhouse gases, and is not something you want to put in your body. Our food system is fundamentally flawed. That’s why I wrote my new book Food Fix that just hit shelves yesterday! To share all the solutions for creating a food system that helps both our bodies and the planet thrive. I’m really excited to tell you more about it. This week on The Doctor’s Farmacy we’re sharing part two of the conversation we started last week, with my good friend and business partner Dhru Purohit as the host. We dig into the problems that led me to write Food Fix and how we can all take action starting today. This episode is brought to you by Joovv and ButcherBox. I recently discovered Joovv, a red light therapy device. Red light therapy is a super gentle non-invasive treatment where a device with medical-grade LEDs delivers concentrated light to your skin. It actually helps your cells produce collagen so it improves skin tone and complexion, diminishes signs of aging like wrinkles, and speeds the healing of wounds and scars. To check out the Joovv products for yourself head over to joovv.com/farmacy. Once you’re there, you’ll see a special bonus the Joovv team is giving away to my listeners. Use the code FARMACY at checkout. Now through March 29, 2020, new subscribers to ButcherBox will receive ground beef for life. When you sign up today, ButcherBox will send you 2 lbs of 100% grass-fed, grass finished beef free in every box for the life of your subscription. Plus listeners will get an additional $20 off their first box. All you have to do is head over to ButcherBox.com/farmacy. Here are more of the details from our interview: Why veganism isn’t the solution to climate change (6:17) What is regenerative agriculture? (9:12) The environmental effects an Impossible Burger vs a regeneratively-raised beef burger (10:19) The Pegan diet, and my principles for how to eat (15:02) Why I’ve cut back on eating almonds (19:07) My daily diet and how I practice intermittent fasting (21:00) How food pharmacies would save us money (30:50) How the food industry tricks consumers and keeps us sick (35:25) The good news and positive change in the food industry (40:50) Why I wrote my new book, Food Fix, available now! (44:34)

U.S. taxpayers are footing the bill for the growing of processed foods (through agricultural subsidies for the raw materials of processed food—namely wheat, corn, and soy), and for providing the poor quality processed food and soda to the poor (through our food stamps program). Yet the federal government has repeatedly denied cities and states the right to enact basic policy reform measures, despite evidence to show that incentivizing healthy food and disincentivizing unhealthy food has been proven effective. And it is not just bureaucrats who have opposed policy change. Many anti-hunger groups and national food banks, like the Food Research Action Center, or FRAC, have used their political influence to resist efforts to ban sugary drinks from the food stamp program, or SNAP. In this mini-epissode, Dr. Hyman examines three government agencies that are promoting unhealthy foods and how a change in food policy could shift our health and the health of our communities and planet. Learn more in Dr. Hyman's new book, Food Fix. foodfixbook.com

In honor of Dr. Hyman’s upcoming book, Food Fix (foodfixbook.com), out on February 25th we are sharing a recent interview he did on Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. Watch Impact Theory at https://www.youtube.com/tombilyeu *** Mark Hyman on Why You Need to Examine Your Entire Health History to Heal Properly | Health Theory Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu Functional medicine aims to uncover the laws of biology, treats the human body as an ecosystem, and is about creating health, not just curing illness. Mark Hyman is one of the foremost practitioners of functional medicine, one of its earliest advocates, and is certainly one of its best spokesmen. On this episode of Health Theory with Tom Bilyeu, Mark Hyman explains the rationale behind functional medicine and describes its most important features. He also gives detailed advice on improving the diet, talks about what it means to say that food is information, and discusses the connection between the body, mind, gut and brain. Get a copy of Mark's new book "Food Fix" here: https://amzn.to/38mWyY8 SHOW NOTES: What does it mean to say the body is an ecosystem? [1:18] How do you find the root cause of an illness? [2:50] Functional medicine is about creating health, not curing illness [5:45] How should you deal with bacterial overgrowth in the upper gut? [9:42] Mark explains how to test your microbiome [11:10] There is lots of conflicting information on nutrition but there are some common principles [14:17] Factory vegetarian diets harm the environment, but regenerative meat diets help [18:54] Why should we eat more vegetables? [21:07] What are the laws of biology regarding diet and nutrition? [22:56] Soy traditionally was processed in a very different way than it is now [26:07] All food is information [27:37] Mark describes the dietary principles nearly everyone should follow [28:54] Which kinds of vegetables should you be eating? [33:49] Mark explains the effects of eliminating the most toxic foods from a diet [35:33] We have the most inflammatory diet in history, and it directly causes illness [37:54] Mark shares his journey towards Buddhism, wisdom and compassion [40:47] Your brain, mind, body and gut are all connected [43:03] Mark shares the one change people need to make [47:48] FOLLOW MARK: WEBSITE: drhyman.com INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/31IKBcR FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/2tN13MP TWITTER: https://bit.ly/2vpGFS4

Sales are going down for soda and processed food in the US and Europe, but they're dramatically rising in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, and it's not by accident. It's by design. The globalization of our processed industrial food has allowed Big Food and Big Agriculture to flood the world with disease causing products. Food companies are transforming local diets, uprooting healthy traditional foods that people have been eating for centuries, and replacing them with ultra-processed frankenfoods. It's a huge problem. Dr. Hyman dives in to the topic of globalized junk food and much more in this mini-episode. You can also learn more about these topics in Dr. Hyman's new book, Food Fix. www.foodfixbook.com

The way we grow food now is destroying our ability to grow it in the future. And the way we’re growing it now is making us sicker and more broke than ever before. Food is our #1 killer, even more so than smoking and guns.Our government supports the overproduction of the top crops for processed foods—corn, soy, and wheat—and Big Food reaps the benefits by turning them into sugary, starchy, highly addictive foods that cause chronic diseases. Diseases that are killing us and could be prevented. This all comes down to our food system. The way food is grown, transported, processed, consumed, and wasted in our country is contributing to these problems and so much more—especially some of our most urgent ones like climate change. That’s why I wrote my new book Food Fix: How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet—One Bite at a Time. And today on The Doctor’s Farmacy I’m excited to trade places and be the interviewee with my good friend, business partner, and host of The Broken Brain Podcast, Dhru Purohit. When I got very sick decades ago, I took on the mission to use Functional Medicine to help myself and my patients get over needless suffering. There are so many things we can do to prevent unnecessary health struggles and related deaths, and food is one of the most powerful. This episode is brought to you by Thrive Market. Thrive Market has made it so easy for me to stay healthy, even with my intense travel schedule. Not only does Thrive offer 25 to 50% off all of my favorite brands, but they also give back. For every membership purchased, they give a membership to a family in need, and they make it easy to find the right membership for you and your family. You can choose from 1-month, 3-month, or 12-month plans. And right now, Thrive is offering all Doctor's Farmacy listeners a great deal, you’ll get up to $20 in shopping credit when you sign up, to spend on all your own favorite natural food, body, and household items. And any time you spend more than $49 you’ll get free carbon-neutral shipping. All you have to do is head over to thrivemarket.com/Hyman. Here are more of the details from our interview: When I realized I had to get out of the doctor’s office to get my patients healthy (11:12) Who is most affected by our food system? (14:06) The lack of nutrition guidelines in our Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps (23:21) How the way we grow food is destroying our ability to grow food in the future (30:54) The connection between our food system and climate change, as both a cause and a solution (35:21) The solution to food waste (47:53) Why your participation is needed to bring about global food policy shifts (52:49) How my early life experiences and education led to my advocacy energy and interest in social justice and spirituality (58:18) The biggest threat to global economic development (1:08:12 How starting at the seed level solves all of our global crises (1:12:09) Visit foodfixbook.com for more information about my new book, Food Fix, and for bonus material including the Food Fix Action Guide and my Longevity Masterclass.

Money is corrupting science, our government’s food policies, and the media. So where is this money coming from? There is a multi-trillion dollar global food industry that is growing, processing, manufacturing, marketing, and serving food like substances that are making us sick and fat. They are cheap to make and rake in big profits for ”Big Food” which is furiously promoting false science. And many of the nutrition myths that are prevalent today were spread like propaganda by the food industry. Taxpayers are footing the bill for the growing of processed foods (through agricultural subsidies for the raw materials of processed food—namely wheat, corn, and soy), and for providing the poor quality processed food and soda to the poor (through our food stamps program). Then, we also pay for the costs of obesity and chronic disease caused by that food through Medicaid and Medicare. Not to mention the costs of soil degradation, depletion of our water supplies, climate change, and the widespread damage to humans and ecosystems from pesticides. This is because the food industry lobbyists push policies that use our tax dollars against us. Dr. Hyman talks about all this and more in this mini-episode. Learn more about these topics and the actions we can take for more transparency from the government and corporations in Dr. Hyman's new book, Food Fix. FoodFixBook.com