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Relationships can feel complicated. We often go into them looking for others to fulfill whatever we refuse to give ourselves. We want our unmet needs to be met by this other person, without doing the inner work to help ourselves. Owning our needs actually makes it easier for other people to meet our needs. This sounds counterintuitive, but it’s one of those breakthroughs that can really turn toxic relationship patterns around. 

Today I’m excited to share a conversation with my good friend Angelika Alana, all about tuning into our bodies, our physical and emotional needs, and healing our connection to ourselves and others. Angelika is the founder and CEO of the Somatic Healing Institute. She has been featured in Vanity Fair, Well+Good, and Modern Luxury. She certifies coaches and facilitators in her transformational body-based healing method. She has traveled and studied extensively in Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, and the UK, and is a massive foodie with her husband Patrick Drake, co-founder of Hello Fresh.

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• Angelika’s journey into somatic and sexual healing work (6:38 / 2:47) 
• Getting out of your head and into your body (10:59 / 7:20) 
• Creating space from our emotions to safely integrate pain (16:43 / 12:06) 
• How to locate your wounds (21:15 / 17:10) 
• Client stories from Angelika’s work (24:41 / 19:28) 
• What happens in a typical somatic healing session? (34:12 / 28:59) 
• Moving out of a toxic relationship framework (38:24 / 33:12) 
• How to know if you’re in a toxic relationship or a healing relationship (42:29 / 37:12) 
• Learning new skills to succeed in sex and relationships (49:32 / 42:32) 
• Holding more complexity with care (54:02 / 49:03) 

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Our gut, and the tons of bacteria that reside within it, regulates many of our bodily functions, from creating vitamins to controlling our immune system, our brain function, and, of course, our metabolism and weight. The gut is the number-one place to investigate when healing the body of any chronic symptoms or diseases. If your gut isn’t healthy, you’re not healthy!

In this episode of my Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about why prebiotics are vital in creating a healthy gut. These are the things your good gut bugs love to munch on. In turn, they produce beneficial compounds such as short-chain fatty acids, which have been shown to help prevent things like colon cancer. 

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• Why is gut health so crucial? (6:07 / 1:46)
• Resistant starch (9:48 / 5:33)
• How and why to increase short-chain fatty acids (13:56 / 9:42)
• The many benefits of acacia fiber (16:19 / 11:58)
• Galactooligosaccharides for gut health (18:22 / 14:00)
• Probiotics, prebiotics, and polyphenols in my meals (21:44 / 16:00)
• One prebiotic food that everyone should consider eating (24:39 / 19:00)
• Questions from my community (27:27 / 21:42)

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Have you ever wondered what the worst candy or cereal for your blood sugar is, or what the best thing to order at your favorite restaurant might be? Thanks to continuous glucose monitors, this is knowledge we’ll all be able to take advantage of in the near future. With insulin resistance playing a key role in the majority of the chronic diseases of our time, monitoring how our blood sugar responds to different foods is a huge step towards health.

In today's episode, I talk with Dr. Casey Means, Jessie Inchauspé, and Dhru Purohit about the best and the worst foods to eat for glucose management, as well as tips and tricks for combining food for optimal blood sugar balance.

Dr. Casey Means is a Stanford-trained physician, Chief Medical Officer and Cofounder of the metabolic health company Levels, an associate editor of the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention, and a guest lecturer at Stanford University. Her mission is to maximize human potential and reverse the epidemic of preventable chronic disease by empowering individuals with tools that can facilitate a deep understanding of our bodies and inform personalized and sustainable dietary and lifestyle choices.  

Jessie holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from King's College London and a master’s degree in biochemistry from Georgetown University. Her work at a genetic analysis start-up in Silicon Valley made her realize that, as the key to good health, food habits beat genetics. In her first book, Glucose Revolution, Jessie shares her startling discovery about the essential role of blood sugar in every aspect of our lives, from cravings to fertility, and the surprising hacks to optimize it while still eating the foods we love.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

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Many of us are feeling a crisis of meaning; feeling we’ve lost our way amongst the stressors and distractions of modern life. We are more isolated, divided, and sick than ever before. Personally, I always turn to nature when I’m feeling lost. And in traveling, talking to interesting people, and learning about the world, I’ve found that ancient cultures and their relationships to nature can teach us volumes when it comes to rediscovering connection, health, and meaning. 

Today, I’m excited to share a conversation I had with Wade Davis, all about culture, the depth of the natural world, belief systems, ethnobotany, psychedelics, and more. Wade Davis is a writer, photographer, and filmmaker. Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society from 2000 to 2013, he is currently Professor of Anthropology and the BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of 23 books, including One River, The Wayfinders, and Into the Silence, and he was the winner of the 2012 Samuel Johnson prize, the top nonfiction prize in the English language. His latest book is Magdalena: River of Dreams. Wade’s many film credits include Light at the Edge of the World, an eight-hour documentary series written and produced for the NGS. 

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• Wade’s early experiences that first got him interested in anthropology (5:56 / 3:24)
• Why western culture is actually an anomaly, not the norm (7:57 / 5:23)
• Our misguided understanding of the purpose of culture (18:00 / 15:50) 
• Why ancient wisdom matters in the modern world (20:40 / 18:57) 
• The nature of life (22:48 / 20:50)
• Human commonalities among all cultural expressions (27:30 / 23:08)
• The value of language and storytelling (29:36 / 24:28) 
• Why biologically, the concept of race is utter fiction (31:27 / 27:06)  
• Psychedelics and our relationship to nature and plant medicines (37:27 / 33:20) 
• Communicating with plants (1:01:22 / 39:35) 

Learn more about Wade Davis at daviswade.com.

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Probiotics are critical to protecting and rebuilding the gut. They compete with bad gut bugs and yeast, modulate intestinal function, and are essential to changing and improving immune function. They are also anti-inflammatory, they help us break down food, and they build nutrients. In this episode of my Masterclass series, the second in a series on gut health, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about how probiotics work in the gut, the best fermented foods to eat, and much more.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• Why we need probiotics (5:32 / 1:52)
• Top insults to our gut (7:04 /  3:25)
• Evaluating store-bought probiotics, including kombucha (8:08 / 4:26)
• What probiotics do (10:06 / 6:28) 
• Different strains for different symptoms (14:43 / 10:50) 
• The top fermented foods (18:34 / 14:46)
• Bacteria in the gut and your immune system (24:05 / 18:51)
• Who shouldn’t eat fermented foods (26:25 / 20:18)
• Steps to shape up our guts (28:48 / 23:46) 
• The downside of antibiotics and supporting the gut (34:15 / 28:57)

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Heart disease is the number-one killer in the world, and it is often thought of as a cholesterol problem. When you take a closer look, however, there are other factors that drive this chronic disease that can’t be fixed by the most commonly prescribed medication: statin drugs. The way you eat, how much you exercise, how you manage stress, and more all contribute to heart disease.

In this episode, I talk with Dr. Aseem Malhotra, Dr. Stanley Hazen, and Dr. Cindy Geyer about why heart disease is easier to prevent than to reverse, why statins are not the answer in most cases, and how the gut microbiome is connected to heart health.

Dr. Aseem Malhotra is an NHS-trained consultant, cardiologist, and visiting professor of Evidence-Based Medicine at the Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health in Salvador, Brazil. He is a pioneer of the lifestyle medicine movement in the UK and in 2018 was ranked by software company Onalytica as the number-one doctor in the world influencing obesity thinking. He is the author of, The Pioppi Diet, coauthored with Donal O'Neill, The 21-Day Immunity Plan, and, A Statin-Free Life.

Dr. Stanley Hazen is both the chair of the Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine at the Lerner Research Institute and section head of Preventive Cardiology & Rehabilitation at the Heart and Vascular Institute of the Cleveland Clinic. He’s published more than 400 peer-reviewed articles and has over 50 patents from his pioneering discoveries in atherosclerosis and inflammatory disease. Dr. Hazen made the seminal discovery linking microbial pathways to the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease.

Dr. Cindy Geyer received her Bachelor of Science and her Doctor of Medicine degrees, with honors, from the Ohio State University. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY, and is triple board certified in internal medicine, integrative medicine, and lifestyle medicine. She joined The Ultrawellness Center in 2021 after practicing and serving as the medical director at Canyon Ranch for 23 years.

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As humans, we’re natural storytellers. We like telling our friends the funny thing that happened at work, but we’re also really good at making up stories about things that happen in life and applying them to our identity and worldview. We can start believing these stories all too easily. But, they’re actually just stories! And we have a choice about what we believe and how we create our reality. 

I’m so excited to share this conversation I recently had with my good friend Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, all about cultivating greater health and happiness by breaking down the barriers we’ve put up in our own minds.  Dr. Rangan Chatterjee is regarded as one of the most influential doctors in the UK. Host of the #1 Apple podcast, Feel Better, Live More, and presenter of BBC 1’s Doctor in the House, Dr. Chatterjee is the author of 5 Sunday Times bestselling books and his TED Talk, “How to Make Diseases Disappear,” has now been viewed over 4.8 million times. His newest book is Happy Mind, Happy Life: The New Science of Mental Well-Being.

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• The three pillars of core happiness (7:35 / 3:13)
• What we can learn from Holocaust survivors about happiness (10:58 / 7:06) 
• Using moments of social friction to your own benefit (14:42 / 11:00) 
• How happiness affects our health (20:28 / 16:22) 
• The connection between illness and forgiveness (29:28 / 23:50) 
• How your brain reacts when you’re triggered (34:29 / 29:14)
• Training your brain for happiness (36:12 / 30:16) 
• Dr. Chatterjee’s morning routine (42:58 / 37:19) 
• How your inner voice is affecting your happiness and health (46:20 / 41:32) 
• Toxic positivity and happiness in the midst of grief and loss (1:02:59 / 57:22) 

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The gut microbiome plays a role in every disease, so why aren’t we doing more to protect and restore it? One third to one half of all Americans have gut issues due to the constant consumption of industrialized foods, glyphosate, food additives, and more. This is a problem—and it’s time for us to take action.

In this episode of my Masterclass series, the first in a series on gut health, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about the importance of polyphenols for our gut health. We also discuss my gut-health journey, which led me to dig deep into understanding the value of a healthy gut and diverse microbiome, and how to get there.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• The number-one thing that causes gut issues (3:57 / 1:28)
• Why are we in this mess? (5:08 / 2:37)
• My gut-health journey (12:29 / 9:43)
• What the research shows us about polyphenols (18:50 / 15:45)
• Compounds and phytochemicals in food that act like medicine (28:14 / 23:44)
• Two things that change a microbiome for the better (35:06 / 30:31)
• The best foods to incorporate into our diets (39:57 / 35:18)
• Zonulin and how it contributes to a leaky gut (51:11 / 45:55)
• Prebiotics, probiotics, and polyphenols found in Gut Food (1:02:38 / 57:58)
• The importance of powerful polyphenols (1:12:25 / 1:06:42)

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Skin problems like acne, psoriasis, and eczema are often treated with over-the-counter lotions, creams, and potions or even with antibiotics. But while these options may reduce symptoms temporarily, they don't get to the root cause of the problem. In Functional Medicine, we dig deep to determine the underlying cause of skin issues, which often originate in the gut—treat the gut, and the skin clears up.

In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Elizabeth Boham, Dhru Purohit, and Dr. Todd LePine about the pathophysiology of acne, why diet matters for skin health, and how gut health is related to skin health.

Dr. 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.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

Dr. 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 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 enjoys skiing, kayaking, hiking, camping, and golfing in the beautiful Berkshires and is a fitness enthusiast.

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Over the past few weeks, I’ve been sharing episodes from my Longevity Roadmap docu-series. We’ve covered how to optimize hormones, eat intentionally, increase and preserve brain function, and create healthy habits—all to help you live as well as possible for as long as possible. 

Today, we’re going to help you bring it all together. Most diseases of aging are starting younger and younger. So whether you’re in your 20s, 40s, 60s, or beyond, it’s never too late to prevent and even reverse the process we’ve come to call aging. Along with my colleagues Dr. Elizabeth Boham and Dr. Todd LePine, we’ll review the key takeaways you can start using right away to optimize your health for your specific phase of life. 

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• How to optimize health at every age and stage of life (5:20 / 1:44) 
• Supporting your gut health as you age (7:43 / 4:08) 
• The gut microbiome and its impact on cancer risk (12:03 / 8:30) 
• Diagnostic testing to determine where you are on the aging spectrum (16:13 / 12:40) 
• Making your body an unwelcome place for cancer growth (26:40 / 22:40) 
• Assessing thyroid and overall hormone health (29:12 / 24:19) 
• Assessing memory, cognitive function, and overall brain health (33:27 / 28:34)
• The importance of identifying your “why” for achieving optimal health and longevity (40:23 / 35:33) 

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​​What you eat literally controls almost every function of your body and mind. Food connects us to one another and to our bodies. At the same time, what we eat is only one “ingredient” needed to make a healthy human. We need real, whole, fresh food, but we also need things like movement, connection, meaning, and purpose. When you take out the bad stuff and put in the good stuff, you create balance. Your body knows how to create health from those ingredients.

In this episode, I feature an in-depth discussion on the importance of community, mindset, and optimism when it comes to increasing our healthspan from my Longevity Roadmap docu-series. In this series, I am joined by my colleagues at The UltraWellness Center: Elizabeth Boham, MD, MS, RD, Medical Director and Physician; Todd LePine, MD, Physician; and George Papanicolaou, DO, Physician. In this conversation we also delve into the fascinating topic of innovative anti-aging therapies based on the newest longevity research. 

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Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, and Great Plains. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com.

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• The commonalities between communities with the longest-lived, healthy people (4:13 / 1:06) 
• The importance of your mindset as it relates to your health and gene expression (11:12 / 8:02) 
• Mobility and health (14:39 / 11:28)
• Exercising for longevity (17:29 / 12:50) 
• Understanding our body’s natural rhythms (18:21 / 15:16)  
• Optimizing sleep (22:13 / 16:57)
• Emerging therapies for health and longevity (27:04 / 22:16)
• Keeping our mitochondria young (36:53 / 31:37) 
• How small stressors to our body can be good for us (40:01 / 34:54) 
• The foundational pillars of health (43:49 / 38:33)

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Experiencing feelings of grief is a natural part of the human experience. While it can be difficult to sit with hard feelings such as grief, avoiding our emotions only makes them louder. Through practice, we can learn to accept our feelings in the moment. We can work to break the pattern of being at war with the present moment and let our feelings come and go as needed.  

In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Joan Rosenberg, Susan David, and Tara Brach about situations that prompt grief, why facing our emotions is healthier than bottling them up, and how to accept difficult emotions.

Dr. Joan Rosenberg is a cutting-edge psychologist who is known as an innovative thinker, acclaimed speaker, and trainer. A California-licensed psychologist, Dr. Rosenberg speaks on how to build confidence, emotional strength, and resilience; achieving emotional, conversational, and relationship mastery; integrating neuroscience and psychotherapy; and suicide prevention. She is the author of 90 Seconds to a Life You Love: How to Master Your Difficult Feelings to Cultivate Lasting Confidence, Resilience, and Authenticity.

Susan David, PhD, is one of the world’s leading management thinkers and an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist. Her book, Emotional Agility, describes the psychological skills critical to thriving in times of complexity and change. Susan’s TED Talk on the topic went viral, with over 1 million views in its first week of release. She is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal and a frequent guest on national radio and television. Susan is the CEO of Evidence Based Psychology, on the faculty at Harvard Medical School, a cofounder of the Institute of Coaching (a Harvard Medical School/McLean affiliate), and on the Scientific Advisory Boards of Thrive Global and Virgin Pulse.

Tara Brach holds a PhD in clinical psychology and teaches meditation internationally. Founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, DC (IMCW), Tara is the author of the bestsellers Radical Acceptance, Radical Compassion, True Refuge, and her latest book, Trusting the Gold. Tara’s weekly podcasts are downloaded over 2 million times each month. 

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Our bodies are literally made out of the food we eat. So ask yourself, do you want to be a twinkie or a raspberry? Real, whole foods contain information in the form of vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fats, protein, phytonutrients, and fiber. These compounds impact every node of the Functional Medicine matrix, like our vascular and immune systems, detox and energy pathways, microbiome, and everything in between. 

That’s why food is our most powerful tool for getting our healthspan to match our lifespan. Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, we’re featuring an episode of The Longevity Roadmap docu-series devoted to using the power of food for optimal health and longevity. I’m joined by my colleagues from The UltraWellness Center, Dr. Elizabeth Boham and Dr. Todd LePine.

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• The biggest factor controlling your genes (6:01 / 1:08) 
• The origins of the Pegan diet (8:49 / 5:50) 
• What not to eat (11:13 / 8:00)
• What I eat on a typical day (12:27 / 9:18) 
• Why all carbohydrates are not equal (15:52 / 12:41) 
• Determining the right amount of carbohydrates and protein for you (20:13 / 17:40) 
• The elimination diet (26:39 / 21:40) 
• Foods that enhance our stem cells, repair DNA damage, and improve immune system functionality (31:07 / 26:10) 
• Activating your body’s healing mechanisms through stress, or hormesis (34:14 / 29:30) 
• How to eat for health (36:43 / 31:40) 

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Losing our memories and the things that define us is one of the scariest things someone can face. Preserving, supporting, and even strengthening brain function is crucial to optimal aging. This is why, in today’s episode, we explore the underlying cause of brain dysfunction, the fascinating link between your gut and your brain, and steps you can take to keep your brain in tip-top shape. You’ll learn how to prevent cognitive decline and optimize your brain function. 

In this episode, I’ll be featuring an in-depth discussion on brain health from my Longevity Roadmap docu-series. In this series, I am joined by my colleagues at The UltraWellness Center: Elizabeth Boham, MD, MS, RD, Medical Director and Physician; Todd LePine, MD, Physician; and George Papanicolaou, DO, Physician.

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• Why scientists are now referring to Alzheimer’s as type 3 diabetes (5:00 / 2:18)  
• Fixing your brain starts with fixing your body (6:41 / 4:00) 
• What’s happening in your brain in your 30s and 40s? (8:06 / 5:20) 
• The first place to start to avoid early cognitive decline (9:32 / 6:50) 
• Assessing and addressing genetic risk factors for neurodegenerative conditions (12:19 / 9:33)
• Supporting memory with lifestyle and diet (16:07 / 11:00) 
• Shifting our thinking on dementia and longevity (21:41 / 17:20) 
• The top things that damage our brains (24:40 / 20:20) 
• Improving brain function with nootropics (29:50 / 25:27) 
• The mind-body connection (35:40 / 31:18)

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Psychedelics have gotten a bad rap. Often associated with the small period of time they became popular in the 1960s, they were researched in clinical, cultural, and spiritual contexts for many decades prior to that. Now we are seeing an uptick in the interest of drugs like this, which include compounds like psilocybin from certain species of mushrooms, for therapeutic uses. Trials are finding amazing effects on anxiety, depression, PTSD, and fear of death by using psychedelics in a responsible and highly controlled environment. 

In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Anthony Bossis, Michael Pollan, and Rameshwar Das about the neurobiology of psychedelics, how they can help to shift mindset, and the story of Ram Dass.

Anthony P. Bossis, PhD, conducts FDA-approved clinical trials in the reemerging field of psychedelic research. He is a clinical psychologist and clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine, where he investigates the effects of psilocybin, a naturally occurring compound found in specific species of mushrooms.

Michael Pollan is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Cooked, Food Rules, In Defense of Food, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Botany of Desire, How to Change Your Mind, and This Is Your Mind on Plants. 

Rameshwar Das has been navigating a spiritual path for 50 years. Ramesh met Ram Dass in 1968 and spent time with Neem Karoli Baba in India from 1970–72. He learned Vipassana meditation from Goenka in India. Ramesh has worked as an artist, photographer, environmentalist, and writer. He has collaborated on many projects with Ram Dass over the years, including the original Be Here Now and the Love Serve Remember recordings, and he has coauthored three books with Ram Dass: Be Love Now, Polishing the Mirror, and Being Ram Dass.

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Hormones are like a symphony, with each one acting as a specialized instrument to keep our bodies in tune. But as we age, those instruments start to get a little rusty. Small changes over time create a variety of imbalances, until one day we wake up realizing we’re flat and out of tune. This leads to things like menopausal symptoms in women, hair loss and belly fat in men, thyroid dysfunction, bone loss, and so much more. 

That’s why it’s never too early, or too late, to start optimizing hormonal balance. Today we’re featuring an episode of the Longevity Roadmap docu-series that takes a deep dive into hormones and how they play a critical role in how well, or poorly, we age. I was joined by two of my colleagues from The UltraWellness Center, Dr. Elizabeth Boham and Dr. Todd LePine. 

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• The role of hormones in the body (5:48 / 2:52) 
• The prevalence of hormonal imbalance (7:44 / 4:38)
• The importance of maintaining good muscle mass (9:36 / 5:37) 
• The need for increased amounts of protein as we age (10:47 / 7:40) 
• Nutrients for strong bone density (14:47 / 11:28) 
• Nutrients to support adrenal function, stress hormones, and the thyroid (20:19 / 17:00) 
• Hypothyroidism and accessing thyroid health (21:58 / 18:50) 
• Optimizing health in menopause and andropause (27:02 / 23:44) 
• High estrogen and low testosterone in men (28:42 / 25:33)
• Supporting the body through perimenopause (31:18 / 28:00)

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Cancer is a topic that scares just as many people as it directly impacts, which is nearly everyone. While the conventional medicine approach to treating the disease is very important and lifesaving, Functional Medicine takes a slightly different approach. In Functional Medicine, we look below the surface to identify what imbalance is allowing the cancer to grow. By focusing on the terrain, you can learn how to reduce the risk of weeds like cancer. 

In this episode, I’ll be featuring an in-depth discussion on cancer from my Longevity Roadmap docu-series. In this series, I am joined by my colleagues at The UltraWellness Center: Elizabeth Boham, MD, MS, RD, Medical Director and Physician; Todd LePine, MD, Physician; and George Papanicolaou, DO, Physician.

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• Obesity, gut health, and cancer risk (5:33 / 2:50) 
• Making your body an unwelcome environment for cancer to grow (6:33 / 4:00) 
• Diagnostic testing to get to the root cause of cancer and illness (11:23 / 8:49) 
• How sugar drives cancer growth (17:01 / 15:05) 
• Using the ketogenic diet in cancer treatment (20:24 / 16:00)
• The benefits of fasting (23:55 / 18:44)  
• Reducing inflammation and cancer risk with diet and supplements (28:12 / 23:25) 
• Lowering your cancer risk through lifestyle and environment (32:30 / 28:10) 
• Addressing toxin exposures (33:49 /  29:24)
• Getting to the root cause of illness (36:16 / 31:36)

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Our current food system is not working. Food waste is at an all-time high, food deserts exist in many neighborhoods, and our produce is falling short in flavor and nutrients. The good news is that innovators in various fields are implementing ideas that promote better access to fresh, nutritious, and tastier food for everyone.

In today’s episode, I talk with Kavita Shukla, Tobias Peggs, and Dan Barber about a creative way to reduce food waste, growing the number of farmers in urban areas, and ideas to improve the flavor and nutrition profile of produce.

Kavita Shukla is the founder and CEO of The FRESHGLOW Co. and the inventor of FreshPaper, a simple innovation taking on the massive global challenge of food waste by keeping food fresher longer. FreshPaper is used by farmers and families across the globe, and The FRESHGLOW Co. has partnered with some of the largest retailers in the world, from Whole Foods to Walmart, so that people everywhere can take advantage of this incredible product and the goodness of real food.

Tobias Peggs is the cofounder and CEO of Square Roots, the Brooklyn-based urban farming company known for changing the way people think about growing local food and training the country’s future generations of farmers. Previously, he led Aviary, a mobile photo-editing company, as its CEO until its acquisition by Adobe and was also CEO at OneRiot, a social media analytics company, since acquired by Walmart. Tobias grew up in England and has a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from Cardiff University. 

Dan Barber is breaking the conventional ways we eat, cook, and think about food. He is the chef and co-owner of Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns and the author of The Third Plate. He also cofounded Row 7 Seed Company, a seed company bringing together chefs and plant breeders in the development of new varieties of vegetables and grains. Dan has received multiple James Beard awards including Best Chef: New York City (2006) and the country's Outstanding Chef (2009). In this episode, it’s clear how mutually passionate Dan and I are about changing the current food system and doing so in a way that promotes health and supports the environment.

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Insulin resistance is a main driver of cardiovascular disease that we don’t hear enough about. Paying attention to our sugar and starch intake, eating plenty of healthy fats and vegetables, and getting enough exercise can all dramatically improve our insulin sensitivity and reduce our risk of heart disease and other metabolic issues. 

For the next few weeks, I’ll be featuring in-depth episodes from my Longevity Roadmap docu-series. Today, we’re talking all about heart health. Throughout this episode, you’ll learn everything you need to know about preventing and treating cardiovascular disease from a functional perspective, from innovative testing to at-home lifestyle changes. 

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In this series, I am joined by my colleagues at The UltraWellness Center: Elizabeth Boham, MD, MS, RD, Medical Director and Physician; Todd LePine, MD, Physician; and George Papanicolaou, DO, Physician.

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• Why cardiovascular disease is not just about heart health (4:44 / 1:35)
• The true role of cholesterol in cardiovascular disease (7:58 / 4:35) 
• What causes inflammation? (12:53 / 9:40) 
• Are statin drugs effective for the prevention of heart disease? (14:28 / 11:21) 
• Habits to prevent heart disease (18:27 / 15:14) 
• The dangers of insulin resistance (20:23 / 17:00) 
• The importance of LDL cholesterol particle size (24:19 / 19:45) 
• What is insulin resistance? (31:47 / 27:18) 
• Markers of inflammation (35:55 / 31:21) 
• Four behaviors that reduce your risk of disease (49:54 / 45:44)

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Aging shouldn’t be something we dread; it should be something we celebrate. Yet, as a society, we are sicker than ever. We are so fixated on keeping people alive longer, but what about keeping people healthier? This is the difference between healthspan and life span. Your life span is how long you live. Your healthspan is how long you live a healthy, vibrant life. 

I’ve learned so much about this topic over the last few years that my team at The UltraWellness Center and I got together to make a docu-series about the Functional Medicine approach to longevity. Over the next few weeks, I’m excited to share this series with you here. In this episode, we dive into an overview of the seven systems of Functional Medicine and how you can optimize these systems to improve your healthspan.

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In this series, I am joined by my colleagues at The UltraWellness Center: Elizabeth Boham, MD, MS, RD, Medical Director and Physician; Todd LePine, MD, Physician; and George Papanicolaou, DO, Physician.

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, InsideTracker, and Pendulum.

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• The difference between life span and healthspan (6:05 / 2:57) 
• The science of creating health (10:54 / 7:44) 
• The unified theory of aging (14:06 / 10:51) 
• What role does genetics play in aging? (16:19 / 13:00)  
• This determines 90 percent of our health status (18:19 / 15:08) 
• Our body’s seven basic systems (19:01 / 15:22)
• When inflammation leads to rapid aging (24:03 / 19:45) 
• What are zombie cells? (27:44 / 23:12)

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We are living in an epidemic of chronic disease that is destroying our health, our communities, and our economy. The common denominator between all of these things is food, or more specifically, our food system. The way our food is grown, transported, processed, and consumed is making us sick and driving health disparities related to income and race, especially among marginalized groups.

In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Marcia Chatelain, Dr. Rupa Marya, Raj Patel, and Karen Washington about creating a society that cultivates health, how our existing social structures predispose us to illness, and how we can make great changes to our food system through grassroots efforts. 

Dr. Marcia Chatelain is a professor of history and African American studies at Georgetown University. The author of South Side Girls: Growing up in the Great Migration, she teaches about women’s and girls’ history, as well as black capitalism. Her latest book, Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America, examines the intricate relationship among African American politicians, civil rights organizations, communities, and the fast food industry.

Dr. Rupa Marya is an associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, where she practices and teaches Internal Medicine. Her research examines the health impacts of social systems, from agriculture to policing. She is a cofounder of the Do No Harm Coalition, a collective of health workers committed to addressing disease through structural change. 

Raj Patel is a research professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs, a professor in the university’s department of nutrition, and a research associate at Rhodes University, South Africa. He is the author of Stuffed and Starved, the New York Times bestselling The Value of Nothing, and coauthor of A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things.

Karen Washington is a farmer, activist, and food advocate. She is the co-owner and farmer at Rise & Root Farm in Chester, New York. Karen cofounded Black Urban Growers (BUGS), an organization supporting growers in both urban and rural settings. In 2012, Ebony magazine voted her one of the 100 most influential African Americans in the country, and in 2014 Karen was the recipient of the James Beard Leadership Award.

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Eighty-eight percent of people are metabolically unhealthy, and since the 1920s we’ve shamed them into believing it’s their fault—that they should just eat fewer calories and exercise more. 

But the real culprit is sugar and the processed foods that contain it. The majority of foods on our market shelves contain insane amounts of added sugar and high-fructose corn syrup—ingredients that literally slow down our metabolism and turn on our internal fat storage switch. That means we have the power to turn that switch off by choosing to use food as medicine. Today, I’m excited to talk to Dr. Richard Johnson about how our biological fat storage process works and what we can do to positively affect it. 

Dr. Richard Johnson is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado in Denver and has been a practicing physician and clinical scientist for over 25 years. He is internationally recognized for his seminal work on the role of sugar and its component fructose, in obesity and diabetes. His work has also suggested a fundamental role for uric acid (which is generated during fructose metabolism) in metabolic syndrome. He previously authored The Sugar Fix with Timothy Gower in 2008, and The Fat Switch in 2012. His new book, Nature Wants Us to Be Fat was just released.

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• What makes sugar so bad? (5:50 / 2:44) 
• How our body’s fat-storage switch works (7:25 / 4:06) 
• Why eating certain foods makes us hungrier (15:07 / 11:58)
• Why eating sugar slows down your metabolism (18:08 / 14:59)  
• Comparing high-fructose corn syrup to table sugar (27:19 / 21:55)
• The physiology of how fructose affects your body’s energy production and weight gain (32:45 / 27:52) 
• The difference between eating a high-carb and low-carb diet, even if calorie intake is the same (42:30 / 36:46) 
• Why mitochondrial function is key to health and longevity (53:35 / 49:27) /
• Supplementing with vitamin C (59:44 / 55:51)  
• Is salt good or bad for us? (1:05:33 / 1:00:46)

Get a copy of Dr. Johnson’s book, Nature Wants Us to Be Fat: The Surprising Science Behind Why We Gain Weight and How We Can Prevent—and Reverse—It, here.

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In today’s episode, I’ve compiled questions submitted by my social media audience from some of my most popular Masterclass episodes. I am joined by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, to discuss a range of topics related to autoimmune disease, optimizing your sleep, and inflammation. 

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Thrive Market, and InsideTracker.

Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, and Great Plains. Check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account a RupaHealth.com.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• The main Functional Medicine approach to treating autoimmune disease (4:15 / 00:43)
• Hashimoto’s disease and thyroid testing (8:59 / 5:59) 
• Is there a connection between autoimmune issues and allergies? (21:01 / 15:58)
• Where to start to heal autoimmune disease (26:32 / 21:30) 
• Top three mistakes people make in dealing with autoimmune disease (28:34 / 23:36) 
• Do you need to go to bed and wake up at the same time every day? (33:44 / 28:43)
• Supplements and sleep aids (40:55 / 35:58)
• Do grains affect inflammation? (43:43 / 38:48) 
• The biggest driver of chronic inflammation (46:11 / 41:20) 
• Can inflammation be driven by genetics? (47:42 / 42:41)

Mentioned in this episode:

How a Doctor Cured Her Autoimmune Disease with Functional Medicine 

Reversing Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Disease with Functional Medicine

The UltraThyroid Solution

Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class

IFM's Find A Practitioner Tool

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For so long, we’ve been told that memory loss and dementia are just normal parts of aging.

We now know it doesn’t have to be that way, and that there are many measures we can proactively take to avoid cognitive decline as we age. Emerging research is helping us look at new ways to treat and even prevent devastating neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia, giving people a newfound sense of hope.

In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Marwan Sabbagh, Dr. Richard Isaacson, and Dr. Jay Lombard about the role of genetics in brain disorders, lifestyle habits you can start right now to reduce your risk or reverse symptoms, and why we need to look at bacteria as a cause of neurodegenerative disease. 

Dr. Marwan Sabbagh is a board-certified neurologist and considered one of the leading experts in Alzheimer’s and dementia. He is on the editorial board for the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and BMC Neurology and is now Editor-in-Chief of Neurology and Therapy. Dr. Sabbagh is the author of The Alzheimer’s Answer: Reduce Your Risk and Keep Your Brain Healthy and The Alzheimer’s Prevention Cookbook: 100 Recipes to Boost Brain Health. His latest book, Fighting for My Life: How to Thrive in the Shadow of Alzheimer’s, is now available.

Dr. Richard Isaacson serves as Director of the Center for Brain Health and Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic (APC) at Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine. He previously served as Director of the APC at the Weill Cornell Memory Disorders Program, Assistant Dean of Faculty Development, and Associate Professor of Neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian. He remains as Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology in the Department of Neurology at Weill Cornell. 

Dr. Jay Lombard is an internationally acclaimed neurologist, author, and keynote speaker specializing in neuroimmunological conditions and medical mysteries. Dr. Lombard integrates biological, psychological, and existential components in his holistic treatment approach. Dr. Lombard’s clinical experience revealed an interesting pattern: one patient with ALS also had small-intestine bacterial overgrowth, another had ulcerative colitis, yet another had Crohn’s, and so on. He started seeing the connections between these bacterial imbalances and Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, and the link to neurological symptoms.

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I recently took a life changing trip to Antarctica to see what is really happening to our environment as the result of climate change. Before you roll your eyes or gloss over this episode, I want you to understand this: Climate change is not just floods, droughts, a hotter planet, and deadly weather events, which are all scary enough to think about. It affects our whole body health—impacting chronic disease, infectious diseases, our food supply, our mental health, and so much more. 

On my way to Antarctica, I had an important conversation with my friend Amanda Ravenhill about one of the most critical aspects of climate change and human health—our food system. We also dive into why apathy around climate change is so dangerous. 

Amanda is an active member of the international community focused on addressing imminent global challenges. She is the Co-Founder and Founding Executive Director of Project Drawdown, the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming. 

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, InsideTracker, and Mitopure.

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• Why you should care about climate change if you care about your health (7:06 / 3:51)
• Overcoming apathy to feel empowered about climate solutions (12:01 / 7:10) 
• Our food system is the number-one driver of and solution to climate change (14:36 / 11:10)
• Eating and shopping regeneratively (25:22 / 20:05) 
• Reframing carbon and its potential to promote planetary life (30:29 / 25:38) 
• The role of government and corporations in helping to create climate solutions (32:33 / 27:37) 
• The case for investing in women farmers (36:38 / 32:03) 
• Applying corporate personhood to grant personhood to rights to nature (44:46 / 35:38) 
• What you can do on an individual level to support the regeneration of climate (49:18 / 44:22) 
• Shifting the climate conversation from one of despair to one of hope (56:28 / 51:53) 

Learn more about Amanda Ravenhill at amandajoyravenhill.com.

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Today, as part of my Masterclass series, I’m answering questions submitted by my community through the new video app, HiHo. I am joined by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, to discuss a range of topics including sugar cravings, migraines, acupuncture, chronic pain, and much more. Find a link below to follow me on HiHo and we may select your question for a future episode!

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Paleovalley, and InsideTracker.

Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, and Great Plains. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• How to tackle candida, mold, and sugar addiction (4:11 / 00:51)
• Treating migraines and the keto diet (11:33 / 8:16) 
• Which mushrooms to eat and why (18:14 / 14:57) 
• Pea protein powder (21:26 / 18:08) 
• Combining acupuncture and Functional Medicine (28:08 / 22:46)  
• Creating a healthy community (31:16 / 25:54
• Why doctors don’t recommend nutritional solutions (34:19 / 28:58)
• Armour Thyroid and thyroid health (39:59 / 34:38)
• Losing those last five pounds (44:39 / 39:18)
• Living with chronic pain (47:57 / 42:35)

Follow me on HiHo here!

Mentioned in this episode:

The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet

The Functional Medicine Approach to Ending Migraines

How to End Migraines

5 Steps to Solve Your Migraines

Galleri Cancer Test

The UltraThyroid Solution

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Many of us are living our lives out of balance and are stressed from the time we wake up until the time our heads hit the pillow. The problem is that chronic stress causes inflammation and is behind many of the health conditions that affect men specifically. Stress can drive low testosterone, for instance, which is a common problem for men that drives many other health issues. 

In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. George Papanicolaou, Dr. Louis Ignarro, and Jessie Inchauspé about low testosterone and its effects on men, the heart-protective molecule nitric oxide, the importance of minimizing blood sugar spikes, and much more. 

Dr. 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 four 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 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 joined The UltraWellness Center in 2017.

Dr. Louis Ignarro is a medical research scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his breakthrough discovery of how nitric oxide positively impacts health and longevity. His groundbreaking research on nitric oxide paved the way for—among other innovations—Viagra. He is an award-winning Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and has his PhD in pharmacology, with over 35 years of experience teaching.

Jessie Inchauspé holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from King's College London and a master’s degree in biochemistry from Georgetown University. Her work at a genetic analysis start-up in Silicon Valley made her realize that, as the key to good health, food habits beat genetics. In her first book, Glucose Revolution, Jessie shares her startling discovery about the essential role of blood sugar in every aspect of our lives, from cravings to fertility, and the surprising hacks to optimize it while still eating the foods we love.

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Dr. George Papanicolaou

Dr. Louis Ignarro

Jessie Inchauspé

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Many of us will try anything to get away from hard feelings. Food, shopping, alcohol, screens… There is an endless list of distractions and addictions we use to try to avoid our emotions.

But the key word here is “try,” and as much as we might resist the tough feelings, it never really works. Today, I’m thrilled to talk about the power of sitting with unpleasant feelings with my guest Dr. Joan Rosenberg. 

Bestselling author, consultant, master clinician, and media host, Dr. Joan Rosenberg is a cutting-edge psychologist who is known as an innovative thinker, acclaimed speaker, and trainer. As a three-time TEDx speaker and member of the Association of Transformational Leaders, she has been recognized for her thought leadership and influence on personal development.

A California-licensed psychologist, Dr. Rosenberg speaks on how to build confidence, emotional strength, resilience; achieving emotional, conversational, and relationship mastery; integrating neuroscience and psychotherapy, and suicide prevention. She is the author of 90 Seconds to a Life You Love: How to Master Your Difficult Feelings to Cultivate Lasting Confidence, Resilience, and Authenticity.

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• Why we avoid unpleasant feelings and the physiology of these feelings (5:28 / 1:48)
• How blocking feelings leads to soulful depression (11:25 / 7:28)
• The importance of naming our feeling experiences (15:01 / 11:10)
• Ninety seconds to a life you love (18:25 / 14:35)
• Dealing with lingering feelings and disappointment (26:11 / 20:44)
• Identifying disguised grief (36:11 / 30:54)
• Five categories of grieving (38:48 / 33:30) 
• Finding the good that may have resulted from difficult life experiences (45:31 / 39:38)
• Building emotional strength and speaking truth with love (47:36 / 42:15) 
• Why it’s vital to stop harsh self-criticism and accept compliments (1:09:52 / 1:04:20)

Get a copy of Dr. Rosenberg’s book, 90 Seconds to a Life You Love: How to Master Your Difficult Feelings to Cultivate Lasting Confidence, Resilience, and Authenticity, here, and download her powerful, free tools to help you create a life of your design here.

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Hey podcast community, Dr. Mark here. My team and I are so excited to offer you a 7 Day Free trial of the Dr. Hyman+ subscription for Apple Podcast. 

For 7 days, you get access to all this and more entirely for free!  It's so easy to sign up. Just go click the Try Free button on the Doctor’s Farmacy Podcast page in Apple Podcast.  

In this teaser episode, you’ll hear a preview of Part II of our latest Dr. Hyman+ Functional Medicine Deep Dive on Functional Dentistry with Dr. Mark Burhenne. 

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Today, as part of my Masterclass series, I’m answering questions submitted by my community through the new video app HiHo. I am joined by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, to discuss a range of topics, including Lewy body dementia, the ketogenic diet, why fried foods are not a healthy choice, low thyroid function, gut health, and much more. Find a link below to follow me on HiHo and we may select your question for a future episode!

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, InsideTracker, and Vuori.

Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, and Great Plains. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• Functional Medicine treatment approach to Lewy body dementia (5:01 / 1:39) 
• What a keto diet plan really looks like (27:30 / 22:15) 
• How deep-fried foods affect our health (36:22 / 31:28) 
• At-home testing (42:29 / 37:35) 
• Leaky gut and low thyroid function (48:32 / 43:35) 
• Treatment options for H. Pylori (56:23 / 51:31)  

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Mentioned in this episode:

• The UltraThyroid Solution
• The Irritable Bowel Solution 
• Dr. Izabella Wentz  
• Exploring alternative treatments for Helicobacter pylori infection
• Current knowledge on alleviating Helicobacter pylori infections through the use of some commonly known natural products: bench to bedside
• Medicinal plants in the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infections

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Inadequate sleep, in terms of both quantity and quality, is a major problem for many of us. Not only does not sleeping well leave us feeling bad, it is also detrimental to our overall health. Poor sleep can lead to everything from mood swings to blood sugar and hormonal imbalances, weight gain, poor memory, and much more.

In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Andrew Huberman, Dr. Cindy Geyer, and Shawn Stevenson about how to create daily habits to support restful sleep, including how we can best honor our circadian rhythm. 

Dr. Andrew Huberman is a McKnight Foundation and Pew Foundation Fellow. He was awarded the Cogan Award in 2017, which is given to the scientist making the largest discoveries in the study of vision. His lab’s most recent work focuses on the influence of vision and respiration on human performance and brain states such as fear and courage. Work from the Huberman Laboratory at the Stanford University School of Medicine has been published in top journals including Nature, Science, and Cell and has been featured inTime, Scientific American, and Discover magazines, the BBC, and other top media outlets.

Dr. Cindy Geyer received her bachelor of science and doctor of medicine degrees, with honors, from the Ohio State University. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY, and is triple board certified in internal medicine, integrative medicine, and lifestyle medicine. She joined The UltraWellness Center in 2021 after practicing and serving as the medical director at Canyon Ranch for 23 years.

Shawn Stevenson is the author of the international bestselling book Sleep Smarter and creator of The Model Health Show, the number-one health podcast in the US, with millions of listener downloads each year. A graduate of the University of Missouri–St. Louis, Shawn studied business, biology, and nutritional science and went on to found Advanced Integrative Health Alliance, a company that provides wellness services for individuals and organizations worldwide. Shawn has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times, Muscle & Fitness, ESPN, and many other major media outlets. He is also an in-demand keynote speaker for numerous organizations, universities, and conferences.

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Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com.

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Dr. Andrew Huberman

Dr. Cindy Geyer

Shawn Stevenson

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Our greatest tool for learning and growing is each other. It might be easy to think that means we should surround ourselves with people who only share our specific interests or professions. But, we may actually gain the most from those we least expect to connect with. I’ve been so blessed to cross paths with many inspiring people in my life who have influenced how I pursue my passions in both work and my personal life. Today, I’m so excited to talk to Jeff Rosenthal, who has been a catalyst for me to collaborate with many others. 

Jeff is the Co-Founder of Summit, a cutting-edge organization best known for hosting global ideas festivals and events, and is the co-owner, principal designer, and developer of Summit Powder Mountain and Powder Mountain ski resort in Eden, Utah. He’s the co-author of Make No Small Plans: Lessons on Thinking Big, Chasing Dreams, and Building Community. 

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• The two types of people who are “afflicted by ambition” (8:59 / 5:30)
• How Jeff and his colleagues at Summit approach their events (12:03 / 9:21)
• The science of altruism and winning at the game of giving (15:57 / 13:16)
• Applying the mindset of possibility to creating Summit events (22:42 / 19:20)
• Jeff and his colleagues’ unique approach to purchasing a mountain (28:18 / 25:14) 
• The secrets to bringing fun to Summit events (33:18 / 28:30)
• The number-one metric Summit considers as a measure of success (36:16 / 30:20)
• My life-changing experience at a Summit event (36:48 / 31:56)
• The power of community and how to build it for ourselves (41:17 / 34:36) 
• Reimagining our world and dreaming big (53:07 / 45:00) 

Get a copy of Jeff’s book, Make No Small Plans: Lessons on Thinking Big, Chasing Dreams, and Building Community, at summit.co/make-no-small-plans.

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Hey podcast community, Dr. Mark here. My team and I are so excited to offer you a 7 Day Free trial of the Dr. Hyman+ subscription for Apple Podcast. For 7 days, you get access to all this and more entirely for free!  It's so easy to sign up. Just go click the Try Free button on the Doctor’s Farmacy Podcast page in Apple Podcast. 

In this teaser episode, you’ll hear a preview of our monthly Ask Mark Anything episode.

Want to hear the full episode? Subscribe now. With your 7 day free trial to Apple Podcast, you’ll gain access to audio versions of:

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Acne is the number-one skin condition in the United States, affecting not just millions of teenagers but an increasing number of adults under the guise of hormones. Typically, the first thing we reach for to deal with acne is a lotion, potion, or cream to apply to the skin—and conventional medicine doctors frequently prescribe birth-control pills. However, these approaches do not target the root cause of acne.

In this episode of my Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about the biggest triggers of acne, why we all react differently, and the top nutrients for skin health. We also discuss some frequently asked questions from our community about acne during puberty and more.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Athletic Greens, and Vuori.

Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, and Great Plains. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com.

AG1 contains 75 high-quality vitamins, minerals, whole-food sourced superfoods, probiotics, and adaptogens to support your entire body. Right now when you purchase AG1 from Athletic Greens, you will receive 10 FREE travel packs with your first purchase by visiting athleticgreens.com/hyman.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• The three biggest triggers of acne (4:45 / 1:37) 
• Why we all react differently (6:50 / 3:31) 
• Foods that can aggravate acne (9:30 / 4:44)
• Sugar as a main cause of acne (11:15 / 8:00)
• The importance of evaluating gut health (13:56 / 10:40) 
• Hormonal shifts and why birth control may not be the answer to combating acne (15:17 / 12:13)
• Nutrients for skin health (24:13 / 16:22)
• Questions from our community (27:07 / 22:04)

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We are in a climate crisis. Although we might feel helpless and hopeless at times about this crisis, we actually have the ability to contribute to the reversal of global warming. It starts with our food choices and using our dollar to support companies that have plans to do their part and sequester carbon. In today’s episode, I talk with Paul Hawken, David Wallace-Wells, Jared Blumenfeld, and Tom Newmark about the urgency of taking action to stabilize the earth’s climate. 

Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, author, and activist who has dedicated his life to environmental sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. He is one of the environmental movement’s leading voices, and a pioneering architect of corporate reform with respect to ecological practices. Paul is Executive Director of Project Drawdown, a nonprofit organization dedicated to researching when and how global warming can be reversed. He is on a mission to present real, already existing solutions to reverse global warming.

David Wallace-Wells is Deputy Editor of New York Magazine and the author of the international bestseller The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming, published in February 2019, which the New York Times called both "brilliant" and "the most terrifying book I have ever read." While the real truth about climate change can be scary, it’s a more important conversation than ever. Throughout our talk, David shares the history of climate change and the three major issues at hand: speed, scope, and severity.

Jared Blumenfeld is California’s Secretary for Environmental Protection. Appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom in January, he is one of America’s most innovative environmental leaders, with more than 25 years of environmental policy and management experience at the local, national, and international levels.

Tom Newmark is the co-owner of Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, an organic and biodynamic farm and ecolodge in the mountainous rainforest of Costa Rica that teaches regenerative agriculture. Tom is the cofounder and board chair of The Carbon Underground, cofounder of the Soil Carbon Initiative, and a founding member of the Regenerative Agriculture Initiative of California State University, Chico.

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Paul Hawken

David Wallace-Wells

Jared Blumenfeld

Tom Newmark

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When we think about optimizing health, we need to think about redesigning life in a way that supports a healthspan that matches our lifespan. But sadly, most of us know more about our cars or iPhones than we do about our bodies. One of the greatest downfalls of that is that many people don’t trust our bodies’ natural ability to heal. Today, I’m so excited to talk to an old friend and pioneer of integrative medicine whose work has guided my path as a doctor, Dr. Andrew Weil. We take a deep dive into the body’s innate healing capacity and how food is our greatest ally to support that process. 

Dr. Andrew Weil is a world-renowned leader and pioneer in the field of integrative medicine. Combining a Harvard education and a lifetime of practicing natural and preventive medicine, he is the founder and director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, where he is a clinical professor of medicine and professor of public health. A New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Weil is the author of 15 books on health and wellbeing, including Mind Over Meds: Know When Drugs Are Necessary, When Alternatives Are Better, and When to Let Your Body Heal on Its Own; Fast Food, Good Food; True Food: Seasonal, Sustainable, Simple, Pure; Spontaneous Happiness; Healthy Aging; and Eight Weeks to Optimum Health. He is the editorial director of DrWeil.com, the leading online resource for healthy living based on the philosophy of integrative medicine. He is also a founder and partner in the growing family of True Food Kitchen restaurants.

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• How studying botany at Harvard shaped Dr. Weil’s perspective in medical school and beyond (7:31 / 3:45) 
• Activating the body’s own healing mechanisms to create health (15:26 / 11:41) 
• Inflammation as the common root of chronic disease (19:26 /  16:03) 
• Anti-inflammatory diet and foods (25:41 / 20:33) 
• Understanding the mind-body connection (33:52 / 29:06) 
• How to start incorporating healing practices into your life and your patient’s lives (38:54 / 33:48)  
• The backwards economics of our current healthcare system (44:27 / 39:10) 
• Staying healthy as you age (47:32 / 42:28) 
• Dr. Weil’s daily health practices (54:45 / 49:36) 
• Emerging research on the therapeutic effects of mushrooms (56:42 / 52:18) 

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Our food supply is dramatically less nutrient rich than it has ever been, and it’s taking a toll on our health. A shocking 99 percent of Americans are nutrient deficient, including over 90 percent who are deficient in omega 3 fats and 50 percent who are deficient in magnesium. 

In this episode of my Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about the top supplements for longevity, especially NAD, which inhibits inflammation, increases metabolism, and increases insulin sensitivity. We also discuss how to critically evaluate supplement research and much more.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• The value of including supplements in your health routine (4:49 / 1:36) 
• Top three supplements I recommend (7:03 / 3:43)
• How to critically review supplement research (26:28 / 21:16)
• Conventional medicine’s approach to supplements (27:09 / 22:14) 
• The best supplements for longevity (27:09 / 24:38) 
• The value of resveratrol (42:38 / 37:22) 
• Questions from our community on brain health supplement recommendations, how to measure success of supplements, and more (49:32 / 43:55) 

Mentioned in this episode:

Reduction in the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes with Lifestyle Intervention or Metformin 

Long-latency deficiency disease: insights from calcium and vitamin D by Robert P. Heaney

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The foundation we set for our children’s health in childhood—starting even before conception—will carry them throughout their lives. Yet a third of all American children are overweight or obese, and we are seeing an increase in type 2 diabetes in children. 

In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Elizabeth Boham, Sam Kass, and Dr. Tracy Shafizadeh about the urgency of prioritizing and establishing good nutrition habits in infancy, in the home as the child grows, and in school. 

Dr. 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.

After cooking for the Obamas in Chicago for two years, Sam Kass 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 Mrs. Obama 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, the supply chain, and the consumer. Sam is also the author of Eat a Little Better: Great Flavor, Good Health, Better World.

Dr. Tracy Shafizadeh is leading the work in understanding the infant microbiome. She is a nutritional scientist who helps new and expectant moms learn about creating healthy gut bugs in their babies. She translates her extensive scientific knowledge of breastmilk and the gut microbiome into practical terms to help parents understand how a balanced gut from infancy can lead to a healthy immune system and metabolism for life. Dr. Shafizadeh received her PhD in nutritional biology from the University of California, Davis, and spends her free time "loving the guts" out of her two boys.

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Humans have coevolved with food and its medicinal actions on our bodies, meaning we have actual cell receptors for specific food-derived molecules. So why aren’t doctors trained in how to use food as medicine? We’re taught all about using pharmaceuticals to affect our biology, but the power of food is left high and dry. I think this is a foundational area of medical training we need to change. That’s why I’m so excited to talk to one of my favorite people and thinkers in the world of food and medicine on this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, Dr. William Li. 

Dr. William Li is a world-renowned physician, scientist, speaker, and author of Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself. He is best known for leading the Angiogenesis Foundation. His groundbreaking work has impacted more than 70 diseases including cancer, diabetes, blindness, heart disease, and obesity. His TED Talk, Can We Eat to Starve Cancer? has garnered more than 11 million views, and he has appeared on The Dr. Oz Show, Martha Stewart Live, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, Voice of America, and has presented at the Vatican’s Unite to Cure conference. An author of over 100 scientific publications in leading journals such as Science, The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, and more, Dr. Li has served on the faculties of Harvard, Tufts, and Dartmouth Medical School.

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• Dr. Li’s journey to understanding the power of eating to beat disease (6:53 / 3:20) 
• How food can activate our body’s healing defense systems (15:56 / 13:11) 
• Why Dr. Li changed his mind about organic foods (20:44 / 17:23) 
• The benefits of nutritional diversity and eating “weird foods” (25:45 / 22:04) 
• Research showing how eating tree nuts benefited colorectal cancer patients (30:18 / 26:00) 
• Combining food and pharmaceutical drugs (34:06 / 30:31) 
• Prescribing food as medicine (44:01 / 39:37) 
• Reimagining our approach to Covid and long Covid (52:37 / 47:38)
• Foods that lower inflammation and boost the immune system (55:22 / 51:50) 
• Three ways to start using food as medicine (1:09:46 / 1:04:49) 

Find Dr. Li’s Eat To Beat Disease Masterclass at drwilliamli.com/masterclass and get a copy of his book, Eat To Beat Disease, at drwilliamli.com/book-li.

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The number-one reason people visit the doctor is problems with the gut. Not only do gut issues impair gut function, making life miserable, but they also are a contributing factor to many serious conditions such as cancer, heart disease, autoimmune disease, diabetes, and more.

In this episode of my Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about the three biggest contributing factors to compromised gut health. We discuss the importance of looking at gut function, the top foods that typically cause gut problems, and the top substances that support healing the gut.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• Three main things that destroy your gut health (4:11 / 1:00) 
• Diving into dysbiosis (8:18 / 5:00) 
• Microbiome testing and gut-health evaluation (13:12 / 10:00) 
• Toxins that harm the gut (16:48 / 13:34) 
• How and why stress is bad for your gut (21:45 / 17:18) 
• My personal gut-health story (26:16 / 21:44) 
• Best and worst things for your gut (29:15 / 24:45) 
• Questions from our community, including constipation and heartburn (31:57 / 27:44)

Mentioned in this episode:

An Epidemic of Absence by Moises Velasquez-Manoff

Missing Microbes by Martin J. Blaser, MD

Breaking the Vicious Cycle by Elaine Gottschall

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Seventy-five percent of women experience daily symptoms due to hormonal imbalances. Some of these symptoms are irritating, like insomnia, sugar cravings, fluid retention, moodiness, and headaches, while others can be more devastating, such as infertility. Often, many of these symptoms are written off as “normal” and just a part of a woman’s cycle or transition into menopause, but the truth is that there are many things we can do to reverse them to live each day more comfortably. 

In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Elizabeth Boham and Dr. Sara Gottfried about how many women’s health issues can be resolved using a Functional Medicine approach. We discuss how PCOS, debilitating PMS, and other hormonal imbalances often stem from diet and exposure to environmental toxins.

Dr. 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. Sara Gottfried is a board-certified physician who graduated from Harvard and MIT. She practices evidence-based, integrative, precision, and Functional Medicine. She is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Integrative Medicine and Nutritional Sciences at Thomas Jefferson University, and Director of Precision Medicine at the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health. Her three New York Times bestselling books are The Hormone Cure, The Hormone Reset Diet, and Younger. Her latest book is called Women, Food, and Hormones.

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The way we breathe impacts everything from how well we sleep to our metabolism, cognitive function, immunity, and more. That’s why it’s so alarming that most of us are doing it wrong. Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I talk all about the science and evolution of how we breathe, and how to get better at it, with James Nestor. 

James Nestor is an author and journalist who has written for Scientific American, Outside, The New York Times, and more. His latest book, Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, was an instant New York Times bestseller. Breath explores how the human species has lost the ability to breathe properly—and how to get it back. James has appeared on dozens of national television shows, including ABC’s Nightline and CBS’s Morning News, and on NPR. He lives and breathes in San Francisco.

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• Why breathing is so important to our overall health (4:34 / ​​1:50)
• Using breath to boost your immune system and break stress (9:03 / 4:25) 
• The personal health issues that led James to study breath (14:26 / 11:25)
• Why breathing through your nose is better than breathing through your mouth (16:38 / 13:36) 
• The benefits of nighttime mouth taping (23:07 / 20:06) 
• Nasal breathing tips and techniques (29:19 / 25:30) 
• Ancient lost arts of breathing (30:36 / 27:14) 
• Lung capacity and aging (37:51 / 32:44)
• Breathe like your ancestors (43:13 / 37:06)
• What is kundalini? (53:19 / 48:13)  

Learn more about James’ work and get his book, Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, at

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Hey podcast community, Dr. Mark here. My team and I are so excited to offer you a 7 Day Free trial of the Dr. Hyman+ subscription for Apple Podcast. 

For 7 days, you get access to all this and more entirely for free! It's so easy to sign up. Just go click the Try Free button on the Doctor’s Farmacy Podcast page in Apple Podcast.  

In this teaser episode, you’ll hear a preview of our latest Dr. Hyman+ Functional Medicine Deep Dive on Functional Dentistry with Dr. Mark Burhenne. 

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Autoimmune disease is, by far, the most widespread chronic health condition today, with a prevalence greater than heart disease, cancer, and diabetes combined. It is staggering! Sadly, however, conventional medicine is making numerous mistakes when it comes to treating patients with autoimmune disease by attempting to manage symptoms rather than resolve the root cause and heal the body.

In this episode of my Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about what’s really behind the rates of climbing autoimmune disease. We discuss environmental and dietary changes, reduction in quality of food, and much more—and then what we can do to heal.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• Three mistakes people make in treating autoimmune disease (4:34 / 1:10) 
• Underlying causes that are increasing rates of autoimmune disease (8:12 / 5:06) 
• Why the Functional Medicine approach to health is unique (17:37 / 14:45) 
• Toxins and how they contribute to autoimmune disease (18:35 / 15:40) 
• Early detection of autoimmune activity (22:18 / 19:18) 
• Functional Medicine testing to diagnose autoimmune disease (31:06 / 26:33) 
• Questions from our community on scleroderma, Hashimoto’s disease, emerging technologies, and more (39:33 / 34:44)  

Mentioned in this episode:

Isabel Overcomes Autoimmune Disease

The UltraThyroid Solution

How a Doctor Cured Her Autoimmune Disease with Functional Medicine 

Reversing Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Disease with Functional Medicine

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There’s no doubt that factory farming should be illegal, but that is a far cry from stating that all meat is bad. Grass-fed beef is extremely different from conventionally raised beef. In other words, the way your meat is raised matters.

In today’s episode, I talk with Chris Kresser, Robb Wolf, Diana Rodgers, and Nicolette Niman about the myths and stigmas surrounding red-meat consumption, how to choose sustainably raised meat, and much more.

Chris Kresser M.S., L.Ac., is the codirector of the California Center for Functional Medicine, founder of the Kresser Institute, creator of ChrisKresser.com, and the New York Times bestselling author of The Paleo Cure and Unconventional Medicine. He is one of the most respected clinicians and educators in the fields of Functional Medicine and ancestral health and has trained over 1,500 clinicians and health coaches in his unique approach. 

Robb Wolf, a former research biochemist, is the two-time New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paleo Solution and Wired to Eat. Robb is the cofounder of The Healthy Rebellion, a social movement with the goal of liberating 1 million people from the sick-care system. Robb is the executive producer of the film Sacred Cow. 

Diana Rodgers, RD, is a “real food” nutritionist living on a working organic farm near Boston, Massachusetts. She’s an author, runs a clinical nutrition practice, hosts the Sustainable Dish podcast, and is an advisory board member of Animal Welfare Approved and Savory Institute. Her new book, Sacred Cow: The Case For Better Meat, and the film she directed and produced, also called Sacred Cow, are available.

Nicolette Hahn Niman is a writer, attorney, and livestock rancher. She has authored the books Defending Beef and Righteous Porkchop, as well as numerous essays for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she was Senior Attorney for the environmental organization Waterkeeper, where she focused on agriculture and food production; before that, she was an environmental lawyer for the National Wildlife Federation. Today, she lives in Northern California with her two sons and her husband, Bill Niman, founder of the natural-meat companies Niman Ranch and BN Ranch.

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We often think of eating well in terms of managing our weight or heart health, but what about supporting the brain? There are so many foods we can eat to support better cognition, reduce the risk of neurodegenerative diseases, and feel sharper, smarter, and happier every day. Along those same lines, many of the processed foods in our Standard American Diet are sabotaging our brain health with loads of excess sugar and other sneaky ingredients. I’m excited to sit down with Max Lugavere to explore what it looks like to eat a diet that specifically benefits the brain. If you’re thinking you don’t need that focus in your personal diet, think again: these habits and foods are benefiting your entire body, too.

Max Lugavere is a health and science journalist and the author of the New York Times best-seller Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life, now published in 10 languages around the globe. His sophomore book, also a best-seller, is called The Genius Life: Heal Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body, and Become Extraordinary. Max is the host of a #1 iTunes health and wellness podcast, called The Genius Life. His new cookbook, Genius Kitchen, just hit shelves yesterday.

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• How Max’s mother’s illness led him to understand the relationship between diet and brain health (5:38 / 2:30) 
• Scientific evidence of how nutrition influences the brain (9:21 / 6:00)  
• Superfoods for the brain (15:07 / 11:35) 
• Why we overeat ultra-processed, but not nutritionally satisfying, foods (19:26 / 16:15)
• Health effects of meat consumption (33:12 / 28:15) 
• Health benefits of eggs and some types of dairy (46:36 / 43:26) 
• Dark, leafy greens and brain health (53:43 / 48:35) 
• Cooking at home (59:05 / 53:49) 
• Natural food sources of collagen (1:02:26 / 57:18) 
• The best and worst cooking oils (1:04:53 / 59:46) 

Learn more about Max at maxlugavere.com and get his new book, Genius Kitchen, at geniuskitchenbook.com.

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Looking younger is not just about what creams you slather on your face; it’s actually an inside job. Treating your body well on the inside has numerous health benefits, including the quality and appearance of your skin. The skin can reflect the level of inflammation in the body, poor gut health, or even food allergies. 

In this episode of my Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about what we can do to support the body—and the skin. We discuss why essential fatty acids, organ meats, and hot and cold therapies are all important, and so much more.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Athletic Greens, and InsideTracker.

Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• Testing to evaluate aging in your body (4:44 / 1:53)
• Looking at the external impact of internal health (11:17 / 8:25)  
• The importance of essential fatty acids (14:59 / 12:07) 
• Nutrient density of organ meats for skin health (19:52 / 15:30) 
• Hot and cold treatments (22:31 / 18:00) 
• The impact of stress on appearance (31:09 /26:38) 
• Why we need to focus on hydration (38:06 / 33:38)
• Foods to eat and not to eat (43:00 / 38:24) 
• Questions from our community (46:58 / 42:29) 

Mentioned in this episode:

Commune “The Lab”

Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers

LyteShow Electrolytes

EWG Skin Deep

The Wrinkle Cure

OmegaQuant 

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Fasting has numerous proven benefits to optimize health. It can help reduce inflammation, brain fog, and insulin resistance. It can also increase energy and bone density, activate autophagy—the process of cleaning out damaged cells—and reduce the signs of aging. The food we eat has an amazing ability to heal, but the timing of when we eat or abstain from eating can also have profound impacts on our health. 

In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Valter Longo, Dave Asprey, and Dr. Jason Fung about the mechanisms behind fasting, why most of us can benefit from fasting, and how fasting can be a useful tool in cancer treatment.

Dr. Valter Longo is an internationally recognized leader in the field of aging studies and related diseases. Valter is the author of an extraordinary book, The Longevity Diet. The culmination of 25 years of research on aging, nutrition, and disease across the globe, it provides an easy-to-understand, accessible, and implementable road map to living well longer through improved nutrition.

Dave Asprey is the creator of the Bulletproof Diet and innovator of Bulletproof Coffee. Over the last two decades Dave, the “Father of Biohacking,” has worked with world-renowned doctors, researchers, scientists, and global mavericks to uncover the latest, most innovative methods, techniques, and products for enhancing mental and physical performance.

Dr. Jason Fung is a physician, author, and researcher. His groundbreaking, science-based books about diabetes and obesity—The Diabetes Code, The Obesity Code, and The Complete Guide to Fasting—have sold over one million copies and challenged the conventional wisdom that diabetics should be treated with insulin. His latest book is The Cancer Code: A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery.

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Food should be a tool for helping us feel our best. But, most people don’t realize what kind of impact their favorite foods are having on their blood sugar, and subsequently their entire body. Feeling hungry even when you just ate, craving sweets, and dealing with acne, hormonal imbalances, and signs of aging like wrinkles are just a few of the many symptoms of blood sugar swings. When these continue to go unchecked more severe dysfunctions can occur. On today’s episode, I talk to Jessie Inchauspé, also known as the “Glucose Goddess,” all about her tried-and-true hacks for balancing blood sugar and increasing insulin sensitivity.

Jessie holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from King's College London and a master’s degree in biochemistry from Georgetown University. Her work at a genetic analysis start-up in Silicon Valley made her realize that, as the key to good health, food habits beat genetics. In her first book, Glucose Revolution, Jessie shares her startling discovery about the essential role of blood sugar in every aspect of our lives, from cravings to fertility, and the surprising hacks to optimize it while still eating the foods we love.

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• The spinal injury and mental health issues that started Jessie’s health journey (5:35 / 2:34)
• Symptoms of blood sugar swings (11:36 / 8:20) 
• Jessie’s top hacks for stabilizing glucose levels (19:08 / 15:50)
• Why some people metabolize glucose differently than others (29:07 / 24:35)  
• Blood sugar, aging, and longevity (33:17 / 27:55) 
• How glucose affects our energy production (28:35) 
• Sugar and hormonal imbalances (39:12 / 34:37) 
• The best and worst forms of starch (43:10 / 37:44)
• When glucose levels don’t tell the full story (54:30 / 49:51) 
• Stress and blood sugar (57:09 / 52:31)

Follow Jessie on Instagram @glucosegoddess and order her book, Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar in the U.S. here and in the UK here. 

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Contrary to popular belief, holding on to weight isn’t just about a lack of willpower or not exercising enough; even genetics plays just a minor role. There are numerous other factors that influence our weight, including things like our gut microbiome, toxins, mitochondrial function, hormones, and even our social networks. But by applying the principles of Functional Medicine, we can peel back the layers to determine where the focus needs to be for each individual to support and balance their body and help them achieve a healthy weight.

In this episode of my Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about the eight reasons we can’t lose weight and how to overcome roadblocks in weight loss.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Paleovalley.

Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, and Great Plains. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• Eight reasons you are holding on to weight (4:36 / 1:00) 
• Being overfed and undernourished (7:44 / 4:21)
• The role of the gut microbiome (10:03 / 6:32)  
• Inflammation and immune function (13:12 / 9:48) 
• How toxins impact weight (14:44 / 11:20) 
• The importance of energy production (16:51 / 13:30) 
• The communication system, including hormones (18:43 / 15:23) 
• Genes attributed to obesity (24:28 / 20:57) 
• The value of a health-oriented social network (28:43 / 25:16) 
• Questions from our community (33:34 / 29:44) 

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The UltraThyroid Solution PDF

Weight Loss PDF

Levels

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Dr. Gabor Mate

Byron Katie “The Work” 

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Community is medicine, just like food or sleep. Without community, we can become isolated, which has been found to be connected with inflammation and can even negatively impact immune response. Moreover, whom you choose to be in community with also matters. Your immediate social circle—the four-to-five people you surround yourself with the most—has the greatest influence on your health. In today’s episode, I talk with Radha Agrawal, Dan Buettner, and Dr. Vivek Murthy about why community matters, what we have learned from cultures that prioritize community in their population, and how to take care of our needs first before giving to others.

Radha Agrawal is the Co-founder, CEO, and Chief Community Architect of Daybreaker, the early morning dance and wellness move-ment. Daybreaker currently holds events in 25 cities and more than a dozen college campuses around the world and has a community of almost half a million people. She is also the author of the book, Belong: Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life. 

Dan Buettner is an explorer, National Geographic Fellow, award-winning journalist and producer, and New York Times bestselling author. He discovered the five places in the world— dubbed Blue Zones hotspots—where people live the longest, healthiest lives.

Dr. Vivek H. Murthy served as the 19th Surgeon General of the United States from December 15, 2014 to April 21, 2017 and was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 23, 2021 as the 21st Surgeon General of the United States. In 2017, Dr. Murthy focused his attention on chronic stress and loneliness as prevalent problems that have profound implications for health, productivity, and happiness. He is the author of, Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World.

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For the past two years, we’ve been flooded with Covid-related information. We’ve heard conflicting recommendations on everything from how to prevent the spread, reduce the severity, and recover, but many people are still unsure of which actions make the most impact. To me, a key underlying issue of the pandemic is that we aren’t addressing the health of the host. With the virus actively looking for a new home, it’s within our power to make our bodies the least appealing place for it to settle down. 

Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I talk to Dr. Roger Seheult about giving our bodies the best inputs to stay resilient against Covid and other infectious diseases. Dr. Roger Seheult is currently an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the School of Medicine and Allied Health at Loma Linda University. Dr. Seheult is quadruple board-certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care Medicine, and Sleep Medicine through the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is also the co-founder of MedCram, an online medical education company that helps healthcare professionals and laypeople understand medical topics clearly.

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• Top things we can do to protect our immune systems and fight Covid-19 (5:45 / 2:53) 
• The link between inflammation and immunity (7:43 / 4:50) 
• Vitamin D supplementation and Covid-19 (10:25 / 7:26) 
• Natural remedies for upgrading your immune system (14:46 / 11:54) 
• Exercise and immune function (20:32 / 17:42) 
• How sleep regulates our immune system (27:33 / 22:43) 
• Practical tips for improving sleep quality (32:14 / 27:37)  
• The science behind hot and cold therapy (36:09 / 31:09) 
• Foods to eat and avoid to support the immune system (48:45 / 43:55)  
• Plant vs. animal proteins (55:36 / 50:50) 

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Eating ultra-processed foods—made primarily from wheat, corn, and soy—increases your death rate by 75 percent. How’s that for a sobering statistic! Unfortunately, American grocery-store shelves are monopolized by foods that contain ingredients that you should never eat, like partially hydrogenated oils, high fructose corn syrup, artificial sweeteners, and more. These foods have been scientifically proven to cause disease and death, so why do we still keep reaching for them?

In this episode of my Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host Dhru Purohit about foods that you should never eat again, foods to limit, and the food industry’s role in why these foods are so pervasive in our supermarkets.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top-50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Vuori.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• Six foods to never eat (3:58 / 1:11) 
• Four foods to limit (13:05 / 10:20) 
• Common food products with ingredients to avoid (15:57 / 13:01) 
• The food industry’s role in harmful ingredients (20:21 / 17:20) 
• Why to avoid gums and emulsifiers (27:07 / 24:03) 
• Determining your personal processed-food consumption (31:49 / 28:24) 
• Questions from our community, including how processed foods impact the body, agricultural policies for processed foods, are vegetable oils really that bad, and more (34:05 / 30:57) 

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My Way Café

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Glyphosate is a popular pesticide that has a big downside—it’s destroying our health. It damages our good gut bacteria and may lead to leaky gut. Glyphosate also depletes glutathione, our master antioxidant and a cornerstone of our biology, and it dramatically impacts our sulfur, methylation, and detoxification pathways that have many essential roles for our health. And not only is glyphosate harming human health and the health of our future generations, it’s also destroying our ecosystems.

In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Stephanie Seneff, Ken Cook, and Dr. Zach Bush about why it’s important to be aware of the effects of glyphosate and make choices that reduce our exposure as much as possible.

Stephanie Seneff is a Senior Research Scientist at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She has a bachelor's degree from MIT in Biology with a minor in Food and Nutrition Science, and a master’s degree, an engineer’s degree, and a PhD degree, all from MIT, in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Her recent interests have focused on the role of toxic chemicals and micronutrient deficiencies in health and disease, with a special emphasis on the pervasive herbicide, glyphosate, and the mineral, sulfur. She is the author of Toxic Legacy: How the Weedkiller Glyphosate Is Destroying Our Health and the Environment.

Ken Cook is president and co-founder of the Environmental Working Group, a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to protecting human health and the environment. He is widely recognized as one of the environmental community’s most prominent and influential critics of industrial agriculture and the nation’s broken approach to protecting families and children from toxic substances.

Dr. Zach Bush is a physician specializing in internal medicine, endocrinology, and hospice care. He is an internationally recognized educator and thought leader on the microbiome as it relates to health, disease, and food systems. Dr. Bush founded Seraphic Group and the non-profit Farmer’s Footprint to develop root-cause solutions for human and ecological health. His passion for education reaches across many disciplines, including topics such as the role of soil and water ecosystems in human genomics, immunity, and gut-brain health.

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Heart disease is still the number one killer in the world, yet most people don’t actually understand what markers put them most at risk. It’s so much more than just LDL cholesterol. Statins have become the panacea for anyone with LDL that’s just a little off, yet most people (and even many doctors) aren’t fully informed of the risks versus the benefits of this drug, let alone aware of other treatment options for heart disease. Today, I talk to Dr. Aseem Malhotra about the real data on statins, heart disease, metabolic syndrome, and so much more. 

Dr. Aseem Malhotra is an NHS-trained consultant cardiologist and visiting Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine at the Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health in Salvador, Brazil. He is a founding member of Action on Sugar. In 2015, he became the youngest member to be appointed to the board of trustees of UK health charity, The King's Fund. He is a pioneer of the lifestyle medicine movement in the UK and in 2018 was ranked by software company Onalytica as the number one doctor in the world influencing obesity thinking. Dr. Malhotra's first book The Pioppi Diet, co-authored with Donal O'Neill, was an international bestseller and his next book, The 21-Day Immunity Plan, was also a Sunday Times top 10 bestseller. His new book is A Statin-Free Life.

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• Statin drugs and our overexaggerated fear of cholesterol’s role in heart disease (9:14  / 6:00)
• Are heart-attack and heart-disease death rates decreasing? (11:06 / 8:15)
• Statin benefits for people who have already had a heart attack (16:21 / 13:00) 
• Statin effectiveness for heart-attack and stroke prevention (20:29 / 17:04) 
• Why we’re typically looking at the wrong thing when we measure cholesterol (21:45 / 21:05)
• Targeting insulin resistance as a root cause of heart disease (32:39 / 27:33)
• Positive and negative effects of statins (36:15 / 33:04)
• Prediabetes, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and heart health (45:37 / 40:08)
• Foods to avoid and eat for heart health (51:41 / 46:33)
• Exercise and stress reduction for heart health (56:35 / 51:32) 

Get a copy of Dr. Malhotra’s book, A Statin-Free Life: A Revolutionary Life Plan for Tackling Heart Disease—Without The Use of Statins, here.

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Globally, the rate of chronic disease is double the rate of infectious disease. The single most important thing you can do every day to reduce your risk of chronic disease and change your biology is choose the right foods. What you put on the end of your fork matters, as food works with all seven of our body systems for optimal function, and it contains phytochemicals critical to our evolution that helps us achieve optimal health.

In this episode of my Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host Dhru Purohit about what foods will help you live longer and how food affects every single body function, and we even answer some questions from our community.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top-50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Paleovalley.

Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, and Great Plains. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• The most important foods for longevity (4:45 / 1:30) 
• How food affects all the systems in your body (10:09 / 6:35) 
• The astounding amount of chronic disease and death attributed to food and diet (19:14 / 15:41) 
• Why the conventional medicine approach overlooks nutrition (21:42 / 18:03) 
• Questions from my community on bitter foods and avoiding cancer (30:19 / 26:53) 

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Food As Medicine PDF

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Only about 12 percent of Americans are considered “metabolically healthy.” That means the other 88 percent of us aren’t meeting basic medical guidelines for things like blood pressure, blood glucose, cholesterol, and other markers of metabolic health. In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Cindy Geyer, Dr. Ben Bikman, Mark Sisson, and Dr. Elizabeth Boham about how to identify if you are metabolically unhealthy, how to optimize your metabolic flexibility, and much more.

Dr. Cindy Geyer received her Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Medicine degrees, with honors, from the Ohio State University. She completed residency in internal medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY, and is triple board certified in internal medicine, integrative medicine, and lifestyle medicine. She joined The Ultrawellness Center in 2021 after practicing and serving as the medical director at Canyon Ranch for 23 years. 

Dr. Ben Bikman is a renowned metabolic research scientist and a popular speaker on human metabolism and nutrition. Backed by years of research, Dr. Bikman’s mission is to help the world appreciate the prevalence and relevance of insulin resistance. He is the author of the book Why We Get Sick: The Hidden Epidemic at the Root of Most Chronic Disease—and How to Fight It, which offers a thought-provoking yet real solution to insulin resistance and reversing prediabetes, improving brain function, shedding fat, and preventing diabetes. 

Mark Sisson 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: Reboot Your Metabolism in 21 Days and Burn Fat Forever. His latest book is Keto for Life: Reset Your Biological Clock in 21 Days and Optimize Your Diet for Longevity, 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.

Dr. 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. 

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We can’t have a healthy, high-functioning mind without a healthy, high-functioning brain. Yet, in a world where many people feel unhappy or downright depressed, most of us aren’t prioritizing time each day to upgrade our brains and be intentional about our mindset. I’m here to tell you that if you want to feel happier and more empowered, it’s time to start. 

Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I talk to my good friend and colleague Dr. Daniel Amen all about the scientifically proven ways he’s discovered to increase happiness.

Dr. Daniel Amen is a physician, double board-certified psychiatrist, twelve-time New York Times bestselling author, and founder and CEO of Amen Clinics, with 10 US locations. Dr. Amen is the author of many books including the mega-bestseller Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, as well as The End of Mental Illness, Memory Rescue, Healing ADD, and Your Brain Is Always Listening. His new book, You, Happier: The 7 Neuroscience Secrets of Feeling Good Based on Your Brain Type, comes out this month. 

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• Why happiness is a function of the brain (4:59 / 2:38)
• Happiness is geared to your brain type (11:09 / 8:03) 
• Supplements for brain health (15:01 / 11:57) 
• The four circles of happiness (19:09 / 16:02) 
• The impact of Covid-19 on the brain and mental health (27:43 / 22:49)
• Happy foods and sad foods (37:22 / 32:23)
• Four nutraceuticals for brain health (42:41 / 37:44)
• Getting rid of the negative voice in your head (45:08 / 40:07) 
• Why you should give your mind a name (48:32 / 43:34)
• Hedonism is the enemy of happiness (57:17 / 54:18)

Get a copy of Dr. Amen’s book, You, Happier: The 7 Neuroscience Secrets of Feeling Good Based on Your Brain Type, here. Take the Brain Health Assessment here.

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For 7 days, you get access to all this and more entirely for free!  It's so easy to sign up. Just go click the Try Free button on the Doctor’s Farmacy Podcast page in Apple Podcast.  

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Sugar is the number-one thing we can all use less of in our lives—in fact, just thinking about it releases insulin! Sugar turns on many mechanisms of disease and death, including inflammation. It fuels cancer and heart disease, it drives hormonal changes, it slows metabolism, and it literally shuts down the body’s ability to burn fat. On top of all that, sugar is highly addictive: the more we eat, the more we want. 

In this episode of my Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host Dhru Purohit about why sugar is so harmful to our health, why the type of sugar really doesn’t matter, and much more. 

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top-50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• Why sugar is so detrimental to your health (4:39 / 1:04) 
• Sugar dosage and how it compounds throughout the day (11:45 / 8:20) 
• Are healthier sugar options really any better? (15:53 /11:23) 
• The many different types of sugar (19:43 / 16:02) 
• What to look for to see how your body responds to sugar, including labs (28:21 / 24:35)
• Questions from our community, including the impact of sugar on the microbiome, fungal overgrowth, natural food-based sugars, and more (37:20 / 33:46) 

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Eliminating starch and sugar could be the most powerful food choice you make to improve your health and increase your longevity. Why? Because it can reduce or eliminate insulin resistance, which is behind so many chronic diseases. Add to that reducing stress and sleeping better, and you're on the way to a healthier lifestyle that benefits both your body and your mind.

In five clips from my Masterclass series, Dhru Purohit and I discuss the basics of Functional Medicine, including diet, inflammation, stress, and sleep, and why it's important to start reducing chronic disease right now to live a longer, healthier, vitality-filled life.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top-50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

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Just five years ago, the concept of age reversal was considered crazy. Now, it’s the hottest topic in research, as we continuously discover exciting interventions that can actually reverse our biological age. I’ve experienced these amazing advances firsthand—chronologically I’m 62, but my biological, or “inner” age, is only 39. 

And I’m not the only one who’s become fascinated by the science of age reversal and reaped the benefits. Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I talk to Tony Robbins and Peter Diamandis about their research and personal journeys in aging backwards using a range of simple, accessible interventions and the latest health-tech. 

Tony Robbins is an entrepreneur, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and philanthropist honored by Accenture as one of the top 50 business intellectuals in the world. Through his philanthropy and partnership with Feeding America, he has provided more than 800 million meals and is on track to provide 1 billion meals by 2025.

Peter Diamandis is the founder and executive chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, which leads the world in designing and operating large-scale incentive competitions. He was recently named by Fortune as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders.” He is also the executive founder of Singularity University, a graduate-level Silicon Valley institution that counsels the world's leaders on exponentially growing technologies

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• The physical injury that inspired Tony to write this book (5:45 / 3:12) 
• Redefining our concept of aging (19:10 / 16:00) 
• Understanding how to modify genes to reverse aging (21:10 / 17:52) 
• New diagnostic testing to inform us about our health (36:36 / 31:54) 
• Simple ways to enhance your longevity and health (45:01 / 41:19) 
• Sleeping, eating, and fasting for longevity (48:05 / 43:14) 
• Exercising for longevity (54:08 / 49:33) 
• How mindset affects aging and longevity (1:00:20 / 55:35) 
• Three things that lead to emotional mastery (1:06:31 / 1:03:38)
• Nutraceuticals, supplements, medicines, and other new therapies to enhance health and longevity (1:13:06 / 1:08:21) 

Get a copy of Life Force: How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life & Those You Love at https://www.tonyrobbinslifeforce.com/. Sign up for the Longevity Insider Newsletter at https://longevityinsider.org/.

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Belly fat, or visceral fat around the organs, is the number-one cause of aging. It drives inflammation, increases the risk of blood clots, changes your hormones and brain chemistry, and more. It’s a recipe for disaster in the body. Not only does belly fat surround the organs, but it’s an organ of its own that produces dangerous inflammatory cytokines that may lead to a cytokine storm. In short, we want to do everything we can to avoid belly fat.

In this episode of my Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host Dhru Purohit about belly fat, or visceral adipose tissue. We discuss how this form of fat is the most dangerous and why it’s so important to take steps to reduce it.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top-50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Paleovalley.

Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, and Great Plains. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• Top foods that lead to belly fat (4:13 / 1:08) 
• Why belly fat is so bad for us (7:01 / 4:06) 
• The effects of liquid sugar and calories (13:03 / 9:44) 
• The connection between belly fat and heart disease (15:21 / 11:57) 
• How belly fat affects your brain and could lead to Alzheimer’s and dementia (18:43 / 15:16) 
• Why it’s not your fault you have belly fat (20:37 / 17:16)
• Case study of a 65-year-old woman (28:01 / 24:55) 
• Questions from our community, including belly fat after menopause, late-night eating, the impact of stress, and more (31:16 / 28:18) 

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Janice’s Story

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You can start to heal your body right now simply with the food you put in your mouth—it's really that simple. Food has the power to heal the body from many ailments and can even help prevent cancer. There are many powerful medicinal compounds in foods: curcumin, catechins, lycopene, resveratrol, and quercetin, just to name a few. That’s why I call the grocery store the drug store; we can literally eat our medicine at every meal.

In this compilation episode, I am joined by Dr. William Li to discuss how to use food as medicine, the importance of nitric oxide for our blood vessels, the role of the microbiome, and why it's necessary to support the immune system.

William Li, MD, is a world-renowned physician, scientist, speaker, and author of Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself. He is best known for leading the Angiogenesis Foundation. His groundbreaking work has impacted more than 70 diseases including cancer, diabetes, blindness, heart disease, and obesity. His TED Talk, “Can We Eat to Starve Cancer?” has garnered more than 11 million views. An author of over 100 scientific publications in leading journals such as Science, the New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, and more, Dr. Li has served on the faculties of Harvard, Tufts, and Dartmouth Medical School.

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Eat This to Starve Cancer and Prevent Disease Today

Eat This To Heal The Body & Never Get Sick Again

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Uric acid is a central player in metabolic mayhem. Despite its long association with gout and kidney stones, it’s involved in so much more—especially our metabolic disease epidemic. There are three things that raise our levels of uric acid: purines, alcohol, and fructose. The latter is the biggest challenge, due to its overwhelming presence in our Standard American Diet. That doesn’t mean all fruit is bad or even that all alcohol and purine-rich foods have the same effect. Like all parts of health and nutrition, there are nuances we need to consider to create optimal health.

That’s why I’m so excited to take a deep dive into the topic of uric acid with my friend and colleague Dr. David Perlmutter. Dr.Perlmutter is a Board-Certified Neurologist and five-time New York Times bestselling author. He serves on the Board of Directors and is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition. He is the author of Grain Brain among others, and his new book, Drop Acid was just released. Dr. Perlmutter received his M.D. degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine where he was awarded the Leonard G. Rowntree Research Award. He serves as a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and has published extensively in peer-reviewed scientific journals including Archives of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and The Journal of Applied Nutrition.

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• What is uric acid and how does it affect our health? (5:30 / 2:00) 
• The impact of fructose consumption on our physiology (11:45 / 8:10) 
• The differences between fructose and glucose (19:20 / 16:29) 
• Why high fructose corn syrup is used in so many foods (21:13 / 17:40) 
• The three sources of uric acid (22:57 / 19:23) 
• Fructose consumption, uric acid, and gut health (28:19 / 23:43) 
• How to eat to reduce uric acid (33:54 / 28:52) 
• Medications that increase uric acid (47:07 / 42:04)  
• Uric acid and Alzheimer’s (50:28 / 45:28) 
• Heavy metals, supplements, sleep, exercise, and uric acid (54:12 / 49:14)

Get Dr. Perlmutter’s new book, Drop Acid: The Surprising New Science of Uric Acid—The Key to Losing Weight, Controlling Blood Sugar and Achieving Extraordinary Health here.

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Between 20 and 30 percent of all doctor visits are initiated due to lack of energy, or chronic fatigue. It is a common problem that plagues so many of us. Often we don’t realize that the last thing we want to do—exercise—could be an easy solution to increasing our energy levels. When we create stress in the body from exercise or other stressors, also called hormesis, we can actually build back stronger as the body heals and repairs.

In this episode of my new Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about all the things we can do to improve our energy levels. We also talk about how caffeine and sugar in your diet impact energy, as well as answer questions from our community about the value of napping, if MCT oil increases energy, and why fruit juice is not a great choice.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• Three things we can do to improve our energy levels (4:37 / 00:50)
• Three things that zap your energy (8:17 / 4:29) 
• Steps to evaluate chronic fatigue (12:34 / 7:02) 
• How to reduce fatigue and increase energy (15:37 /11:43)
• Evaluating caffeine consumption and if it works for you (18:24 / 14:17) 
• Why blood sugar management is important for optimal energy (20:42 / 16:49) 
• What I do to support my energy level (27:22 / 23:25)
• Questions from our community (39:26 / 35:37) 

Mentioned in this episode:

Try This: Why You Need a Coffee Break and How to Do It

New Barn Organics Almond Milk

OmegaQuant

Levels

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Our thoughts have a profound physiological effect on the body and can either help or hinder the healing process. Even just thinking about a negative experience can set off a cascade of physiological events in the body just as if it’s happening right now—the mind-body connection is truly that powerful.

In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Joe Dispenza, Emily Fletcher, and Dr. Leonard Calabrese about why our thoughts influence our physiology and what we can do to improve our health, even when we feel we are stuck. Once we are aware of our thoughts and learn to retrain our brains, using such techniques as meditation to break the conditioning process, we see substantial changes in health. 

Dr. Joe Dispenza’s passion can be found at the intersection of the latest findings from the fields of neuroscience, epigenetics, and quantum physics, where he explores the science behind spontaneous remissions. He uses that knowledge to teach people how to heal their bodies of health conditions, make significant changes in their lives, and evolve their consciousness. Since 2010, he has partnered with scientists and universities to perform extensive research on the effects that meditation has on the brain and body. He and his team have also studied gene expression, protein regulation, immune response, neurotransmitter changes, telomere length, and variations in bioactive cellular metabolic particles in novice and advanced meditators.

Emily Fletcher is the founder of Ziva, the creator of the Ziva Technique, and regarded as a leading expert in meditation for high performers. She is also the author of Stress Less, Accomplish More: Meditation for Extraordinary Performance.

Dr. Leonard Calabrese is a professor of medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and vice chair of the Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases. He is the director of the RJ Fasenmyer Center for Clinical Immunology at the Cleveland Clinic and holds joint appointments in the Department of Infectious Diseases and the Wellness Institute. He has received numerous awards and honors for his contributions to the advancements of immunology and wellness.

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Food and racism are heavily tied, and the history of fast food franchises in America is one of many examples. In order to continue the fight for civil rights and name ongoing social and racial disparities, it’s important to learn how we got here. I’m excited to dig into all this with Marcia Chatelain. 

Marcia Chatelain is a Professor of History and African American Studies at Georgetown University. The author of South Side Girls: Growing up in the Great Migration, she teaches about women’s and girls’ history, as well as black capitalism. Her latest book, Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America examines the intricate relationship among African American politicians, civil rights organizations, communities, and the fast food industry. In 2021, Marcia received the Pulitzer Prize in History, the Hagley Prize in Business History, and the Organization of American Historians Lawrence W. Levine Award for Franchise. Marcia has received awards and honors from the Ford Foundation, the American Association of University Women, and the German Marshall Fund of the United States. In 2016, the Chronicle of Higher Education named her a Top Influencer in academia in recognition of her social media campaign #FergusonSyllabus, which implored educators to facilitate discussions about the crisis in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014. 

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• The history of African American owned fast food franchises (6:01 / 3:00) 
• African American food culture, access, health, and economics (11:24 / 6:30) 
• The food industry targets marginalized communities toward junk food consumption (16:44 / 9:30) 
• Making the healthy choice the easy choice (18:19 / 15:20)  
• Social determinants of health and necessary policy change (24:55 / 20:50) 
• The true cost of the food we eat (34:22 / 29:00)
• The dark side of corporate social responsibility spending (36:49 / 31:25) 
• Overcoming the power of corporate lobbying (39:07 / 33:46) 
• Food sovereignty and traditional foods (47:16 / 41:30)  
• Improving societal systems and institutions (54:37 / 49:20) 

Learn more about Marcia Chatelain here and get a copy of her book, Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America, here.

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An astonishing seventy percent of cancer is diet-related. When it comes to treating cancer, conventional medicine is good at cutting it, burning it, and poisoning it, but many doctors fail to treat the root cause. Functional Medicine empowers patients and practitioners to optimize health by addressing the root causes of disease.

In this episode of my new Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about the cancer epidemic, including the biggest cancer risks. 

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30+ million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• Five things we can do to reduce our cancer risk (4:08 / 00:56) 
• The link between sugar and cancer (10:39 / 6:44) 
• Emerging diagnostic tests and treatment options (12:56 / 9:24) 
• My approach to handling a cancer diagnosis (15:35 / 12:10) 
• Case study of a prostate cancer patient (18:10 / 14:56) 
• Questions from our community on reducing risk, cancer education resources, foods to fight cancer, and more (24:20 / 19:25) 
• Recap of how to reduce your cancer risk (32:06 / 27:34) 

Mentioned in this episode: 

Environmental Working Group

Dr. Ralph Moss (Cancer Decisions)

The Cancer Code

Eat to Beat Disease

Anticancer: A New Way of Life

The Longevity Diet

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Sugar lights up the addiction center in our brains, just like heroin and cocaine. Yet many of us consume more sugar than we are aware of because it’s lurking in so many foods that we would never expect. The average person consumes 152 pounds of it per year! Sugar is not just responsible for an increased waistline but also impacts our metabolic health, immune systems, mental health, and more.

In today’s episode, I talk with Keegan Allen and Tom Hopper, Dr. Shebani Sethi Dalai, and Dr. Casey Means about why sugar addiction is so detrimental to our health and what we can do about it.

Keegan Allen is an American actor, musician, photographer, and author. He’s known for his main role as Toby Cavanaugh on the Freeform series Pretty Little Liars. Allen’s passion in his younger years tended towards photography, cinematography, and other roles behind the camera.

Tom Hopper is an English actor. He has appeared as Sir Percival in Merlin, Billy Bones in Black Sails, Dickon Tarly in Game of Thrones, and Luther Hargreeves in Netflix’s new show The Umbrella Academy.

Dr. Shebani Sethi Dalai is a double board-certified physician in Obesity Medicine and Psychiatry. She is the Founding Director of Stanford University’s Metabolic Psychiatry program and Silicon Valley Metabolic Psychiatry, a new center in the San Francisco Bay Area focused on optimizing brain health by integrating low carb nutrition, comprehensive psychiatric care, and treatment of obesity with associated metabolic disease.

Dr. Casey Means is a Stanford-trained physician, Chief Medical Officer and Co-founder of metabolic health company Levels, an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention, and a Guest Lecturer at Stanford University. Dr. Means’ perspective has been recently featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Men's Health, Forbes, Business Insider, Techcrunch, Entrepreneur Magazine, Metabolism, Endocrine Today, and more. 

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What if you had a tool that helped you not only make better health decisions but also gave you real-time feedback on how your body uniquely reacts to any kind of food? Thanks to continuous glucose monitors this is something we’ll all be able to take advantage of in the near future. Levels is one company that’s been spearheading the field of wearable technology, providing an incredible amount of information on blood sugar responses and metabolic individuality. I talk to Dr. Casey Means about what we can learn from the 51 million data points Levels has already gathered on blood glucose reactions. 

Dr. Casey Means is a Stanford-trained physician, Chief Medical Officer and Co-founder of metabolic health company Levels, an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention, and a Guest Lecturer at Stanford University. Dr. Means’ perspective has been recently featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Men's Health, Forbes, Business Insider, Techcrunch, Entrepreneur Magazine, Metabolism, Endocrine Today, and more. 

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Thrive Market, and InsideTracker.

Rupa Health is a place for Functional Medicine practitioners to access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, Great Plains, and more. You can check out a free live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. 

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Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• The leading driver of mortality in the Western world (5:52 / 3:46) 
• The type of foods that are driving cardio and metabolic disease (8:38 / 5:03)  
• Learnings from 51 million continuous glucose monitor readings (12:28 / 8:53)
• Foods commonly believed to be healthy that actually spike blood sugar (20:39 / 17:04)
• How various food combinations affect blood sugar (21:16 / 17:44) 
• Walking after eating can lower glucose levels (23:32 / 20:00) 
• Foods we should never eat and surprising foods that spike glucose levels (27:27 / 22:07)
• Foods that don’t spike blood sugar but should still be avoided (44:22/ 38:52) 
• How food combinations, sequencing, and when we eat influence glucose levels (51:33 / 46:03) 
• What are normal and optimal blood sugar levels? (1:06:34 / 1:01:01) 

Learn more about Dr. Means’ work at https://www.levelshealth.com/. Levels is currently running a closed beta program. To skip the line and participate in their early access program today, visit levels.link/HYMAN.

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Sleep is medicine, just like food is medicine, and may even be more important than diet. Sleep regulates your brain function, helps stabilize your mood, and is a time when the body heals. It’s absolutely critical for a healthy body. Sadly, over 70 million Americans don’t sleep well. This lack of sleep is degrading our health. We feel it in our energy level, it’s hard to focus, and it can even contribute to chronic illness.

In this episode of my new Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, all about sleep and why it’s essential for a healthy body. We discuss why sleep is so important, how we can get better sleep including tips to create your own sleep ritual, and answer a variety of questions from our community.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30+ million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• The importance of sleep (3:54 / 1:00) 
• Three things that can improve quality of sleep (6:27 / 3:34) 
• The risks of chronic sleep deprivation (10:31 / 7:34) 
• Ideal hours of sleep (11:36 / 8:46) 
• Conventional versus Functional Medicine approach to sleep problems (16:28 / 13:26) 
• Case studies (19:34 / 16:40) 
• Creating a sleep ritual before bed (22:25 / 19:26) 
• My morning routine to ensure good sleep (24:24 / 21:26) 
• Questions from our community including circadian rhythm, frequent wake ups, sleep trackers, and more (25:23 / 22:20) 

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Sweet Dreams: How to Sleep Better, Lose Weight, and Live Longer

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Aging doesn’t have to be a one-way street. Our diet and lifestyle patterns are fundamental to the quality of our health, and the way we age. In this episode, my guests and I explain how to support our health to help us live longer, and more vibrantly.

Dr. David Sinclair is a professor in the Department of Genetics and co-director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for the Biology of Aging at Harvard Medical School, where he and his colleagues study longevity, aging, and how to slow its effects. Their focus is on studying sirtuins as well as metabolism, neurodegeneration, cancer, cellular reprogramming, and more.

Mark Sisson is the founder of the popular daily health blog, Mark’s Daily Apple, godfather to the Primal food and lifestyle movement, and New York Times bestselling author of The Keto Reset Diet and The Primal Blueprint. Mark launched Primal Kitchen, a real-food company that creates Primal/Paleo, keto, and Whole30-friendly kitchen staples.

Dr. Gerald Lemole is a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon and integrative physician. In 1968, he was a member of the surgical team that performed the first successful heart transplant in the United States. His books include After Cancer Care, The Healing Diet, An Integrative Approach to Cardiac Care, Facing Facial Pain, and Lymph & Longevity: The Untapped Secret to Health.

Dr. Mehmet Oz has won ten Daytime Emmy® Awards for The Dr. Oz Show and is an Attending Physician at NY Presbyterian-Columbia Medical Center. Dr. Oz received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and obtained a joint MD and MBA from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Wharton Business School. Dr. Oz is the proud author of eight New York Times bestsellers including his most recent, Food Can Fix It.

Dr. Cindy Geyer received her bachelor of science and her doctor of medicine degrees, with honors, from the Ohio State University. She completed residency in internal medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. and is triple board certified in internal medicine, integrative medicine and lifestyle medicine.

Dr. Richard Isaacson serves as Director of the Center for Brain Health and Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic (APC) at Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine. He previously served as Director of the APC at the Weill Cornell Memory Disorders Program, Assistant Dean of Faculty Development, and Associate Professor of Neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine & NewYork-Presbyterian.

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You might have heard the word “epigenetics” and wondered what the heck it means. Well to sum it up shorthand, epigenetics is how everything you’re exposed to throughout your life—your environment, your social relationships, your diet, etc.—impacts how your genes are expressed. Think of it like this: genes are our hardware and epigenetics are like software. Our software is something that can be changed and upgraded, it doesn’t have to be static. If you want to learn more about understanding, demystifying, and harnessing epigenetics, then this is the podcast episode for you. 

Today’s guest on The Doctor’s Farmacy is my good friend and mentor, Dr. Jeffrey Bland. We talk all about epigenetics and unpack what can be a complicated topic in terms you can actually understand. Dr. Bland’s career in health spans more than 40 years. A lifelong educator, Jeff has traveled the world many times over in his role as the “father of Functional Medicine.” In 1991, he and his wife, Susan, founded The Institute for Functional Medicine. In 2012, Jeff founded another educational nonprofit called the Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institute. He is the author of The Disease Delusion: Conquering the Causes of Chronic Illness for a Healthier, Longer, and Happier Life, as well as countless additional books and research papers.

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Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• The paradigm shift away from siloed medicine towards systems biology (7:42 / 4:26) 
• New understandings about how our genes can be modified to reverse disease and aging (10:02 / 7:24) 
• Early research that led to our understanding of how epigenetics works (12:02 / 10:00) 
• Genes that can be imprinted and modified even into adulthood (19:27 / 16:02) 
• Reversing our biological age (21:35 / 18:18) 
• The influence of our external environment and experiences over our genes (27:03 / 24:10) 
• How what we eat, how we love, how much stress we’re under, and more impacts our genes, our health, and the process of aging (35:08 / 30:32) 
• The amazing benefits of phytochemicals in plants for human health (38:38 / 34:29) 
• Trauma, PTSD, and our genes (51:05 / 45:45) 
• Our ability to control the operating system of our biology (56:13 / 48:17) 

Learn more about Dr. Bland’s work with Big Bold Health here. 

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The average American consumes 133 pounds of flour per year. Let that sink in. What we may not realize is that every time we eat white flour, we are harming ourselves. The starch in common wheat, typically known as modern dwarf wheat, raises your blood sugar more than table sugar! Eating a diet high in carbohydrates may affect not just your waistline, but also your brain function, energy, immune system, healthspan, and more.

In this episode of my new Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about how and why to consider giving up bread for 30 days. We discuss why our modern wheat is not a good food choice on a daily basis, how to pause on eating bread for a month or more, why certain kinds of bread may be a better choice than others, questions from our community, and so much more.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30+ million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• Three reasons to stop eating bread for 30 days (1:04 / 00:54) 
• Bread’s effect on insulin and blood sugar (5:40 / 5:28) 
• Can bread and/or flour cause leaky gut? (10:13 / 7:50) 
• What to expect when stopping bread for 30 days (13:55 / 13:31)
• Different kinds of bread and how they impact the body (16:13 / 16:05) 
• Case study of a woman with multiple conditions who healed on an elimination diet 

(20:27 / 20:18) 

• Questions from our community including eating gluten in other countries, Roundup in wheat, hunger when not eating carbs, and more (23:29 / 23:22) 
• What kinds of bread I eat (28:35 / 28:26) 
• Steps to take now to go bread-free (33:24 / 33:13)

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Lynn’s Life Breads

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Feeling tired during the day may not just be due to a poor night’s sleep. Most of us can relate to feeling run-down and tired, even when we’re getting enough sleep. There are many reasons why your body might not be functioning well during the day.

In this compilation episode, I talk to Dr. Steven Gundry and Dr. Elizabeth Boham about the many factors that can impact energy production such as diet, circadian rhythm, movement, gut health, and more. We also get into dietary recommendations, fixing nutritional deficiencies and hormonal imbalances, and much more. 

Dr. Steven Gundry is one of the world’s top cardiothoracic surgeons and a pioneer in nutrition, as well as medical director at The International Heart and Lung Institute Center for Restorative Medicine. He has spent the last two decades studying the microbiome and now helps patients use diet and nutrition as a key form of treatment. He is author of many New York Times bestselling books including The Plant Paradox, and The Plant Paradox Cookbook, and The Longevity Paradox: How to Die Young at a Ripe Old Age, and just released The Energy Paradox: What to Do When Your Get-Up-and-Go Has Got Up and Gone. He also is the founder of GundryMD, a line of wellness products and supplements, and host of The Dr. Gundry Podcast.

Dr. Elizabeth Boham is Board Certified in Family Medicine from Albany Medical School, and she is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner and the Medical Director of The UltraWellness Center. Dr. Boham lectures on a variety of topics, including Women’s Health and Breast Cancer Prevention, insulin resistance, heart health, weight control and allergies. She is on the faculty for the Institute for Functional Medicine.

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What if I told you it was possible to reverse your age by three years, in just eight weeks? Well, it is, and today you can learn how. Perhaps the greatest part of this exciting news is that the changes we can make to reverse biological aging are pretty simple and very accessible. The amazing doctor behind this groundbreaking research is my good friend, colleague, and long-time collaborator Dr. Kara Fitzgerald. 

Dr. Fitzgerald is on the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine, is an IFM Certified Practitioner, and lectures globally on Functional Medicine. She runs a Functional Medicine Clinic Immersion program for professionals and hosts a podcast series, New Frontiers in Functional Medicine, and an active blog on her website. Her clinical practice is in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. With the Helfgott Research Institute, Dr. Fitzgerald is actively engaged in clinical research on the DNA methylome using a diet and lifestyle intervention developed in her practice. The first publication from the study focuses on the reversal of biological aging and was published this past April in the journal Aging. Her new book, Younger You, as well as her 3 Years Younger Program, have just been released. 

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Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• Reversing your biological age through epigenetics (6:36 / 3:08) 
• Initial scientific studies that have shown biological age reversal (9:22 / 5:25) 
• Dr. Fitzgerald’s 8-week age reversal study design (11:14 / 7:46) 
• Seminal research around influencing and regulating gene expression through nutritional interventions (25:41 / 20:39) 
• Using food as medicine (30:35 / 27:19) 
• How exercise, sleep, and meditation were factored into Dr. Fitzgerald’s study (40:40 / 35:16)
• Primary findings from Dr. Fitzgerald’s research (47:12 / 41:57) 
• Practical ways to reverse your biological age (1:01:43 / 56:32) 
• Influencing gene expression before conception and during pregnancy and infancy (1:04:29 / 59:48) 
• Aging without declining in health (1:08:06 / 1:04:25) 

Get a copy of Dr. Fitzgerald's book Younger You: Reverse Your Bio Age―and Live Longer here. Learn more about Dr. Kara Fitzgerald at www.drkarafitzgerald.com and take her Biological Age Self-Assessment here. 

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Protecting your brain and cognitive function is not just for the elderly. It’s never too early to start protecting your brain, which is something we should all think more about as Alzheimer’s and dementia rates continue to rise. We can start with healthy lifestyle choices that affect diet, sleep, stress management, and more. The bonus of brain-healthy lifestyle choices like these is that they protect the health of your entire body as well.

In this episode of my new Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about Alzheimer’s and dementia. We talk about early detection, contributors to cognitive dysfunction, foods that fuel the brain, and so much more. We also discuss how other factors, such as toxicity, sleep apnea, and even lack of community, affect brain health.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30+ million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• Things to do in your 20s, 30s, and 40s to reduce your risk of cognitive decline (4:23 / 1:15)
• Using brain scans to detect Alzheimer’s and dementia (10:37 / 7:26) 
• Contributors to cognitive dysfunction (13:30 / 10:00) 
• Fueling your brain with a healthy diet (18:16 / 15:07) 
• The importance of movement to reduce your risk of cognitive decline (28:34 / 25:10) 
• Ineffective pharmaceutical interventions for Alzheimer’s (31:51 / 28:08) 
• Why sleep apnea increases your risk of cognitive decline (38:24 / 34:48) 
• The effects of chronic toxicity on the brain (49:34 / 46:14)  
• 5 things everyone can do to improve brain health (54:01 / 50:24) 
• Significant signs of cognitive decline (1:05:57 / 1:02:49) 

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Wellness is more than just eating right and exercising; it’s also much more than just feeling “okay.” Feeling well means feeling whole, balanced, vibrant, and alive. And there are many moving pieces that we can tap into to feel empowered in our own wellness journey. Functional Medicine looks at the body with a systems-based approach, understanding how all our different parts work together and looking at a symptom as a sign of dysfunction that we need to get to the root cause of, not just tame. 

I sat down with Dr. Elizabeth Boham to discuss what it means to get to the root cause of disease and how the principles we practice do exactly that. We talk about the many different parts of healing the whole body, like enhancing detoxification pathways, correcting nutrient deficiencies, supporting the microbiome, and so much more.

Dr. 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.

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I recently spent time in Sardinia, Italy, which is known for having one of the world’s longest-lived populations. It simply blew me away. After getting to know the people, their day-to-day activities, their diets, and their sense of community I can totally see why they live such long and happy lives. So, how can we embrace these same aspects of Sardinian life in our own busy Western world? Blue Zones pioneer Dan Buettner joins me on this episode to talk about that and so much more. Dan Buettner is an explorer, National Geographic Fellow, award-winning journalist and producer, and New York Times bestselling author. He discovered the five places in the world— dubbed Blue Zones hotspots—where people live the longest, healthiest lives.

Dan now works in partnership with municipal governments, large employers, and health insurance companies to implement Blue Zones Projects in communities, workplaces, and universities. Blue Zones Projects are well-being initiatives that apply lessons from the Blue Zones to entire communities by focusing on changes to the local environment, public policy, and social networks. The program has dramatically improved the health of more than 5 million Americans to date. His new book, The Blue Zones Challenge: A 4-Week Plan for a Longer Better Life is a four-week guide and year-long sustainability program to jump-start your longevity journey.

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Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• Challenging our preconceived notions of aging (6:49 / 3:38) 
• 9 lifestyle habits of the world’s healthiest, longest-lived people (10:32 / 7:24) 
• How our built environment influences our health (17:31 / 14:23)
• Teachings on happiness from the Blue Zones (26:30 / 21:39) 
• Community, relationships, loneliness, and longevity (29:17 / 25:56)
• What’s driving our decreasing life expectancy? (40:34 / 36:20) 
• Obesity rates in neighborhoods that allow billboard advertising and other environmental influences on health (45:49 / 40:53) 
• Foods to never have in your kitchen, and foods to always have on hand (54:06 / 49:16) 
• Is bread healthy, and if so, what kind? (58:32 / 53:50) 

Get a copy of Dan’s book The Blue Zones Challenge: A 4-Week Plan for a Longer Better Life here.

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Fasting is a great way to optimize your health, and it’s more approachable than you might think. It is a free tool that activates all the systems in your body to protect you, heal you, and help you live longer. Fasting can help to reduce inflammation, brain fog, and insulin resistance. It can also increase energy and bone density and activate autophagy, which is the process of cleaning out damaged cells.

In this episode of my new Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about the many benefits of fasting. We also talk about the different types of fasting so you can determine if one is right for you.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30+ million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and ButcherBox.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• The top benefits of fasting (4:07 / 1:08) 
• Zombie cells and their effect on aging and inflammation (7:54 / 4:44) 
• Four different types of fasting (11:46 / 8:44) 
• My personal experiences with fasting (19:06 / 15:58) 
• Fasting’s impact on sleep (24:12 / 21:08) 
• Fasting for female bodies (27:38 / 24:31) 
• Questions from our community on high blood pressure, getting adequate calories, fasting during pregnancy, and more (29:32 / 26:19) 
• The impact of fasting on metabolism (43:26 / 40:35) 
• The role of continuous glucose monitors in personalizing diet (53:25 / 50:20) 

Mentioned in this episode:

Enhancing Your “Healthspan” to Live Well for 100+ Years with Dr. Peter Attia

How to Use Intermittent Fasting to Lose Weight, Live Longer, and Feel Better with Dr. Jason Fung

Is Cancer Caused by Sugar? with Dr. Jason Fung

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The school of thought around cancer used to be focused only on the genetic component. But we now know that our environment—the air we breathe, the food we eat, even our relationships—has an enormous cellular impact on our ability to prevent and treat cancer. In this episode, my guests and I discuss the Functional Medicine approach to cancer, which empowers patients and practitioners to achieve the highest expression of health by working collaboratively to address the root causes of disease. 

Drew Ramsey is a psychiatrist, author, farmer, and founder of the Brain Food Clinic in New York City, offering treatment and consultation for depression, anxiety, and emotional wellness concerns. He is the author of multiple books, including the award-winning cookbook Eat Complete: The 21 Nutrients that Fuel Brain Power, Boost Weight Loss and Transform Your Health.

Dr. Todd LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine, and is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. He has been practicing Functional Medicine for over 15 years focusing on Optimal Aging, Bio-Detoxification, Gastrointestinal Health, Systemic Inflammation, Autoimmune disorders and the Neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders.

Dr. Elizabeth Boham is Board Certified in Family Medicine from Albany Medical School, and she is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner and the Medical Director of The UltraWellness Center. Dr. Boham lectures on a variety of topics, including women’s health and breast cancer prevention, insulin resistance, heart health, weight control and allergies.

Peter Attia is the founder of Attia Medical, PC, a medical practice with offices in San Diego and New York City, focusing on the applied science of longevity. His approach focuses on increasing lifespan by delaying the onset of chronic disease, while simultaneously improving “healthspan,” or quality of life.

Tom Hopper is an English actor. He has appeared as Sir Percival in Merlin, Billy Bones in Black Sails, Dickon Tarly in Game of Thrones, and Luther Hargreeves in Netflix’s new show The Umbrella Academy.

Keegan Allen is an American actor, musician, photographer, and author. He’s known for his main role as Toby Cavanaugh on the Freeform series Pretty Little Liars. Allen’s passion in his younger years tended towards photography, cinematography, and other roles behind the camera.

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We’re up against an epidemic of chronic metabolic diseases. One thing they all have in common is a component of insulin dysregulation. Take that into account with the fact that 90% of people who have insulin resistance are going to the doctor and remaining undiagnosed. Why then, are we testing everything but insulin? Today, I take a deep dive into the topic of insulin resistance and metabolic health with Dr. Ben Bikman. 

Dr. Bikman is a renowned metabolic research scientist and a popular speaker on human metabolism and nutrition. Backed by years of research, Dr. Bikman’s mission is to help the world appreciate the prevalence and relevance of insulin resistance. He is the author of the book, Why We Get Sick, which offers a thought-provoking yet real solution to insulin resistance and reversing pre-diabetes, improving brain function, shedding fat, and preventing diabetes. Dr. Bikman has a Doctor of Philosophy in Bioenergetics from East Carolina University, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in metabolic disorders with the Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School. 

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Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• The common driver of metabolic syndrome and chronic disease (5:10 / 1:30) 
• What is insulin resistance and why is it so underdiagnosed? (7:57 / 5:08) 
• How insulin resistance affects the liver, sex hormones, weight gain, aging, and the brain (15:36 / 12:45) 
• Differences in how high-carb and low-carb diets affect metabolism (30:11 / 24:55) 
• Three primary causes of insulin resistance (47:52 / 42:39) 
• Fat, saturated fats, and insulin resistance (50:58 / 45:46) 
• How to know if insulin resistance is a problem for you (1:02:32 / 56:50)
• Ethnic disparities in metabolic predisposition (1:09:18 / 57:11) 
• Top things you can do to prevent and reverse the effects of insulin resistance (1:13:07 / 1:03:54) 
• Insulin’s role in mTOR, a regulator of aging (1:31:17 / 1:26:05) 

Get a copy of Dr. Bikman’s book, Why We Get Sick here and check out his new company HLTH Code here.

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We’ve been told over and over again that dairy is a great source of calcium; that milk makes healthy bones and we should drink it daily. I’m here to tell you that this is not true. Cow’s milk from conventionally raised cattle contains dozens of reproductive hormones, allergenic proteins, antibiotics, chemicals, inflammatory compounds, and growth factors, some of which are known to promote cancer. While humans are the only species that continue to drink milk after weaning, we have no biological requirement for this food. Moreover, the milk we drink today is not what our grandparents drank.

In this episode of my new Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about why we should avoid almost all dairy. We also discuss some of the popular myths about dairy, the types of dairy that are okay to eat, and much more.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30+ million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• The dangers of industrial dairy (3:55 / 1:00) 
• Why Functional Medicine practitioners include dairy in the elimination diet (12:05 / 9:09)
• Why I cut out most dairy from my diet (14:53 / 11:57) 
• Milk isn’t a necessary source of calcium or vitamin D (17:46 / 14:48)
• The types of dairy I will eat (22:00 / 19:04) 
• Is raw milk safe? (23:29 / 20:34) 
• Giving up dairy: patient success stories (25:26 / 22:31) 
• Why the combination of dairy and sugar is particularly harmful (27:41 / 24:51) 
• Considerations for selecting dairy alternatives (30:22 / 27:26) 
• How to minimize the effects of lactose, casein, and hormones in dairy (34:19 / 31:14) 

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Milk and Health

Is Butter Back? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Butter Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Total Mortality

The Elimination Diet

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We’ve all been there—changing an old habit or creating a new one can be challenging. But when we use science to understand the secrets to lasting behavior change, it’s clear there are ways to overcome the struggle and get the results we want. Today, I talk to Dr. BJ Fogg about the science of lasting behavior change and the success he’s seen in those who’ve used his system.  

Dr. Fogg is a behavior scientist with deep experience in innovation and teaching. For the past 20 years at Stanford University, he has directed a research lab and he also teaches his models and methods in graduate seminars. His New York Times bestselling book, Tiny Habits: The Small Changes that Change Everything, was published in early 2020 and is contracted to be published in over 25 languages.

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Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• How BJ’s Mormon upbringing, homosexuality, and perfectionism set the groundwork for his work on behavior change (7:35 / 4:07)     
• Why feeling successful is the key to building new habits and behavior change (16:06 /  12:19)   
• The Fogg Behavior Model and the convergence of motivation, ability, and prompt (17:25 / 14:19)
• Why specificity and simplicity are key to behavior change (22:43 / 19:05)
• The pervasive myth that eating less and exercise more is the secret to weight loss (24:54 / 21:27) 
• Why behavior change is not about discipline and willpower (26:27 / 23:36)      
• Repetition does not create habits, emotion does (32:53 / 29:42)          
• Three ways to make lasting change (45:02 / 41:49)                    
• Two overarching maxims for creating behavior change—help people do what they already want to do and help people feel successful (50:52 / 47:29
• Untangling vs. breaking habits (56:54 / 52:08)

Learn more about BJ’s work at tinyhabits.com and follow him on Facebook @TinyHabits, on Instagram @bjfogg, and on Twitter @bjfogg.

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Modern love comes with an unprecedented list of expectations. Relationships can of course be a source of amazing connection and joy, but they can also be really hard. We want our partner to be our best friend, lover, confidant, coworker, therapist, and so much more. We want from one person what an entire village used to provide. To take it a step further, we want a soul mate; we want in another human what we used to look for in the realm of the divine. We want that person to help us become the best version of ourselves. I’ve been extremely lucky in my life with my career and friendships, but romantic relationships haven’t come easy for me. I was thrilled to take a deeper look at this part of my life in this episode with my dear friend Esther Perel.

Psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author Esther Perel is recognized as one of today’s most insightful and original voices on modern relationships. Fluent in nine languages, she helms a therapy practice in New York City and serves as an organizational consultant for Fortune 500 companies around the world. Her celebrated TED Talks have garnered more than 30 million views and her bestselling books, Mating in Captivity and The State of Affairs, are global phenomena translated into nearly 30 languages. Esther is also an executive producer and host of the popular podcasts Where Should We Begin? and How’s Work? Her latest project is Where Should We Begin - A Game of Stories with Esther Perel.

Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• Our expectations of romantic relationships have drastically changed over time (4:08)     
• Our childhood sets us up for difficulty in romantic relationships (7:08)    
• Why we choose partners who activate our own specific issues (11:19)    
• What drives couples to divorce and why the end of a relationship does not necessarily equate to failure (15:02)  
• What brings couples to couples therapy today vs. in past decades (19:40)     
• Four relationship killers (27:10)       
• What makes a relationship successful? (28:32) 
• The card game that Esther created during the pandemic to incorporate lightness and play into our relationships  (35:06)  
• How our relationship to giving and receiving impacts our relationships (45:55)  
• Esther’s main nuggets of wisdom from her work with couples (54:24)

Learn more about Esther Perel at https://www.estherperel.com/ and her new card game, Where Should We Begin - A Game of Stories at https://www.estherperel.com/where-should-we-begin-the-game.

Follow Esther on Facebook @Esther.Perel, on Instagram @EstherPerelOfficial, and on Twitter @EstherPerel.

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If you stop to look at the real reasons you’re eating certain foods, it’s not a lack of self-control like the stigma suggests. It is a lack of other things in your life, though. Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, Dr. Rangan Chatterjee and I break down the factors that contribute to overeating and eating nutrient-poor foods and look at the best methods for healthy and lasting weight loss. 

Dr. Chatterjee is regarded as one of the most influential medical doctors in the UK and wants to change how medicine will be practiced for years to come. He hosts the most listened to health podcast in the UK and Europe, Feel Better, Live More—which regularly tops the Apple Podcast charts and is listened to by over 2 million people every single month. 

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Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• A personalized and compassionate approach to weight loss (7:13 / 3:24)        
• Why do we eat? (14:55 / 11:07) 
• Eliminating blame and shame around weight gain and weight loss (18:50 / 15:00)  
• Examining what we are hungry for (26:25 / 21:05)          
• Making your environment and home a “safe zone” (33:16 / 28:24)   
• Planning your nutritional week (40:25 / 35:03)
• The cost, time, and skills needed to cook for yourself (42:11 / 36:53)        
• How close are you to feeling great? (54:31 / 49:55)       
• The role of exercise in weight loss (58:06 / 52:46)    
• The 3 daily habits that Dr. Chatterjee recommends (1:07:06 / 1:01:50) 

Learn more about Dr. Chatterjee at https://drchatterjee.com/ and get Dr. Chatterjee’s book, Feel Great, Lose Weight: Simple Habits for Lasting and Sustainable Weight Loss at https://drchatterjee.com/feel-great-lose-weight.

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I was lucky enough to learn at a young age that we can write our own stories. We can become the authors of our own lives instead of the victims—living authentically is a cornerstone of that process. Throughout life we’re posed with obstacles, successes, and everything in between. My guest on today’s episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, the one and only Matthew McConaughey, shares how challenging events (redlights) can provide us with the opportunity for growth and success (greenlights), which is the focus of his new book Greenlights.

Academy Award–winning actor Matthew McConaughey is a husband, father of three children, and a loyal son and brother. He considers himself a storyteller by occupation, believes it’s okay to have a beer on the way to the temple, feels better with a day’s sweat on him, and is an aspiring orchestral conductor. In 2009, Matthew and his wife, Camila, founded the just keep livin Foundation, which helps at-risk high school students make healthier mind, body, and spirit choices. In 2019, McConaughey became a professor of practice at the University of Texas at Austin, as well as Minister of Culture/M.O.C. for the University of Texas and the City of Austin. McConaughey is also brand ambassador for Lincoln Motor Company, an owner of the Major League Soccer Club Austin FC, and co-creator of his favorite bourbon on the planet, Wild Turkey Longbranch.

Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• What Matthew found when he looked back on the journals he kept over 30 years (4:49) 
• The science of satisfaction (8:01) 
• Being an author vs. victim of your life (10:55)       
• Reframing selfishness (13:05)               
• Matthew’s recurring dream and what he did to follow it (17:39)        
• The transformative wrestling match that Matthew inadvertently found himself participating in (23:55)                   
• Prioritizing what matters most to you (36:30)  
• How relinquishing need can bring in more (42:32)           
• The power of journaling and writing down your thoughts (43:28)

Get a copy of Matthew’s book, Green Lights at https://greenlights.com/.

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I’ve always been fascinated by the concept of human potential and the mind-body connection. Time and time again, I’ve seen that mindset is a defining factor in how successful my patients are on their healing journey. The mind-body connection is a powerful one, so much so that there are numerous reports of spontaneous remission of chronic pain and diseases when people change their headspace. Digging into our subconscious thoughts and beliefs and redefining how we see our future can have real, long-lasting impacts on our physical health. 

I was so excited to sit down with Dr. Joe Dispenza to talk about his work in mind-body medicine, helping people overcome their biggest obstacles and form new, healthy, limitless lives. Dr. Joe’s passion can be found at the intersection of the latest findings from the fields of neuroscience, epigenetics, and quantum physics to explore the science behind spontaneous remissions. He uses that knowledge to teach people how to heal their bodies of health conditions, make significant changes in their lives, and evolve their consciousness.

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Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• How Dr. Joe first became interested in studying spontaneous remissions (8:10 / 5:09) 
• Changing your reality requires changing yourself (10:42 / 7:39)
• How your past can control your present and keep you unwell, and how to break free from it (14:08 / 11:07) 
• Moving out of stress to an elevated state of bliss, love, and ecstasy (23:15 / 20:07)       
• Rewiring your brain to break habitual thought and emotional patterns (28:44 / 25:18)
• The power of using mental rehearsal to create our present and future reality (32:49 / 27:36)     
• The four necessary elements of healing your body with your mind (40:58 / 37:47)     
• Why practicing gratitude is a gateway to improving our health and wellbeing (43:27 / 40:18)     
• How our thoughts can change our gene expression (51:57 / 48:22)      
• Remarkable stories of healing and spontaneous remissions (1:01:18 / 58:20)   

Learn more about Dr. Joe Dispenza, his online course, Dr. Joe Live, live events, and more at www.drjoedispenza.com and follow him on Facebook @DrJoeDispenzaOfficialNewsFanPage, on Instagram @drjoedispenza, and Twitter @drjoedispenza.

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Millions of individuals worldwide are affected by autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, type-1 diabetes, hypothyroidism, psoriasis, and many others. Simply put, autoimmune diseases are conditions where the body’s immune system attacks its own tissues rather than a foreign molecule like bacteria. This happens when something confuses the immune system. 

In this compilation episode, I talk to Dr. Cynthia Li, Dr. George Papanicolaou, Dr. Todd LePine, Dr. Steven Phillips, and Dana Parish about out-of-the-box ways to treat autoimmune disease. We also discuss the importance of healing your gut and optimizing your diet, treating hidden infections, and more.

Dr. Cynthia Li received her medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. She currently has a private practice in Berkeley, CA and is the author of Brave New Medicine: A Doctor’s Unconventional Path to Healing Her Autoimmune Illness.

Dr. George Papanicolaou is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and is Board Certified in Family Medicine from Abington Memorial Hospital. In 2015, he established Cornerstone Personal Health—a practice dedicated entirely to Functional Medicine. He joined The UltraWellness Center in 2017.

Dr. Todd LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine. 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. 

Dr. Steven Phillips is a renowned Yale-trained physician, international lecturer, and media go-to expert. Well-published in the medical literature, he has treated over 20,000 patients with complex, chronic illness from nearly 20 countries. Dr. Phillips experienced firsthand the nightmare of an undiagnosed, serious infection after nearly dying from his own mystery illness. He figured out how to save his own life when 25 doctors could not.

Dana Parish developed Lyme-induced heart failure as a result of being improperly diagnosed by some of the “top” doctors in the country—and had her life saved by Dr. Steven Phillips. A chart-topping Sony/ATV singer/songwriter who has written songs for artists like Celine Dion and Idina Menzel, she has become a major voice in the world of chronic illness. Her popular column on Huffington Post has been read by more than one million people globally.

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What if I told you we’ll reach a point in time where scientific breakthroughs will extend our lives by more than a year, for every year we are alive? This is called longevity escape velocity, and some experts think it’s only 12 to 15 years away. Of course, getting to that point is multidimensional. It means addressing health from all angles, with personal lifestyle choices, technology, and more. 

On today’s episode, I’m excited to talk to Peter Diamandis about the future of longevity interventions and why we won’t always have the same idea of aging that we do today. Peter Diamandis is the founder and executive chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, which leads the world in designing and operating large-scale incentive competitions. He was recently named by Fortune as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders.” He is also the executive founder of Singularity University, a graduate-level Silicon Valley institution that counsels the world's leaders on exponentially growing technologies. 

This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers, Athletic Greens, and Rupa Health.

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Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• What is longevity? (6:30 / 2:19)
• Our view of aging may really be one of abnormal aging (10:28 / 7:26) 
• Why we age and why we don't have to (14:26 / 10:45) 
• Scientific evidence of age reversal in animals (28:28 / 22:46) 
• The fundamentals of improving health and living longer, better (31:25 / 26:09) 
• Using diagnostics and early detection for longevity (40:11 / 32:57)
• Promising, out-of-the-box therapies on the horizon to enhance longevity (46:55 / 42:22) 
• Metformin vs. diet and lifestyle for blood glucose level reversal (57:36 / 52:20)
• Total plasma exchange therapy (1:03:06 /1:00) 
• How additional life expectancy of humanity will contribute to the global economy  (1:10:15 / 1:05:18) 

Pre-order your copy of Lifeforce here and sign up for Peter's Longevity Insider here.

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While the term “superfood” carries a certain hype, some foods do earn that status. Food is medicine. And some foods are more powerful medicines than others! Food is the most powerful tool to create optimal health. 

In this episode of my new Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about the power of using food as medicine. I also share five superfoods I frequently enjoy that you should also incorporate into your eating plan.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, the Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30+ million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Paleovalley.

Rupa Health is a place for Functional Medicine practitioners to access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, Great Plains, and more. Check out a free live demo with a Q&A or create an account here. 

Paleovalley is offering 15% off your entire first order. Just go to paleovalley.com/hyman to check out all their clean Paleo products and take advantage of this deal.

In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• Food is information that drives all of your body’s biochemistry (5:09 / 1:30) 
• Superfood #1: konjac root (6:47 / 3:25)  
• Superfood #2: Himalayan Tartary buckwheat (7:52 / 4:40) 
• Superfood #3: cruciferous vegetables (10:08 / 6:47) 
• Superfood #4: mushrooms (12:44 / 9:21) 
• Superfood #5: green tea (14:04 / 10:39) 
• Why the quality of what you eat matters (14:48 / 11:43) 
• Feeding the 7 systems of the body (25:35 / 22:12) 
• Janice’s story: a case study of using food as medicine (32:23 /29:00) 
• What I eat every day and foods I’ll never eat (39:36 / 36:12) 

Mentioned in this episode:

Chai Pancake Recipe

Try This: A Deep Dive Into The Healing Power Of Polyphenols

Shake Recipes

*My Masterclass on dairy will air Jan. 2022

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We are in an epidemic of chronic illness. Despite the advances in conventional medical care over the last decades, this system of medicine is governed by a persistent myth that if you know the name of your disease, you know what’s wrong with you. Once you have a label, you are put in the group of people who have the same label, and it is assumed you carry the attributes of this group. Unfortunately, this approach or method of thinking is outdated, increasingly useless, and often dangerous. Functional Medicine, on the other hand, looks at the body with a systems-based approach, understanding how all our different parts work together and looking at a symptom as a sign of dysfunction that we need to get to the root cause of, not just tame.

In this compilation episode, I take you through eight things you can do to reset your body and reduce chronic illness. I also talk about the risks of a fatty liver, how inflammation impacts the body, and the importance of good sleep.

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Despite what the conventional medical model has taught us about cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s, these disorders are actually within our power to stop, slow, and reverse. There’s no better person to talk to about reducing the risk of cognitive deficits and supporting optimal brain health than today’s guest on The Doctor’s Farmacy, Dale Bredesen. 

Dr. Bredesen is internationally recognized as an expert in the mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, and the author of the New York Times bestsellers The End of Alzheimer's, The End of Alzheimer's Program, and his latest book The First Survivors of Alzheimer's: How Patients Recovered Life and Hope in Their Own Words.

He has held faculty positions at UC San Francisco, UCLA, and the University of California San Diego. He has directed the Program on Aging at the Burnham Institute before coming to the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in 1998 as its founding president and CEO. He is currently a professor at UCLA.

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Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• Why Alzheimer’s is a systems biology disorder that needs to be treated from a Functional Medicine perspective  (7:13 / 4:01) 
• Four main drivers of cognitive decline (12:01 / 8:10)  
• The ineffectiveness of seeking just one cause of Alzheimer’s (13:05 / 9:08) 
• Personalizing Alzheimer's treatment and prevention (19:42 / 15:08) 
• The 4 stages of Alzheimer's (21:19 / 17:30) 
• Eating and fasting to prevent, slow, and reverse cognitive decline (27:51 / 21:44) 
• The importance of exercise, sleep, and stress reduction in relation to brain health (32:31 / 26:41) 
• Reversing Alzheimer’s and pre-Alzheimer’s disease (39:38 / 33:49) 
• Patient stories of cognitive improvement after Alzheimer’s diagnosis (47:04 / 41:25) 
• Breaking through the conventional perspective and approach to Alzheimer’s disease (54:01 / 48:33) 

Learn more about Dr. Bredesen’s work at https://www.apollohealthco.com/

Get a copy of Dr. Bredesen’s book, The First Survivors of Alzheimer’s: How Patients Recovered Life and Hope in Their Own Words here. 

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If you have a chronic illness, you’ve got inflammation. Inflammation is often hidden or silent, something that we can’t see or feel, but manifests itself as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, depression, and more. Typically, inflammation has been raging inside for a while before you even notice there’s anything wrong. The three biggest drivers of inflammation are all lifestyle factors—gut health, diet, and chronic stress.

In this episode of my new Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about inflammation, what’s causing it, and how to reduce it. We discuss the critical component of gut health and how 60-70% of our immune system is in our gut, as well as tests to identify inflammation in the body, foods to avoid, and the importance of restful sleep.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30+ million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Athletic Greens.

Rupa Health is a place for Functional Medicine practitioners to access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, Great Plains, and more. Check out a free live demo with a Q&A or create an account here. 

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• What is inflammation? (4:40 / 1:10) 
• Three biggest drivers of inflammation (6:00 / 2:46)
• Detecting inflammation in patients (25:02 / 21:31)
• Conventional medicine approach to treating inflammation (28:16 / 24:50)
• Foods that are inflammatory (30:43 / 27:11) 
• Sleep apnea’s association with inflammation (34:55 / 31:21) 
• My personal experience with gut dysfunction and its connection to inflammation (44:25 / 41:02)
• Testing for inflammation (50:30 / 46:59) 
• Supplements to reduce inflammation (53:50 / 50:28) 
• Your questions on addressing grains, hormones, genetics, and more (59:25 / 55:50) 

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Most of us can relate to feeling tired, moody, or just overall depleted. It’s not a lack of willpower or motivation that leads to low-energy. It's because we’re up against energy thieves that are hiding everywhere from our immune system to the food we eat, and even our microbiome. 

In this compilation episode, I talk to Dave Asprey about using the principles of Functional Medicine and the biology of biohacking to boost energy, promote weight loss, and feel good at any age. We discuss the numerous benefits of fasting, such as reducing insulin, improving brain function, and supporting mitochondria (these are our tiny but powerful cellular energy factories)​​. Fasting doesn’t have to mean feeling stressed, tired, or even hungry—Dave tells us how to remove the fear and pain some people feel about fasting to make the process easier.

Dave Asprey is the founder and Chairman of Bulletproof 360, a high-performance coffee and food company, and creator of the widely-popular Bulletproof Coffee. He is a three-time New York Times bestselling author, host of the Webby award-winning podcast Bulletproof Radio, and has been featured on the Today show, Fox News, Nightline, CNN, and dozens more. Over the last two decades Dave, the “Father of Biohacking,” has worked with world-renowned doctors, researchers, scientists, and global mavericks to uncover the latest, most innovative methods, techniques, and products for enhancing mental and physical performance. 

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Rupa Health is a place for Functional Medicine practitioners to access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, Great Plains, and more. Check out a free live demo with a Q&A or create an account here. 

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I don’t like to look at what I do as treating disease. I’d rather look at it as creating health. And we have a lot of power to do that ourselves, each and every day. This is something I especially like to remind people of as we continue through the pandemic—the right choices and habits can help us stay more resilient and healthy during what feels like an uncontrollable world health crisis. 

Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I talk to my good friend Ken Cook, as part of EWG’s CleanCon Conference. In this conversation, Ken interviews me about establishing better habits for human and planetary health.

Ken Cook is widely recognized as one of the environmental community’s most prominent and influential critics of industrial agriculture and the nation’s broken approach to protecting families and children from toxic substances. Under Cook’s leadership, EWG has pioneered the use of digital technologies to empower American families with easy-to-use, science-driven tools to help reduce their exposure to potentially harmful ingredients in food, drinking water, cosmetics, and other household products. 

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Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• The connection between poor diet and Covid-19 outcomes (4:53 / 1:48)
• Environmental toxins and the immune system (7:05 / 3:19)
• My journey into understanding the power of nutrition and health (8:15 / 4:13) 
• My approach to working with patients to promote behavior change (12:29 / 8:46)
• Improving your diet to improve your health (18:12 / 14:11)
• Creating structure to support healthy habits and behavior change (20:30 / 16:50)
• Understanding your body as one interconnected ecosystem (25:12 / 21:04) 
• Becoming Covid-resistant (29:18 / 24:04) 

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As the science of longevity has exploded in recent years, we have more access to innovative therapies, techniques, knowledge, and technology than ever before. Traditionally, we view aging as an inevitable consequence that happens to our bodies as we get older. We think that as we gain more years of life, it is a given that we begin to slow down, become less agile, lose our memories, and gain more chronic diseases. We define these things as “aging” when they’re actually signs of dis-ease that can be prevented and often even reversed. 

In this episode of my new MasterClass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about creating vibrant, optimal health, to feel younger at any age. We discuss the latest science on whole-body health and longevity and share simple, accessible tips that you can use right now to start feeling younger at any age. 

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30+ million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and ButcherBox.

Rupa Health is a place for Functional Medicine practitioners to access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, Great Plains, and more. Check out a free live demo with a Q&A or create an account here. 

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• Reversing your biological age (4:48 / 1:29)
• The difference between healthspan and lifespan (10:22 / 6:45)
• Threats to aging well, including insulin resistance, sarcopenia, inflammation, and more (12:55 / 9:30)
• Addressing the root cause of disease using Functional Medicine (18:42 / 15:27)
• Learnings about longevity from the Blue Zones (23:16 / 20:00)
• Eating well for a longer life (28:02 / 24:08) 
• Why prioritizing your sleep is vital (35:35 / 32:13)
• Using supplements to optimize all the systems of your body (40:32 / 36:57) 
• The importance of relationships and community (45:03 / 41:28) 
• Your questions on addressing early aging, exercise, stress, and more (59:24 / 55:55) 

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While inflammation is a natural part of life that can serve a beneficial role, we start to see disease when inflammatory pathways are constantly activated. That’s why many brain symptoms—like brain fog, anxiety, memory loss, and more—can actually be caused by systemic inflammation. The foods we eat, the toxins we’re exposed to, our stress levels, and our genetics are just some of the many aspects that can impact the body—and the brain’s—propensity towards inflammation. 

In this episode, I discuss inflammation in the brain with Dr. Todd LePine. We dive into the many factors that can drive neuroinflammation, the range of conditions that are linked to brain inflammation, and how we work with patients to cool this inflammation. I also talk with Max Lugavere about how nutritional deficiencies affect the brain.

Dr. Todd LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine, and is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. He has been practicing Functional Medicine for over 15 years focusing on Optimal Aging, Bio-Detoxification, Gastrointestinal Health, Systemic Inflammation, Autoimmune disorders and the Neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders.

Max Lugavere 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’s sophomore book is 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.

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Meat is always a hot topic in the nutrition and wellness space. To eat it, or not to eat it? That is the oversimplified question of what is a much more complex topic. You see, we can’t lump all meat into one category. And we can’t think about meat as all or nothing—there’s much more to the story. Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, Scott Lively and I talk all about conscious meat-eating, and more specifically beef, as well as the nuances that come with it. Scott shares some helpful tips for improving the quality of the meat you eat.  

Scott Lively is the co-founder of Raise American, which provides 100 percent grass-fed, organic, American, planet-friendly beef. He is an organic food entrepreneur and an absolute beef freak. Scott left a successful career in the IT industry to co-found what is now the largest organic beef company in the United States. Today, he oversees a broad portfolio of companies, private labels, and brands. Scott is an advocate of local economic development and regenerative farming practices applied to large agriculture. He is the author of For The Love of Beef: the Good, the Bad and the Future of America’s Favorite Meat.

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Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• How “Big Beef” gained its negative reputation (5:46 / 1:38)
• Issues and challenges with the current beef industry (10:43 / 6:39) 
• Consumer driven change in the beef industry (12:13 / 8:40)
• Health attributes of grass-fed beef (14:21 / 10:34) 
• Meat consumption and planetary health (21:09 / 17:22) 
• Improving beef quality and agricultural practices through academic and governmental programming (29:36 / 25:12) 
• Are lab-based meat alternatives good for us? (34:39 / 30:42) 
• Tips to determine meat quality (43:31 / 37:47)
• Scott’s journey into the beef industry (48:15 / 42:31)
• The difference between organic and grass-fed beef (52:13 / 46:27)
• Is regenerative agriculture scalable? (55:01 / 49:16) 

Get a copy of Scott’s book, For The Love of Beef: the Good, the Bad and the Future of America’s Favorite Meat here https://www.fortheloveofbeef.com. 

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For 7 days, you get access to all this and more entirely for free!  It's so easy to sign up. Just go click the Try Free button on the Doctor’s Farmacy Podcast page in Apple Podcast.  

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At every meal, we make choices of what to feed our bodies—and our brains. Too much sugar and refined carbs, not enough good fats, inadequate intake of the right nutrients, and exposure to toxins can have a negative effect on our brains and even contribute to disorders ranging from brain fog to depression to Alzheimer’s. Nutrients are the fertilizer for the brain. When we get the right kinds, our brain can flourish and grow, even generating new cells in older age, long after science previously thought was possible.

In this episode of my new MasterClass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about using diet and lifestyle to support brain health. We also talk about why it’s important to treat the body when it comes to treating brain issues, and I share my own experience using Functional Medicine to heal my own brain.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30+ million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and InsideTracker.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• What to eat, and not to eat, for brain health (4:10 / 00:56) 
• How and why inflammation affects the brain (10:30 /  7:19)
• Fixing the body to fix the brain (12:59 / 9:45)
• The importance of exercise, sleep, and stress management (14:46 / 11:21) 
• Dr. Hyman’s personal brain health story (19:37 / 16:23) 
• The dangers of environmental toxins (26:08 / 22:32) 
• Sugar’s effect on the brain (35:58 / 32:42) 
• Case studies (39:01 / 35:48)
• Supplements to support brain health (50:09 / 46:56) 
• Your questions on foods, energy, caffeine, and more (51:51 / 48:41) 

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If I had one “medicine” to take with me anywhere in the world to heal people it would be food. Real food contains thousands of molecules, each designed to regulate and optimize the functions of your body—your gene expression, hormones, brain chemistry, immune system, gut microbiome, and more. In this episode, I talk to Tom Bilyeu, Lewis Howes, Dr. Elizabeth Boham, Dr. Shebani Sethi Dalai, and Fred Provenza about the power of using food as medicine. 

Tom Bilyeu is a filmmaker and serial entrepreneur who chased money hard for nearly a decade and came up emotionally bankrupt. To that end, he and his partners sold their technology company and founded Quest Nutrition—a company predicated not on money, but rather on creating value for people with the mission to end metabolic disease, something impacting Tom’s own family. Bilyeu then turned his attention to the other pandemic facing society, the poverty of poor mindset and co-founded the media studio, Impact Theory with his business partner and wife, Lisa Bilyeu. 

Lewis Howes is a New York Times Bestselling author of the hit book, The School of Greatness. He is a lifestyle entrepreneur, high-performance business coach, and keynote speaker. A former professional football player and two-sport All-American, he is a current USA Men’s National Handball Team athlete.

Dr. Elizabeth Boham is Board Certified in Family Medicine from Albany Medical School, and she is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner and the Medical Director of The UltraWellness Center. Dr. Boham lectures on a variety of topics, including Women’s Health and Breast Cancer Prevention, insulin resistance, heart health, weight control and allergies. She is on the faculty for the Institute for Functional Medicine.

Dr. Shebani Sethi Dalai is a double board-certified physician in Obesity Medicine and Psychiatry. She is the Founding Director of Stanford University's Metabolic Psychiatry program and Silicon Valley Metabolic Psychiatry, a new center in the San Francisco Bay Area focused on optimizing brain health by integrating low-carb nutrition, comprehensive psychiatric care, and treatment of obesity with associated metabolic disease. 

Fred Provenza is professor emeritus of Behavioral Ecology in the Department of Wildland Resources at Utah State University where he worked for 35 years, directing an award-winning research group that pioneered an understanding of how learning influences foraging behavior and how behavior links soil, plants, herbivores, and humans. He is the author of three books, including Nourishment: What Animals Can Teach Us about Rediscovering Our Nutritional Wisdom; Foraging Behavior: Managing to Survive in a World of Change; and The Art & Science of Shepherding: Tapping the Wisdom of French Herders (co-written with Michel Meuret). 

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If you’ve experienced any of the symptoms of hormonal imbalance, you’d probably agree that they have a lot of power over how well we feel. But unfortunately, especially for women, the signs of hormonal imbalances are constantly being written off as “normal.” I’m here to tell you that they’re not! Today, I’m talking with Dr. Sara Gottfried about why our hormones get out of whack and how to get them back in balance.

Dr. Sara Gottfried is a board-certified physician who graduated from Harvard and MIT. She practices evidence-based integrative, precision, and Functional Medicine. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative Medicine and Nutritional Sciences at Thomas Jefferson University, and Director of Precision Medicine at the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health. Her three New York Times bestselling books include: The Hormone Cure, The Hormone Reset Diet, and Younger. Her latest book is called Women, Food, and Hormones.

Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• We need to stop normalizing women’s hormonal issues (4:24 / 1:58)
• Weight gain and hormonal issues (8:40 / 4:50) 
• Symptoms of hormonal imbalance (9:53 /6:43) 
• How food affects hormone balance (10:41 / 7:26)
• Alcohol and hormones (14:54 / 9:42) 
• Hormone balancing foods (15:46 / 12:45)
• The importance of metabolic flexibility (20:26 / 15:37) 
• Cruciferous vegetables, soy, and hormonal health (22:33 / 17:41) 
• Is a plant-based or vegan diet helpful for hormonal health? (29:33 / 24:54) 
• Why muscle is so important for hormonal health (32:31 / 27:45)

Find out more about Dr. Gottfried at https://www.saragottfriedmd.com and learn more about becoming a patient of Dr. Gottfried’s Precision Medicine practice at https://marcusinstitute.jeffersonhealth.org/.

Get Dr. Gottfried’s book, Women, Food, and Hormones: A 4-Week Plan to Achieve Hormonal Balance, Lose Weight, and Feel Like Yourself Again here.

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Autoimmune disease is an extremely common and growing issue in our global population, affecting millions of people worldwide. Autoimmune diseases vary in symptoms and severity, but they all have one thing in common: the body is attacking itself. Typically, when someone has one autoimmune disease, it’s likely they have more than one. Examples of autoimmune diseases are type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, colitis and Crohn’s, Hashimoto’s, and Graves’. 

This episode is the first in a new series I’m calling masterclass, where I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host Dhru Purohit about popular health topics including inflammation, autoimmune disease, brain health, sleep, and much more. Today’s episode explores the five main root causes of autoimmune disease—toxins, allergens, microbes, diet, and stress—and the Functional Medicine approach to treating them.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30+ million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and InsideTracker.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• Five causes of autoimmune disease (0:30 / 1:00) 
• Autoimmune disease: the single biggest threat (3:43 / 4:15) 
• Using the Functional Medicine matrix to treat patients (4:52 / 5:26) 
• The difference between conventional vs. Functional Medicine treatment (7:34 / 7:49)
• The tie between inflammation and autoimmune disease (13:03 / 13:32)
• How to start right now to heal yourself at home (16:48 / 17:18)
• Recommended supplements for autoimmune conditions (24:21 / 24:56) 
• The importance of high-quality sleep (27:47 / 28:12) 
• Questions from the community on allergies, alcohol consumption, celiac disease, and more (29:05 / 29:47) 
• Diet, lifestyle, and supplement tips to start healing right now (35:10 / 35:33) 

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Stress is almost synonymous with our modern lifestyles. We experience external stressors from our jobs, family responsibilities, financial worries, and many other places, then compound them with unhealthy lifestyle choices. The result is an epidemic of stress and increased risk for chronic diseases. 

In this episode, I talk to Wim Hof, Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, and Dr. Elizabeth Boham about how to take control of our minds and bodies through cold therapy, breathwork, and mindset and meditation techniques that can help us tap into our innate inner power.

Wim Hof, also known as “The Iceman,” holds multiple world records for his feats of endurance and exposure to cold, include climbing Mount Everest in nothing but a pair of shorts, running across the Namibian desert at 104°F without drinking any water, and sitting in an ice bath for 1 hour and 52 minutes. He has proven in eight university research studies that he can consciously influence his autonomic nervous system, measurably reduce inflammation, regulate his internal pH levels and body temperature, and activate his immune system to resist the effects of poisonous endotoxins. These studies also show that Wim is able to teach others to achieve similar accomplishments in as little as four days through the Wim Hof Method.

Dr. Rangan Chatterjee is regarded as one of the most influential doctors in the UK and wants to change how medicine will be practiced for years to come. He hosts the biggest health podcast in Europe, Feel Better, Live More. His first book, How to Make Disease Disappear, is an international bestseller all over the world and has sold over 250,000 copies worldwide in just 18 months. Dr. Chatterjee is known for finding the root cause of people’s health problems, and he has highlighted his methods in the ground-breaking BBC television show, Doctor in the House, which has been shown in over 70 countries around the world. 

Dr. Elizabeth Boham is Board Certified in Family Medicine from Albany Medical School, and she is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner and the Medical Director of The UltraWellness Center. Dr. Boham lectures on a variety of topics, including Women’s Health and Breast Cancer Prevention, insulin resistance, heart health, weight control and allergies. She is on the faculty for the Institute for Functional Medicine.

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There are so many simple steps we can take every single day to strengthen our brains and reduce the risk for Alzheimer’s. Considering that this disease starts in the brain 20 to 30 years before the first signs of memory loss, we should all be thinking about prevention. Today, I’m so excited to welcome Dr. Richard Isaacson to talk about taking care of the brain in a whole new way. 

Dr. Richard Isaacson serves as Director of the Center for Brain Health and Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic (APC) at Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine. He previously served as Director of the APC at the Weill Cornell Memory Disorders Program, Assistant Dean of Faculty Development, and Associate Professor of Neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine & NewYork-Presbyterian. He remains as Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology in the Department of Neurology at Weill Cornell.

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Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• What you can do today to prevent Alzheimer’s disease (8:40 / 4:02)
• Using food as medicine to prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease (12:17 / 8:13)
• ABCs of Alzheimer's prevention management (17:47 / 14:15) 
• Tracking your sleep, exercise, blood sugar, and more for brain health (22:48 / 19:12)
• Eating and fasting for cognitive health (25:02 / 21:32)
• Approaching Alzheimer’s as a systemic disease that affects the brain, not a brain disease (34:13 / 28:52) 
• Challenges to applying preventative Alzheimer’s research in patient care (43:08 / 39:09)
• Is Alzheimer’s reversible? (51:32 / 46:06) 
• Blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, belly fat, and Alzheimer’s disease (58:33 / 53:10) 
• Hopeful Alzheimer’s patient cases (1:12:05 / 1:04:40) 

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In theory, quality sleep should be easy. Our bodies are made to sleep, recover, detox, heal, and relax at night. Unfortunately, for most of us, this type of sleep is not easy. Yet, there are so many things we can do to promote a restful, restorative, and rejuvenating night’s sleep including balancing blood sugar, using light and dark to enhance your circadian rhythm, supporting your brain health, and even using gadgets, tools, or supplements to help you sleep. 

In part IV of Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class, Dr. Hyman is joined by Dr. Mark Burhenne, Dr. Mary Pardee, Dr. Judy Hinojosa, Dr. Afrouz Demeri, and Mike Mutzel to share their top tools and tips to reset your sleep. If you’d like to watch the whole series, you can sign up for free at www.drhyman.com/sleep.

Mark Burhenne, DDS is a bestselling author and a family and sleep medicine dentist who focuses on patient-centered and preventative dental healthcare. He is the creator and author of AsktheDentist.com, a website dedicated to exploring the mouth-body connection for better overall health.

Dr. Mary Pardee is a Naturopathic Medical Doctor, Certified Functional Medicine Doctor, and founder of modrn med who specializes in integrative gastroenterology and hormone balancing in Los Angeles, California.

Dr. Judy Hinojosa is a licensed Naturopathic Medical Doctor and the lead physician and founder of Vitality Wellness Clinic. Dr. Judy has received higher level postgraduate education in Environmental Medicine, Intravenous Nutritional Therapies, Natural Hormone Balancing, Ozone Therapy, Lyme Disease and Mycotoxin Illness, and has completed in-depth training in Energy Based Medicine.

Dr. Afrouz Demeri is a licensed board-certified Naturopathic Medical Doctor specializing in integrative, Functional Medicine for women. Dr. Afrouz finds the root cause for hormonal imbalances, thyroid disorders, stress, weight or digestive issues, fatigue, depression, and anxiety.

Mike Mutzel earned his B.S. in Biology from Western Washington University, completed his M.S. in Clinical Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport, and is a graduate of the Institute for Functional Medicine’s (IFM) Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP).

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So many of us are just managing to get by day-to-day. Maybe you’re super sluggish, your digestion is off, you can’t think clearly, you have brain fog, or just feel run down. Unfortunately, there is no magic bullet solution. There is, however, a systems-based approach—a way to tackle the multiple root factors that contribute to feeling this way. 

In this episode, my guests and I dive into this topic and explain the importance of what you put at the end of your fork, improving your sleep, how the gut can affect your health, and so much more. 

Lewis Howes is a New York Times Bestselling author of the hit book, The School of Greatness. He is a lifestyle entrepreneur, high-performance business coach, and keynote speaker. A former professional football player and two-sport All-American, he is a current USA Men’s National Handball Team athlete. 

Shawn Stevenson is the author of the international bestselling book Sleep Smarter and creator of The Model Health Show, featured as the number #1 health podcast in the U.S. with millions of listener downloads each year. Shawn has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times, Muscle & Fitness, ESPN, and many other major media outlets. 

Dr. Jay Lombard is an internationally acclaimed neurologist, author, and keynote speaker specializing in neuroimmunological conditions and medical mysteries. He was Chief of Neurology at both Westchester Square Medical Center and Bronx Lebanon Hospital and clinical assistant professor at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Stephanie Seneff is a Senior Research Scientist at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She has a bachelor’s degree from MIT in Biology with a minor in Food and Nutrition Science, and a master’s degree, an engineer’s degree, and a PhD degree, all from MIT, in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. She is the author of a new book on glyphosate titled Toxic Legacy: How the Weedkiller Glyphosate is Destroying Our Health and the Environment.

Dr. Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices Functional Medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. 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 in a variety of publications and media. 

Dr. Cindy Geyer received her bachelor of science and her doctor of medicine degrees, with honors, from the Ohio State University. She completed residency in internal medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. and is triple board certified in internal medicine, integrative medicine and lifestyle medicine.

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In general, people often underestimate the amount of life they have left ahead of them. This means they write off the ability to learn new things or make major changes mid-life, even when it comes to pursuing lifelong dreams and goals. The truth is, we can go through our remaining years feeling more fulfilled, happier, and healthier if we open ourselves up to all the possibilities that are waiting.

Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I talk to Chip Conley. Chip Conley is a New York Times bestselling author and the hospitality maverick who helped Airbnb's founders turn their fast-growing tech start-up into a global hospitality brand. In Wisdom@Work: The Making of a Modern Elder he shares his unexpected journey at midlife—from CEO to intern—learning about technology as Airbnb’s Head of Global Hospitality and Strategy, while also mentoring CEO Brian Chesky. Chip is the founder of the Modern Elder Academy, where a new roadmap for midlife is offered at a beautiful oceanfront campus in Baja California Sur, Mexico. He serves on the board of Encore.org and the advisory board for the Stanford Center for Longevity. 

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Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• Chip’s near-death experience and how it changed his perspective on mid-life (6:11 / 3:00) 
• Embracing a beginner’s mindset at middle age and beyond (9:58 / 5:17)
• The 3 key things we need after age 50 (12:53 / 9:36)
• The definition of a “modern elder” (16:35 / 13:35)
• Becoming useful vs. youthful (22:10 / 17:36) 
• Unexpected pleasures of aging (23:57 / 19:00) 
• The connection between life satisfaction and age (26:10 / 21:24)  
• Key tenants of the Modern Elder Academy (33:49 / 29:06)
• Growing younger as you age (39:10 / 34:30)
• Disrupting the retirement and higher education structures for lifelong learning (43:33 / 38:50) 

Learn more about Chip here and his work with the Modern Elder Academy here.

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Toxic exposures on top of our stressed out and sedentary lifestyles can all wreak havoc on our ability to get quality sleep. However, there is so much we can do to reduce our toxic exposures, enhance our detoxification pathways, reframe how we view and handle stress, and move our bodies to help find a nice, deep slumber.

In part III of Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class, Dr. Hyman is joined by Dr. Mark Burhenne, Dr. Mary Pardee, Dr. Judy Hinojosa, Dr. Afrouz Demeri, and Mike Mutzel to discuss the impact of toxins, stress, and exercise on sleep. If you’d like to watch the whole series, you can sign up for free at www.drhyman.com/sleep.

Mark Burhenne, DDS is a bestselling author and a family and sleep medicine dentist who focuses on patient-centered and preventative dental healthcare. He is the creator and author of AsktheDentist.com, a website dedicated to exploring the mouth-body connection for better overall health.

Dr. Mary Pardee is a Naturopathic Medical Doctor, Certified Functional Medicine Doctor, and founder of modrn med who specializes in integrative gastroenterology and hormone balancing in Los Angeles, California.

Dr. Judy Hinojosa is a licensed Naturopathic Medical Doctor and the lead physician and founder of Vitality Wellness Clinic. Dr. Judy has received higher level postgraduate education in Environmental Medicine, Intravenous Nutritional Therapies, Natural Hormone Balancing, Ozone Therapy, Lyme Disease and Mycotoxin Illness, and has completed in-depth training in Energy Based Medicine.

Dr. Afrouz Demeri is a licensed board-certified Naturopathic Medical Doctor specializing in integrative, Functional Medicine for women. Dr. Afrouz finds the root cause for hormonal imbalances, thyroid disorders, stress, weight or digestive issues, fatigue, depression, and anxiety.

Mike Mutzel earned his B.S. in Biology from Western Washington University, completed his M.S. in Clinical Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport, and is a graduate of the Institute for Functional Medicine’s (IFM) Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP).

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One of the biggest mistakes I often see patients make is taking a linear approach to health, focusing most of their energy just on exercise, for example, but leaving everything else by the wayside. We can’t optimize health if we’re only supporting one part of it. And optimizing our health through what we put at the end of our fork is the lowest-hanging fruit to achieve all our other health goals. 

In this episode, Dr. Hyman and guests dive into topics including insulin resistance, nutritional deficiencies, gut health, and much more. They also talk about what you can start doing to get healthier today.

Lewis Howes is a New York Times Bestselling author of the hit book, The School of Greatness. He is a lifestyle entrepreneur, high performance business coach and keynote speaker. He hosts a top 100 iTunes ranked podcast, The School of Greatness, and was recognized by The White House and President Obama as one of the top 100 entrepreneurs in the country under 30. 

Dr. Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices Functional Medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing. 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.

Dr. Steven Gundy is one of the world’s top cardiothoracic surgeons and a pioneer in nutrition, as well as medical director at The International Heart and Lung Institute Center for Restorative Medicine. He is author of many New York Times bestselling books and is the founder of GundryMD, a line of wellness products and supplements, and host of The Dr. Gundry Podcast.

Dr. Casey Means is a Stanford-trained physician, Chief Medical Officer and Co-founder of metabolic health company Levels, an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention, and a Lecturer at Stanford University. Her mission is to maximize human potential and reverse the epidemic of preventable chronic disease by empowering individuals with tools that can facilitate deep understanding of our bodies and inform personalized and sustainable dietary and lifestyle choices. 

This episode is sponsored by Rupa Health and Tushy.

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The amount of information we hear about COVID on a daily basis can be pretty overwhelming. I feel that this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy is one of the most important ones I’ve done on this topic because it’s an incredible resource for understanding how to prevent and treat COVID using a comprehensive systems approach. It’s about how to heal on the cellular level. My guest is someone who has had an immense impact on my own health and my career in Functional Medicine. 

Dr. Leo Galland is one of the most incredible resources on COVID and long-COVID syndrome. He is a board-certified internist, practicing in New York City, is recognized as a world leader in Functional Medicine, and a pioneer in the study of intestinal permeability and the gut microbiome as they impact immune function and systemic health. Since the onset of the pandemic, Dr. Galland has devoted most of his time to research on COVID-19 and to the education of other health practitioners in understanding the complex biology of the disease. 

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Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• What is “long-COVID” and what symptoms are most associated with it? (8:51 / 4:51) 
• Upwards of 30% of individuals who have contracted COVID-19 may develop long-COVID (15:28 / 12:25)
• The groups most at risk for developing long-COVID (29:28 / 24:36)
• The COVID, gut, and heart health connection (33:07 / 28:21)
• Eating to protect against and recover from COVID and long-COVID (42:59/ 38:09)
• Supplements and probiotics to protect against and recover from COVID and long-COVID (46:29 / 40:28)
• Restoring mitochondrial function after COVID-19 infection (55:20 / 50:21) 
• Chronic fatigue, POTS, and COVID-19 infection (1:01:55 / 57:03)
• Are the Covid vaccines protective against long-COVID? (1:10:33 / 1:05:46)
• Dr. Galland’s perspective on COVID vaccines (1:12:35 / 1:07:44)

Learn more about Dr. Galland at https://drgalland.com/ and follow him on Facebook @leogallandmd and on Twitter @leogallandmd.

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The food you eat has a direct impact on the quality of your sleep. Through balancing your blood sugar, boosting your sleep nutrients, and supporting your gut health, you can turn something you do three times every single day into an opportunity to radically transform your sleep. And the same goes for supporting your hormones, which are absolutely crucial to quality sleep.

In part II of Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class, Dr. Hyman is joined by Dr. Mark Burhenne, Dr. Mary Pardee, Dr. Judy Hinojosa, Dr. Afrouz Demeri, and Mike Mutzel to discuss how nutrition and hormones impact your sleep. If you’d like to watch the whole series, you can sign up for free at www.drhyman.com/sleep.

Mark Burhenne, DDS is a bestselling author and a family and sleep medicine dentist who focuses on patient-centered and preventative dental healthcare. He is the creator and author of AsktheDentist.com, a website dedicated to exploring the mouth-body connection for better overall health.

Dr. Mary Pardee is a Naturopathic Medical Doctor, Certified Functional Medicine Doctor, and founder of modrn med who specializes in integrative gastroenterology and hormone balancing in Los Angeles, California.

Dr. Judy Hinojosa is a licensed Naturopathic Medical Doctor and the lead physician and founder of Vitality Wellness Clinic. Dr. Judy has received higher level postgraduate education in Environmental Medicine, Intravenous Nutritional Therapies, Natural Hormone Balancing, Ozone Therapy, Lyme Disease and Mycotoxin Illness, and has completed in-depth training in Energy Based Medicine.

Dr. Afrouz Demeri is a licensed board-certified Naturopathic Medical Doctor specializing in integrative, Functional Medicine for women. Dr. Afrouz finds the root cause for hormonal imbalances, thyroid disorders, stress, weight or digestive issues, fatigue, depression, and anxiety.

Mike Mutzel earned his B.S. in Biology from Western Washington University, completed his M.S. in Clinical Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport, and is a graduate of the Institute for Functional Medicine’s (IFM) Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP).

This episode is sponsored by Rupa Health and Thrive Market.

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Our gut bacteria regulate many of our bodily functions, from creating vitamins to controlling our immune system, our brain function, and of course, our metabolism and weight. They are critical to our long-term health. This is why Functional Medicine almost always starts helping people treat chronic health problems by fixing their gut. 

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Steven Gundry, Dr. Todd LePine, and Dr. George Papanicolaou to talk about fixing your mitochondrial function, what foods to avoid, food sensitivities, and incorporating a whole foods diet that’s rich in polyphenols. 

Dr. Steven Gundry is one of the world’s top cardiothoracic surgeons and a pioneer in nutrition, as well as medical director at The International Heart and Lung Institute Center for Restorative Medicine. He is the author of many New York Times bestselling books and is the founder of GundryMD, a line of wellness products and supplements, and host of The Dr. Gundry Podcast.

Dr. Todd LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine, and is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner.  He has been practicing Functional Medicine for over 15 years focusing on optimal aging, bio-detoxification, gastrointestinal health, systemic inflammation, autoimmune disorders, and the neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders.

Dr. George Papanicolaou is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and is Board Certified in Family Medicine from Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pennsylvania. He is also an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. He specializes in treating the root causes of many conditions including neurodegenerative disorders, ADHD, PANDAS/PANS, and gut and hormone health.

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Rupa Health is a place for Functional Medicine practitioners to access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, Great Plains, and more. You can check out a free live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. 

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The lymphatic system is a critically foundational system in helping us feel well and age better. It’s actually part of both our circulatory and immune systems, responsible for fluid regulation, cellular clean-up, detoxification, and more. 

I’m excited to talk more about this with Drs. Mehmet Oz and Gerald Lemole. Dr. Oz has won ten Daytime Emmy® Awards for The Dr. Oz Show and is an Attending Physician at NY Presbyterian-Columbia Medical Center. He is also the proud author of eight New York Times bestsellers including his most recent, Food Can Fix It.

Dr. Gerald Lemole is a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon and integrative physician. He served as chief of cardiovascular surgery at Christiana Care Health Services from 1986 to 2006 and subsequently served as the Medical Director for the Center of Integrative Health at the Preventive Medicine and Rehabilitation Institute. His latest book Lymph & Longevity: The Untapped Secret to Health was just released.

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, BiOptimizers, and InsideTracker.

Rupa Health is a place for Functional Medicine practitioners to access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, Great Plains, and more. You can check out a free live demo with a Q&A or create an account here. 

You can try BiOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough for 10% off with the code HYMAN10 here. For a limited time, BiOptimizers is also giving away free bottles of their bestselling products P3OM and Masszymes with select purchases. 

If you’re curious about getting your own health program dialed-in to your unique needs, check out InsideTracker and get 25% off here.

Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• Discovering the importance of the lymphatic system (6:11 / 2:47)
• The role of the lymphatic system and how you can support it (11:43 / 8:29)
• Scientific research on the lymph system (16:34 / 13:11)
• Puffiness, inflammation, and poor function of the lymph system (20:31 / 17:04)
• Understanding the lymph system through a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective (29:11 / 23:56)
• Creating health using the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine (34:36 / 29:39)
• Foods and lifestyle practices to optimize and enhance the lymphatic system (42:07 / 36:54)
• The connection between fatigue and lymph flow (50:50 / 45:36)
• Supplements to support the lymphatic system (58:57 / 53:44)
• What your tongue can reveal about your overall health and other learnings from Traditional Chinese Medicine (1:00:48 / 56:32)

Get Dr. Lemole’s book, Lymph & Longevity: The Untapped Secret to Health here. Get Dr. Oz’s book, Yin Yang You: Biohacking With Ancient Codes here.

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Hey podcast community, Dr. Mark here. My team and I are so excited to offer you a 7 Day Free trial of the Dr. Hyman+ subscription for Apple Podcast. 

For 7 days, you get access to all this and more entirely for free!  It's so easy to sign up. Just go click the Try Free button on the Doctor’s Farmacy Podcast page in Apple Podcast.  

In this teaser episode, you’ll hear a preview of our latest Dr. Hyman+ Functional Medicine Deep Dive on menopause with Dr. Elizabeth Boham. 

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Sleep can make or break our health. Without adequate high-quality sleep, optimal immune function is next to impossible. And there’s so much we can do to help ourselves get the quality rest we need and deserve. Understanding the timing of sleep, wake, light exposure, meals, and exercise is foundational to setting yourself up for daytime and nighttime success.

In part I of Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class, Dr. Hyman is joined by Dr. Mark Burhenne, Dr. Mary Pardee, Dr. Judy Hinojosa, Dr. Afrouz Demeri, and Mike Mutzel to share the fundamentals of sleep and your circadian rhythm. If you’d like to watch the whole series, you can sign up for free at www.drhyman.com/sleep.

Mark Burhenne, DDS is a bestselling author and a family and sleep medicine dentist who focuses on patient-centered and preventative dental healthcare. He is the creator and author of AsktheDentist.com, a website dedicated to exploring the mouth-body connection for better overall health.

Dr. Mary Pardee is a Naturopathic Medical Doctor, Certified Functional Medicine Doctor, and founder of modrn med who specializes in integrative gastroenterology and hormone balancing in Los Angeles, California.

Dr. Judy Hinojosa is a licensed Naturopathic Medical Doctor and the lead physician and founder of Vitality Wellness Clinic. Dr. Judy has received higher level postgraduate education in Environmental Medicine, Intravenous Nutritional Therapies, Natural Hormone Balancing, Ozone Therapy, Lyme Disease and Mycotoxin Illness, and has completed in-depth training in Energy Based Medicine.

Dr. Afrouz Demeri is a licensed board-certified Naturopathic Medical Doctor specializing in integrative, Functional Medicine for women. Dr. Afrouz finds the root cause for hormonal imbalances, thyroid disorders, stress, weight or digestive issues, fatigue, depression, and anxiety.

Mike Mutzel earned his B.S. in Biology from Western Washington University, completed his M.S. in Clinical Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport, and is a graduate of the Institute for Functional Medicine’s (IFM) Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP).

This episode is sponsored by Rupa Health and Paleovalley.

Rupa Health is a place for Functional Medicine practitioners to access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, Great Plains, and more. Check out a free live demo with a Q&A or create an account here. 

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As a whole, autoimmune disease affects over 80 million Americans and five percent of the population in Western countries. They include type 1 diabetes, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, colitis, Crohn’s disease, and dozens of others. While your body is designed to fight off harmful things like infections, toxins, allergens, or a stress response, with autoimmune issues the body directs a hostile attack on its own joints, brain, skin, and more.

In this episode, Dr. Hyman speaks with Dr. Cynthia Li and Dr. Terry Wahls about their personal stories of working through autoimmunity and how it led them to help others using Functional Medicine. They also dive into the underlying triggers of inflammation such as stress, hidden infections, food allergies or sensitivities, toxic exposure, genetic predisposition, nutrient deficiencies, and leaky gut. 

Dr. Cynthia Li received her medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. She’s practiced as an internist in many settings, including Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco General Hospital, and St. Anthony Medical Clinic serving the homeless. She currently has a private practice in Berkeley, CA and is the author of, Brave New Medicine: A Doctor’s Unconventional Path to Healing Her Autoimmune Illness.

Dr. Terry Wahls is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner and a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa where she conducts clinical trials. In 2018, she was awarded the Institute for Functional Medicine’s Linus Pauling Award for her contributions in research, clinical care, and patient advocacy. Dr. Wahls was confined to a tilt-recline wheelchair for four years. She restored her health using a diet and lifestyle program she designed specifically for her brain and now pedals her bike to work each day. She is the author of The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles, and the cookbook The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life.

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There is a lot of noise around medicinal marijuana; so much so that just the thought of trying it might be overwhelming. There are actually many proven benefits when it’s used the right way, some of which I’ve experienced myself. When I was recovering from mold toxicity combined with C. diff and a slew of other factors that ruined my gut, I was so nauseous that I couldn't eat and was rapidly losing weight. None of the anti-nausea medications I tried were working, but marijuana did. 

Now, there are a lot of nuances to its use and much more research to be done. To understand what the data currently shows us on medicinal cannabis and where someone might start if they’re curious, I’m excited to sit down with an expert on the topic, Dr. Mikhail “Misha” Kogan. Dr. Kogan is the medical director of the George Washington University Center for Integrative Medicine, and Associate Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine. He has recommended medical marijuana to thousands of patients and is a frequent lecturer on medical cannabis to professional audiences across the nation.

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In this episode (audio version/Apple Subscriber version): 

• My experience using marijuana therapeutically (6:27/2:25)
• Evidence-based research showing the benefits of medical marijuana (11:43/8:02)
• How medical marijuana works in the body (14:40/10:56)
• Using medical marijuana for pain, nausea, Multiple Sclerosis, and insomnia (23:06/19:26)
• Inconsistencies in regulation and access to cannabis (29:31/25:09)
• Using cannabis to treat skin issues as well as for digestive issues (34:47/28:44)
• Considerations for selecting the best type and administration route of cannabis products (46:01/41:04)
• Recommendations for treating sleep issues and insomnia (56:57/51:26)
• Cannabis and Covid-19 (1:01:45/56:14)
• Quality assurance of medical cannabis products (1:11:20/1:05:46)

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Bloating is a very common and uncomfortable condition where your belly increases in size, often occurring after eating and increasing as the day goes on. Twenty to thirty percent of the population regularly experiences bloating. If you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome, that percentage jumps to 96%. Bloating is a sign of an imbalance in the gut, often caused by dysbiosis, food intolerances, bacterial overgrowth, and stress. While conventional medicine usually treats the symptoms of bloating, Functional Medicine treats the entire ecosystem of the body, including repairing and rebuilding the gut.

In this episode, Dr. Hyman discusses bloating and “food babies” with Dr. Elizabeth Boham. They talk about lactose intolerance as a common cause of bloating and how this uncomfortable condition can be successfully treated. They also share a case study of a 35-year-old man and the protocol that helped him.

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.

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In this conversation, Dr. Hyman and Dr. Boham discuss:

• The prevalence and characteristics of bloating in the general population and IBS patients

• How SIBO can be a cause of bloating

• Conventional medicine vs Functional Medicine treatment of bloating

• Why antibiotics can be harmful and helpful in gut health

• Addressing imbalances in the gut

• How foods and food intolerances may lead to bloating

• Negative effects of PPIs on the gut

• Dietary approach to treating bloating

• Case study of a 35-year-old male

• How different probiotics can affect the gut

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Our emotional health impacts our physical health, there is no way around it. Traumas and toxic beliefs are scary to unpack but when you do, you give yourself the freedom and opportunity for dynamic growth. In this episode, Dr. Hyman is joined by Dr. Joe Dispenza, Dr. Daniel Amen, Byron Katie, Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, and Lauren Zander. They explore how focusing on your emotional health as much as your physical health will have big payoffs for your wellness and happiness throughout life.

Since 2010, Dr. Joe Dispenza has partnered with scientists and universities to perform extensive research on the effects that meditation has on the brain and body. During his advanced retreats around the world, his team has gathered more than 8,000 brain scans and 4,000 heart-rate variability measurements in an attempt to correlate the effects that sustained elevated emotions and self-regulation have on heart and brain function, immune response, and overall mind-body health.

The Washington Post called Dr. Daniel Amen the most popular psychiatrist in America and Discover Magazine listed his brain imaging research as the top neuroscience story for 2015. He is a double board-certified psychiatrist and ten-time New York Times bestselling author. 

Byron Katie's simple yet powerful process of self-inquiry, which she calls The Work, consists of four questions and the turnaround, which is a way of experiencing the opposite of what you believe. Her books include the bestselling Loving What Is, I Need Your Love—Is That True?, A Thousand Names for Joy, and A Mind at Home with Itself.

Dr. Rangan Chatterjee is regarded as one of the most influential medical doctors in the UK and wants to change how medicine will be practiced for years to come. His mission is to help 100 million people around the globe live better lives. He hosts the most listened to health podcast in the UK and Europe, Feel Better, Live More—which regularly tops the Apple Podcast charts and is listened to by over 2 million people every single month.

Lauren Handel Zander is the Co-Founder of Handel Group®, an executive life coaching company. Her coaching methodology, The Handel Method®, is taught in over 50 universities and institutes of learning around the world, including MIT, Stanford Graduate School of Business, NYU, and the New York City Public School System. Lauren is also the creator of Inner.U: Learn to Human BetterⓇ , the online coaching course that teaches the entirety of The Handel Method, which has been used by dozens of celebrities, CEOs, and entrepreneurs since 2004, and she is the author of Maybe It’s You, a no-nonsense, practical manual that helps readers figure out not just what they want out of life, but how to actually get there.

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Did you know that 63% of Covid-19 hospitalizations can be linked back to at least one of four pre-existing conditions, all of which are largely preventable through diet and lifestyle choices? Obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and heart failure are strongly linked to more severe Covid outcomes. These cardiometabolic diseases represented a different type of pandemic, long before Covid-19 hit. We can make incredible reductions to our risk of these health problems, and even reverse them, using the power of food. Even people with genetic predispositions can significantly reduce the risk of any of these diagnoses and the Covid consequences that can come with them.

Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I talk to Dr. Ronesh Sinha, author of The South Asian Health Solution. He is an internal medicine physician who runs a lifestyle clinic in Silicon Valley focused on reversing insulin resistance in ethnically diverse patients. He is also an expert in corporate wellness and serves as the Chief Medical Officer for Silicon Valley Employer Forum, where he serves as a global adviser to shape health benefits for over 55 major Silicon Valley companies. 

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Here are more of the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): 

• Why South Asians are at uniquely high risk of developing insulin resistance, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (7:19 / 3:46)
• The dangers of a high starch and sugar vegetarian diet (11:00 / 7:24)
• Designing a healthy pregnancy (13:41 / 11:00)
• The importance of muscle in metabolic health and aging (16:59 / 13:38)
• The dietary framework Dr. Sinha uses with his patients (23:12 / 15:45)
• Dr. Sinha’s approach to understanding cholesterol, metabolic disease, statins, and lipid panels (27:43 /  23:00)
• Cooking with ghee and coconut oil vs. vegetable and seed oils (36:41 / 31:35)
• Thinking of Covid-19 as a lifestyle disease (45:35 / 40:25)
• The link between body fat, diet, and Covid-19 outcomes (47:39 / 42:30)
• Simple lifestyle changes to reduce your risk of severe outcomes from Covid-19 (49:32 / 45:15)

Learn more about Dr. Ronesh Sinha at culturalhealthsolutions.com and check out his new podcast, Meta Health Podcast. Follow Dr. Sinha on Instagram @roneshsinhamd.

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Diverticulitis: A Functional Medicine Approach | This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Athletic Greens

Over 200,000 people per year are treated for diverticulitis, a painful condition in which small pouches in the colon, called diverticula, become infected. Symptoms of diverticulitis include nausea, fever, chills, loss of appetite, and constipation. While conventional medicine treatments for diverticulitis usually consist of antibiotics and surgery, Functional Medicine looks at a wide variety of things like microbiome diversity, dietary fiber consumption, gut health, inflammation, and more, to both prevent and treat this condition. 

In this episode, Dr. Hyman discusses diverticulitis with Dr. George Papanicolaou. They talk about how lifestyle habits, such as a low fiber diet and elevated stress, can contribute to diverticulitis. They also share certain foods and supplements that are supportive and healing to the body.

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 joined The UltraWellness Center in 2017.

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In this conversation, Dr. Hyman and Dr. Papanicolaou discuss:

• How overall fiber consumption has reduced over time

• What diverticula are and how they can progress to diverticulitis

• The symptoms of diverticulitis

• Risk factors for developing diverticulitis

• The difference between conventional medicine and Functional Medicine treatments for diverticulitis

• Using bone broth and clove tea to heal a flare up

• Why it’s a myth that you shouldn’t eat nuts and seeds if you have diverticulitis

• Suggestions for how to add fiber to your diet

• Supplements to support the body

• Case study of a 50-year-old woman with diverticulitis

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7 Steps To Biohack Your Health To Live Longer | This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley

Increasing lifespan and healthspan are not just about treating disease but about building long-term resilience and vitality. Some say if you live longer, you will spend more time with chronic disease and disability,increasing the burden on society and our health care system. Not true. A famous Stanford University study found that if you kept your ideal weight, exercised, and didn’t smoke, you were likely to live a long, healthy life and die painlessly, quickly, and cheaply. In fact, simple, daily habits hold the key to unlocking your longevity potential. 

As my patients get older and more concerned about longevity, we focus on habits that create the most reward. Today, I dive into seven biohacks you can use to live longer with my guests: Dave Asprey, Dr. Elizabeth Boham, Dr. Cindy Geyer, Drew Ramsey, Gary Taubes, and Dr. Louis Ignarro.

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Dave Asprey is the founder and CEO of Bulletproof 360, creator of the global phenomenon Bulletproof Coffee, a two-time New York Times bestselling author, the host of the Webby award-winning podcast Bulletproof Radio, serial entrepreneur, and global change agent.

Dr. Elizabeth Boham is Board Certified in Family Medicine from Albany Medical School, and she is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner and the Medical Director of The UltraWellness Center. She is on the faculty for the Institute for Functional Medicine.

Dr. Cindy Geyer received her bachelor of science and her doctor of medicine degrees, with honors, from the Ohio State University. She completed residency in internal medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. and is triple board certified in internal medicine, integrative medicine, and lifestyle medicine.

Dr. Drew Ramsey is a writer, farmer, and doctor who focuses on the connection between mental health and food. He is passionate about nutritional interventions and creative media to share a different way of thinking about the brain and mood. He is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and in active clinical practice in New York City. 

Gary Taubes is an award-winning science and health journalist, and co-founder and director of the Nutrition Science Initiative. He is the author of The Case Against Sugar, Why We Get Fat, Good Calories, Bad Calories, and, most recently, The Case for Keto. He has received three Science in Society Journalism Awards from the National Association of Science Writers, and is also the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research. 

Dr. Louis Ignarro is a medical research scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his breakthrough discovery of nitric oxide and how it positively impacts health and longevity. His groundbreaking research on nitric oxide paved the way for—among other innovations—Viagra. He is an award-winning Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and has his Ph.D. in Pharmacology with over 35 years of experience teaching.

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How To Practice Radical Acceptance In All Areas Of Life | This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers, MitoPure, and Athletic Greens

It can be really scary to be alone with ourselves and our thoughts. The stories that keep us suffering can sometimes get louder than ever when we aren’t embracing distraction, and we usually try to push them away. But what can help break this pattern is to stop being at war with the moment, just letting our feelings be without buying into the beliefs that come with them. 

This is one part of the process of radical acceptance, a topic I was excited to dive into today with the one and only Tara Brach. Tara Brach holds a PhD in clinical psychology and teaches meditation internationally. Founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, DC (IMCW), Tara is the author of the bestsellers Radical Acceptance, Radical Compassion, True Refuge, and her new book, Trusting the Gold. Tara’s weekly podcasts are downloaded over two million times each month.  

This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers, MitoPure, and Athletic Greens. 

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Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• How suffering and “the trance of unworthiness” led Tara to mindfulness (6:14)

• The power that cultural conditioning has over our thoughts and beliefs (12:37)

• The type of beliefs that cause the most suffering (18:41)

• Practicing radical acceptance of what is, without buying into thoughts and beliefs about what is (19:52)

• Accepting and facing the fear of pausing to sit with what is (31:28)

• Changing our brains, minds, hearts, and consciousness through the practice of RAIN (38:58)

• The pervasiveness of disassociation, trauma, and PTSD in our society and how we can move through it to come back to our body and access our wholeness (49:10)

• The greatest gift we can give to each other (1:04:10)

• Practicing radical acceptance in the context of a troubled and divisive world (1:08:01)

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Blood Clots: A Functional Medicine Approach | This episode is sponsored by Rupa Health and ButcherBox

Blood clots are a fairly prevalent issue that can become very serious if not treated promptly. They can occur as a result of injury to the lining of the blood vessels or lack of mobility for an extended period of time. And while the traditional approach to treatment is using a blood thinner or aspirin, Functional Medicine focuses on the prevention of blood clots as well as treatment options, which may include healing the gut, reducing inflammation, and supporting genetics.

In this episode, Dr. Hyman discusses this topic with Dr. Elizabeth Boham. They explore how health conditions such as cancer, autoimmune disease, metabolic syndrome—and even certain genetics—may increase the risk of blood clotting. They also share their personal experiences with blood clots and how they work with patients to prevent and treat them.

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 Rupa Health and ButcherBox.

Rupa Health is a place for Functional Medicine practitioners to access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, Great Plains, and more. You can check out a free live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. 

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In this conversation, Dr. Hyman and Dr. Boham discuss:

• Dr. Hyman and Dr. Boham’s personal experiences with blood clots

• The causes of blood clots

• How other conditions and genetics increase the risk of blood clotting

• The traditional approach to treating blood clots

• Reducing risk of blood clots using preventative measures

• The importance of keeping blood vessels healthy by reducing inflammation and oxidative stress

• How a colorful diet can be protective

• Case study of a 35-year-old woman with blood clots

Additional Resources

The Most Important Molecule for Health You Have Never Heard of: Nitric Oxide

How Leaky Gut is Making Us Sick and Driving Chronic Inflammation with Dr. Emeran Mayer

Postmenopausal Hormones: Helpful or Harmful? With Dr. Elizabeth Boham

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The Surprising Science Behind Cancer Prevention | This episode is sponsored by Pique Tea

The right diet is so imperative in preventing cancer or during the healing process. This is in large part because of the role insulin plays in cancer; insulin acts as a growth factor in the body, which is one of the reasons too much insulin leads to obesity. It’s also why insulin will support the growth of cancer cells. 

In this compilation episode, Dr. Mark Hyman is joined by Dr. William Li and Dr. Jason Fung to discuss how recent research is now revealing the connection between insulin resistance and cancer, what you can eat to prevent cancer, and much more.

Dr. William Li is an internationally renowned physician, scientist and author of one of my favorite books, the New York Times bestseller Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself. His groundbreaking work has led to the development of more than 30 new medical treatments and impacted care for more than 70 diseases including cancer, diabetes, blindness, heart disease and obesity. His TED Talk, “Can We Eat to Starve Cancer?” has garnered more than 11 million views. Dr. Li has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, CNBC, Live with Kelly & Ryan and the Dr. Oz Show, and he has been featured in USA Today, Time Magazine, The Atlantic, Parade and O Magazine. He is president and medical director of the Angiogenesis Foundation and is leading research into COVID-19.

Dr. Jason Fung is a physician, author, and researcher. His groundbreaking science-based books about diabetes and obesity, The Diabetes Code, The Obesity Code, and The Complete Guide to Fasting have sold over one million copies and challenged the conventional wisdom that diabetics should be treated with insulin. Dr. Fung is also the co-founder of The Fasting Method, a program to help people lose weight and reverse type 2 diabetes naturally with fasting. His latest book, The Cancer Code: A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery, was just released.

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Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. William Li, “Why Food Is Better Than Medication To Treat Disease” at: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/DrLi

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Why Tracking Your Blood Sugar Can Transform Your Health | This episode is brought to you by Kettle & Fire, Beekeeper’s Naturals, and Athletic Greens

What if you could get health advice that was completely tailored to your unique body? Forget the generalized blanket statements, like “Eat less, exercise more.” I’m talking about actual guidance based on massive amounts of data that can help you optimize your diet and lifestyle for real, maintainable results. This is the future of medicine, and it will be more precise than ever before. It might sound too futuristic or out of reach, but artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are getting us there, and we’re already seeing amazing health implications for those that are utilizing these technologies. 

In this episode, I talk about the exciting breakthroughs in health-focused AI and what the future holds with Noosheen Hashemi. Noosheen Hashemi is a Silicon Valley tech veteran, entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. She is the founder and CEO of January AI, a precision health tech company that harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to prevent, predict, and manage chronic disease. January AI is Noosheen’s answer to a healthcare industry that seemed to only address decline and disease, rather than prevention and progress; January AI partners with people to understand their body and optimize it for health and longevity. In 2021, January AI was honored by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer.

Noosheen also guides a family office that includes diverse investments in over 100 companies and venture capital funds. She is the founder of the HAND Foundation, focused on supporting scholars and organizations that promote discourse and socioeconomic growth among the disenfranchised. She is a Harold Pratt Associate at the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the advisory boards of Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.

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Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• Noosheen’s journey into using data and AI to drive change in the healthcare space (6:33)

• Using multiomics, or multivariate decision making, to understand health and disease (12:47)

• Food: the missing piece of data in precision health (15:44)

• Artificial intelligence vs. machine learning (17:37)

• Using machine learning to better understand glycemic load and assist people in keeping their blood sugar stable (19:48)

• Moving away from one-size-fits-all medicine (25:46)

• The future of healthcare, continuous health monitoring, personalized health, and precision nutrition (30:03)

• What can AI do for our health? (40:30)

• The future of wearable technology, including the need for insulin monitors (46:12)

• What we can learn from China about using AI to solve for population health issues (52:45)

Learn more about January AI at https://january.ai/ and on Instagram @hellojanuaryai, on Facebook @januaryai, and on Twitter @hellojanuaryai.

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In this teaser episode, you’ll hear a preview of our latest Dr. Hyman+ Functional Medicine Deep Dive on environmental toxins and heavy metals with Dr. Judy Hinojosa.

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Treating OCD From A Functional Medicine Perspective | This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Athletic Greens

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, affects approximately 2.2 million adults and 500,000 children in the US. Individuals with OCD often experience impulsive and intrusive thoughts that replay in the mind, in addition to behaviors such as excessive cleaning and repetitive counting. While conventional medicine approaches OCD as a chemical issue, Functional Medicine looks at genetic components, inflammation, gut health, and other lifestyle influences in its treatment of OCD. 

In this episode, Dr. Hyman discusses OCD with Dr. George Papanicolaou. They discuss just how debilitating this condition can be and share case studies of how they have treated patients with this condition.

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 joined The UltraWellness Center in 2017.

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In this conversation, Dr. Hyman and Dr. Papanicolaou discuss:

• What is OCD and who does it affect?

• Common behaviors of someone with OCD

• Conventional diagnosis and treatment of OCD

• The genetic component to OCD

• How the gut microbiome and lack of diversity may contribute to OCD

• Identifying inflammation as a root cause  

• A case study of someone who has OCD

• Functional Medicine approach to treatment of OCD

Additional Resources:

How Eliminating Gluten May Improve Anxiety and Depression

Understanding How the Microbiome Affects Every Aspect of Your Health

The Science of Mood and Your Microbiome

How Leaky Gut is Making Us Sick and Driving Chronic Inflammation with Dr. Emeran Mayer

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How Diet And Stress Affect Your Immune System | This episode is sponsored by MitoPure

Your immune system is constantly responding to your internal and external conditions. For instance, most of us have experience with coming down with a bad cold or flu directly following a period in which we haven’t been eating or sleeping well. The same principle can apply to more severe or chronic disease as well; a dysregulated immune system opens the door for illness. 

In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman speaks with Dr. Jeffrey Bland about how the food you eat and the quality of your sleep, your thoughts and relationships, and more are fundamental when it comes to the regulation of your immune system. He also speaks with Dr. Leonard Calabrese about the role that movement and exercise play in supporting your immune health.

Dr. Jeffrey Bland is the founder of Big Bold Health, a company on a mission to transform the way people think about one of nature’s greatest innovations—the immune system. Through Big Bold Health, Jeff is advocating for the power of immuno-rejuvenation to enhance immunity at a global level, often through the rediscovery of ancient food crops and superfoods. To get there, Jeff is building a network of small farms and suppliers throughout the US that take a clear stance on regenerative agriculture, environmental stewardship, and planetary health. Jeff’s career in health spans more than 40 years. A nutritional biochemist by training, he began in academia as a university professor. Jeff then spent three decades in the natural products industry, working alongside other pioneers.

Dr. Leonard Calabrese is a Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and Vice Chair of the Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases. Dr. Calabrese is also the director of the RJ Fasenmyer Center for Clinical Immunology at Cleveland Clinic and holds joint appointments in the Department of Infectious Diseases and the Wellness Institute.

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Regeneration: The Key To Healing Humans And The Planet | This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox, BiOptimizers, and Paleovalley

Most people are overwhelmed when it comes to the thought of climate change, which is preventing us from taking action. An estimated 92% of people are disengaged from the topic and feel they don’t know what to do. But today, I want to share some good news with you that will leave you feeling hopeful instead of hopeless in terms of saving our planet. Just like we use Functional Medicine to get to the root cause of disease in our bodies, we can come up with an actionable, results-oriented plan when we look at the root cause of our climate crisis. On this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, I was thrilled to sit down with Paul Hawken to talk about his framework for healing the planet in a way that dramatically changes the outlook of our world for future generations. 

Paul Hawken starts ecological businesses, writes about nature and commerce, and consults with heads of state and CEOs on climatic, economic, and ecological regeneration. He has appeared on numerous media including the Today Show, Talk of the Nation, Bill Maher, CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose, and others, and his work has been profiled or featured in hundreds of articles including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Newsweek, Washington Post, Forbes, and Business Week. He has written eight books, including five national and New York Times bestsellers: Growing a Business, The Next Economy, The Ecology of Commerce, Blessed Unrest, and Drawdown, The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming. 

He is the founder of Project Drawdown, which worked with over two hundred scholars, students, scientists, researchers, and activists to map, measure, and model the one hundred most substantive solutions that can cumulatively reverse global warming. He is the founder of Regeneration.org, and his latest work, Regeneration, Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation, was just released.

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Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• Reframing the climate crisis from a focus on the problem to a focus on solutions and regeneration (8:00)

• The current reality, speed, and impact of the climate crisis (14:29)

• Solutions to cut energy emissions by 50% by 2028 (22:23)

• What you can do in your own life to support the regeneration of our climate (31:30)

• The role that governments and corporations are playing to promote solutions to the climate crisis at scale across the world (40:07)

• Transforming our food and agricultural systems for regeneration of the climate (50:00)

• Regeneration of human society and natural environments (1:00:32)

• The economics of regeneration and regenerative practices (1:03:57)

• Why the climate problem is not a science problem but a human problem (1:19:09)

• Ending the climate crisis in one generation (1:27:17)

Learn more about Paul Hawken at https://paulhawken.com/ and follow him on Facebook @PaulHawkenAuthor, on Instagram @paulhawken, and on LinkedIn @paulhawken.

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