Treating Post-COVID, Or Long-Hauler, Syndrome | This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp

By now, most of us are familiar with post-COVID syndrome, also called long-haulers syndrome, in which a patient who has had COVID-19 experiences long-lasting symptoms. While medicine is still trying to fully understand the reason why a percentage of COVID-19 patients go on to also experience post-COVID syndrome, there appear to be parallels to chronic fatigue syndrome experienced from the Epstein-Barr virus. In this minisode, Dr. Hyman speaks with Dr. Patrick Hanaway about using a Functional Medicine approach to treat post-COVID syndrome. He also speaks with Dr. Matt Cook about several cutting-edge therapies he is using to treat his patients with post-COVID syndrome.

Dr. Patrick Hanaway is a board-certified family physician trained at Washington University. After 10 years as Chief Medical Officer at Genova Diagnostics, Dr. Hanaway became the Chief Medical Education Officer for the Institute for Functional Medicine. In 2014, Dr. Hanaway was the founding Medical Director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine. His research focus is on nutrition, the microbiome, and evaluating value in Functional Medicine models of care. Currently, his teaching focus is on cancer, COVID, and uncertainty.

Dr. Hanaway was initiated in 2009 as a Mara’akame (Indigenous healer) by the Huichol people of the Sierra Madres in Mexico. He holds community fires, leads ceremonies, and offers traditional healing sessions. This part of his practice provides some much-welcome spiritual and emotional insight into addressing our imbalances as a nation. 

Dr. Matthew Cook is a board-certified anesthesiologist who has completed a fellowship in Functional Medicine. His practice, BioReset™ Medical, provides treatments for conditions ranging from pain and complex illness to anti-aging and wellness. At BioReset™ Medical, Dr. Cook treats some of the most challenging to diagnose and difficult to live with ailments that people suffer from today, including Lyme disease, chronic pain, PTSD, and mycotoxin illness. His approach is to use the most non-invasive, natural, and integrative ways possible.  

Regarding the current pandemic, Dr. Cook has spent the past several months distilling the latest research, talking with experts around the world, and integrating his vast clinical experience to provide up-to-date information to the public and medical practitioners. 

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Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. Patrick Hanaway, “The Functional Medicine Approach To Treating COVID-19 And Post-COVID Syndrome” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/PatrickHanaway

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. Matt Cook, “Regenerative Medicine: Healing Chronic Pain and Addressing COVID-19” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/DrMattCook

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Who Should Eat Keto and Why? | This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley, Joovv, and TrueDark

Chances are, you’ve heard a lot of buzz about the ketogenic (or keto) diet. This high-fat, low-carb approach to eating has become extremely popular in recent years for helping with everything from weight loss to cognition. So is it worth the hype? Like any diet, keto is great for some people and not-so-great for others. Genetics, family history, personal health goals, and so many other factors tie into what type of diet will work for an individual. The one-size-fits-all approach to diet has led way too many people down the wrong path.

Today, I’m excited to chat with Gary Taubes all about the keto diet, it’s complexities and benefits, and who might want to consider it. Gary 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. Gary is a former staff writer for Discover and correspondent for Science. He has written three cover articles on nutrition and health for The New York Times Magazine, and his writing has also appeared in The Atlantic, Esquire, and numerous "best of" anthologies, including The Best of the Best American Science Writing (2010). 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.

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Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• How an investigative journalism piece on salt and blood pressure led to Gary’s ongoing inquiry into the obesity epidemic (9:11)

• Why we get fat (13:58)

• Why science mistakenly began focusing on calories, instead of hormones, to understand obesity (17:58)

• The origin and perpetuation of fat shaming and obesity stigma (21:45)

• There is no one-size-fits-all diet (29:02)

• Using a keto (or low-carb, high-fat) diet to decrease insulin levels (37:20)

• How ultra-processed, starchy refined carbohydrates are driving most of our global issues (50:15)

• Would humans and the planet be healthier if we all stopped eating meat and became vegan? (52:34)

• Connecting what you eat with how you feel (57:57)

• Research on treating and reversing type 2 diabetes using a ketogenic diet (1:04:41)

• Using a ketogenic diet to treat cancer, heart disease, heart failure, dementia, epilepsy, and more (1:17:05)

Learn more about Gary Taubes at http://garytaubes.com/ and get a copy of his book, The Case for Keto: Rethinking Weight Control and the Science and Practice of Low-Carb/High-Fat Eating at http://garytaubes.com/works/books/the-case-for-keto-2020/.

Follow Gary on Facebook @GaryTaubesAuthor, and on Twitter @garytaubes.

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My team and I are excited to introduce our revolutionary new platform, Dr. Hyman+, which offers premium content, perks, and information available exclusively for Dr. Hyman+ members. 

In this teaser episode you’ll hear a preview of our second Dr. Hyman+ AMA where I discuss heavy metal toxicity.

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Treating & Preventing Shingles From A Functional Medicine Perspective | This episode is sponsored by Athletic Greens and Cozy Earth

For anyone who has experienced shingles, or been around someone who has, you know this can be an incredibly painful condition. Symptoms include rash, hives, and nerve pain. Shingles  are caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which is the same virus that causes chickenpox. This virus tends to hide, or almost hibernate, in nerve cells long after someone has recovered from chickenpox, and can re-emerge as shingles down the line. In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. George Papaicolaou to discuss why supporting the immune system is so critical when it comes to preventing and treating shingles, and much more.

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.

This episode is sponsored by Athletic Greens and Cozy Earth.

Athletic Greens is offering Doctor’s Farmacy listeners a full year supply of their Vitamin D3/K2 Liquid Formula free with your first purchase, plus 5 free travel packs. Just go to athleticgreens.com/hyman to take advantage of this great offer.

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

• The shingles-chicken pox connection

• Symptoms associated with shingles, and why they are so painful

• The role of the immune system in the development of shingles

• The conventional vs. functional medicine approach to treating shingles

• The shingles vaccine

• Patients suffering from shingles who Dr. Papanicolaou has treated

• How meditation and sleep hygiene supports the immune system

Additional Resources:

The New Science Of Immuno-Rejuvenation

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/04/20/podcast-ep105/

The Secrets To Creating A Healthy Immune System

https://drhyman.com/blog/2019/02/27/podcast-ep42/

How to Protect Yourself from COVID-19: Supporting Your Immune System When You May Need It Most

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/03/17/protect-yourself-from-covid-19/

Why Meditation Is The New Medicine

https://drhyman.com/blog/2019/02/20/podcast-ep41/

My 4-Week Celery Juice Challenge

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/05/03/my-4-week-celery-juice-challenge/

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Is Your Acne Caused By What You're Eating? | This episode is brought to you by TrueDark

The food you eat can have a major influence on the quality of your skin. Yet, conventional medicine primarily deals with acne by lathering potions and lotions on the skin or tackling it with antibiotics or topical steroids. In fact, we spend over a billion dollars on prescriptions and over-the-counter products to cure acne. But eliminating acne is best approached as an inside job.

In this minisode, Dr. Hyman speaks with his colleagues at The UltraWellness Center about how what we eat can drive acne. They also discuss the biggest food culprits, as well as how to tell what foods might be causing an issue for you.

Dr. LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine. He is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center, he worked as a physician at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA, for 10 years. Dr. LePine’s focus at The UltraWellness Center is to help his patients achieve optimal health and vitality by restoring the natural balance to both the mind and the body. His areas of interest include optimal aging, bio-detoxification, functional gastrointestinal health, systemic inflammation, autoimmune disorders, and the neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders. Dr. LePine teaches around the world, and has given lectures to doctors and patients at American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), Age Management Medicine Group (AMMG), the University of Miami Integrative Medicine Conference, The Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA, and is on the faculty for American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M). Dr. LePine is the head of the Scientific Advisory Board for Designs for Health and a consultant for Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory. He enjoys skiing, kayaking, hiking, camping, and golfing in the beautiful Berkshires, and is a fitness enthusiast.

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.

Lisa Dreher is a registered dietitian who got her undergraduate nutrition degree at the Rochester Institute of Technology and completed a dietetic internship through Cornell University. Lisa first worked in the acute care hospital setting and became a Clinical Nutrition Specialist working in Pediatric Gastroenterology at the University of Rochester Medical Center. At the same time, she pursued her Master’s in Nutrition and Integrative Health from the Maryland University of Integrative Health and started practicing Integrative and Functional Nutrition in private practice before joining UWC in 2015. She has since received additional training through the Institute for Functional Medicine.

Over the past 10 years, Lisa has delivered several public health lectures on the role of food as medicine and her work has been showcased in Reader’s Digest, on National Public Radio, and she was featured in the Broken Brain 2 series. She also developed the Digestive Health and Gut Microbiome training module for the Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine practice group through the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

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Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. Todd LePine, “Why Fixing The Gut Is The Key To Healing Chronic Disease ” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/DrToddLePine

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Boham, “Treating Acne From The Inside Out” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/5qJ6A9yu

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Lisa Dreher, “A Simple Diet Experiment That May Solve Most Of Your Health Issues” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/FeJHNRJ3

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The Most Important Molecule for Health You Have Never Heard Of: Nitric Oxide | This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers, Thrive Market, and Beekeeper’s Naturals

What if I told you one single thing could work as an anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, neurotransmitter, and vasodilator and that it helps promote memory and learning, increase arousal in both men and women, protect against sun damage and skin cancer, and regulate digestive enzymes and hormones? You’d want some of that, wouldn’t you? Well, nitric oxide is capable of all of this and more. Our bodies naturally produce this molecule but, due to lifestyle factors, some of us make more than others. Luckily for us, there are many things we can do to increase our nitric oxide levels and reap the health benefits. 

Today I’m honored to sit down and talk with the man who actually discovered nitric oxide, Dr. Louis Ignarro. Dr. 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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Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• The observation that first got Dr. Ignarro thinking about nitric oxide (6:24)

• How statin drugs boost nitric oxide (11:28)

• The link between nitric oxide, inflammation, and antioxidants (14:39)

• The surprising development of Viagra (16:18)

• The many beneficial effects of nitric oxide (21:10)

• How to boost nitric oxide with food and supplements (28:50)

• How exercise boosts nitric oxide (44:14)

• Producing nitric oxide with your breath (48:42)

• Using nitric oxide to treat Covid-19 (54:02)

Learn more about Dr. Ignarro and his work at http://www.drignarro.com/. Follow Dr. Ignarro on Facebook @DrIgnarro and on Twitter @DrIgnarro.

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In this teaser episode, you’ll hear a preview of our second Dr. Hyman+ Functional Medicine Deep Dive on IBS, or irritable bowel syndrome with Dr. Mary Pardee.

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How To Tell If Mercury Toxicity Is The Cause Of Your Mysterious Symptoms | This episode is sponsored by ButcherBox and Kettle & Fire

Changes in environmental mercury levels have been dramatic in recent decades; industrial exposure to mercury is significant and mostly comes from coal-burning and chlor-alkali plants. The more mercury we are exposed to, the more we are likely we are to be toxic. The main ways that humans are exposed to mercury are from contaminated fish and dental amalgams or silver fillings. And while some of us are very good at detoxifying mercury and other toxins, some people have genetic variations (called polymorphisms) that make them more prone to metal toxicity. Mercury can affect nearly all your organs, especially the brain, heart, kidneys, and gut, and many chronic diseases may be caused or worsened by mercury, including neurologic disease, ADHD, autism, heart disease, autoimmune diseases, and more.

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Boham to discuss how they test for, diagnose, and treat mercury toxicity. Dr. Hyman also shares his own personal experience recovering from mercury poisoning.

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 ButcherBox and Kettle & Fire.

New members to  ButcherBox can get two New York Strip steaks and two pounds of wild-caught Alaskan salmon for free in your first box when you sign up at Butcherbox.com/farmacy. 

Kettle & Fire is now offering 25% off its bone broth plus free shipping. Just head over to kettleandfire.com/hyman and use the code HYMAN.

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

• Why mercury toxicity is often overlooked and ignored

• Dr. Hyman’s personal experience with mercury poisoning

• Mercury’s effects on the body

• How mercury can be passed through the placenta and breast milk

• Main sources of mercury, including coal-burning facilities, fish consumption, mercury dental fillings

• Safely removing mercury fillings

• Effectively testing for mercury levels

• Patients with mercury toxicity that they have treated

• Boosting your body’s natural detoxification pathways

Additional Resources:

How To Get Lethal Mercury Out Of Your System

https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/06/07/how-to-get-lethal-mercury-out-of-your-system/

Mercury Detox – A 3-Step Plan to Recover Your Health

https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/06/01/mercury-detox-a-3-step-plan-to-recover-your-health/

Mercury: Get This Heavy-Metal Poison Out of Your Body

https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/05/20/mercury-get-this-poison-out-of-your-body/

Get These Toxins Out Of Your House

https://drhyman.com/blog/2016/07/25/get-these-toxins-out-of-your-house/

Heavy Metals And Health: The Untold Story

https://drhyman.com/blog/2021/02/12/podcast-hc43/

How Lead And Other Environmental Toxins Are Affecting Us

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/12/04/podcast-minisode65/

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How Food, Farming, And Health Disparities Are Interconnected | This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp

Racial and ethnic disparities are sadly alive and well when it comes to health outcomes, land ownership, and how food is grown in the US. White farmers are at an overwhelming advantage when it comes to owning land and they see the greatest benefit from the 97% of the income generated by it. Additionally, lack of access to land and fresh food is a form of oppression that sets communities up for generational illness and strife. These are serious racial and ethnic inequalities happening in our current day and age, but they stem from the long-standing structural discrimination that our agricultural system is rooted in. In this minisode, Dr. Hyman explores these topics with Karen Washington and Leah Penniman.

Karen Washington is a farmer, activist, and food advocate. She is the Co-owner and Farmer at Rise & Root Farm in Chester, New York. In 2010, Karen Co-Founded 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. Karen serves on the boards of the New York Botanical Gardens, SoulFire Farm, the Mary Mitchell Center, Why Hunger, and Farm School NYC.

Karen shares her inspiring story of how starting a garden in her backyard in The Bronx led her to understand the bigger issues of food insecurity in underserved communities. As a former physical therapist looking into her patients’ health, she noticed Black and Brown clients were suffering with poor diet and inaccessibility to healthy foods, while white communities were not. 

Leah Penniman is a Black Kreyol educator, farmer, author, and food justice activist from Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, NY. She co-founded Soul Fire Farm in 2010 with the mission to end racism in the food system and reclaim our ancestral connection to land. 

As Co-Executive Director, Leah is part of a team that facilitates powerful food sovereignty programs—including farmer training for Black and Brown people, a subsidized farm food distribution program for communities living under food apartheid, and domestic and international organizing toward equity in the food system. Her book, Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land is a love song for the land and her people.  

From a young age, Leah had a deep reverence for nature and the land. This led her to learn about historical regenerative farming practices and share that knowledge with others. It also led her to a greater understanding of our food system and why it’s a major propellor in racial inequality. President Johnson’s 1865 overturn of General William Sherman’s “40 acres and a mule” Order had massive implications for the future of Black farmers that we are still feeling the consequences of today. 

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Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Karen Washington, “A Way Out Of Food Racism And Poverty” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/KarenWashington

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Leah Penniman, “Why Food Is A Social Justice Issue” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/LeahPenniman

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The Secret To Losing Weight And Feeling Great | This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens, Rupa Health, and Cozy Earth

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. 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. 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. Each of Dr. Chatterjee’s four books have been Sunday Times bestsellers including his latest, Feel Great, Lose Weight, which was just published in the US & Canada. 

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

Athletic Greens is offering Doctor’s Farmacy listeners a full year supply of their Vitamin D3/K2 Liquid Formula free with your first purchase, plus 5 free travel packs. Just go to athleticgreens.com/hyman to take advantage of this great offer.

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. 

Cozy Earth makes it super easy to try out their products with a 30-day free trial and 10-year warranty. Plus, right now they are offering my listeners a Spring cleaning, bedroom makeover offer of $100 off their sheet set. Just head over to cozyearth.com and use the code HYMAN100 at checkout.

Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• A personalized and compassionate approach to weight loss (7:39)

• Why do we eat? (14:54)

• Eliminating blame and shame around weight gain and weight loss (18:21)

• Examining what we are hungry for (26:30)

• Making your environment and home a “safe zone” (31:52)

• Planning your nutritional week (40:48)

• The cost, time, and skills needed to cook for yourself (42:33)

• How close are you to feeling great? (54:49)

• The role of exercise in weight loss (58:24)

• The 3 daily habits that Dr. Chatterjee recommends (1:08:12)

Get Dr. Chatterjee’s new 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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Ask Mark Q&A #10: Sleep Disturbances, School Lunches, Water Filtration, And More | This episode is brought to you by Thrive Market

In this Q&A series, Dr. Mark Hyman takes live questions from his community. For a chance to speak with Dr. Hyman during a future Ask Mark Q&A, text your question to 413-225-8995 using the hashtag #askmark

Topics covered in this episode include:

• Common drivers and fixes for sleep issues and disturbances

• Reintroducing meat into a vegan diet

• Supplementing with melatonin

• How to get better food in schools

• Fluoride and tooth enamel 

• Gluten digestive enzymes

• Farmed fish

• Staying healthy while working the night shift

• Post-exercise recovery

• Water filtration

This episode is brought to you by Thrive Market. Right now, you will receive an extra 25% off your first purchase and a free gift when you sign up for Thrive Market. Just head over to thrivemarket.com/hymanfb. 

Mentioned in this episode:

8 Simple Hacks for a Better Night’s Sleep

https://drhyman.com/blog/2016/04/13/8-simple-hacks-for-a-better-nights-sleep/

Conscious Kitchen

https://www.consciouskitchen.org/

Big Green

https://biggreen.org/

My Way Cafe

https://www.mywaycafe.org/

Food Fix 

https://foodfixbook.com/

Food Fix Action Guide

https://foodfixbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Food-Fix-Action-Guide_v2.pdf

CleanFish

https://www.cleanfish.com/

Vital Choice

https://www.vitalchoice.com/

The Circadian Prescription: Get in Step with Your Body's Natural Rhythms

https://www.amazon.com/Circadian-Prescription-Bodys-Natural-Rhythms/dp/0399145966

LyteShow

https://www.lyteshow.com/

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What Is Your Constipation Telling You About Your Overall Health And How To Fix It | This episode is sponsored by Cozy Earth and Belcampo

Constipation is an often uncomfortable and extremely prevalent condition affecting close to 80 million people. And while constipation might be common, it is definitely not normal and it can have disastrous consequences. Having healthy digestion and eliminating waste every day (ideally twice or three times a day!) is critical to your overall health. Your liver flushes out toxins and dumps them into your intestines. However, if your digestive system isn’t working optimally, then all those toxins and waste can get reabsorbed into your body. So, it makes sense that constipation has been linked to multiple diseases, including cancer and even Parkinson’s disease, plus it actually makes you feel like crap!

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. George Papaicolaou to discuss the importance of getting to the root cause of constipation. They share information on the most common drivers of constipation including diet, chronic stress, antibiotic overuse, and a wide range of many other issues. 

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.

This episode is sponsored by Cozy Earth and Belcampo.

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

• Symptoms of constipation

• The conventional vs. functional medicine approach to constipation

• Are over-the-counter constipation remedies safe?

• Why constipation can be a dangerous precursor to other health conditions

• Main causes of constipation

• How to heal your gut

• Lifestyle practices to heal the gut

Additional Resources:

Simple Steps for Dealing with Constipation

https://drhyman.com/blog/2017/01/13/simple-steps-dealing-constipation/

How To Feed Your Gut

https://drhyman.com/blog/2018/04/13/how-to-feed-your-gut/

Are You Still Consuming Dairy

https://drhyman.com/blog/2017/07/27/still-consuming-dairy/

What Is Leaky Gut And How Can You Treat It?

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/03/20/podcast-hc2/

Fixing The Root Causes Of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/08/10/podcast-hc22/

Magical Magnesium

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2020/03/11/magic-magnesium/

Top Five Natural Remedies for Constipation

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/06/14/top-five-natural-remedies-for-constipation/

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Healing Foods That Taste Great | This episode is brought to you by Belcampo

The more we can learn about using food as medicine, the more power we have to reach our health goals. Food has the power to prevent and reverse disease; there can be so many powerful (and delicious) benefits waiting for you in each bite. There are powerful compounds in foods—like curcumin, genistein, catechins, lycopene, resveratrol, quercetin—that have medicinal impacts on the body. By keeping flavor and health benefits on the same parallel, we can feed the body, mind, and soul with each well-planned bite.

In this minisode, Dr. Hyman speaks with Chef David Bouley and Dr. William Li about how we can cook our way out of illness by aligning our foods to feed our health and get incredible flavor and variety all at once. 

Among many accolades, Chef David Bouley earned several four-star reviews in The New York Times; seven James Beard Foundation awards for best restaurant and best chef; he was named “Best Chef in America” by Herald-Tribune; he received the TripAdvisor Traveler’s Choice Awards “The Best Restaurant in the United States” and #14 in the world; a 29 out of 30 rating in Zagat, and ranked #1 in New York City for many years. Chef Bouley is known as one of the most health-conscious chefs in the world, with a strong focus for diners with health concerns. He is currently contracted for a new book, Living Pantry, that will provide the building blocks for home cooking to deliver great taste and health benefits with easy execution.

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.

This episode is brought to you by Belcampo. Right now, you can order Belcampo’s sustainably-raised meats to be delivered to your door using my code HYMAN at Belcampo.com/Hyman for 20% off for first-time customers. 

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Chef David Bouley, “How Chefs Can Be Doctors, and Doctors Can Be Chefs” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/DavidBouley

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

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Can Regenerative Agriculture Reverse Climate Change And Chronic Disease? | This episode is sponsored by BiOptimizers, Thrive Market, and Cozy Earth

When we look at rapidly declining soil health, rising rates of depression and suicide in farmers, and our climate crisis, it can be easy to wonder how we got here. The answer is multifaceted, but a common theme of industrialized agriculture runs throughout. Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy I talk to Allen Williams about how we have strayed from beneficial regenerative farming practices to adopt destructive ones, and how to find our way back. 

Allen is a founding partner of Understanding Ag, LLC and the Soil Health Academy, and is a partner in Joyce Farms, Inc. He has consulted with more than 4,000 farmers and ranchers in the US and other countries, on operations ranging from a few acres to over 1 million acres. Allen and his partners pioneered many of the early regenerative agriculture principles and practices and now teach those to farmers globally. He is a “recovering academic,” having served 15 years on the faculty at Louisiana Tech University and Mississippi State University teaching genetics and physiology. Allen has been featured in the Carbon Nation film series, Soil Carbon Cowboys, on the Dr. Oz show, ABC Food Forecast News, and in Kiss The Ground, A Regenerative Secret, The Farmer’s Footprint film series, and the Sacred Cow film series.   

This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers, Thrive Market, and Cozy Earth.

Right now, BiOptimizers is offering my community 10% off their CogniBiotics, a brain and mood-enhancing probiotic that contains specifically chosen strains with a high level of research supporting mental health and performance. Just go to cognibiotics.com/hyman and use code hyman10 at checkout.

Thrive is offering all Doctor's Farmacy listeners an amazing deal. You will receive an extra 25% off your first purchase and a free gift when you sign up for Thrive Market. Just head over to thrivemarket.com/Hyman. 

Cozy Earth makes it super easy to try out their products with a 30-day free trial and 10-year warranty. Plus, right now they are offering my listeners a Spring cleaning, bedroom makeover offer of $100 off their sheet set, just head over to cozyearth.com and use the code HYMAN100 at checkout.

Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• Allen’s experience farming in his early life (7:23)

• The average experience of farmers today (14:06)

• Educating farmers on the benefits of regenerative agriculture (23:47)

• Six principles of soil health (30:39)

• Major harms of our conventional agricultural system (44:04)

• The importance of the soil microbiome and how it relates to the human microbiome (55:44)

• Conventional vs. regenerative agricultural wisdom (1:03:00)

• Animal agriculture and climate change (1:14:09)

• Debunking a common misconception about carbon (1:26:45)

• Allen’s experience working with big business through the organization Understanding Ag (1:33:10)

Learn more about Allen Williams’ work with the Soil Health Academy at https://soilhealthacademy.org/home and with Understanding Ag at https://understandingag.com/.

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The Functional Medicine Approach To Oral Health | This episode is sponsored by Belcampo and BetterHelp

Oral health is connected to full-body health in myriad ways. In fact, conditions ranging from obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and even dementia are all directly connected to poor oral health. In this episode, Dr. Hyman speaks with Dr. Todd LePine about how to address dental health from a functional medicine perspective. They discuss everything from basic oral hygiene to mercury fillings to root canals, and more. They also discuss cases they’ve treated in which there was a link between the patient’s oral health and their systemic health.

Dr. LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine. He is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center, he worked as a physician at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA, for 10 years. Dr. LePine’s focus at The UltraWellness Center is to help his patients achieve optimal health and vitality by restoring the natural balance to both the mind and the body. His areas of interest include optimal aging, bio-detoxification, functional gastrointestinal health, systemic inflammation, autoimmune disorders and the neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders. Dr. LePine teaches around the world, and has given lectures to doctors and patients at American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), Age Management Medicine Group (AMMG), the University of Miami Integrative Medicine Conference, The Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA, and is on the faculty for American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M). Dr. LePine is the head of the Scientific Advisory Board for Designs for Health and a consultant for Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory. He enjoys skiing, kayaking, hiking, camping and golfing in the beautiful Berkshires, and is a fitness enthusiast.

This episode is sponsored by Belcampo and BetterHelp.

Right now, you can order Belcampo’s sustainably-raised meats to be delivered to your door using my code HYMAN at Belcampo.com/Hyman for 20% off for first-time customers. 

BetterHelp lets you get affordable counseling anytime, from anywhere. As a Doctor’s Farmacy listener you can get 10% off right now by going to betterhelp.com/drhyman.

In this episode, Dr. Hyman and Dr. LePine discuss:

• The link between oral health and diseases such as Alzheimer’s, dementia, diabetes, cancer, and many more

• Traditional vs. biological approaches to dentistry

• The dangers of metal fillings

• Root canals

• The connection between the mouth and the gut

• How gluten can lead to weakened tooth enamel

• Improving oral health through diet and nutrition

Additional Resources:

Functional Dentist Directory 

askthedentist.com/directory

The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) 

https://iaomt.org/

The Role of the Gut-Oral Microbiome In Systemic Health - Slides

https://drhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/The-Role-of-the-Gut_Oral-Microbiome-in-systemic-health-1.pdf

Tooth & Gums Tonic

https://www.dentalherb.com/

Therabreath

https://www.therabreath.com/

Whole Health Dentistry: Why Your Mouth Is The Key To Your Body's Health

https://www.amazon.com/Whole-Body-Dentistry-Complete-Understanding-Impact/dp/0967844312

Wellness Dentistry Network

https://wellnessdentistrynetwork.com/

The Broken Brain Podcast – The Importance of Dental Care in Whole Body Health with Dr. Steven Lin

https://drhyman.com/blog/2018/08/09/the-broken-brain-podcast-the-importance-of-dental-care-in-whole-body-health-with-dr-steven-lin-15/

Are Root Canals Dangerous? with Dr. Rouzita Rashtian, DDS

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/11/05/bb-ep166/

Clean Mouth, Clean Brain

https://drhyman.com/blog/2019/12/03/clean-mouth-clean-brain/

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How Eliminating Gluten May Improve Anxiety & Depression | This episode is brought to you by Kettle & Fire

When it comes to diet and health, we most often think about physical health. But what we eat affects more than our bodies; it also affects our brains. And recent studies have shown that diet can have a profound impact on mental health conditions ranging from ADHD to depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, OCD, dementia, and beyond.

In this minisode, Dr. Hyman speaks with Dr. Uma Naido about how one of the most common food offenders she sees with her patients is gluten. They discuss the correlation between anxiety and consuming gluten, even in those without celiac disease or gluten sensitivity. He also speaks with Maggie Ward to discuss why gluten sensitivity and intolerance have been on the rise in recent decades, and how to determine if it is a problem for you.

Michelin-starred chef David Bouley described Dr. Uma Naidoo as the world’s first “triple threat” in the food as medicine space. She is a Harvard trained psychiatrist, Professional Chef and Nutrition Specialist. Her niche work is in Nutritional Psychiatry and she is regarded both nationally and internationally as a medical pioneer in this more newly recognized field. 

In her role as a Clinical Scientist, Dr. Naidoo founded and directs the first hospital-based clinical service in Nutritional Psychiatry in the US. She is the Director of Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Director of Nutritional Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital Academy while serving on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. 

Dr. Naidoo is the author of, This is Your Brain on Food, released August 4, 2020. In her book, she shows the cutting-edge science explaining the ways in which food contributes to our mental health and how a sound diet can help treat and prevent a wide range of psychological and cognitive health issues, from ADHD to anxiety, depression, OCD, and others.  

Maggie Ward, MS, RD, LDN, is the Nutrition Director at The UltraWellness Center. Maggie holds a master’s degree in Nutrition from Bastyr University which focuses on using whole foods for holistic Nutrition Therapy. In addition, she completed her requirements to become a registered dietitian at Westchester Medical Center in NY. Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center team in 2008, Maggie worked at The Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York providing nutrition counseling to children and families dealing with HIV. She also taught at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan and other sites throughout New York City, teaching nutritionally focused cooking classes for children and adults. Much of her focus is on food allergies, digestive disorders, inflammatory conditions, Pediatrics and Sports Nutrition. Maggie has been counseling individuals, families, and business groups on therapeutic diets to address various health concerns for more than 15 years. Her ongoing clinical training through the Institute for Functional Medicine uses a systems biology approach when working with those who suffer from chronic and acute conditions to help them find their path to healing. She has a passion for cooking and reconnecting people with their potential to heal using whole, organic and local foods.

This episode is brought to you by Kettle & Fire. Right now, you can get 25% off Kettle & Fire bone broth plus free shipping. Just head over to kettleandfire.com/hyman and use the code HYMAN.

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. Uma Naid, “The Science Of Mood And Your Microbiome” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/DrUmaNaidoo

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Maggie Ward, “Is Gluten-Free A Fad Or Is Gluten A Real Threat To Our Health?” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/Gluten

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Sick And Tired Of Being Sick And Tired? How To Reclaim Your Energy | This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley, ButcherBox, and Four Sigmatic

We have an energy crisis on our hands. I’m not talking about fossil fuels, I’m talking about a breakdown of the body’s internal energy systems that now affects even young adults in their prime. It might surprise you to learn that it’s not normal to feel tired all the time. Our on-the-go culture has made it the norm. But when we take a look at how the body’s mitochondria function (these are our tiny but powerful cellular energy factories) we see that so much of our modern lives is damaging our mitochondria and resulting in this energy deficit. 

I’m so excited to talk to Dr. Steven Gundry about this topic on this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy. 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.

This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley, ButcherBox, and Four Sigmatic.

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.

For a limited time, new subscribers to ButcherBox will receive 2 lbs of 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef free in every box for the life of your subscription at ButcherBox.com/farmacy.

Four Sigmatic is now providing an exclusive offer for Doctor’s Farmacy listeners. Receive up to 40% off on their bestselling Lion’s Mane Coffee bundles. To get this deal, just go to foursigmatic.com/hyman. 

Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• The two main actionable drivers causing our fatigue (6:39)

• Brain fog is a warning sign (10:47)

• How our overuse of antibiotics drives fatigue (13:14)

• Glyphosate’s negative effects on our energy production (15:53)

• Environmental toxins and our health (20:16)

• Common OTC drugs that can lead to inflammation, leaky gut, and more (27:14)

• The mitochondria-gut connection (30:54)

• The effects of being overfed and underpowered (37:54)

• The Energy Paradox’s dos and don’ts of eating (41:41)

• How blue light (or “junk light”) is affecting our energy and why getting a dog is good for your health (49:09)

Get a copy of Dr. Gundry’s new book, The Energy Paradox: What to Do When Your Get-Up-and Go Has Got Up and Gone here.

Learn more about Dr. Gundry at https://drgundry.com/ and follow him on Facebook @DrStevenGundry, on Instagram @DrStevenGundry, and on Twitter @DrGundry.

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My team and I are excited to introduce our revolutionary new platform, Dr. Hyman+, which offers premium content, perks, and information available exclusively for Dr. Hyman+ members. 

In this teaser episode, you’ll hear a preview of our first Dr. Hyman+ Functional Medicine Deep Dive on insulin resistance with Dr. Elizabeth Boham from The UltraWellness Center.

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The Functional Medicine Approach To Hypothyroidism And Hashimoto’s Disease | This episode is sponsored by Athletic Greens and Rupa Health

While thyroid disease can occur in various forms, one of the most common is called Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, an autoimmune disease where the body attacks the thyroid gland and diminishes its ability to create precious hormones—ones that impact every cell of the body. Hashimoto’s is the leading cause of hypothyroidism (an underactive thyroid) in the US, with women at much higher risk, being 7 to 8 times more likely than men to get it. Because of its autoimmune component, people with Hashimoto’s are actually at a higher risk of developing other autoimmune diseases as well. The good news is that the right diet and lifestyle choices can work wonders when it comes to treating and healing the thyroid. 

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. George Papaicolaou to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to diagnosing and treating hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s disease. They also delve into common triggers of Hashimoto’s disease, and much more.

George Papanicolaou is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and is Board Certified in Family Medicine from Abington Memorial Hospital. He is also an Institute for Functional Medicine Practitioner. Upon graduation from his residency he joined the Indian Health Service. He worked on the Navajo reservation for 4 years at the Chinle Comprehensive Medical Facility where he served as the Outpatient Department Coordinator. In 2000, he founded Cornerstone Family Practice in Rowley, MA. He practiced with a philosophy centered on personal relationships and treating the whole person, not just not the disease. He called that philosophy “Whole Life Wellness”. Over time as the healthcare system made it harder for patients to receive this kind of personal care Dr. Papanicolaou decided a change was needed. He began training in Functional Medicine through the Institute of Functional Medicine. In 2015, he established Cornerstone Personal Health – a practice dedicated entirely to Functional Medicine. Dr. Papanicolaou to join The UltraWellness Center in 2017.

This episode is sponsored by Athletic Greens and Rupa Health.

Athletic Greens is offering Doctor’s Farmacy listeners a full year supply of their Vitamin D3/K2 Liquid Formula free with your first purchase, plus 5 free travel packs. Just go to athleticgreens.com/hyman to take advantage of this great offer.

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. 

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

• What is Hashimoto’s disease, and why is it commonly treated as a thyroid issue when it is really an autoimmune disease?

• Autoimmune disease triggers, including gluten, heavy metals, stress, and more

• The relationship between pregnancy and Hashimoto’s/thyroid dysfunction

• Thyroid boosting and damaging foods

• Thyroid testing

• Symptoms of low thyroid function

Additional Resources:

Is An Underactive Thyroid To Blame For Your Mysterious Symptoms? with Dr. Elizabeth Boham

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/03/13/podcast-hc1-2/

Ultra Thyroid Solution

https://drhyman.com/ty-thyroid/

Are You Sick and Tired? Maybe It’s Your Thyroid

https://drhyman.com/blog/2013/10/18/sick-tired-maybe-thyroid/

How Hashimoto’s Impacts Brain Function and Restoring Thyroid Health

https://drhyman.com/blog/2019/03/28/bb-ep48/

Why gluten needs to go if you have Hashimoto’s

https://drhyman.com/blog/2019/10/08/why-gluten-needs-to-go-if-you-have-hashimotos/

Is Your Environment Harming Your Thyroid?

https://drhyman.com/blog/2017/06/16/environment-harming-thyroid/

Thyroid Nourishing Recipes

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/03/26/thyroid-nourishing-recipes/

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Believe it or not, food can be a powerful tool to improve our mood and brain health; it can actually make us happier. Every single brain disorder—depression, anxiety, ADHD, autism, dementia, behavior problems, violence, and just plain old brain fog—is linked to diet, and often to the impact of our diet on our gut microbiome. Yet most people don’t realize the profound connection between what we eat and our brain function. In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman discusses how to eat to boost your mood, the seventeenth principle in his new book, “The Pegan Diet: 21 Practical Principles for Reclaiming Your Health in a Nutritionally Confusing World” available now at pegandiet.com

The Pegan Diet is Dr. Hyman’s definitive guide to using food as medicine and understanding how food impacts every system of our body. It has 21 easy-to-follow principles for anyone, regardless of where they are on their health journey. It also contains 30 delicious Pegan-approved recipes. Get your copy today!

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Is Climate Change Fixable? A Conversation With California’s EPA Secretary | This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers, Thrive Market, and Beekeepers Naturals

We’re divorced from nature and disconnected from wild places. I think this has really hurt us in multiple ways, some of which we are still figuring out, but especially in the way it’s allowed people to desecrate the land, air, and water we rely on for life. Yet people are so resistant to acknowledging climate change and what needs to be done. This could be because of the doom-and-gloom approach many folks take that can be outright depressing or the overwhelming amount of inputs that cause people to simply shut down. It might also just be hard to wrap our heads around how it’s possible to destroy something as vast as the ocean and sky. 

Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I’m hoping to provide you with a different perspective on climate change revolving around hope and positivity. Yes, we still have a long way to go, but we’re seeing some great initiatives and outcomes in places like California where the climate and environment are deemed worthy investments. My guest today is the perfect person to share about those projects, challenges, and victories. 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. 

This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers, Thrive Market, and Beekeepers Naturals.

Right now, BiOptimizers is offering my community 10% off their CogniBiotics, a brain and mood-enhancing probiotic that contains specifically chosen strains with a high level of research supporting mental health and performance. Just go to cognibiotics.com/hyman and use code hyman10 at checkout.

Thrive is offering all Doctor's Farmacy listeners an amazing deal. You will receive an extra 25% off your first purchase and a free gift when you sign up for Thrive Market. Just head over to thrivemarket.com/Hyman. 

Through the end of March, you can get a free three pack of Beekeepers Naturals B.LXR Brain Fuel when you visit beekeepersnaturals.com/HYMAN. You just pay $5 for shipping and if you don't love it they will refund your $5 no questions asked.  

Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• How Jared became interested in environmental issues (7:22)

• The detrimental effects of our disconnection from nature (10:41)

• Simultaneously holding hope and grief around climate change (15:24)

• The 50th anniversary of The Clean Air Act (21:12)

• The importance of legal projections, political will, incentivizing good behavior, and punishing bad behavior (24:15)

• The unequal effects of climate change (26:13)

• Taking bold action to address climate change and decarbonizing our economy (31:37)

• How soil can save the earth (40:58)

• Supporting farmers through legislative incentives (45:54)

• How to promote regenerative agricultural practices (54:37)

Listen to Jared Blumenfeld’s podcast, Podship Earth at https://www.podshipearth.com/about.

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My team and I are excited to introduce our revolutionary new platform, Dr. Hyman+, which offers premium content, perks, and information available exclusively for Dr. Hyman+ members. 

In this teaser episode, you’ll hear a preview of our first Dr. Hyman+ AMA, where I discuss the various COVID-19 vaccines, whether or not I’ll be taking a vaccine, how functional medicine differs from conventional medicine, and more.

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How To Prevent And Treat Gestational Diabetes With Functional Medicine | This episode is sponsored by AquaTru and BetterHelp

Gestational diabetes affects up to 10% of women during pregnancy. It can have long-term adverse effects for both the mother and the child. Not only does it put the baby at risk for above-average birth weight, but gestational diabetes in the mother can also lead to increased risk of insulin resistance, diabetes, and weight gain for the child in adulthood. It can also lead to higher rates of type 1 and type 2 diabetes post-pregnancy for the mother.

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Boham to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to preventing and treating gestational diabetes. They discuss the common drivers of gestational diabetes, why pre-diabetes in the mother is also a concern, and much more.

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 AquaTru and BetterHelp.

We need clean water not only to live but to create vibrant health and protect ourselves and loved ones from toxin exposure and disease. Learn more about the AquaTru water filter at a special price at www.drhyman.com/filter.

BetterHelp lets you get affordable counseling anytime, from anywhere. They’ll match you with a licensed, professional therapist based on your unique needs. As a Doctor’s Farmacy listener you can get 10% off right now by going to betterhelp.com/drhyman.

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

• How gestational diabetes affects the child, in infancy and into adulthood 

• Pre-diabetes and pregnancy

• Foods to eat and to avoid during pregnancy

• Conventional testing and diagnosis of gestational diabetes

• Populations with increased risk for diabetes and gestational diabetes

• Important nutrients for metabolic flexibility 

• How to find a quality prenatal vitamin

Additional Resources:

How Out of Control Blood Sugar Contributes to Body Fat, Brain Fog, and Alzheimer’s with Dr. Ronesh Sinha

https://drhyman.com/blog/2019/12/13/bb-ep84/

Nutrition Tips for a Healthy Pregnancy

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/11/01/nutrition-tips-for-a-healthy-pregnancy/

Pregnancy in the COVID Era

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2021/01/14/pregnancy-in-the-covid-era/

Overcoming Postpartum Depression

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/01/16/overcoming-postpartum-depression/

Getting Ready for Baby: How to Optimize Your Health for Fertility and Beyond with Dr. Afrouz Demeri

https://drhyman.com/blog/2019/11/21/bb-ep81/

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The gut microbiome is likely the most important regulator of our overall health. Unfortunately, our modern diet, gut-busting lifestyle, environmental toxins, and other factors all feed the bad bugs in our gut and drive inflammation, which is at the root of almost all chronic diseases and obesity. Sixty percent of our immune system is in our gut, right under a one-cell thin layer of gut lining. When we treat this lining unkindly, we develop a leaky gut, allowing food proteins, microbes, and microbial toxins to “leak” into our bloodstream, triggering our immune system to start fighting the foreign invaders. We call this dysbiosis (as opposed to symbiosis) an imbalanced gut microbiome. In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman discusses how to eat for gut health, the fifteenth principle in his new book, “The Pegan Diet: 21 Practical Principles for Reclaiming Your Health in a Nutritionally Confusing World” available now at pegandiet.com

The Pegan Diet is Dr. Hyman’s definitive guide to using food as medicine and understanding how food impacts every system of our body. It has 21 easy-to-follow principles for anyone, regardless of where they are on their health journey. It also contains 30 delicious Pegan-approved recipes. Get your copy today!

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Becoming Nobody: The Key To Freedom And Happiness | This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley, Joovv, and Athletic Greens

Our higher and lower-self are always around, but who are we listening to most of the time? Who is having the conversation in our heads? Taking a deeper look at my level of awareness led me to study Buddhism in college and though I changed course to pursue a career in medicine, spiritual growth has always remained a passion for me. I think as humans we need a mass recognition that we are all one; we need to see that inside we’re all the same. Learning from others is a key part of the journey to greater awareness and there are so many teachers I’ve found throughout my life that have helped me do that. Today’s guest on The Doctor’s Farmacy is one of them. 

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 is co-author with Ram Dass on three books, Be Love Now, Polishing the Mirror, and Being Ram Dass.

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Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• The cultural influence of Ram Dass’ book Be Here Now (6:21)

• Ram Dass’ heart-opening introduction to Maharaji Neem Karoli Baba (9:33)

• Maharaji Neem Karoli Baba simple teachings to love and serve everybody, including yourself (15:05)

• Maharaji Neem Karoli Baba’s LSD trips, the surprising lack of effects from the drugs, and what it  implies about the ego and the soul (21:33)

• Ram Dass’ personal journey and teachings around getting out of the ego (31:00)

• Becoming Nobody, the documentary about Ram Dass’ life, and the practices that sustained him (33:50)

• How Ram Dass approached life after his stroke, aging, and death (40:13)

• The infinite soul and impermanence of life (44:18)

• Developing a loving awareness of your higher self (56:41)

• Applying Ram Dass’ teaching and wisdom to today’s world (1:02:37)

Get a copy of Being Ram Dass at https://www.amazon.com/Being-Ram-Dass/dp/1683646282/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=being+ram+dass&qid=1611259838&sr=8-1

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Treating Adult Acne & Rosacea From The Inside Out | This episode is sponsored by ButcherBox and AquaTru

Our skin is a reflection of what’s going on with our health beneath the surface; skin problems often signal that something is off in our body. Acne rosacea is an inflammatory condition that affects about 10% of adults. While conventional medicine typically treats acne rosacea by prescribing lotions and potions, Functional Medicine seeks to get at the problem’s root cause. In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Todd LePine to talk about common drivers of acne rosacea, why it is frequently related to gut health, and how they treat patients with this condition.

Dr. LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine. He is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center, he worked as a physician at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA, for 10 years. Dr. LePine’s focus at The UltraWellness Center is to help his patients achieve optimal health and vitality by restoring the natural balance to both the mind and the body. His areas of interest include optimal aging, bio-detoxification, functional gastrointestinal health, systemic inflammation, autoimmune disorders and the neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders. Dr. LePine teaches around the world, and has given lectures to doctors and patients at American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), Age Management Medicine Group (AMMG), the University of Miami Integrative Medicine Conference, The Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA, and is on the faculty for American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M). Dr. LePine is the head of the Scientific Advisory Board for Designs for Health and a consultant for Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory. He enjoys skiing, kayaking, hiking, camping and golfing in the beautiful Berkshires, and is a fitness enthusiast.

This episode is sponsored by ButcherBox and AquaTru.

For a limited time, new members to ButcherBox can get 2 lbs of free ground beef in every ButcherBox order by signing up today at ButcherBox.com/farmacy. 

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In this episode, Dr. Hyman and Dr. LePine discuss:

• Acne rosacea triggers including alcohol consumption, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), leaky gut, and more

• Traditional vs functional medicine treatments for acne rosacea

• Increased skin mite density in people with rosacea

• Healing the skin from the inside out

• Why sun exposure can worsen rosacea

• How low stomach acid can exacerbate rosacea

• Foods that can exacerbate and improve rosacea

• Patient cases

Additional Resources:

Treating Acne From The Inside Out with Dr. Elizabeth Boham 

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/05/28/podcast-hc12/

The Most Common Underlying Causes of Acne: Minisode #16

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/11/23/bb-minisode16-2/

Healing Psoriasis From The Inside Out with Dr. Todd LePine 

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/10/16/podcast-hc27/

9 Strategies for Glowing, Vibrant Skin

https://drhyman.com/blog/2015/10/28/9-strategies-for-glowing-vibrant-skin/

Got Acne?  What You Put IN Your Body is More Important Than What You Put on Your Skin

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/08/01/got-acne-what-you-put-in-your-body-is-more-important-than-what-you-put-on-your-skin/

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Food is not just calories or energy; food is information, instructions that upgrade or downgrade your biology with every bite. Think of it like code that programs your software. Your hardware is your genes. Your software is how those genes are turned on or off. Food regulates not only your genes but also your hormones, like insulin, testosterone, estrogen, and thyroid. It alters your brain chemistry, producing happy chemicals, and it can even trigger addictive patterns. So how can you personalize your diet (and nutritional needs) to optimize your health?

In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman discusses how to leverage personalized nutrition for optimal health, the twelfth principle in his new book, “The Pegan Diet: 21 Practical Principles for Reclaiming Your Health in a Nutritionally Confusing World” available now at pegandiet.com

The Pegan Diet is Dr. Hyman’s definitive guide to using food as medicine and understanding how food impacts every system of our body. It has 21 easy to follow principles for anyone, regardless of where they are on their health journey. It also contains 30 delicious Pegan-approved recipes. Get your copy today!

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Why Eliminating Meat From Our Diet Isn’t The Solution To Climate Change | This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers, Thrive Market, and BLUBlox

Human health is dependent on planetary health. A healthy planet coincides with healthy animals; when we look at the way public health and our climate have changed with the industrialization of agriculture, animals are a key focus. We often hear the argument that in order to solve climate change we need to stop eating meat. What these people aren’t realizing is that animal agriculture done right is actually part of the solution. That is a big stipulation because the methods used to raise meat can make or break our climate crisis and our health. 

I’m thrilled to sit down today with Anya Fernald to discuss the ins and outs of regenerative farming and animal practices. Anya Fernald is the co-founder and CEO of Belcampo. Belcampo operates 27,000 acres of organic farmland in California and processes its own livestock for sale in its own butcher shops and restaurants. Anya has two decades of leadership and entrepreneurship experience in high-quality, organic and premium foods. Given her expertise on meat and leadership within the meat industry, Anya has been profiled in The New Yorker and The New York Times, and has served as a regular judge on Iron Chef America on The Food Network since 2009. She has been recognized as one of Inc. Magazine’s 100 Female Founders, one of the 40 under 40 by Food & Wine, and was named a Nifty Fifty by The New York Times.

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Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• Anya’s childhood love of cooking, her early career in the culinary world, and experiences working in Europe (8:19)

• Anya’s transition away from vegetarianism (12:16)

• The value of low and slow animal farming (15:44)

• How beef came to be villainized and why it isn’t the enemy (21:05)

• Animal wellness and its connection to human wellness (30:38)

• Why animal agriculture is needed to restore our ecosystems (36:25)

• Is a regenerative burger better or worse for the climate than an Impossible burger? (42:44)

• Why over a third of meat is thrown away in the United States (44:34)

• Scaling regenerative agriculture (49:09)

• The top policy recommendations Anya would make to improve agriculture (1:01:25)

For a limited time, Belcampo is offering Doctor’s Farmacy listeners a 20% discount for new customers using the code FARMACY20 at belcampo.com (exclusions do apply).

Follow Belcampo on Facebook @belcampomeatco, on Instagram @belcampomeatco, and on Twitter @BelcampoMeat.

Follow Anya on Facebook @anyaf, on Instagram @anyafernald, and on Twitter @anyafernald.

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In this Q&A series, Dr. Mark Hyman takes live questions from his community. For a chance to speak with Dr. Hyman during a future Ask Mark Q&A, text your question to 413-225-8995 using the hashtag #askmark

Topics covered in this episode include:

• Reaping the benefits of grass-fed, grass-finished beef

• Getting to the root cause of illness

• Detoxing from heavy metals

• Treating allergies

• Metabolic health, flexibility, and resilience

• What are the best skin products to use?

• Introducing the Pegan Diet to your household

• Genetically driven high cholesterol

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Mentioned in this episode:

How To Activate Nature’s Healing Potential with Zach Bush 

Institute for Functional Medicine's webinar, COVID-19 Vaccines: Current Evidence and Clinical Considerations

An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases

Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues

10 Day Reset

10 Day Reset - Free Guide

Environmental Working Group (EWG)

EWG’s Skin Deep

EWG’s Healthy Living: Home Guide

Eat Fat, Get Thin

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Autism: Getting To The Root Cause With Functional Medicine | This episode is sponsored by Athletic Greens and Betterhelp

Rates of autism have skyrocketed over the years, from an estimated 1 child in 5,000 in the 1960s and 1970s to just 1 in 54 kids today. The diagnosis of autism can be shocking and difficult for parents and families which may leave them feeling isolated, alone, helpless, and hopeless, but it doesn’t have to be that way. While we don’t have all the answers, and more research is needed to identify and validate the causes and treatment of autism, there are new signs of hope. And there is no such thing as “autism.” Rather there are “autisms”—different patterns of biological dysfunction unique to each child that result in multiple insults to the brain that all manifest with symptoms we call autism. Like every condition or illness, the key is to dig into the layers and peel the onion to discover what is really happening. It is not usually one thing but a collection of insults, toxins, and deficiencies piled on susceptible genetics that leads to autism.

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. George Papaicolaou to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to treating children with autism. They also share specific patient stories that they have treated.

George Papanicolaou is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and is Board Certified in Family Medicine from Abington Memorial Hospital. He is also an Institute for Functional Medicine Practitioner. Upon graduation from his residency he joined the Indian Health Service. He worked on the Navajo reservation for 4 years at the Chinle Comprehensive Medical Facility where he served as the Outpatient Department Coordinator. In 2000, he founded Cornerstone Family Practice in Rowley, MA. He practiced with a philosophy centered on personal relationships and treating the whole person, not just not the disease. He called that philosophy “Whole Life Wellness”. Over time as the healthcare system made it harder for patients to receive this kind of personal care Dr. Papanicolaou decided a change was needed. He began training in Functional Medicine through the Institute of Functional Medicine. In 2015, he established Cornerstone Personal Health – a practice dedicated entirely to Functional Medicine. Dr. Papanicolaou to join The UltraWellness Center in 2017.

This episode is sponsored by Athletic Greens and Betterhelp.

Athletic Greens is offering Doctor’s Farmacy listeners a full year supply of their Vitamin D3/K2 Liquid Formula free with your first purchase, plus 5 free travel packs. Just go to athleticgreens.com/hyman to take advantage of this great offer.

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

• The significant rise in autism cases

• Recent changes to environmental factors, including food and toxins

• The role of inflammation in autism

• Conventional vs functional medicine treatment of autism

• Sleep and behavioral issues in children with autism

• Autism, gut health, and mitochondrial dysfunction 

• Eliminating gluten and dairy

Additional Resources:

New Science-Based Approaches to Treating Autism with Dr. Theresa Lyons

https://drhyman.com/blog/2019/05/09/bb-ep54/

A Functional Medicine Approach to Autism

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2017/09/08/a-functional-medicine-approach-to-autism/

Improving Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): Does a Gluten and Dairy Free Diet Really Make a Difference?

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2017/08/21/improving-autism-spectrum-disorders-asd-does-a-gluten-and-dairy-free-diet-really-make-a-difference/

Dr. Elizabeth Boham on The Doctor’s Farmacy: How to Find the Real Cause of Your Disease and How to Fix It

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/11/04/dr-boham-on-the-doctors-farmacy-how-to-find-the-real-cause-of-your-disease-and-how-to-fix-it/

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Our agriculture system is destructive— for the earth and for human health. The food produced by industrial agriculture leads to at least 11 million deaths a year and drives our obesity epidemic. We need to build a regenerative system—one that regenerates the earth and human health. Regenerative agriculture is more profitable for farmers, produces higher yields, and better-quality food. When we vote with our dollars and our forks by choosing regeneratively grown food, we send a message to Big Food that we want more sustainable farms. In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman discusses how to eat like a regenetarian, the ninth principle in his new book, “The Pegan Diet: 21 Practical Principles for Reclaiming Your Health in a Nutritionally Confusing World” out February 23, 2021. Learn more and pre-order the book at pegandiet.com

The Pegan Diet is Dr. Hyman’s definitive guide to using food as medicine and understanding how food impacts every system of our body. It has 21 easy to follow principles for anyone, regardless of where they are on their health journey. It also contains 30 delicious Pegan-approved recipes. Get Dr. Hyman’s discount bundle which includes discounts to all of his favorite brands when you pre-order The Pegan Diet today. 

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Reflections On Living An Authentic Life | This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley, ButcherBox, and Four Sigmatic

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.

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Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• What Matthew found when he looked back on the journals he kept over 30 years (8:12)

• The science of satisfaction (11:25)

• Being an author vs. victim of your life (14:16)

• Reframing selfishness (16:28)

• Matthew’s recurring dream and what he did to follow it (23:16)

• The transformative wrestling match that Matthew inadvertently found himself participating in (29:36)

• Prioritizing what matters most to you (42:08)

• How relinquishing need can bring in more (48:09)

• The power of journaling and writing down your thoughts (49:10)

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

Follow Matthew on Facebook @MatthewMcConaughey, on Instagram @officiallymcconaughey, and on Twitter @McConaughey.

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Heavy Metals And Health: The Untold Story | This episode is sponsored by Joovv and AquaTru

We live in an environment steeped in chemicals that our bodies were not designed to process. When it comes to toxins one plus one does not equal two. There is a compounded effect. Chronic toxicity can wreak havoc on our health and result in symptoms ranging from fatigue to sleep and skin issues. It can also be related to autoimmune issues, diabetes, hypertension, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, autism, and many other conditions. Unfortunately, conventional medicine rarely examines the role of toxic load when it comes to treating these conditions. 

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Boham to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to assessing a patient's toxic load and supporting the body to detoxify and reduce high levels of heavy metals. They also share their personal experiences treating patients in this area.

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 Joovv and AquaTru.

Right now, Joovv is offering Doctor’s Farmacy listeners an exclusive discount on Joovv’s Generation 3.0 devices. Just go to Joovv.com/farmacy and use the code FARMACY. Some exclusions do apply. 

This episode is sponsored by AquaTru. We need clean water not only to live but to create vibrant health and protect ourselves and loved ones from toxin exposure and disease. Learn more about the AquaTru water filter at a special price at www.drhyman.com/filter.

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

• How heavy metals affect the immune system, gut health, chronic disease, and more

• Concerns over metal dental fillings

• Testing heavy metal levels 

• Lead exposure in our environment

• Optimizing your detoxification system with food

• Patients cases they have treated

• Heavy metal chelator treatment

Additional Resources:

How To Optimize Your Body’s Detoxification System with Maggie Ward

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/10/26/podcast-hc28/

How Lead And Other Environmental Toxins Are Affecting Us

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/12/04/podcast-minisode65/

How Environmental Toxins in Our Water, Air, and Products Wreak Havoc on Our Immune System with Dr. Aly Cohen

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/05/18/bb-ep112/

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Fat has been unfairly vilified for decades. The truth is that the right fats can make you healthy and lean, and can fuel your brain, while the wrong fats can be deadly. Unlike sugar, which is pretty much all bad, fats are complicated. Some people thrive on a high-fat diet, while others gain weight and struggle with abnormal cholesterol. However, even though fats are complicated, eating a fat-free diet is not good for your health. We need fats to survive. In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman discusses why we should be eating fats with every meal, the seventh principle in his new book, “The Pegan Diet: 21 Practical Principles for Reclaiming Your Health in a Nutritionally Confusing World” out February 23, 2021. Learn more and pre-order the book at pegandiet.com

The Pegan Diet is Dr. Hyman’s definitive guide to using food as medicine and understanding how food impacts every system of our body. It has 21 easy to follow principles for anyone, regardless of where they are on their health journey. It also contains 30 delicious Pegan-approved recipes. Get Dr. Hyman’s discount bundle which includes discounts to all of his favorite brands when you pre-order The Pegan Diet today. 

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The History Of Our Food System: What’s Wrong And How To Fix It | This episode is brought to you by Bioptimizers, Thrive Market, and Athletic Greens

What do wealth inequality, chronic disease, climate change, and the industrialization of agriculture all have in common? The answer is food, and more specifically our food system. Very few people are able to connect the dots between some of the world’s most pressing issues in a way that lets us see the big picture. My guest on today’s episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, Mark Bittman, is someone who does exactly that in an effort to achieve a different future for food. 

Mark Bittman is the author of thirty acclaimed books, including How to Cook Everything and the #1 New York Times bestseller, VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health... for Good. He was a New York Times columnist for more than two decades and has hosted four TV series, including the Emmy-winning Years of Living Dangerously. He is currently on the faculty of Columbia University and is the editor in chief of the blog The Bittman Project, and his most recent book is Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal.

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Thrive is offering all Doctor's Farmacy listeners an amazing deal. You will receive an extra 25% off your first purchase and a free gift when you sign up for Thrive Market. Just head over to thrivemarket.com/Hyman. 

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Here are more of the details from our interview:

• Answering the question, what would a good food system look like? (9:29)

• Looking back at the development and resulting consequences of our agricultural system (11:17)

• Tracing today’s wealth inequality, food industrialization, and monocrop culture back to the agricultural pursuits of the nineteenth century (18:27)

• Making measurable, incremental change to improve our modern food system (29:43)

• What individuals can do to improve our food system (32:26)

• The cost of failing to name that we are in a national food crisis (33:34)

• Is Big Food rethinking its role in our food system? (38:29)

• Incentivizing regenerative agriculture, nationally and internationally (40:46)

• Improving national food policy (48:08)

• The link between agriculture and climate change, and the role of animal production in climate change (50:30)

Learn more about Mark Bittman at https://www.markbittman.com/ and get his new book, Animal Vegetable Junk: A History of Food, From Sustainable to Suicidal at https://www.markbittman.com/book-covers-descriptions/yd23vsv00b8bbc0c5rupl6fzq5ofka.

Access Mark Bittman’s newsletter The Bittman Project at https://www.bittmanproject.com/.

Follow Mark on Facebook @markbittman, on Instagram @markbittman, and on Twitter @bittman.

Articles referenced:

Long-latency deficiency disease: insights from calcium and vitamin D https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14594776/

Paradigm Shift: The End of “Normal Science” in Medicine

https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/12/21/paradigm-shift-the-end-of-normal-science-in-medicine/

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Ask Mark Q&A #8: Vitamins, Acid Reflux, Intermittent Fasting, And More | This episode is sponsored by Thrive Market

In this Q&A series, Dr. Mark Hyman takes live questions from his community. For a chance to speak with Dr. Hyman during a future Ask Mark Q&A, text your question to 413-225-8995 using the hashtag #askmark

Topics covered in this episode include:

• Should you take vitamins, and if so, what kinds?

• Sugar substitutes

• Considerations for eating canned foods

• Treating acid reflux

• Omega-3’s and fish oil supplementation

• Helping a friend improve their health

• Intermittent fasting

• “Kids food”

• Treating osteoporosis 

• Supporting gut health during and after antibiotic use

This episode is brought to you by Thrive Market. Right now, you will receive an extra 25% off your first purchase and a free gift when you sign up for Thrive Market. Just head over to thrivemarket.com/hymanfb. 

Mentioned in this episode:

Dr. Hyman Store

Food: What the Heck Should I Eat?

Getting To The Root Of And Getting Rid Of Heartburn And Reflux with Dr. Todd LePine

7 Steps to Reverse Acid Reflux

10 Day Reset

Why Most Everything We Were Told About Dairy Is Wrong

The Pegan Diet

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Addressing The Root Causes Of Childhood Obesity | This episode is sponsored by Beekeepers Naturals and BLUblox

Our children are unfortunately being born into a toxic food environment. Currently, a third of American kids are overweight or obese and in addition to rising rates of childhood obesity, we are also seeing a significant increase in type 2 diabetes in children. Overweight children not only face unfair stigma and judgment, but they are also more prone to battling weight issues in adulthood. Yet, food manufacturers continue to produce and peddle junk to our children that we loosely call food. The good news is that you have control over what foods you bring into your home and the type of modeling you provide for your children when it comes to what to eat.

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Boham to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to combating childhood obesity and they share patient cases they have treated related to childhood obesity. 

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 Beekeepers Naturals and BLUblox.

Beekeepers Naturals is offering Doctor’s Farmacy listeners 15% off your first order. ​Go to beekeepersnaturals.com/hyman or use code HYMAN ​at checkout to claim this deal. 

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

• Optimal birth weight

• Should we feed children “kids food”?

• Why prevention is so important when it comes to childhood obesity

• Food marketing aimed at children

• BMI measurements for childhood obesity

• The danger of sugar-sweetened beverages, including juices, sports drinks, and soda

• The benefits of breastfeeding

• The recommended amount of screen time per age bracket

• The link between sleep and weight gain

• Making your home a safe zone for your children

Additional Resources

5 Ways To Raise Healthy Eaters

https://drhyman.com/blog/2016/08/18/5-ways-to-raise-healthy-eaters/

Raising Healthy Eaters - Part I

https://drhyman.com/blog/2012/11/20/raising-healthy-eaters-part-i/

Fed Up movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceRFvhlcsiY

How Food Marketing Is Making Us Sick and Fat

https://drhyman.com/blog/2018/10/30/podcast-ep25/

How To Improve School Lunches, Grades, And Behavior At No Extra Cost

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/04/27/podcast-ep107/

Food Fix

foodfixbook.com

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The truth about meat is more nuanced than whether it is good or bad. While factory-farmed red meat is an environmental and climate catastrophe, is inhumane, and may have adverse health consequences, this is not true of meat from regeneratively raised animals. The real question we should be asking is, is meat healthy or harmful? In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman discusses how to eat meat as medicine, the fifth principle in his new book, “The Pegan Diet: 21 Practical Principles for Reclaiming Your Health in a Nutritionally Confusing World” out February 23, 2021. Learn more and pre-order the book at pegandiet.com

The Pegan Diet is Dr. Hyman’s definitive guide to using food as medicine and understanding how food impacts every system of our body. It has 21 easy to follow principles for anyone, regardless of where they are on their health journey. It also contains 30 delicious Pegan-approved recipes. Get Dr. Hyman’s discount bundle which includes discounts to all of his favorite brands when you pre-order The Pegan Diet today. 

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Returning To Ancient Remedies To Promote Health | This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley, ButcherBox, and Athletic Greens

Modern medicine has come a long way, there’s no doubt about it. But our ancient ancestors had an in-depth understanding of how to use food and plants as medicine and this wisdom still holds true today. Our conventional medical system heavily relies on prescription medication to silence, or “manage,” symptoms. I call this the “pill-for-ever-ill” model of medicine. This often turns into a lifelong dependence without ever getting to the root of the problem. If we instead look at where the imbalance is stemming from and use a variety of tools to treat it—like food, stress reduction, herbs, etc.—we can see profound improvements and, many times, a reversal of disease. 

I was so happy to connect with Dr. Josh Axe to talk more about how ancient remedies can help us create the vibrant health we deserve and avoid lifelong health struggles. Dr. Axe is a certified doctor of natural medicine, a doctor of chiropractic, and a clinical nutritionist with a passion to help people get healthy by empowering them to use nutrition to fuel their health. He is the bestselling author of Keto Diet, Eat Dirt, and Collagen Diet and author of the book Ancient Remedies. He is also the co-founder of Ancient Nutrition, which provides protein powders, holistic supplements, vitamins, essential oils and more to the modern world. Dr. Axe founded the natural health website DrAxe.com, one of the top natural health websites in the world today.

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Here are more of the details from our interview:

• The health crisis in Dr. Axe’s family that led to his interest in ancient remedies (6:32)

• Our modern healthcare system’s overreliance on pharmaceuticals (11:30)

• Getting to the root cause of hypothyroidism (14:23)

• How many pharmaceutical drugs result in nutrient depletion (16:21)

• Antibiotics in our food (18:08)

• Ancient practices of using food as medicine (26:06)

• Personalized medicine, using spices and herbs to optimize health, and how emotions drive disease (32:39)

• Supporting our immune system to make ourselves more resilient to COVID-19, in addition to other illness and disease (35:53)

• The benefits of the CBD compound (41:41)

• Ancient remedies for PCOS, cancer, and hypothyroidism (44:50)

Learn more about Dr. Josh Axe at https://draxe.com/ and get his book, Ancient Remedies: Secrets to Healing with Herbs, Essential Oils, CBD, and the Most Powerful Natural Medicine in History Hardcover at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316496456.

Follow Dr. Axe on Facebook @DrJoshAxe and on Instagram @drjoshaxe.

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Is Histamine Intolerance The Cause Of Your Mysterious Symptoms? | This episode is sponsored by Athletic Greens and Dr. Hyman's Sleep Master Class.

Most people are familiar with certain histamine conditions, such as the development of a welt from a bee sting or hives from a peanut allergy. However, symptoms ranging from brain fog to digestive problems, menstrual cycle problems, nausea, vomiting, edema, palpitations, and anxiety can all also result from issues of histamine intolerance. Unfortunately, this issue commonly goes undiagnosed, often resulting in years of ongoing frustration and suffering among individuals struggling to find the cause of their mysterious symptoms.

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Todd LePine to talk about how they work with patients to get to the root cause of histamine intolerance. They discuss the rising prevalence of mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), how gut health influences histamine, and much more.

Dr. LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine. He is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center, he worked as a physician at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA, for 10 years. Dr. LePine’s focus at The UltraWellness Center is to help his patients achieve optimal health and vitality by restoring the natural balance to both the mind and the body. His areas of interest include optimal aging, bio-detoxification, functional gastrointestinal health, systemic inflammation, autoimmune disorders and the neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders. Dr. LePine teaches around the world, and has given lectures to doctors and patients at American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), Age Management Medicine Group (AMMG), the University of Miami Integrative Medicine Conference, The Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA, and is on the faculty for American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M). Dr. LePine is the head of the Scientific Advisory Board for Designs for Health and a consultant for Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory. He enjoys skiing, kayaking, hiking, camping and golfing in the beautiful Berkshires, and is a fitness enthusiast.

This episode is sponsored by Athletic Greens and Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class.

Athletic Greens is offering Doctor’s Farmacy listeners a full year supply of their Vitamin D3/K2 Liquid Formula free with your first purchase, plus 5 free travel packs. Just go to athleticgreens.com/hyman to take advantage of this great offer.

In this modern world we place too much value on staying busy and deprioritizing sleep, which is why Dr. Hyman created his first ever Master Class. It guides you through the most important steps to getting better sleep, starting today. Get free access to Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class at drhyman.com/sleep. 

In this episode, Dr. Hyman and Dr. LePine discuss:

• Symptoms of histamine intolerance

• The rising prevalence of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS), and the effect of EMFs on mast cells

• Histamine producing foods, and the connection between histamine intolerance and leaky gut 

• Testing and diagnosis of histamine intolerance

• Pharmaceutical drugs that drive histamine intolerance

• Nutrients that support histamine balance

• Patient cases

Additional Resources:

The Functional Medicine Approach To Ending Migraines 

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/12/11/podcast-hc34/

What Is Leaky Gut And How Can You Treat It?

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/03/20/podcast-hc2/

A Simple Diet Experiment That May Solve Most Of Your Health Issues

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/08/22/podcast-hc24/

How To Recover From Chronic Lyme And Tick Disease

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/05/21/podcast-hc11/

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Many of us don’t understand the link between what we eat and how we feel, or between food and the myriad ailments to which humans are prone. Foods are made not of ingredients but of complex compounds, all dynamically influencing your biology. Think about the implications of every single bite of food you eat. You are literally programming your biological software for better or worse. In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman discusses the power of using food as your farmacy, the first principle in his new book, “The Pegan Diet: 21 Practical Principles for Reclaiming Your Health in a Nutritionally Confusing World” out February 23, 2021. Learn more and pre-order the book at pegandiet.com

The Pegan Diet is Dr. Hyman’s definitive guide to using food as medicine and understanding how food impacts every system of our body. It has 21 easy to follow principles for anyone, regardless of where they are on their health journey. It also contains 30 delicious Pegan-approved recipes. Get Dr. Hyman’s discount bundle which includes discounts to all of his favorite brands when you pre-order The Pegan Diet today. 

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The Real Story About COVID Vaccines: What We Know, What We Don’t | This episode is brought to you by Bioptimizers, Thrive Market, and Athletic Greens.

There’s no way around it, we’re being bombarded by an insane amount of information when it comes to COVID-19, and not all of it makes sense. As vaccines make their way across the country, the questions are only increasing and it can feel overwhelming to find answers from expert sources. While we don’t have all the answers, we are learning more every day. We’ve seen that for people 15 and older, COVID-19 can double our risk of dying this year. And while we know chronic disease puts us at an increased risk for severity and death, we don’t know why some perfectly healthy people still can’t fight this virus off. We’re seeing that vaccines will be a dramatic help for this virus, helping to reduce the risk of severe symptoms and death, but that they won’t stop transmission.

I really wanted to talk to someone in-depth about where we are with COVID-19, what we can count on with the vaccines, and what we still don’t know. I knew Dale Harrison would be the perfect scientist to help me break down this topic. Dale is a senior executive with more than 20 years of experience in the biotech industry. He has held multiple VP and C-level positions with companies in the research tools and molecular diagnostics sectors. Dale currently works as a consultant with companies that are developing new clinical diagnostic platforms, including a company developing a CRISPR-based COVID test for the OTC market, and a metagenomics-based NGS platform for infectious disease testing in the human transplant market.

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Here are more of the details from our interview:

• How COVID-19 vaccines are different from traditional vaccines (9:07)

• COVID risk considerations for young and healthy individuals (17:22)

• Unique elements of the AstraZeneca vaccine study, what vaccine effectiveness means, and why you can still spread the virus even if you are vaccinated (32:17)

• How the COVID vaccine is different from the measles and polio vaccines (38:10)

• What we do and do not know about potential short-term and long-term reactions to the vaccine (45:39)

• What the COVID vaccine does and does not protect against (58:30)

• The four things needed to achieve herd immunity and why Dale does not think it is realistic to think we will reach it (1:02:23)

• Weighing the effectiveness of wearing masks and social distancing (1:10:32)

• Vaccine mandates (1:27:25)

• How regularly will vaccination be needed to maintain immune protection? (1:33:59)

• Vaccine supply concerns and considerations (1:37:07)

• Protecting yourself from COVID-19 through diet, sleep, stress reduction, and other therapies (1:50:33)

Subscribe to Dale’s Covid Updates Newsletter at https://dalewharrison.substack.com/ and access articles he’s written below:

Results from the AstraZeneca/Oxford Vaccine Trials

https://dalewharrison.substack.com/p/results-from-the-astrazenecaoxford

Pfizer Vaccine Report to FDA

https://dalewharrison.substack.com/p/pfizer-vaccine-report-to-fda

Covid Vaccines Confer No Sterilizing Immunity

https://dalewharrison.substack.com/p/covid-vaccines-confer-no-sterilzing

New UK Coronavirus Variant

https://dalewharrison.substack.com/p/new-uk-coronavirus-variant

Covid – YEAR 1

https://dalewharrison.substack.com/p/covid-year-1

Covid Testing & Autoimmune Disease

https://dalewharrison.substack.com/p/covid-testing-and-autoimmune-disease

Masks – Choosing Masks & Eye Protection for Covid-19

https://dalewharrison.substack.com/p/masks

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Acne, Weight Gain, Facial Hair, Hair Loss, Infertility: Is PCOS The Cause? | This episode is sponsored by Kettle & Fire and Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class

PCOS, or polycystic ovarian syndrome, affects between 5 to 10 percent of all women. PCOS symptoms include irregular or heavy periods, acne, facial hair, scalp hair loss, increased belly fat, and increased levels of testosterone. It is also strongly correlated with infertility. While conventional medicine typically views PCOS as a gynecological issue, it is actually commonly driven by things such as diet, environmental toxins, genetics, and more.

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Boham to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to treating patients with PCOS. They delve into topics including the relationship between PCOS and insulin resistance, gut health, and much more.

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 Kettle & Fire and Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class.

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In this modern world we place too much value on staying busy and deprioritizing sleep, which is why Dr. Hyman created his first ever Master Class. It guides you through the most important steps to getting better sleep, starting today. Get free access to Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class at drhyman.com/sleep. 

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

• The continuum of symptoms that can occur with PCOS

• The role that insulin and insulin resistance plays in PCOS

• How conventional medicine treats PCOS

• Common drivers of PCOS, including diet, environmental toxins, genetics, and more

• The hormone/gut microbiome connection

• The Functional Medicine approach to treating and testing for PCOS

• How dairy affects hormones and can cause acne and digestion problems

• PCOS and infertility

Additional Resources

The Fertility Diet: Groundbreaking Research Reveals Natural Ways to Boost Ovulation and Improve Your Chances of Getting Pregnant

https://www.amazon.com/Fertility-Diet-Groundbreaking-Research-Ovulation/dp/0071627103

A Simple Diet Experiment That May Solve Most Of Your Health Issues with Lisa Dreher

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/08/22/podcast-hc24/

Clara’s Case Study: Overcoming Infertility

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/09/05/claras-case-study-overcoming-infertility/

Why Most Everything We Were Told About Dairy Is Wrong

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/08/19/podcast-ep131/

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In this special episode, you will hear a sneak peek into episode 8 of my new docu-series, Longevity Roadmap. In this episode, we discuss all of the tests that I recommend you look into so you can get a better idea of your current health status and best enable you to take actionable steps to improve your healthspan today. Learn more and sign up to watch the Longevity Roadmap docu-series at longevityfilm.com

In the Longevity Roadmap docuseries, we will walk you through the latest research on longevity, healthspan, and how to live better, longer. We also dive into the science behind preventing the most prevalent diseases of aging, and we’ll talk about what it means to build a resilient body. Each episode will take on a specific focus to help you understand the diseases of aging and what Functional Medicine teaches us about prevention, testing, nutrition, and more. 

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In this special episode, you will hear a sneak peek into episode 7 of my new docu-series, Longevity Roadmap. In this episode, I share all of the innovative testing and information I’ve learned about longevity, and we’ll talk about the importance of community, mindset, and optimism when it comes to increasing our healthspan. Learn more and sign up to watch the Longevity Roadmap docu-series at longevityfilm.com

In the Longevity Roadmap docuseries, we will walk you through the latest research on longevity, healthspan, and how to live better, longer. We also dive into the science behind preventing the most prevalent diseases of aging, and we’ll talk about what it means to build a resilient body. Each episode will take on a specific focus to help you understand the diseases of aging and what Functional Medicine teaches us about prevention, testing, nutrition, and more. 

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Fasting: Hype Or Ultimate Health Hack? | This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens, Paleovalley, and Cozy Earth

There’s been a lot of buzz about fasting in recent years, but sometimes it can be hard to tell a true health-promoting practice from a trend that lacks any real science behind it. Well I’m here to tell you today that fasting falls into the first category, with plenty of proven benefits to optimize health and slow the symptoms of aging. Fasting also does more than change the physical body. It’s estimated that 30% of our thoughts are about our next meal. That’s a lot of time and energy wrapped up in food, and fasting can help us regain control of ourselves, our minds, and so much more. 

On today’s episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, I’m thrilled to sit down with my good friend and an expert on fasting, Dave Asprey. Dave 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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Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• The first fast Dave ever did to confront his fears of being alone and being hungry (7:50)

• The three F-words that take up a bulk of our time and energy (13:04)

• How fasting works and how to eliminate the pain of fasting (15:50)

• How time-restricted eating and other types of fasting support healthy aging and full-body rejuvenation (21:52)    

• Supporting your body with supplements and electrolytes while fasting (26:16)

• Special considerations for women regarding fasting (33:48)

• Creating a sense of emotional safety while fasting (42:14)

• How our diet drives our emotions and societal divisiveness (46:38)

• Fasting as an entry point into self-awareness and spirituality (51:00)

• Breaking the cycle of overconsumption (58:30)

Learn more about Dave Asprey at https://daveasprey.com/ and find his new book, Fast This Way, at https://fastthisway.com/.

Follow Dave Asprey on Facebook @bulletproofexecutive, on Instagram @dave.asprey, and on Twitter @bulletproofexec.

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In this special episode, you will hear a sneak peek into episode 6 of my new docu-series, Longevity Roadmap. In this episode, we discuss using food as medicine. We’ll talk about eating to prevent and beat disease, as well as all the superfoods that we recommend to enhance healthspan. Learn more and sign up to watch the Longevity Roadmap docu-series at longevityfilm.com

In the Longevity Roadmap docuseries, we will walk you through the latest research on longevity, healthspan, and how to live better, longer. We also dive into the science behind preventing the most prevalent diseases of aging, and we’ll talk about what it means to build a resilient body. Each episode will take on a specific focus to help you understand the diseases of aging and what Functional Medicine teaches us about prevention, testing, nutrition, and more. 

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Panic Attacks: Biology or Psychology | This episode is sponsored by ButcherBox and Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class

We are living in an age of anxiety; and we know that stress wreaks havoc on our health in so many ways, physiologically, emotionally, and mentally. For many people of all ages, stress can lead to anxiety and debilitating panic attacks. While conventional medicine typically treats anxiety and panic attacks as a diagnosis, Functional Medicine views anxiety and panic attacks as symptoms and seeks to get to the root cause underlying these issues.

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. George Papaicolaou to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to treating panic attacks. They explore the range of physiological considerations they explore when treating patients who are experiencing panic attacks, as well as how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and trauma can be treated to reduce anxiety and eliminate panic attacks.

George Papanicolaou is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and is Board Certified in Family Medicine from Abington Memorial Hospital. He is also an Institute for Functional Medicine Practitioner. Upon graduation from his residency he joined the Indian Health Service. He worked on the Navajo reservation for 4 years at the Chinle Comprehensive Medical Facility where he served as the Outpatient Department Coordinator. In 2000, he founded Cornerstone Family Practice in Rowley, MA. He practiced with a philosophy centered on personal relationships and treating the whole person, not just not the disease. He called that philosophy “Whole Life Wellness”. Over time as the healthcare system made it harder for patients to receive this kind of personal care Dr. Papanicolaou decided a change was needed. He began training in Functional Medicine through the Institute of Functional Medicine. In 2015, he established Cornerstone Personal Health – a practice dedicated entirely to Functional Medicine. Dr. Papanicolaou to join The UltraWellness Center in 2017.

This episode is sponsored by ButcherBox and Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class. 

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In this modern world, we place too much value on staying busy and deprioritizing sleep, which is why Dr. Hyman created his first-ever Master Class. It guides you through the most important steps to getting better sleep, starting today. Get free access to Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class at drhyman.com/sleep. 

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

• What are anxiety and panic?

• How conventional medicine typically treats anxiety and panic

• Patient cases they have treated

• How diet, hormone and blood sugar levels, nutrient deficiencies, gut issues, inflammation, and other physiological issues can lead to anxiety and panic attacks

• Foods and supplements to reduce anxiety

• The important role of sleep, exercise, and meditation in reducing anxiety and panic attacks

• Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and trauma

• Emerging therapies for treating anxiety and PTSD, including CBD, psilocybin, and EMDR

Additional Resources

Is One Minute Of Meditation Enough?

https://drhyman.com/blog/2019/01/09/podcast-ep35/

How do psychedelics help you reach enlightenment or at least happiness?

https://drhyman.com/blog/2019/06/26/podcast-ep60/

Magical Magnesium

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2020/03/11/magic-magnesium/

How to Naturally Support a Child with Anxiety

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/08/09/how-to-naturally-support-a-child-with-anxiety/

Top 5 Lifestyle Changes to Combat Anxiety and Depression

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2017/06/22/top-5-lifestyle-changes-to-combat-anxiety-and-depression/

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/aces/index.html

Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) 

https://maps.org/

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In this special episode, you will hear a sneak peek into episode 5 of my new docu-series, Longevity Roadmap. In this episode, we explore brain health by looking at how to prevent cognitive decline and optimize brain function. Learn more and sign up to watch the Longevity Roadmap docu-series at longevityfilm.com

In the Longevity Roadmap docuseries, we will walk you through the latest research on longevity, healthspan, and how to live better, longer. We also dive into the science behind preventing the most prevalent diseases of aging, and we’ll talk about what it means to build a resilient body. Each episode will take on a specific focus to help you understand the diseases of aging and what Functional Medicine teaches us about prevention, testing, nutrition, and more. 

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In this special episode, you will hear a sneak peek into episode 4 of my new docu-series, Longevity Roadmap. In this episode, we examine all things hormones, muscle, and bones. We can take steps today to manage the changes that come with aging and remain strong and resilient. Learn more and sign up to watch the Longevity Roadmap docu-series at longevityfilm.com

In the Longevity Roadmap docuseries, we will walk you through the latest research on longevity, healthspan, and how to live better, longer. We also dive into the science behind preventing the most prevalent diseases of aging, and we’ll talk about what it means to build a resilient body. Each episode will take on a specific focus to help you understand the diseases of aging and what Functional Medicine teaches us about prevention, testing, nutrition, and more. 

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In this special episode, you will hear a sneak peek into episode 3 of my new docu-series, Longevity Roadmap. In this episode, we delve into cancer. While conventional medicine is critical in cancer treatment, there is so much more that can be done to grow a healthy inner garden and prevent disease. Learn more and sign up to watch the Longevity Roadmap docu-series at longevityfilm.com

In the Longevity Roadmap docuseries, we will walk you through the latest research on longevity, healthspan, and how to live better, longer. We also dive into the science behind preventing the most prevalent diseases of aging, and we’ll talk about what it means to build a resilient body. Each episode will take on a specific focus to help you understand the diseases of aging and what Functional Medicine teaches us about prevention, testing, nutrition, and more. 

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In this special episode, you will hear a sneak peek into episode 2 of my new docu-series, Longevity Roadmap. In this episode we’ll discuss the biggest killer of our time: cardiovascular disease. There is so much misinformation out there about what causes cardiovascular disease. We’ll talk about innovative testing and recommendations around prevention. Learn more and sign up to watch the Longevity Roadmap docu-series at longevityfilm.com

In the Longevity Roadmap docuseries, we will walk you through the latest research on longevity, healthspan, and how to live better, longer. We also dive into the science behind preventing the most prevalent diseases of aging, and we’ll talk about what it means to build a resilient body. Each episode will take on a specific focus to help you understand the diseases of aging and what Functional Medicine teaches us about prevention, testing, nutrition, and more. 

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Changing Our Beliefs Changes Our Life: Discover How | This episode is brought to you by Thrive Market, Athletic Greens, and Four Sigmatic

A belief is a statement about reality that we believe to be absolutely true—but that doesn’t mean that it is. A belief may be holding us back from reaching our goals and feeling truly content and we may not even be conscious that we have it. I’ve experienced how powerful it can be to recognize limiting beliefs and do the work to change them. I knew that I had traumatic experiences as a child that impacted me as an adult, but I had no idea how deeply they were affecting me. Working with a coach helped me identify the root of the belief (similar to the Functional Medicine approach to health) so that I could see the pattern and begin reframing what I know to be true. 

I’m so excited that my coach and good friend Shelly Lefkoe is today’s podcast guest. Shelly is a co-founder and Vice President of Lefkoe Institute, a San Francisco Bay Area firm whose mission is “To significantly improve the quality of life on the planet by having people recreate their lives and live as the unlimited possibilities they are.” Shelly has had the privilege of helping thousands of clients worldwide rid themselves of a wide variety of problems including phobias, relationships that never seem to work, violence, procrastination, unwillingness to confront people, health and wellness issues, and sexual dysfunction. Her clients have been able to eliminate emotional patterns such as fear, hostility, shyness, anxiety, depression, worry about what people think of them, and a negative sense of themselves.

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Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• What is a limiting belief, and how are our beliefs formed? (7:42)

• A limiting belief I worked with Shelly to overcome (11:00)

• Eliminating patterns (15:08)

• How our beliefs influence our behavior (22:12)

• Why ‘I’m not important’ and ‘I’m not good enough’ are the most prevalent beliefs, and how to change them (27:00)

• The meaning we give to things informs our emotions (38:13)

• How to get rid of emotions you don’t want to experience (43:31)

• Why our beliefs can hold us back from taking care of ourselves (50:12)

• Shelly’s work with a client who had bulimia and her own personal work around eating and weight (55:13)

Learn more about Shelly’s work at www.LefkoeInstitute.com and on Facebook @recreateyourlife. 

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In this special episode, you will hear a sneak peek into episode 1 of my new docu-series, Longevity Roadmap. In the Longevity Roadmap docu-series, we’ll dive into the science behind preventing the most prevalent diseases of aging, and we’ll talk about what it means to build a resilient body. Learn more and sign up to watch the Longevity Roadmap docu-series at longevityfilm.com

In the Longevity Roadmap docuseries, we will walk you through the latest research on longevity, healthspan, and how to live better, longer. We also dive into the science behind preventing the most prevalent diseases of aging, and we’ll talk about what it means to build a resilient body. Each episode will take on a specific focus to help you understand the diseases of aging and what Functional Medicine teaches us about prevention, testing, nutrition, and more. 

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Wired and Tired: Fixing Adrenal Burnout | This episode is brought to you by Starseed and Joovv

You have likely heard the term “adrenal fatigue.” We commonly associate this term with the feelings of extreme fatigue, hormonal dysregulation, and other physical symptoms that can occur from chronic stress. More accurately, we can look to the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis for the cause of these discomforts. If you have chronic stress, your adrenals get beat up, and your energy plummets and it becomes difficult to manage your life. You could feel tired and wired, all at the same time. All these are clues that you could have an imbalance of your HPA axis.

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Boham to discuss the signs of HPA axis dysfunction and how to support your HPA axis to reverse burnout. They also share patient cases that they have treated.

Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices functional medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing. Dr. Boham has contributed to many articles and wrote the latest chapter on Obesity for the Rankel Textbook of Family Medicine. She is part of the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and has been featured on the Dr. Oz show and in a variety of publications and media including Huffington Post, The Chalkboard Magazine, and Experience Life. Her DVD Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer explores the functional medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well.

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

• Symptoms of adrenal fatigue and HPA axis dysfunction

• Acute vs. chronic stress

• The stages of adrenal burnout

• Cortisol level testing

• The connection between your circadian rhythm and adrenal health

• Stress-causing and stress-reducing foods

• Why balancing your blood sugar is so important

• Effectively discharging stress

• Supplements to support the HPA axis

• Emerging psychedelic therapies

Additional Resources

Are You Suffering From Adrenal Dysfunction?

https://drhyman.com/blog/2017/05/26/suffering-adrenal-dysfunction/

Wired, Tired, and Stressed? How Understanding Your HPA Axis Could be the Key to Achieving Optimal Health with Dr. Zandra Palma

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/04/16/bb-ep103/

Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class

https://drhyman.com/sleep

Biology of Belief

https://www.brucelipton.com/books/biology-of-belief

Molecules Of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine

http://candacepert.com/books/

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

https://www.robertsapolskyrocks.com/reading-materials.html

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The Solution To Food Waste | This episode is brought to you by Find My Formula

Food waste is one of the largest problems of our time. In this US alone, upwards of 40% of food is wasted. Sadly, because of quality standards that emphasize appearance, spoilage, transportation, and other challenges, the majority of that is nutrient-dense fruits and vegetables that should form the bulk of our diet, and that many people have little access to in the first place. 

And the issue of food waste is farther-reaching than you might think. It’s an incredible waste of resources—the water, land, energy, labor, and capital needed to grow it are all wasted, too, when food is thrown away. Plus, food waste is a major contributor to climate change in several ways. But there are also many things we can do to turn around the issue of food waste and the way it impacts our climate and food security. 

Dr. Hyman discussed some of the solutions with Walter Robb, former CEO of Whole Foods Market. Walter has a long and varied entrepreneurial history ranging from natural food retailer to farmer to consultant. He is a mentor and advisor to the next generation of American food companies and he is dedicated to transforming our food system. 

Dr. Hyman further discussed issues and solutions related to food waste when he sat down with his business partner, and host of the Broken Brain podcast, Dhru Purohit.

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How to Make Behavior Change Stick | This episode is sponsored by Bioptimizers, Paleovalley, and Athletic Greens

We’ve all been there—changing an old habit or creating a new one can be challenging. And we often incorporate our lack of success at habit change into part of our identity and feeling bad about ourselves. 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. One of those secrets is building off of small changes over time. I did this myself, by doing pushups while I waited for the shower to heat up I went from being able to do one to now doing 50! 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. BJ has personally coached over 40,000 people in forming new habits, using his breakthrough method called “Tiny Habits.” 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: 

• How BJ’s Mormon upbringing, homosexuality, and perfectionism set the groundwork for his work on behavior change ( 8:15)

• Why feeling successful is the key to building new habits and behavior change (16:46)

• The Fogg Behavior Model and the convergence of motivation, ability, and prompt (18:05)

• Why specificity and simplicity are key to behavior change (23:23)

• The pervasive myth that eating less and exercise more is the secret to weight loss (25:34)

• Why behavior change is not about discipline and willpower (29:35)

• Repetition does not create habits, emotion does (36:01)

• Three ways to make lasting change (48:10)

• Two overarching maxims for creating behavior change—help people do what they already want to do and help people feel successful (53:59)

• Untangling vs. breaking habits (1:00:01)

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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A Functional Medicine Approach to Osteoporosis | This episode is sponsored by ButcherBox and Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class

We have been led to believe that drinking milk is the key to bone health. Unfortunately, the prevailing myth that drinking milk as children builds up a calcium bank that helps us avoid osteoporosis and fracture later in life is simply not true. Our bone health is determined by a number of things including what we eat, our stress and activity levels, our muscle mass, and other factors that contribute to the delicate balance between bone build-up and bone breakdown. Unfortunately, osteoporosis is a very common and life-threatening problem, it is also highly underdiagnosed. This is part of the reason why prevention is so important when it comes to osteoporosis. 

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Todd LePine to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to osteoporosis. They get into how chronic inflammation acts as one of the main drivers of osteoporosis, why both bone density and quality are so important, and much more.

Dr. LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine. He is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center, he worked as a physician at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA, for 10 years. Dr. LePine’s focus at The UltraWellness Center is to help his patients achieve optimal health and vitality by restoring the natural balance to both the mind and the body. His areas of interest include optimal aging, bio-detoxification, functional gastrointestinal health, systemic inflammation, autoimmune disorders and the neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders. Dr. LePine teaches around the world, and has given lectures to doctors and patients at American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), Age Management Medicine Group (AMMG), the University of Miami Integrative Medicine Conference, The Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA, and is on the faculty for American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M). Dr. LePine is the head of the Scientific Advisory Board for Designs for Health and a consultant for Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory. He enjoys skiing, kayaking, hiking, camping and golfing in the beautiful Berkshires, and is a fitness enthusiast.

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In this modern world, we place too much value on staying busy and deprioritizing sleep, which is why Dr. Hyman created his first-ever Master Class. It guides you through the most important steps to getting better sleep, starting today. Get free access to Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class at drhyman.com/sleep. 

In this episode, Dr. Hyman and Dr. LePine discuss:

• Why drinking milk is not the key to bone health

• Common causes and risk factors of osteoporosis, including inflammation, diet, stress, and more

• Why bone density and quality are both important

• How smoking negatively affects bone health

• The traditional vs functional medicine approach to diagnosing and treating osteoporosis

• The benefit of getting your bone density tested at various ages

• Leaky gut, gluten sensitivity, celiacs disease, and other unexpected precursors to osteoporosis

• The benefits of resistance exercise for bone health, muscle mass, stability, and balance

• Bone building foods

• Lead toxicity and osteoporosis

Additional Resources:

Milk and Health

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1903547

Got Proof? Lack of Evidence for Milk’s Benefits

https://drhyman.com/blog/2013/07/05/got-proof-lack-of-evidence-for-milks-benefits/

Why Lead Poisoning May be Causing Your Health Problems

https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/09/28/why-lead-poisoning-may-be-causing-your-health-problems/

Why Most Everything We Were Told About Dairy Is Wrong

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/08/19/podcast-ep131/

Is Gluten-Free A Fad Or Is Gluten A Real Threat To Our Health? with Maggie Ward

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/11/30/podcast-hc32/

Protein and Your Health: What you need to know

https://drhyman.com/blog/2019/07/09/protein-and-your-health-what-you-need-to-know/

Calcium Without Dairy? It’s Possible!

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2017/10/31/calcium-without-dairy-its-possible/

Ultra-Aging: Ultra-Living at Any Age – Part One

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2020/05/21/ultra-aging-ultra-living-at-any-age-part-one/

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Why Small Stressors Can Actually Be Good For Us | This episode is sponsored by Uqora

We know that chronic, long-term stress can wreak havoc on our health. However, short-term and/or mild stressors can have the exact opposite effect. For instance, when you practice resistance training by lifting heavy weights and inflicting damage on your muscles, your body responds by repairing the damaged fibers, thus creating bigger and stronger muscles. This is called hormesis, a phenomenon that demonstrates the beneficial effects of low-level stressors. A similar process called xenohormesis also occurs in plants, making them stronger and richer in phytochemicals that are good for us. Dr. Hyman recently spoke about these topics in his conversations with Ben Greenfield and Dr. Frank Lipman.

Ben Greenfield is a human performance consultant, speaker, and New York Times bestselling author of 13 books, including the wildly popular titles, Beyond Training and Boundless. A former collegiate tennis, water polo, and volleyball player, as well as a bodybuilder, 13-time Ironman triathlete, and professional obstacle course racer, Ben has been voted by the NSCA as America’s top Personal Trainer and by Greatist as one of the top 100 Most Influential People In Health and Fitness. Ben hosts the highly popular fitness, nutrition, and wellness website bengreenfieldfitness.com, a site with over a million monthly visitors, featuring articles, podcasts, and product reviews. His latest book, Boundless, is all about creating more energy to live the life of optimal health and happiness you deserve.

Dr. Frank Lipman is recognized as a vocal pioneer of integrative and Functional Medicine (or what he calls “good medicine”). Dr. Lipman is the founder of Eleven Eleven Wellness Center and the Chief Medical Officer at The Well. He is a sought-after international speaker and the best-selling author of six books—How to Be Well, The New Health Rules, Young & Slim for Life, Revive and Total Renewal—and his newest book, The New Rules of Aging Well: A Simple Program for Immune Resilience, Strength, and Vitality.

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How To Eat Smarter | This episode is brought to you by Thrive Market, Athletic Greens, and Simple Mills

Our bodies are built and maintained by our food choices; we literally are what we eat. Unfortunately, that means the majority of our country is made of ultra-processed food-like substances that create disease. The good news, though, is that small dietary changes can have huge payoffs in a short amount of time. 

My guest on today’s episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy has experienced the dramatic impacts of using food as medicine firsthand. At just 15, he broke his hip simply from running because his bones were so brittle from a diet void of nutrients. At 20, he was diagnosed with degenerative bone and disk disease. After just 9 months of revamping his diet to focus on whole foods, that diagnosis was completely reversed. Shawn Stevenson is here today to tell us how food affects our bodies on the deepest level and how we can eat smarter.

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. 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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Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• Shawn’s personal health journey and the physical injury that led him to understand the healing power of food (7:28)

• The link between our societal issues, our diet, and the obesity epidemic (13:46)

• How blood sugar swings impact our ability to resolve conflict (14:55)

• The relationship between nutritional deficiency and violent behavior in prison inmates (16:40)

• Why calories in, calories out is not the key to weight loss (18:41)

• How the gut microbiome is impacted by obesity and visa versa (27:33)

• Inflammation, non-alcoholic fatty liver, and body composition (31:10)

• Why being slightly overweight or obese makes you more at risk for negative effects from COVID-19 and how you can make quick changes to improve your health (35:05)

• Hormone dysfunction, metabolism, and weight loss (37:20)

• Why it’s no just what we eat but how we’re eating, and who we’re eating with (43:08)

Learn more about Shawn Stevenson and his podcast at https://themodelhealthshow.com/. Follow Shawn on Facebook @TheModelHealthShow, on Instagram @shawnmodel, and on Twitter @ShawnModel.

Get Shawn’s new book, Eat Smarter, at https://eatsmarterbook.com/.

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How To Treat Erectile Dysfunction Without The Little Blue Pill | This episode is sponsored by ButcherBox and Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class

Erectile dysfunction is a very common problem among men. In fact, 10% of men under the age of 40 have erectile dysfunction and 60% of men experience erectile dysfunction by the age of 70. When Viagra, commonly referred to as the little blue pill, hit the market in the late 1990s, it opened the door for a conversation about this prevalent issue. And while traditional medicine has focused on targeting erectile dysfunction as a local problem, Functional Medicine recognizes that it is actually a systemic issue, often brought about by our ultra-processed, high-starch and sugar diets.

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. George Papaicolaou to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to diagnosing and treating erectile dysfunction, and why it is so important to get to the root cause of this issue.

George Papanicolaou is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and is Board Certified in Family Medicine from Abington Memorial Hospital. He is also an Institute for Functional Medicine Practitioner. Upon graduation from his residency he joined the Indian Health Service. He worked on the Navajo reservation for 4 years at the Chinle Comprehensive Medical Facility where he served as the Outpatient Department Coordinator. In 2000, he founded Cornerstone Family Practice in Rowley, MA. He practiced with a philosophy centered on personal relationships and treating the whole person, not just not the disease. He called that philosophy “Whole Life Wellness”. Over time as the healthcare system made it harder for patients to receive this kind of personal care Dr. Papanicolaou decided a change was needed. He began training in Functional Medicine through the Institute of Functional Medicine. In 2015, he established Cornerstone Personal Health – a practice dedicated entirely to Functional Medicine. Dr. Papanicolaou to join The UltraWellness Center in 2017.

This episode is sponsored by ButcherBox and Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class. 

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In this modern world we place too much value on staying busy and deprioritizing sleep, which is why Dr. Hyman created his first ever Master Class. It guides you through the most important steps to getting better sleep, starting today. Get free access to Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class at drhyman.com/sleep. 

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

• Why erectile dysfunction is such a common problem

• The traditional medicine approach to treating erectile dysfunction

• How Viagra works

• How stress, pre-diabetes, insulin resistance, and poor metabolic health can lead to erectile dysfunction

• The role that diet, alcohol, and sleep apnea can have in causing erectile dysfunction

• Why testosterone drops as we age

• Why lifestyle, meditation, and exercise can help improve erectile dysfunction

• Up and coming treatments for erectile dysfunction including peptides, stem cells, shock wave, and exosome therapies

Additional Resources

Male Menopause, Low Libido and Testosterone Replacement

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/07/27/podcast-hc20/

Hormone Magic: Let’s Start With Testosterone

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/09/23/hormone-magic-lets-start-with-testosterone/

Man Magic: Part 2

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/11/22/man-magic-testosterone-part-2/

The State of Science for Sex, Aging, and Regenerative Medicine

https://drhyman.com/blog/2019/05/10/bb-ep53-2/

The Mind-Blowing Science of Fat-Burning and Insulin Resistance with Dr. Benjamin Bikman

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/09/24/bb-ep154/

How Do Stem Cells Heal

https://drhyman.com/blog/2019/06/12/podcast-ep58/

How to Improve Your Sexual Pleasure with Dr. Amy Killen

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/07/13/bb-ep136/

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How To Reduce Stress And Improve Wellbeing | This episode is brought to you by Find My Formula

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. Most of us know that things such as eating well, getting quality sleep, exercise, and mediation are all effective ways to reduce and manage stress, but the value of pursuing the things that make us happy and fulfilled is a less commonly cited way to reduce stress. 

Late last year, Dr. Hyman sat down with Dr. Rangan Chatterjee to discuss how making time for the things that bring us joy gives us more resilience against stress and fatigue and an improved psychological outlook. They also share practical solutions and simple interventions to help you destress and reset your life, and how implementing small changes to your routine can reduce or completely eradicate stress. 

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, which Apple has announced as one of the most downloaded new podcasts of the past year. 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. His most recent book, the #1 bestseller, The Stress Solution, tackles what the WHO calls the health epidemic of our time—stress. 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. 

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The Functional Medicine Approach To Treating COVID-19 And Post-COVID Syndrome | This episode is sponsored by Bioptimizers, Paleovalley, and Cozy Earth

COVID has taught us a lot over the last year, and continues to do so every day that we battle this pandemic. We’ve seen what an overburdened medical system looks like and been faced with the reality of social distancing for many months now. Perhaps one of the most important lessons we have learned, though, is that a body that’s already suffering from chronic disease has far greater risks of COVID severity and even death. In the US, where the majority of people are metabolically unhealthy, we’ve seen our population faring much worse than other countries against this virus. Here, there are 500 COVID deaths per million people (at the time of this episode recording). In China, that number is 3 per million. Look at that alongside the 42% obesity rate here and the 2.6% rate there. COVID has shown us just how out of balance we are as a nation and how our baseline of disease has gotten us into such a mess.

I sat down with my colleague, good friend, and former roommate Dr. Patrick Hanaway to talk about the Functional Medicine approach to treating COVID-19. Dr. Patrick Hanaway is a board-certified family physician trained at Washington University. After 10 years as Chief Medical Officer at Genova Diagnostics, Dr. Hanaway became the Chief Medical Education Officer for the Institute for Functional Medicine. In 2014, Dr. Hanaway was the founding Medical Director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine. His research focus is on nutrition, the microbiome, and evaluating value in Functional Medicine models of care. Currently, his teaching focus is on cancer, COVID, and uncertainty.

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Here are more of the details from our interview (video / audio): 

• Rethinking our approach to COVID-19 by focusing on improving our overall health and well-being (9:12)

• Why does the United States have the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world? (12:53)

• The Functional Medicine approach to preventing and treating COVID-19 and post-COVID syndrome (14:08)

• Is vitamin D effective as a treatment for COVID-19? (20:10)

• How COVID and chosen therapeutic models highlight our response to life’s uncertainty (24:30)

• How Dr. Hanaway treats COVID-19 patients (27:38)

• The role of mitochondrial function in relation to COVID-19 and post-COVID syndrome (31:26)

• The Functional Medicine approach to treating post-COVID syndrome, or long hauler syndrome (35:31)

• Dr. Hanaway’s personal journey facing stage IV cancer (46:07)

• Dr. Hanaway’s experience pairing a ketogenic diet, fasting, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy (52:41)

Learn more about Dr. Patrick Hanaway at https://www.ifm.org/about/profile/patrick-hanaway-md/

Learn more about the Institute for Functional Medicine’s course, Resistance, Resilience, and Recovery: Patient Care in a Pandemic here: www.ifm.org/pandemic-course 

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Getting Rid Of Cold Sores And Canker Sores | This episode is sponsored by Thrive Market and Apeel

While there is a difference between cold sores and canker sores, they are similar in that common occurrence of either is an indication that something is out of balance in the body. Most of us have had canker sores at one time or another. They usually occur at the side of your mouth, by your cheek, inside of your cheek, or underneath your tongue, and they can be quite painful. As opposed to cold sores, canker sores are not infections. Cold sores, however, are contagious, often forming inside your mouth, near your teeth, or on the lips; they result from herpes simplex virus. 

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Boham to discuss what frequent recurrence of cold sore or canker sores might be indicating, and how they treat patients experiencing these issues.

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 Thrive Market and Apeel.

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

• The difference between canker sores and cold sores

• Reasons for recurring canker sores, ranging from celiacs disease to immune dysfunction to food reactions, nutritional deficiencies, and more

• The relationship between digestion and canker sores

• The prevalence of herpes simplex virus I

• Common cold sore triggers, including stress, nutritional deficiency, and more

• The relationship between recurrent cold sores and the health of your immune system

Additional Resources

The New Science Of Immuno-Rejuvenation

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/04/20/podcast-ep105/

Is Gluten-Free A Fad Or Is Gluten A Real Threat To Our Health? with Maggie Ward

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/11/30/podcast-hc32/

What Not To Eat

https://drhyman.com/blog/2018/03/30/what-not-to-eat/

What Not To Eat: Part II

https://drhyman.com/blog/2018/04/20/what-not-to-eat-part-2/

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How Your Emotional Vocabulary Can Affect Your Health | This episode is sponsored by Starseed

Having a greater grasp on emotional understanding correlates to increased happiness and satisfaction, along with better management of stress, while a lack of emotional balance has been linked to poorer outcomes with physical health issues. But how can we achieve emotional balance when we don’t fully understand what our emotions are telling us?

Earlier this year, Dr. Hyman spoke to Susan David about how accurately labeling our emotions with a great degree of granularity can help us better understand our emotions, and know what to do about them. He also spoke with Jay Shetty about how expanding our emotional vocabulary can improve our relationship with ourselves and others.

Susan David, Ph.D. is one of the world’s leading management thinkers and an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist. Her new #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling 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 the Harvard Business Review, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and 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. 

Jay Shetty is a storyteller, podcaster, and former monk. Jay’s vision is to Make Wisdom Go Viral. He is on a mission to share the timeless wisdom of the world in an accessible, relevant, and practical way. Jay has created over 400 viral videos with over 7.5 billion views, and hosts the #1 Health and Wellness podcast in the world, On Purpose.

This episode is sponsored by Starseed. Save 20% on your Starseed order at Amazon.com/Starseed by using the code 20MARKHYMAN at checkout. Be sure to try their seeds, Omega oil, and butters.

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Susan David, “Attaining Freedom Through Emotional Agility” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/SusanDavid

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Jay Shetty, “Finding Peace And Purpose By Thinking Like A Monk” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/JayShetty

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Why The US Dietary Guidelines Don’t Apply to 90% Of Americans And How They Can | This episode is brought to you by Tushy, Essentia, and Four Sigmatic

The dietary guidelines laid out by the government are conflicting with good health in so many ways. For one, they are recommendations that would only work for someone who is already healthy, yet close to 90% of our population in the US is metabolically unhealthy. They also don’t take ethnicity and socioeconomic status into account, among many other factors. This is a big issue. Clearly, we should be providing Americans with guidelines that will actually serve their health. And research shows that whether we like it or not, as a society we’ve followed the guidelines over several decades and suffered the consequences of worsening health. 

Today’s guest has been a huge inspiration to me, as she’s challenged the conventional wisdom on nutrition and continues to expose the truth behind our guidelines and the food industry. Nina Teicholz is a science journalist and author of the New York Times bestseller, The Big Fat Surprise, which upended the conventional wisdom on dietary fat—especially saturated fat—and spurred a new conversation about whether these fats in fact cause heart disease. Named a Best Book of the Year by the Economist, Wall Street Journal, and Mother Jones, among others, it continues to be called a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the amazing story of how we came to believe fat is bad for our health—and what a better diet might look like. 

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Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• How we are all affected by the U.S. dietary guidelines, even if we think we aren’t (7:06)

• Why the guidelines don’t apply to the majority of Americans (12:01)

• 90% of scientific reviews that inform the U.S. dietary guidelines did not take race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status into account (17:43)

• Conflicts of interest among scientists on the U.S. dietary guidelines scientific committee (21:22)

• How the Office of Dietary Guidelines prohibits consideration of systematic reviews (31:21) 

• Why the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Committee chose not to consider research on weight loss and low-carbohydrate diets (34:32)

• The ongoing confusion about saturated fat, cholesterol, and heart disease (42:05)

• What can the average person do to improve the U.S. dietary guidelines? (53:28)

• How to design guidelines that would help fix chronic disease (56:24)

Learn more about Nina Teicholz at https://ninateicholz.com/ and follow her on Facebook @NinaTeicholz and on Twitter @bigfatsurprise.

Learn more about The Nutrition Coalition at https://www.nutritioncoalition.us/.

Read, “Saturated Fats and Health: A Reassessment and Proposal for Food-Based Recommendations: JACC State-of-the-Art Review” here:

https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.05.077

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The Functional Medicine Approach To Ending Migraine | This episode is sponsored by Simple Mills and Apeel

Migraines are a big problem for many people. These severe, nearly disabling headaches can occur anywhere from once a year to three to four times a week. They can last from hours to days. They are often associated with an aura, light sensitivity, nausea, vomiting, and severe throbbing pain on one or both sides of the head. And migraines can be caused by many different factors. This is where Functional Medicine comes in. Functional Medicine is medicine by cause; not by symptom. It helps us discover the underlying triggers of disease. And the root cause of your migraine may not be in your head at all. In fact, migraines can be caused by things ranging from food sensitivities and allergies to hormonal imbalances, vitamin deficiencies, and more.

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Todd LePine to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to ending migraines. They explore how to identify and eliminate what might be causing your migraines and share specific patient migraine cases they have treated.

Dr. LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine. He is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center, he worked as a physician at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA, for 10 years. Dr. LePine’s focus at The UltraWellness Center is to help his patients achieve optimal health and vitality by restoring the natural balance to both the mind and the body. His areas of interest include optimal aging, bio-detoxification, functional gastrointestinal health, systemic inflammation, autoimmune disorders and the neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders. Dr. LePine teaches around the world, and has given lectures to doctors and patients at American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), Age Management Medicine Group (AMMG), the University of Miami Integrative Medicine Conference, The Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA, and is on the faculty for American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M). Dr. LePine is the head of the Scientific Advisory Board for Designs for Health and a consultant for Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory. He enjoys skiing, kayaking, hiking, camping and golfing in the beautiful Berkshires, and is a fitness enthusiast.

This episode is sponsored by Simple Mills and Apeel.

Right now, Simple Mills is offering Doctor’s Farmacy listeners 20% off. Just head over to simplemills.com and use code HYMAN20 to try their Artisan Bread Mix and other amazing products to stock up for the holidays. 

Apeel, a family of plant-derived coatings that, when applied to the outside of produce, keeps it fresh two times longer, is doing amazing things to extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables. To learn more about Apeel, check out their frequently asked questions page at apeel.com/faqs. 

In this episode, Dr. Hyman and Dr. LePine discuss:

• The conventional vs Functional Medicine’s approach to preventing and treating migraines

• The most common types of migraines, including menstrual migraines

• The role of mitochondria in migraines, and the connection between migraines and seizures

• The connection between gut health and migraines

• How stress and lack of sleep can trigger migraines

• Eliminating gluten and foods to treat migraines

• Common nutrient deficiencies that can lead to migraines, including magnesium deficiency

• How histamine sensitivity can be related to migraines

• How your genetics can be a factor in driving migraines

Additional Resources:

Dr. Hyman’s 10 Day Reset

https://getfarmacy.com/products/10-day-reset

Dr. Hyman’s 10 Day Reset - Free Guide

https://getfarmacy.com/free

5 Steps To Solve Your Migraines

https://drhyman.com/blog/2013/12/27/5-steps-solve-migraines/

How To End Migraines

https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/05/18/how-to-end-migraines/

Magnesium: Meet the Most Powerful Relaxation Mineral Available

https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/05/20/magnesium-the-most-powerful-relaxation-mineral-available/

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How To Break Your Sugar Addiction And Improve Your Overall Health | This episode is sponsored by Starseed

Sugar is the core ingredient used by the food industry to make bad ingredients (processed flour and chemicals) taste good. It is also the root cause of why so many of us are sick. We become stuck in a vicious cycle of cravings; eating sugary foods that spike our blood sugar, thereby lighting up our brain’s pleasure center. This triggers more cravings, and we become powerless against our brain’s hardwired response to seek pleasure. It’s no wonder so many people feel trapped!

In this mini-episode, we revisit Dr. Hyman’s conversation with actors Keegan Allen and Tom Hopper in which they discuss how they broke free from sugar addiction by becoming their own advocates, reading food labels, and choosing real, whole foods.

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. 

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. 

This episode is sponsored by Starseed. Save 20% on your Starseed order at Amazon.com/Starseed by using the code 20MARKHYMAN at checkout. Be sure to try their seeds, Omega oil, and butters.

Find Dr. Hyman’s full length conversation with Keegan Allen and Tom Hopper, “How To Overcome Sugar Addiction,” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/KeeganAllenTomHopper/

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How Is Ozone Therapy Being Used To Treat COVID-19 in Europe? | This episode is brought to you by Simple Mills, Paleovalley, and Apeel

When we read the local headlines and stick to our own quarantine routines, it might be easy to forget that this virus is affecting the entire world. And as scary as that is, it also means we can collaborate with other countries to gain the best possible understanding of how to treat COVID-19. Since the spring, I’ve been reaching out to different doctors across the world to learn about their various COVID protocols. One of the most valuable contacts I’ve had, Dr. Paolo Tordiglione, has been seeing amazing results with ozone therapy and he is my guest on this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy. 

Dr. Tordiglione is a Senior Consultant in Neuroanesthesia in the Neuro-ICU at Policlinico Umberto I University of Rome Sapienza, Italy. He is a specialist in pain medicine and an expert in ozone therapy. He is the former President of Doctors of the World Italy, founder of Physicians for Human Rights Italy, Vice President of the Academy of BioRegenerative Medicine, and a member of the Molecular Medicine Academy. He is currently developing a company called PLEYO, with the goal of scientifically improving the quality of human life, and has been researching ozone therapy since 2000.

This episode is brought to you by Simple Mills, Paleovalley, and Apeel.

Right now, Simple Mills is offering Doctor’s Farmacy listeners 20% off. Just head over to simplemills.com and use code HYMAN20 to try their Artisan Bread Mix and other amazing products to stock up for the holidays. 

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.

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Here are more of the details from our interview:  

• Where are we now in our understanding of COVID-19 and treatment for it? (7:32)

• What is ozone therapy and what is its history of use? (13:41)

• The rationale for using ozone therapy to treat COVID-19 (20:42)

• Various methods of ozone therapy and how Dr. Tordiglione uses ozone therapy in the treatment of COVID-19 patients (24:15)

• Dr. Tordiglione’s research using ozone therapy in women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer (34:46)

• Case reports, studies, and clinical trials from around the world looking at ozone therapy in the treatment of COVID-19 (37:39)

• Preliminary results from Dr. Tordiglione’s study of patient outcomes from ozone therapy in the treatment of COVID-19 (43:40)

• How the FDA’s ruling on inhaled ozone in the ‘90s has blocked the use of ozone therapy in the United States (52:00)

• My personal healing experience with ozone therapy (55:20)

• Adjunctive nutritional and supplemental therapy for COVID-19 (1:00:08)

Learn more about Dr. Tordiglione at https://www.paolotordiglione.com/. 

Find his study, “Ozone as Adjuvant Support in the Treatment of COVID19: A Preliminary Report of Probiozovid Trial” here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jmv.26636

Additional research:

Oxygen-Ozone as Adjuvant Treatment in Early Control of COVID-19 Progression and Modulation of the Gut Microbial Flora (PROBIOZOVID) 

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04366089?term=oxygen+ozone&draw=2&rank=2

Oxygen-ozone (O2-O3) immunoceutical therapy for patients with COVID-19. Preliminary evidence reported

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1567576920314946?via%3Dihub

Potential Role of Oxygen–Ozone Therapy in Treatment of COVID-19 Pneumonia

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32804917/

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Fungus Among Us: Diagnosing And Treating Yeast Problem | This episode is sponsored by ButcherBox and Athletic Greens

Yeast overgrowth, including but not limited to candida, is quite common and can be triggered by a number of things. These include a high-sugar diet; impaired immunity; use of drugs, like antibiotics, birth control pills, estrogen, and steroids; and psychological stress. The symptoms of yeast overgrowth vary from person to person and some people may require aggressive treatment, while others many need only simple changes to make a significant difference in their health.

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. George Papaicolaou to discuss the functional medicine approach to diagnosing and treating yeast imbalance. They also share specific cases in which they have treated patients for candida and other fungal problems.

George Papanicolaou is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and is Board Certified in Family Medicine from Abington Memorial Hospital. He is also an Institute for Functional Medicine Practitioner. Upon graduation from his residency he joined the Indian Health Service. He worked on the Navajo reservation for 4 years at the Chinle Comprehensive Medical Facility where he served as the Outpatient Department Coordinator. In 2000, he founded Cornerstone Family Practice in Rowley, MA. He practiced with a philosophy centered on personal relationships and treating the whole person, not just not the disease. He called that philosophy “Whole Life Wellness”. Over time as the healthcare system made it harder for patients to receive this kind of personal care Dr. Papanicolaou decided a change was needed. He began training in Functional Medicine through the Institute of Functional Medicine. In 2015, he established Cornerstone Personal Health – a practice dedicated entirely to Functional Medicine. Dr. Papanicolaou to join The UltraWellness Center in 2017.

This episode is sponsored by ButcherBox and Athletic Greens. 

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

• What is candida, and why is it prevalent with autoimmune issues?

• How do you know if candida overgrowth is causing your symptoms?

• Common drivers of and reasons for fungal overgrowth and imbalance

• The role of stress in triggering yeast problems

• Testing to identify yeast overgrowth

• Pitfalls of the anti-candida diet

• Autism and yeast overgrowth

Additional Resources

Is Hidden Fungus Making You Ill?

https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/07/23/is-hidden-fungus-making-you-ill/

Heartburn and Candida: What is Your Gut Trying to Tell You?

https://drhyman.com/blog/2017/04/06/heartburn-candida-gut-trying-tell/

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How Lead And Other Environmental Toxins Are Affecting Us | This episode is brought to you by Simple Mills

Eighty thousand toxic chemicals have been released into our environment since the dawn of the industrial revolution, yet very few have been tested for their long-term impact on human health. This has both major health and economic consequences. Every year we spend 50 billion dollars and lose 23 million IQ points to lead toxicity alone, which affects people of color the most, regardless of social class and income level. And you may be surprised to learn that there are many government policies and even sanctioned decisions to dump toxins that end up poisoning communities of color and stealing children’s cognition and health.

Dr. Hyman sat down with Harriet Washington to discuss how we are ignoring this massive health crisis and what can be done to fix it. 

Harriet A. Washington has been the Shearing Fellow at the University of Nevada’s Black Mountain Institute, a Research Fellow in Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School, a senior research scholar at the National Center for Bioethics at Tuskegee University, and a visiting scholar at DePaul University College of Law. She has held fellowships at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Stanford University. She is the author of Deadly Monopolies, Infectious Madness, and Medical Apartheid, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN/Oakland Award, and the American Library Association Black Caucus Nonfiction Award.

This episode is sponsored by Simple Mills. Right now, Simple Mills is offering Doctor’s Farmacy listeners 20% off. Just head over to simplemills.com and use code HYMAN20 to try their Artisan Bread Mix and other amazing products to stock up for the holidays. 

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation, “How We Are Poisoning Our Children,” with Harriet Washington here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/HarrietWashington

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Is Cancer Caused By Sugar? | This episode is brought to you by Bioptimizers, Thrive Market, and Apeel

If you or someone you know has had cancer, this episode is going to matter to you. And since the odds are now that 1 in 3 adults in the US will get cancer, this really is a topic that matters to all of us. 

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—have an enormous cellular impact on our ability to prevent and treat cancer. 

I’m excited to sit down with Dr. Jason Fung on this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy to talk about his amazing work in the field of cancer research and why this environmental component should give us all hope. 

Dr. 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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Food waste is one of our most glaring environmental, climate, and social problems. Apeel, a family of plant-derived coatings that, when applied to the outside of produce, keeps it fresh two times longer, is doing amazing things to extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables. If you want to learn more about Apeel, check out their frequently asked questions page at apeel.com/faqs. 

Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• How our understanding of cancer and cancer treatment has shifted over the past several decades (7:10)

• Why cancer medicine has fallen behind other areas of medicine (11:19)

• The major role that diet and nutrition play in the development of cancer (13:05)

• What we can learn about cancer from Inuit people and other populations who historically ate traditional diets (16:57)

• Insulin’s role in cell growth, cancer development, and chronic disease (21:47)

• Snacking, fasting, cancer, and chemotherapy (29:49)

• The ketogenic diet and cancer treatment (38:02)

• The risks of environmental chemicals on the human body (41:09)

• How to reduce your risk of getting cancer, and the link between obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cancer (43:57)

• New thinking around cancer screenings (49:07)

Learn more about Dr. Jason Fung and get his new book, The Cancer Code, at https://thefastingmethod.com/book/the-cancer-code/.

Follow Dr. Jason Fung on Facebook @thefastingmethod, on Instagram @drjasonfung, and on Twitter @drjasonfung.

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Is Gluten-Free A Fad Or Is Gluten A Real Threat To Our Health? | This episode is sponsored by Bioptimizers and Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class

We are all aware that “gluten-free” has become a major buzz term. Supermarket aisles are now lined with gluten-free foods and restaurants are now catering to gluten-free diners. So how did gluten come to receive so much attention? Are people with celiac disease the only ones who should be on a gluten-free diet? And how do you know if gluten is making you sick?

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Maggie Ward to discuss why gluten sensitivity exists on a spectrum and how to determine if it is a threat to your health. They also share specific patient cases they have treated related to gluten sensitivity.

Maggie Ward, MS, RD, LDN, is the Nutrition Director at The UltraWellness Center. Maggie holds a master’s degree in Nutrition from Bastyr University which focuses on using whole foods for holistic Nutrition Therapy. In addition, she completed her requirements to become a registered dietitian at Westchester Medical Center in NY. Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center team in 2008, Maggie worked at The Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York providing nutrition counseling to children and families dealing with HIV. She also taught at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan and other sites throughout New York City, teaching nutritionally focused cooking classes for children and adults. Much of her focus is on food allergies, digestive disorders, inflammatory conditions, Pediatrics and Sports Nutrition. Maggie has been counseling individuals, families, and business groups on therapeutic diets to address various health concerns for more than 15 years. Her ongoing clinical training through the Institute for Functional Medicine uses a systems biology approach when working with those who suffer from chronic and acute conditions to help them find their path to healing. She has a passion for cooking and reconnecting people with their potential to heal using whole, organic and local foods.

This episode is sponsored by Bioptimizers and Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class.

Right now, BiOptimizers is offering their Black Friday and Cyber Monday deal to Doctor’s Farmacy listeners during the entire month of November. Get free shipping, up to 40% off on select products and are giving away free bottles of their amazing enzyme, probiotic P30M as well as their HCL breakthrough supplement. Just go to bioptimizers.com/hyman and use code HYMAN10 at checkout.

In this modern world we place too much value on staying busy and deprioritizing sleep, which is why Dr. Hyman created his first ever Master Class. It guides you through the most important steps to getting better sleep, starting today. Get free access to Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class at drhyman.com/sleep. 

In this episode, Dr. Hyman and Maggie discuss:

• What is gluten? And why is gluten sensitivity and intolerance suddenly so prevalent?

• Testing for gluten sensitivity and intolerance

• How gluten sensitivity can be triggered by a stressful event

• The link between gluten sensitivity or celiac disease and other chronic disease, conditions, and autoimmune issues

• Patient cases Dr. Hyman and Maggie Ward have treated involving gluten sensitivity 

For more information visit drhyman.com/uwc

Additional Resources: 

Why gluten needs to go if you have Hashimoto’s

https://drhyman.com/blog/2019/10/08/why-gluten-needs-to-go-if-you-have-hashimotos/

To Gluten or Not to Gluten

https://drhyman.com/blog/2019/04/09/to-gluten-or-not-to-gluten/

Should we all avoid gluten?

https://drhyman.com/blog/2018/09/26/podcast-ep20/

Here’s Why A Gluten-Free Diet Can Become Incredibly Unhealthy

https://drhyman.com/blog/2017/01/19/heres-gluten-free-diet-can-become-incredibly-unhealthy/

Gluten and Dairy-Free Recipes Even an Italian Can Love

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/06/12/gluten-and-dairy-free-recipes-even-an-italian-can-love/

Top 5 Diet Changes for Autoimmunity

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2017/06/30/top-5-diet-changes-for-autoimmunity/

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What Does Food Have To Do With COVID-19? | This episode is brought to you by Four Sigmatic

If we as a population were healthier (think less obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, etc.), the evidence supports that we’d be faring much better throughout this pandemic. 

Unfortunately, in the United States, only 12% of us in the US are metabolically healthy, putting us at higher risk of worse outcomes from COVID-19. Of course, a major driver of chronic diseases and the risks they create is our food system. We can’t expect to be a resilient population if we aren’t feeding our bodies real food with real nutrients we can use to function optimally. 

In this mini-episode, we revisit two conversations Dr. Hyman had with his colleagues Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian and Dr. Elizabeth Boham at the beginning of the pandemic about how food and nutrition are inextricably linked to COVID-19. Dr. Boham also shares how to use food as medicine for immune support.

Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian is a cardiologist, Jean Mayer Professor of Nutrition and Medicine, and Dean of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, the oldest and most renowned graduate school of nutrition in North America. He has authored more than 300 scientific publications on the dietary priorities to reduce cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity in the US and globally; and on evidence-based systems innovations and policies to effectively reduce these burdens.

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 Four Sigmatic. Right now, you can try Four Sigmatic’s Mushroom Coffee and other amazing products for up to 50% off. Plus, Four Sigmatic is giving an exclusive additional 10% off all sale products, just for Doctors Farmacy listeners at foursigmatic.com/HYMAN. This sale ends November 30th, so make sure you head over and stock up now. 

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, “How COVID-19 Shines A Light On Our Broken Food System” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/DariushMozaffarian

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Boham, Dr. George Papanicolaou, and Dr. Todd LePine, “Special Episode: Medicine In The Age Of COVID-19 And Beyond,” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/Medicine-In-The-Age-Of-COVID-19-And-Beyond

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Can Regenerative Agriculture Really Heal Humans And The Planet? | This episode is brought to you by Essentia, Athletic Greens, and ButcherBox

The argument that is often made against organic farming is that it can’t feed the world. Opponents say it can’t be scaled to the level we need to feed our current and growing population, but the real data actually says otherwise. The Rodale Institute is leading the way when it comes to research in the area of regenerative agriculture. Their work over the last 40 years shows organic agriculture leads to equal or better yields than conventional (sometimes over 30% better) with less energy use and three to six times more profits for the farmer. And they’re not the only ones who’ve found this to be true—it’s been repeated in five different studies from various universities and the USDA. 

Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I’m thrilled to sit down with Jeff Tkach to talk about the amazing work the Rodale Institute has done and is continuing to do to further the cause of regenerative agriculture.

This episode is brought to you by Essentia, Athletic Greens, and ButcherBox.

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For a limited time, new members to ButcherBox get 6 free grass-fed, grass-finished steaks when they go to ButcherBox.com/farmacy. This offer is good through Cyber Monday, November 30, 2020, so be sure to take advantage of it today. 

Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• How the Rodale Institute came to look at the linkages between healthcare and health (9:18)

• The meaning of regenerative healthcare (13:18)

• Our societal and governmental disconnect between agriculture and human health (17:41)

• Rodale’s research on regenerative organic farming practices (21:49)

• The Farming Systems Trial, a 40-year side by side comparison of organic vs conventional grain production methods, and the creation of the USDA’s organic standard (24:22)

• The benefits of feeding the world using organic farming methods (29:22)

• Is organic food more nutritious? (30:51)

• Are the chemicals and pesticides in conventional foods harmful or harmless? (40:36)

• Evolving beyond the current organic standard with the launch of the Regenerative Organic Certification (44:20)

• Are animals needed in regenerative agriculture? (55:49)

Learn more about the Rodale Institute at https://rodaleinstitute.org/ and follow them on Facebook @rodaleinstitute, on Instagram @rodaleinstitute, and on Twitter @rodaleinstitute.

Read Rodale Institute’s white paper, “The Power of the Plate: The Case for Regenerative Organic Agriculture in Improving Human Health,” here: https://rodaleinstitute.org/education/resources/power-of-the-plate-regenerative-organic-agriculture/ 

Learn more about the Regenerative Organic Certification at https://regenorganic.org/.

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Getting To The Root Of And Getting Rid Of Heartburn And Reflux | This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley

Most of us have experienced heartburn at one time or another, but for millions of people it is a chronic and painful condition. As a result, acid-blocking medications are among the top-selling drugs in America today. However, taking an acid blocker does nothing to address whatever is causing the heartburn and these drugs can have all sorts of negative side effects. Additionally, while acid blocking drugs block acid that can cause symptoms of heartburn and reflux, your body actually needs stomach acid to stay healthy. So, the key isn’t taking the drug. It’s finding the cause. 

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Todd LePine to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to treating heartburn and reflux. Together they discuss how to find the real causes of reflux and heartburn, get rid of them, and use the right foods, nutrients, and lifestyle therapies to heal the problem.

Dr. LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine. He is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center, he worked as a physician at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA, for 10 years. Dr. LePine’s focus at The UltraWellness Center is to help his patients achieve optimal health and vitality by restoring the natural balance to both the mind and the body. His areas of interest include optimal aging, bio-detoxification, functional gastrointestinal health, systemic inflammation, autoimmune disorders and the neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders. Dr. LePine teaches around the world, and has given lectures to doctors and patients at American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), Age Management Medicine Group (AMMG), the University of Miami Integrative Medicine Conference, The Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA, and is on the faculty for American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M). Dr. LePine is the head of the Scientific Advisory Board for Designs for Health and a consultant for Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory. He enjoys skiing, kayaking, hiking, camping and golfing in the beautiful Berkshires, and is a fitness enthusiast.

This episode is sponsored by Athletic Greens and Paleovalley.

Right now Athletic Greens is offering Doctor’s Farmacy listeners a full year supply of their Vitamin D3/K2 Liquid Formula free with your first purchase, plus 5 free travel packs. Just go to athleticgreens.com/hyman to take advantage of this great offer.

Until 12/4/20, Paleovalley is offering Doctor's Farmacy listeners 20% off the entire Paleovalley store. Just go to paleovalley.com and use the code Hyman20 to take advantage of this offer.

In this episode, Dr. Hyman and Dr. LePine discuss:

• Common drivers of heartburn

• Why heartburn isn’t about having too much acid in the stomach

• The addictive quality, side effects, and danger of long-term use of PPI/acid-blocking drugs

• Foods that commonly cause heartburn

• The bacteria Helicobacter pylori (or H. pylori) which commonly causes not only ulcers but also reflux

• Patient cases in which Drs. Hyman and LePine treated heartburn and reflux

Additional Resources:

3 Simple Steps to Eliminate Heartburn and Acid Reflux

https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/07/17/3-simple-steps-to-eliminate-heartburn-and-acid-reflux/

Heartburn and Candida: What is Your Gut Trying to Tell You?

https://drhyman.com/blog/2017/04/06/heartburn-candida-gut-trying-tell/

7 Steps To Reverse Acid Reflux

https://drhyman.com/blog/2013/09/26/7-steps-reverse-acid-reflux/

Is Your Doctor Making You Sick?

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2015/02/12/doctor-making-sick/

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Why Health Coaches Are Behavior Change Ninjas | This episode is brought to you by Swanwick

Most health plans, whether they’re about losing weight, exercising more, or quitting bad habits, aren’t designed to last. This is because they’re based on an incorrect assumption that all you need is willpower and motivation. In truth, we all need a support system to help guide us toward sustainable behavior and lifestyle change. And the reality is that the majority of healthcare actually happens outside of the doctor’s office.

In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman speaks with Dr. Rangan Chatterjee and Chris Kresser about why behavior change recommendations from healthcare providers are largely ineffective, and why having the support of a health coach can make all the difference in achieving your health goals.

Dr. Rangan Chatterjee is regarded as one of the most influential medical doctors in the UK and hosts the most listened to health podcast in the UK and Europe, ‘Feel Better, Live More’. His first three books have all been #1 Sunday Times Bestsellers and his latest, Feel Better in 5, shows people how to transform their health in just 5 minutes. It has been a smash hit in the UK, selling almost 100,000 copies in just 7 months, and has just been published in the United States. Professor BJ Fogg, the world’s leading expert in human behavior, calls this book, "one of the best habit change programs he has seen—deceptively simple but remarkably effective.” Dr. Chatterjee regularly appears on BBC News and Television and has been featured in numerous international publications including The New York Times, Forbes, The Guardian and Vogue, and his TED talk, How To Make Disease Disappear, has been viewed almost 3 million times.

Chris Kresser M.S., L.Ac is the co-director of the California Center for Functional Medicine, founder of Kresser Institute, 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. His health coaching program, called ADAPT, is the one I recommend for my staff at Cleveland Clinic and he’s the guy I trust with my own health.

This episode is brought to you by Swanwick. Right now, Swanwick is offering Doctor’s Farmacy listeners 15% off. Just go to swannies.com/hyman, and enter code HYMAN at check out.

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, “Simple Hacks To Feel Better In Five Minutes” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/DrRanganChatterjee2

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Chris Kresser, “Is Meat As Bad As We Think: Breaking Down Nutrition Myths,” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/ChrisKresser

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Regenerative Medicine: Healing Chronic Pain and Addressing COVID-19 | This episode is brought to you by Tushy, Farmacy, and Thrive Market

When it came to the chronic pain I had from an old surgery for a ruptured disk, I needed help finding the right fix so I could finally move on, pain-free. I found a doctor who combines the systems-based approach of Functional Medicine along with the most cutting-edge practices of Regenerative Medicine for maximum effect. Dr. Matthew Cook is my guest on today’s podcast and the one who was able to finally fix my back pain. And it just so happens that many of the modalities he’s found useful for treating chronic inflammation and pain are also showing major promise in the treatment of COVID-19.

Dr. Matthew Cook is a board-certified anesthesiologist who has completed a fellowship in Functional Medicine. His practice, BioReset™ Medical, provides treatments for conditions ranging from pain and complex illness to anti-aging and wellness. His approach is to use the most non-invasive, natural, and integrative ways possible.  Regarding the current pandemic, Dr. Cook has spent the past several months distilling the latest research, talking with experts around the world, and integrating his vast clinical experience to provide up-to-date information to the public and medical practitioners. Today he shares that in-depth research with us and provides hope for treating COVID and its lingering effects, which we now refer to as post-COVID syndrome

This episode is brought to you by Tushy, Farmacy, and Thrive Market.

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Everyone gets off track here and there, which is why the 10-Day Reset was designed to help you get back on track. It’s a protocol that combines eating the right food with key lifestyle habits and targeted supplementation. If you want to learn more and reclaim your health, visit GetFarmacy.com. 

Right now, Thrive is offering all Doctor's Farmacy listeners an amazing deal. Select a free gift from Thrive Market when you sign up for a 1 year membership. And, any time you spend more than $49 you’ll get free carbon-neutral shipping. Just head over to thrivemarket.com/Hyman. 

Here are more of the details from our interview (video / audio): 

• Dr. Cook’s transition away from traditional medicine (1:35 / 4:23)

• What is Regenerative Medicine? (3:44 / 6:32)

• My personal experience with chronic back pain and how Dr. Cook treated me (6:26 / 9:14)

• Why it’s important to treat the whole body when attending to musculoskeletal and joint issues (14:44 / 17:32)

• Dr. Cook’s experience treating patients with and recovering from COVID-19 (22:16 / 25:32)

• Supplementing with vitamin C, glutathione, quercetin, and vitamin D for COVID-19 (26:08 / 29:24)

• Nebulizing protocols for COVID-19 (27:35 / 30:52)

• Ozone therapy for COVID-19 (30:38 / 33:55)

• Peptide therapy for COVID-19 (33:24 / 36:41)

• Post-COVID syndrome and long haulers (37:47 / 41:04)

Learn more about Dr. Matt Cook and his practice at https://bioresetmedical.com/.

Find Dr. Cook’s podcast, BioReset™ Podcast at https://bioresetpodcast.com/.

Follow BioReset™ Medical on Facebook @BioResetMedical, on Instagram @bioresetmedical, and on Twitter @BioResetMedical.

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Getting To The Root Of Male And Female Hair Loss: A Functional Medicine Approach | This episode is sponsored by Cozy Earth and Bioptimizers

Hair loss is an issue that an estimated 50% of men and women will experience at some point in their lifetime. And as there are many different types of hair loss, there are also many various drivers of hair loss. These drivers of hair loss range from everything including autoimmune issues, hormonal imbalances, poor gut health, insulin resistance, environmental toxicity, and more. In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Boham to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to treating hair loss, and how it differs from the typical conventional medicine approach. They also share details about specific patient cases in which they have treated hair loss.

Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices functional medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing. Dr. Boham has contributed to many articles and wrote the latest chapter on Obesity for the Rankel Textbook of Family Medicine. She is part of the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and has been featured on the Dr. Oz show and in a variety of publications and media including Huffington Post, The Chalkboard Magazine, and Experience Life. Her DVD Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer explores the functional medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well.

This episode is sponsored by Cozy Earth and Bioptimizers.

Cozy Earth is offering Doctor’s Farmacy listeners an incredible 50%, and as part of their special holiday campaign, Cozy Earth includes a scratch-off with every purchase, giving you the chance to win free items, exclusive discounts, and one lucky person could even win 2 free flights anywhere in the world! Just go to cozyearth.com and use the code HYMANPODCAST50 at

Right now, BiOptimizers is offering their Black Friday and Cyber Monday deal to Doctor’s Farmacy listeners during the entire month of November. Get free shipping, up to 40% off on select products and are giving away free bottles of their amazing enzyme, probiotic P30M as well as their HCL breakthrough supplement. Just go to bioptimizers.com/hyman and use code HYMAN10 at checkout.

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

• The various types of hair loss including male pattern baldness, diffuse hair loss, thinning, and more

• How autoimmune issues can drive hair loss

• The link between PCOS and hair loss and irregular hair growth

• How insulin resistance can lead to hair loss

• Hair loss and underactive thyroid function

• Common dietary triggers and nutrient insufficiencies that cause hair loss

• How environmental toxins can contribute to hair loss

• Patient cases in which Drs. Hyman and Boham have treated hair loss

Additional Resources

Ultra Thyroid Video

https://drhyman.com/ty-thyroid/

Is An Underactive Thyroid To Blame For Your Mysterious Symptoms? with Dr. Elizabeth Boham

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/03/13/podcast-hc1-2/

Could it be your thyroid?

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/04/10/could-it-be-your-thyroid/

Supporting the Thyroid: Food as Medicine

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/03/15/supporting-thyroid-food-medicine/

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Free Happiness Hacks | This episode is sponsored by Swanwick

We often fall into the trap of thinking that having more or better stuff will bring about happiness; the research, however, proves otherwise. Happiness doesn’t have to be something you have or you don’t—just like our health, it’s something we can work on. In fact, the acts of helping others and practicing gratitude are foundational to improving happiness. In this minisode, Dr. Hyman talks with Laurie Santos about science-based hacks for creating more happiness in your life, and even better, they don’t cost a thing!

Laurie Santos is a Professor of Psychology and the Head of Silliman College at Yale University, as well as the host of the critically acclaimed podcast The Happiness Lab. After observing a disturbing level of unhappiness and anxiety among her students, she began teaching a course entitled "Psychology and the Good Life," which quickly became the most popular course in Yale's history and has also reached almost 2 million people from all over the world online. Although she’s now best known as a "happiness expert,” Santos's research explores the much broader question of "What makes the human mind unique?" and often includes comparing the cognitive capacities of non-human animals to humans.  

This episode is brought to you by Swanwick. Right now, Swanwick is offering Doctor’s Farmacy listeners 15% off. Just go to swannies.com/hyman, and enter code HYMAN at check out.

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Laurie Santos, “The Science Of Creating Happiness” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/LaurieSantos

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How To Align Your Attention With Your Intention | ButcherBox, Four Sigmatic, and Starseed

In our unpredictable and continually changing world, figuring out how to create a happy life means tending to the needs of our health, career, relationships, passions, and desires. Unfortunately, time can often feel like our biggest enemy, often seeming to be out of our own control. But what if it isn't? What if you had the ability to take control of how you trade your energy for time, and knew how to increase your body's "energy budget" to live your fullest life?

On this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, I was happy to sit down and talk with Dr. Pedram Shojai about how to find focus and make meaningful change to create the life we desire. 

Dr. Pedram Shojai is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Master Herbalist and Acupuncturist. He is the New York Times bestselling author of The Urban Monk, and The Art of Stopping Time, and the founder of whole.tv and Well.org. He is an acclaimed Qigong Master and Taoist Abbot with a practical approach to modern living, using Eastern thinking and practices to help himself and others overcome the Westernized challenges of everyday life, and to wake up and live their lives fully. His latest book, Focus: Bringing Time, Energy, and Money into Flow, was just released and is about bringing your attention in line with your intention to get the life you want.  

This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox, Four Sigmatic, and Starseed.

Right now, ButcherBox is offering new members a free turkey with their first box. To take advantage of this special offer from ButcherBox, just go to ButcherBox.com/farmacy.

Four Sigmatic is now providing an exclusive offer for Doctor’s Farmacy listeners. Receive up to 40% off on their best selling Lion’s Mane Coffee bundles. To get this deal, just go to foursigmatic.com/hyman. 

Save 20% on your Starseed order at Amazon.com/Starseed by using the code 20MARKHYMAN at checkout. Be sure to try their seeds, Omega oil, and butters.

Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• Pedram’s experience as a monk why he eventually chose to leave monastic life (5:27)

• The benefits of learning to still your mind by controlling your breath (9:04)

• Our societal crisis of consciousness (12:04)

• Tending to our life garden (14:26)

• Managing your time to reflect what's most important to you (18:23)

• Instilling focus in our daily lives through brain training, consistent practice, and personal integrity (23:45)

• Reflecting on the life lessons we’re being taught during the coronavirus pandemic (30:12)

• Saying no to others as a way to say yes to yourself (34:48)

• The three fundamentals of an effective meditation practice (39:31)

• Pedram’s “100 Day Gong” practice to achieve your goals (44:17)

Learn more about Pedram at https://www.theurbanmonk.com/ and follow him on Facebook @pedramshojaiurbanmonk, on Instagram @official_urbanmonk, and on Twitter @PedramShojai.

Get Pedram’s new book, Focus: Bringing Time, Energy, and Money Into Flow, here.

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Ask Mark Q&A #7: Grains, Sleep Hacks, Fatty Liver, And More | This episode is brought to you by Dr. Hyman's Sleep Master Class and the Pegan Shake

In this Q&A series, Dr. Mark Hyman takes live questions from his community. For a chance to speak with Dr. Hyman during a future Ask Mark Q&A, text your question to 413-225-8995 using the hashtag #askmark

Topics covered in this episode include:

• Are grains okay to eat, and if so, what are the best grains to eat?

• Tips for improving your quality of sleep

• Resetting your adrenal glands

• The best pre- and postnatal diet

• Staying hydrated and the power of electrolytes

• Sugar cravings and addiction

• Food sensitivity testing 

• Benefits of fasting 

• Supplementing with protein powders 

• Fatty liver and autoimmune disease

This episode is sponsored by Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class and the Pegan Shake.

In this modern world we place too much value on staying busy and deprioritizing sleep, which is why Dr. Hyman created his first ever Master Class. It guides you through the most important steps to getting better sleep, starting today. Get free access to Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class at drhyman.com/sleep. 

The Pegan Shake features a combination of collagen, pumpkin, and pea protein with healthy fats from my two favorites: MCT oil which is great for fat burning and brain power as well as avocado oil. I’ve also included acacia fiber to help with gut motility and digestion. Check it out at getfarmacy.com/peganshake.

Mentioned in this episode:

Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class

Ziva Meditation 

Cortisol Manager 

TB12™ Electrolytes

E-Lyte 

LyteShow

10 Day Reset

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What Is The Best Approach To The Ketogenic Diet? | This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox.

We have all heard a lot about the benefits of the ketogenic diet in recent years; it has been shown to be an effective tool for weight loss, controlling and reversing diabetes, and improving brain function and overall whole-body health. So how does it work? Is it necessary to eat lots of meat and dairy if you are keto? And do you need to be keto forever to reap its benefits?

Dr. Hyman explored these questions in his conversations with one of the leading voices in the Paleo/Primal and keto movements, Mark Sisson, and with Dr. Carrie Diulus, who has found a vegan-keto diet to be the best approach for her when it comes to managing type 1 diabetes and maintaining a healthy weight. 

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. His latest book is Keto for Life, where he discusses how he combines the keto diet with a Primal lifestyle for optimal health and longevity. Mark is the author of numerous other books as well, including The Primal Blueprint. After spending three decades researching and educating folks on why food is the key component to achieving and maintaining optimal wellness, Mark launched Primal Kitchen, a real-food company that creates Primal/Paleo, keto, and Whole30-friendly kitchen staples.

Dr. Diulus is an orthopedic spine surgeon, vice chief of the medical staff, and director of the Spine Wellness Center at the Crystal Clinic, in Akron, Ohio. Prior to that, she was both a spine surgeon for the Center for Spine Health at the Cleveland Clinic and also a medical director in their IT department. Dr. Diulus’ surgical practice focuses on minimally invasive spine surgery.  Her clinical interest involves strategies for improving patients’ musculoskeletal health and surgical outcomes by improving metabolic health with dietary and exercise strategies. She has type 1 diabetes and has published and is involved in ongoing research at Boston Children’s on the use of a low carbohydrate diet in the management of type 1 diabetes. 

This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox. Right now, ButcherBox is offering new members a free turkey with their first box. To take advantage of this special offer from ButcherBox, just go to ButcherBox.com/farmacy.

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Mark Sisson, “Do You Have To Eat A Ketogenic Diet All Of The Time To Get Its Benefits?” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/MarkSisson

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. Carrie Diulus and Dr. Ethan Weiss, “Is It Possible To Be Vegan-Keto?” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/DrEthanWeissDrCarrieDiulus

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A Simple Innovation That Will Save You Money And Help Save The Planet | This episode is brought to you by Joovv, Thrive Market, and Farmacy

Since the 1800s, we have been led to believe that toilet paper does the job but, in reality, all it does is cost us money every month, kill millions of trees per year, and contribute to chronic infections. So what is the alternative? And how do we overcome social stigmas and challenge cultural norms to adopt a better practice?

My guest on this week’s episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, Miki Agrawal, is here to answer these questions and discuss her insights into creating disruptive innovations for a healthier planet! Miki shares her personal story of battling a severe hyperthyroid condition, which made her poop up to eight times per day. Using a bidet changed everything for her, and inspired her to create TUSHY, a modern affordable, and easy to install bidet attachment.  

Miki Agrawal is the founder of several acclaimed social enterprises: WILD, THINX, and TUSHY. She is also the author of the #1 best-selling books DO COOL SH*T and DISRUPT-HER. Miki was named "Fast Company's Most Creative People," “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum, and INC's “Most Impressive Women Entrepreneurs.” She passionately speaks about her 16 years of entrepreneurial adventures, from inventing products in taboo categories, to creatively launching them, to marketing and scaling them exponentially, to dealing with shocking setbacks—and she shares her colorful, authentic revelations along the way.  

This episode is brought to you by Joovv, Thrive Market, and Farmacy.

Ever since I’ve been using Joovv’s at-home red-light therapy devices, I’ve noticed I get deeper, more restful sleep and I feel more energized and focused during the day. Go to Joovv.com/farmacy and use the code FARMACY for an exclusive discount on Joovv’s newest devices.

Right now, Thrive is offering all Doctor's Farmacy listeners an amazing deal. Select a free gift from Thrive Market when you sign up for a 1 year membership. And, any time you spend more than $49 you’ll get free carbon-neutral shipping. Just head over to thrivemarket.com/Hyman. 

Everyone gets off track here and there, which is why the 10-Day Reset was designed to help you get back on track. It’s a protocol that combines eating the right food with key lifestyle habits and targeted supplementation. If you want to learn more and reclaim your health, visit GetFarmacy.com. 

Here are more of the details from our interview (video / audio): 

• How Miki’s upbringing shaped her solutions-based, entrepreneurial thinking (6:48)

• Miki’s learnings from her early career as a restaurateur and co-founder of THINX period underwear (9:54)

• Being a female entrepreneur in a “man’s world” (16:21)

• What led Miki to create the TUSHY bidet (22:00)

• Worldwide water scarcity and how bidet use saves more water than using toilet paper (27:16)

• The historical reasons why Americans have not adopted bidet use (32:02)

• Breaking through common myths and misconceptions about bidets (36:18)

• Addressing the worldwide sanitation crisis (42:46)

• Creating conscious businesses to improve the world (50:27)

• Miki’s current efforts to develop a diaper that is good for the planet (52:43)

Learn more about Miki at mikiagrawal.com and follow her on Facebook @twinmiki, on Instagram @mikiagrawal, and on Twitter @twinmiki.

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Why ADHD Is Not A Psychiatric Disorder Or Brain Disease | This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley and Farmacy

The rates of attention deficit disorder (ADD), today referred to as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), have skyrocketed in recent years. But what is ADHD? ADHD is just a name we give to people who share a collection of symptoms: They can’t focus or pay attention, they’re inattentive, and they are hyperactive. These are symptoms. So, what are the causes?

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. George Papaicolaou to discuss the common drivers of ADHD, and why it is so important to identify and treat its causes, rather than its symptoms. They also share specific cases in which they have treated patients for ADHD.

George Papanicolaou is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and is Board Certified in Family Medicine from Abington Memorial Hospital. He is also an Institute for Functional Medicine Practitioner. Upon graduation from his residency he joined the Indian Health Service. He worked on the Navajo reservation for 4 years at the Chinle Comprehensive Medical Facility where he served as the Outpatient Department Coordinator. In 2000, he founded Cornerstone Family Practice in Rowley, MA. He practiced with a philosophy centered on personal relationships and treating the whole person, not just not the disease. He called that philosophy “Whole Life Wellness”. Over time as the healthcare system made it harder for patients to receive this kind of personal care Dr. Papanicolaou decided a change was needed. He began training in Functional Medicine through the Institute of Functional Medicine. In 2015, he established Cornerstone Personal Health – a practice dedicated entirely to Functional Medicine. Dr. Papanicolaou to join The UltraWellness Center in 2017.

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

• The prevalence of ADHD in our society

• Understanding ADHD as a cluster of symptoms, rather than a psychiatric disorder

• The most common drivers of ADHD, including genetics, environmental influences, diet and lifestyle

• How improving gut health, and addressing food sensitivities can improve ADHD

• Testing for toxins and heavy metals in the body, including lead, mercury, and arsenic

• Patients with ADHD that Dr. Hyman and Dr. Papanicolaou have treated

• The effectiveness of meditation for treating ADHD

Additional Resources

Getting to the Root: A Functional Medicine Approach to ADHD

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/05/17/getting-to-the-root-a-functional-approach-to-adhd/

ADHD and Negative Self-Talk

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2019/05/06/adhd-and-negative-self-talk/

Here’s How I Treat ADHD: A Functional Medicine Doctor Explains

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2017/09/06/heres-how-i-treat-adhd-a-functional-doctor-explains/

7 Strategies to Address ADHD

https://drhyman.com/blog/2015/10/21/7-strategies-adhd/

How To Improve Your Handwriting Simply By Changing What You Eat

https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/09/09/how-to-improve-your-handwriting-simply-by-changing-what-you-eat/

The Myth of Diagnosis

https://drhyman.com/blog/2018/05/04/the-myth-of-diagnosis/

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What Are Zombie Cells? | This episode is brought to you by Perfect Keto

We used to think that aging is synonymous with decline but we’re now learning that this doesn’t necessarily have to be the case. We’re also learning that there are ways we can harness our body’s innate repair mechanisms to slow down, and even sometimes, reverse the aging process. One such way is to reduce the number of senescent--or zombie--cells that we have. So what are zombie cells, and how can we get rid of them? Dr. Hyman recently discussed this in his conversation with Dr. David Sinclair, Dave Asprey, and Max Lugavere.

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. More specifically, their focus is on studying sirtuins—protein-modifying enzymes that respond to changing NAD+ levels and to caloric restriction—as well as metabolism, neurodegeneration, cancer, cellular reprogramming, and more. Among other awards, he was included in Time Magazine’s list of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” and Time's “Top 50 in Healthcare.”

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. By employing the principles of biohacking (a term added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in September of 2018 with Dave’s influence) Dave has lost over 100 pounds, upgraded his brain, learned to sleep more efficiently in less time, and become a more effective entrepreneur, husband, father, and overall human being. In this episode, he shares his top tips and tricks for being superhuman and living to be 180 or beyond. 

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, The Genius Life: Heal Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body, and Become Extraordinary, is 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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Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. David Sinclair, “Death is Inevitable but Aging is Not” here: 

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Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dave Asprey, “Can You Age Backwards?” here:

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The Keys To Aging Well | This episode is brought to you by Bioptimizers and Paleovalley

When it comes to longevity, the goal isn’t just to live as long as possible. The true objective is to live as vibrantly and energetically as possible, for as long as possible. So how exactly do we do this?

On this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, I was happy to sit down and talk with Dr. Frank Lipman about the biggest controlling factor when it comes to aging, the main longevity regulators in the body, and what we can do to activate them. 

Dr. Frank Lipman is recognized as a vocal pioneer of integrative and Functional Medicine (or what he calls “good medicine”). Dr. Lipman is the founder of Eleven Eleven Wellness Center and the Chief Medical Officer at The Well. He is a sought-after international speaker and the best-selling author of six books—How to Be Well, The New Health Rules, Young & Slim for Life, Revive and Total Renewal—and his newest book, The New Rules of Aging Well: A Simple Program for Immune Resilience, Strength, and Vitality.

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Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• Combining ancient wisdom and modern research for healthy aging (8:06)

• The changes Dr. Lipman has made in his own life to age well (11:01)

• The biggest mistake people make in regards to food as it relates to aging (14:39)

• Getting adequate protein to prevent muscle loss as you age (17:35)

• How fasting supports the aging process, and the type of fasting that works best (20:15)

• How sugar and starch drive the aging process, and why muscle function and recovery from injury is so essential as you age (27:35)

• Why optimizing mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell, is key to aging well (32:29)     

• Our epigenome, and why genetic predisposition is not the same as being predestined (38:06)

• How meaning and mindset influence aging (48:07)

• Is it worthwhile to take supplements? (50:09)

Learn more about Dr. Frank Lipman at https://drfranklipman.com/ and his new book, The New Rules of Aging Well, at https://drfranklipman.com/new-rules-poi/

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How To Optimize Your Body’s Detoxification System | This episode is brought to by Thrive Market and my Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Course

In a healthy body, the process of detoxification runs smoothly. But when we are toxic, the mechanism for detoxification in the liver gets sluggish, and certain toxins can remain active longer than we want or than our systems can handle. This makes us sick and impedes normal metabolism. It also causes fluid retention, bloat, puffiness, and more.

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Maggie Ward to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to assessing your toxic load, and how certain foods, gut health optimization, and other lifestyle factors can enhance detoxification.

Maggie Ward, MS, RD, LDN, is the Nutrition Director at The UltraWellness Center. Maggie holds a master’s degree in Nutrition from Bastyr University which focuses on using whole foods for holistic Nutrition Therapy. In addition, she completed her requirements to become a registered dietitian at Westchester Medical Center in NY. Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center team in 2008, Maggie worked at The Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York providing nutrition counseling to children and families dealing with HIV. She also taught at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan and other sites throughout New York City, teaching nutritionally focused cooking classes for children and adults. Much of her focus is on food allergies, digestive disorders, inflammatory conditions, Pediatrics and Sports Nutrition. Maggie has been counseling individuals, families, and business groups on therapeutic diets to address various health concerns for more than 15 years. Her ongoing clinical training through the Institute for Functional Medicine uses a systems biology approach when working with those who suffer from chronic and acute conditions to help them find their path to healing. She has a passion for cooking and reconnecting people with their potential to heal using whole, organic and local foods.

This episode is sponsored by Thrive Market and my Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Course.

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In this modern world we place too much value on staying busy and deprioritizing sleep, which is why Dr. Hyman created his first ever Master Class. It guides you through the most important steps to getting better sleep, starting today. Get free access to Dr. Hyman’s Sleep Master Class at drhyman.com/sleep. 

In this episode, Dr. Hyman and Maggie discuss:

• Acute vs chronic, low grade toxicity from environmental toxins

• Dr. Hyman’s personal experience with chronic fatigue syndrome and mercury poisoning

• Neurological effects of toxicity, ranging from brain fog to Parkinson’s disease

• How our genetics can influence our detoxification 

• Diagnostics to measure toxic body burden

• Using food to enhance the body’s ability to detoxify

• Patients who Dr. Hyman and Maggie have treated to improve detoxification

• The importance of supporting gut health to optimize detoxification

For more information visit drhyman.com/uwc

Additional Resources: 

Environmental Working Group

https://www.ewg.org/

The Ultimate Detoxification Foods

https://drhyman.com/blog/2017/06/12/ultimate-detoxification-foods/

Helpful or the Latest Fad? The Truth About Detoxification

https://drhyman.com/blog/2015/03/07/truth-about-detoxification/

ULTRAMIND®: Key #5 Enhance Detoxification

https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/08/30/the-ultramind-solution-key-5-enhance-detoxification/

How to Rid Your Body of Heavy Metals: A 3-Step Detoxification Plan

https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/05/19/how-to-rid-your-body-of-mercury-and-other-heavy-metals-a-3-step-plan-to-recover-your-health/

Top 5 Food Picks to Support Liver Detoxification

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2016/07/22/top-5-food-picks-to-support-liver-detoxification/

Why Am I So Tired All The Time? Such Chronic Fatigue!

https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/05/12/why-am-i-so-tired-all-the-time-such-chronic-fatigue/

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Why Food Should Be A Factor In Treating Mental Illness | This episode is brought to you by Find My Formula

We know that our diet can have a major impact on mental health. Unfortunately, however, most medical education programs don’t include nutrition, so many psychiatrists and physicians, in general, aren’t as empowered as they should be to prescribe a healthy diet. Moreover, stigma around mental illness is still pervasive in our society and can keep people from feeling empowered that they can change their brain health and get the care they truly need. Dr. Hyman recently explored these topics with psychiatrists Dr. Daniel Amen and Dr. Drew Ramsey.

Dr. Daniel Amen is the founder of Amen Clinics. Amen Clinics has the world’s largest database of brain scans related to behavior, totaling more than 160,000 SPECT scans on patients from 121 countries. Dr. Amen’s research team has published more than 70 scientific articles. He is the lead researcher on the world’s largest brain imaging and rehabilitation study on professional football players. His research has not only demonstrated high levels of brain damage in players, but also the possibility of significant recovery for many with the principles that underlie his work.  His team also published the world’s largest functional brain imaging study on how the brain ages with over 62,000 SPECT scans. He is a double board-certified psychiatrist and ten-time NY Times bestselling author, with such blockbuster books as Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, Healing ADD, Memory Rescue, Change Your Brain, Change Your Grades, and The Daniel Plan, co-authored by Pastor Rick Warren and Dr. Mark Hyman. His most recent book is The End of Mental Illness. 

Dr. Drew Ramsey is not your average psychiatrist. 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. He also spends much of his time with his family, growing their own food, on a 127 acre organic farm.

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Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. Daniel Amen, “How to End Mental Illness” here: 

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Why Ice Water Immersion And Your Breath Is The Key To Health And Happiness | This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and Four Sigmatic

Frequent exposure to cold is linked to a number of different health benefits. Scientists have found evidence that exposure to cold speeds up metabolism, and reduces inflammation, swelling, and sore muscles. Many athletes use ice baths and other types of exposure to cold as a means to speed up recovery after physical exercise. Cold body therapy is also linked to improved quality of sleep, more focus, and even to an improved immune response.

On this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, I was happy to sit down and talk with Wim Hof about the benefits of cold therapy and what happens to our body when we’re exposed to extreme cold conditions. Wim shares how we can change our biochemistry through our breathing, and the boundless capacities of the human spirit when we test our physical limits. 

Wim Hof, also known as “The Iceman,” holds multiple world records for his feats of endurance and exposure to cold, and he is the author of The Wim Hof Method: Activate Your Full Human Potential. The benefits of Wim’s method, now practiced by tens of thousands, have been validated by eight university research studies. He has been featured on goop Lab’s six-part Netflix series, the BBC, VICE Media, and the Discovery Channel, as well as in the bestselling book, What Doesn’t Kill Us by Scott Carney. 

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Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• The origin of Wim’s journey to become the Iceman (6:42)

• Our ability for voluntary control over bodily functions previously considered to be out of our control, such as our body temperature (11: 16)

• The healing power of cold and deep breathing (23:44)

• The benefits of cold showers (26:25)

• The three pillars of the Wim Hof Method (30:29)

• Awakening to the potential of accessing our inner mechanisms (34:49)

• Wim’s experience being injected with, and overcoming the effects of, E. coli bacteria and its implications for doing the same with COVID-19 (35:56)

• How to practice one of Wim’s breathing exercises (42:15)

• Reversing and treating autoimmune and other disease through the Wim Hof Method (51:34)

• How Wim’s techniques can help  with the alleviation of depression and anxiety (55:48)

Learn more about Wim Hof and the Wim Hof Method at https://www.wimhofmethod.com/. Follow Wim on Facebook @icemanwimhof, on Instagram @iceman_hof, and on Twitter @iceman_hof.

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Healing Psoriasis From The Inside Out with Dr. Todd LePine | This episode is sponsored by Bioptimizers and Farmacy

Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease of the skin that predominantly involves scaling and inflammation. Aside from its physical manifestations, psoriasis can also result in debilitating psychological effects for those suffering with it. While conventional medicine typically treats psoriasis from the outside in, the reality is that it is an issue that comes from within, and should be treated from the inside out. Things like your genetics, diet, and environmental influences can all contribute to psoriasis. 

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Todd LePine to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to treating psoriasis. They explain why addressing factors such as gut health, immunity, heavy metals, and more can all be instrumental in healing psoriasis.

Dr. LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine. He is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center, he worked as a physician at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA, for 10 years. Dr. LePine’s focus at The UltraWellness Center is to help his patients achieve optimal health and vitality by restoring the natural balance to both the mind and the body. His areas of interest include optimal aging, bio-detoxification, functional gastrointestinal health, systemic inflammation, autoimmune disorders and the neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders. Dr. LePine teaches around the world, and has given lectures to doctors and patients at American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), Age Management Medicine Group (AMMG), the University of Miami Integrative Medicine Conference, The Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA, and is on the faculty for American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M). Dr. LePine is the head of the Scientific Advisory Board for Designs for Health and a consultant for Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory. He enjoys skiing, kayaking, hiking, camping and golfing in the beautiful Berkshires, and is a fitness enthusiast.

This episode is sponsored by Bioptimizers and Farmacy.

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In this episode, Dr. Hyman and Dr. LePine discuss:

• The various causes of psoriasis, including genetics, diet, environmental factors and toxins, strep bacteria, and more

• Guttate psoriasis

• Conventional steroid and drug treatment for psoriasis 

• How addressing gut health can improve psoriasis

• The psychological toll psoriasis can have on those suffering from it

• Patient cases that Drs. Hyman and LePine have treated

• Metabolic disease as a risk factor for psoriasis

• The benefits of healthy sun exposure 

• Why addressing stress and sleep are important factors when treating psoriasis

For more information visit drhyman.com/uwc

Additional Resources: 

8 Strategies to Eliminate Psoriasis

https://drhyman.com/blog/2015/11/19/8-strategies-to-eliminate-psoriasis/

Bacterial Dysbiosis and Translocation in Psoriasis Vulgaris

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6369634/

Psoriasis: A Functional Medicine Approach

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2018/02/20/psoriasis-functional-medicine-approach/

9 Strategies for Glowing, Vibrant Skin

https://drhyman.com/blog/2015/10/28/9-strategies-for-glowing-vibrant-skin/

The Indoor Generation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygHU0mQGuJU

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How Gut Health Impacts Sleep | This episode is brought to you by Perfect Keto

Getting quality sleep is one of the most important things we can do for our overall health and well-being. We know that things like getting outside first thing in the morning, going to sleep and waking at the same time each day, and putting away our devices one or two hours before bed can help ensure quality sleep. But did you know that the health of your gut microbiome also plays an important role in sleep quality?

In this minisode, Dr. Hyman speaks with Shawn Stevenson about how the microbiome can affect sleep, and he also speaks with Dr. Elizabeth Boham about the Functional Medicine approach to optimizing gut health.

Shawn Stevenson is the author of the international bestselling book Sleep Smarter and creator of The Model Health Show - featured as the #1 Health podcast on iTunes with millions of listener downloads each year. A graduate of The University of Missouri - St. Louis, Shawn studied business, biology, and kinesiology, and went on to be the founder of Advanced Integrative Health Alliance, a company that provides wellness services for individuals and organizations worldwide. Shawn has been featured in Entrepreneur magazine, Fast Company, Forbes, Men's Health magazine, The Dr. Oz Show, ESPN, CNN, and many other major media outlets. To learn more about Shawn visit TheModelHealthShow.com.

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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Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Shawn Stevenson, “Hack Your Sleep” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/ShawnStevenson

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Boham, “What Is Leaky Gut And How Can You Treat It? ” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/LeakyGut

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How To Be A Food Activist In Your Own Kitchen | This episode is brought to you by Tushy, Perfect Keto, and Thrive Market

We live in a world where our food is making us sick, tired, and overweight. Big Food brands design their packaged products to be addictive, so we over consume unhealthy ingredients, including cheap additives that are banned in other countries. Product labels are deceiving, hiding risky chemicals that contaminate our food and tout approval from organizations we’re led to believe are protecting our health, but in reality are doing anything but that. 

On this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, I was so happy to talk to Vani Hari about how Big Food manipulates nutrition research, purposely makes their food addictive, and how we can regenerate our health by getting in the kitchen. 

Named as one of the “Most Influential People on the Internet” by Time Magazine, Vani Hari is the revolutionary food activist behind foodbabe.com, co-founder of organic food brand Truvani, New York Times best selling author of, The Food Babe Way, and Feeding You Lies. She has led campaigns against food giants like Kraft, Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, Subway and General Mills that attracted more than 500,000 signatures, and led to the removal of several controversial ingredients used by these companies. Through corporate activism, petitions, and social media campaigns, Vani and her Food Babe Army have become one of the most powerful populist forces in the health and food industries. 

Her drive to change the food system inspired the creation of her new company, Truvani, where she produces real food without added chemicals, products without toxins, and labels without lies. Vani has been profiled in the New York Times and The Atlantic, and has appeared on Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, CNN, The Dr. Oz Show, The Doctors, and NPR. 

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This episode is brought to you by Perfect Keto. Right now, Perfect Keto is offering Doctor’s Farmacy listeners 20% off plus free shipping with the code DRMARK. Just go to perfectketo.com/drmark, and make sure you try their Nut Butters and Keto Cookies.

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Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• Vani’s personal health journey that led her to food activism (9:28)

• The prevalence of harmful food additives and chemicals in our food supply (17:30)

• The myth government regulation and supervision of our food (19:41)

• The importance of reading food labels and ingredient lists on our food (24:12)

• The food industry’s funding of so-called independent groups (26:24)

• Three question to train your mind to eat real food (34:58)

• Why “natural flavors” should be avoided at all costs (37:11)

• How government programs help drive food industry profit over protecting our health (41:18)

• The best and worst cooking oils (46:21)

• Vani’s “sweet blend,” sugar alternative (54:26)

Learn more about Vani Hari at https://foodbabe.com/ and follow her on Facebook @thefoodbabe, on Instagram @thefoodbabe, and on Twitter @thefoodbabe.

Get Vani’s new cookbook, “Food Babe Kitchen: More than 100 Delicious, Real Food Recipes to Change Your Body and Your Life,” at  https://foodbabekitchen.com/

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Why Muscle, Our Neglected Organ, Is The Key To Healthy Aging | This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley

When it comes to longevity, the goal isn’t just to live as long as possible. The true objective is to live as vibrantly and energetically as possible, for as long as possible. So how exactly do we do this?

On this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, I was happy to sit down and talk with Dr. Chris Rinsch and Dr. Stuart Phillips about the role of mitochondria in aging, and how we can use various compounds that are found in plants to upregulate our biology and increase not just our lifespan, but more importantly our healthspan.

Dr. Chris Rinsch is the co-founder and CEO of Amazentis, an innovative life science company dedicated to employing breakthrough research and clinical science to bring advanced therapeutic nutrition products to life. Dr. Rinsch has authored original publications in leading scientific journals, including Nature Medicine, Gene Therapy and others, for his research on Urolithin A, mitochondrial health, and cell and gene therapy. He is also an inventor on a number of internationally filed and granted patents. Dr. Rinsch holds an MBA from INSEAD, France, a PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Lausanne, a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering from U.T. Southwestern Medical Center, and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College.

Dr. Stuart Phillips is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and a member of the School of Medicine at McMaster University. He is Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Skeletal Muscle Health. He is also the Director of the McMaster University Physical Activity Centre of Excellence. Dr. Phillips has authored more than 220 original research papers and 90 reviews. In 2018 and 2019, he was named to Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list as a being in the top 1% of all cited researchers in nutrition and exercise research. Dr. Phillips is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.

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Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• The role of mitochondria and muscle function in healthy aging and longevity (4:20)

• Why skeletal muscle is somewhat neglected in medicine ( 6:37)

• Improving muscle mass and function as we age (7:13)

• How mitochondrial function impacts heart, brain, and other tissue (10:48)

• Renewing mitochondria through mitophagy (15:33)

• Amazentis’ research on pomegranates and how it lead to an understanding of urolithin A’s effect on mitochondrial function (18:52)

• How the gut microbiome interacts with the compounds in the food we eat (23:57)

• Increasing the energy level inside the cells for optimal muscle function (27:16)

• The research on, and development of, Mitopure Urolithin, Amazentis’ proprietary product, and how it affects mitochondrial function (29:24)

• Boosting muscle health and function as we age (41:26)

Learn more about Amazentis at https://www.amazentis.com/.

Learn more about Timeline Nutrition and take advantage of their exclusive offer for a 2 month plan of Mitopure for $200 at www.timelinenutrition.com/drhyman

Follow Timeline Nutrition on IG @timelinenutrition, on Facebook @TimelineNutrition on FB , at on Twitter @UrolithinA. 

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The Reemerging Field of Psychedelic Research | This episode is brought to you by Perfect Keto

Hallucinogens like lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and psilocybin (a compound derived from certain species of mushrooms) were being researched in medicine as therapeutic agents before their recreational popularity boomed in the 1960s. Unfortunately, that era gave them a negative connotation and since then the research in medical psychedelics dramatically declined. Now, we are seeing a resurgence in interest for these types of therapies, and the research points to some positive benefits.

One of the most astounding things about using various compounds, like psilocybin, as medicine is the long-lasting and powerful benefits of a single dose. Dr. Hyman sits down for a conversation with Dr. Anthony Bossis, where he shares about his experience conducting psychedelic research.

Anthony P. Bossis, Ph.D. 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 investigating the effects of psilocybin, a naturally occurring compound found in specific species of mushrooms. Dr. Bossis was director of palliative care research, co-principal investigator, co-author, and session guide on the 2016 landmark study showing a significant reduction in emotional distress along with enhanced existential well being from a single psilocybin-generated mystical experience in persons with cancer.

Dr. Bossis is a supervisor of psychotherapy at Bellevue Hospital and co-founder and former co-director of the Bellevue Hospital Palliative Care Service and maintains a private psychotherapy practice in NYC.

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Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. Anthony Bossis, “Are Psychedelics the New Wonder Drug for Mental Illness and the Fear of Death?” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/AnthonyBossis

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How To Activate Nature’s Healing Potential | This episode is brought to you by Joovv and ButcherBox

The microbiome has now come to be seen as the foundation for our overall health. The gut microbiome contributes to our digestive, immune, and emotional health, so it plays a vital role in overall well-being.

Soil, like our gut, has its own microbiome, which supports the health of the plants growing in it. And just as our consumption of highly processed foods and overuse of antibiotics have destroyed key microbes in the human gut, we have also carelessly damaged the soil microbiome through overuse of chemical herbicides, pesticides, fertilizers and fungicides, heavy plowing and tillage, and the failure to add organic matter back into the soil.

On this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, I was happy to sit down and talk with Dr. Zach Bush about why the health of our soil microbiome is the single most potent factor determining how healthy—or unhealthy—we are. We discuss why we need to acknowledge soil as a major influence on the food system and our health, and most importantly what we can do to change soil composition for the better.

Dr. Zach 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. Zach 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. His education has highlighted the need for a radical departure from chemical farming and pharmacy, and his ongoing efforts are providing a path for consumers, farmers, and mega-industries to work together for a healthy future for people and the planet.

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Here are more of the details from our interview (video / audio): 

• The pivotal moment in which Zach came to understand that we need to work with nature to create health (6:10)

• Zach’s post-academia journey to connect the dots between the microbiome, nutrition, and soil (10:50)

• How Zach’s chemotherapy research led to his understanding of how nutrition, the microbiome, and soil are interconnected (15:59)

• Uncovering soil’s medicinal qualities (19:38)

• What research on the gut lining, and the rise of glyphosate (Round-Up) use, illustrated about the link between soil science and human health (28:44)

• The depletion of 97% of our soil and its impact on human health (35:54)

• Regulatory resistance to looking at the scientific demonstration of the harmful effects of glyphosate (Round-Up) (42:22)

• Engineering the future that we want by catalyzing exponential rates of transformation (47:16)

• Surrendering to nature’s healing principles (52:36)

• Zach’s work with the nonprofit coalition, Farmer’s Footprint (54:16)

Learn more about Zach Bush at zackbushmd.com and follow him on Facebook @ZachBushMD, on Instagram @ZachBushMD, and on Twitter @drzachbush.

Learn more about Farmer’s Footprint at https://farmersfootprint.us/ and watch the film at https://farmersfootprint.us/watch/.

Find information about at ION*Biome at  https://ionbiome.com/.

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Cholesterol Is Not The Cause Of Heart Disease | This episode is brought  to you by Perfect Keto

We have all heard that the secret to living a long, healthy, heart disease-free life is lowering your cholesterol, but is that really true? The reality is, most of us have little understanding about our cholesterol levels in our blood and the whole topic is much more complicated than we thought. Moreover, the standard cholesterol testing is outdated because it doesn’t check for particle size and particle number, and this information is what is needed to tell what’s really going on with your cholesterol.  

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Boham to discuss why cholesterol is only one factor in determining your overall health. They also discuss the factors that influence your cholesterol and whether or not statin drugs are the most effective way to prevent heart attacks.

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.

For more information, please visit drhyman.com/uwc

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

• If elevated cholesterol is always a problem

• The cholesterol test you should be getting (either an NMR Lipid Panel from LabCorp or the Cardio IQ Test from Quest Diagnostics), and why cholesterol particle size matters

• How diet, lifestyle, environmental influences, and genetics influence cholesterol 

• The role that insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, diabetes, and metabolic health play in heart disease and overall health 

• Oxidative stress, free radicals, and their influence on heart health

• The benefits, side effects, and risks of taking statin drugs

• Patient cases

Additional resources:

Why cholesterol may not be the cause of heart disease https://drhyman.com/blog/2018/10/03/podcast-ep21/

The Mind-Blowing Science of Fat-Burning and Insulin Resistance with Dr. Benjamin Bikman https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/09/24/bb-ep154/

Seven Ways To Optimize Cholesterol https://drhyman.com/blog/2016/01/14/7-ways-to-optimize-cholesterol/

6 Steps to Healthy Cholesterol, Or Why You Should Stop Your Statins Now https://drhyman.com/blog/2013/10/09/6-steps-healthy-cholesterol-stop-statins-now/

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How To Pursue Your Dreams In Uncertain Times | This episode is brought to you by Four Sigmatic

Taking action toward creating the life you want can be challenging, even in the best of times. It can seem even more daunting when present moment conditions are different than you’d expected them to be. And often, we can feel that we don’t have the time or space to focus on our own dreams. 

Earlier this year, at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Hyman spoke with Gabrielle Bernstein about the importance of taking spiritually aligned action toward the life you desire. Last year, he also explored how to create a vision for every area of your life with Jon and Missy Butcher.

Gabrielle Bernstein is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Universe Has Your Back and has written six additional bestsellers, including Super Attractor which launched in September 2019. She was featured on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday as a “next-generation thought leader” and The Oprah Winfrey Network chose Gabrielle to be part of the “Super Soul 100,” a dynamic group of 100 trailblazers whose vision and life’s work are bringing a higher level of consciousness to the world. 

Jon and Missy Butcher are artist-entrepreneurs whose life together revolves around their amazing relationship, family, and work. Together, they have founded over a dozen companies, all organized around causes that matter. Their purpose and mission is to create the highest possible quality of life they can for themselves and the people they love while helping others around the world to do the same. Their program, Lifebook, is a complete life-development system for creating your very best life. 

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Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Gabrielle Bernstein, “How To Support Your Spiritual Health In The Time Of COVID-19,” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/GabrielleBernstein

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Jon and Missy Butcher, “Do You Dream Big Enough For Your Life?” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/JonMissyButcher

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How Does Ultra-Processed Food Affect Our Mental Health? | This episode is brought to you by Thrive Market, Bioptimizers, and the Pegan Shake

Currently, one in five Americans live with a mental illness, and these rates have been tracking alongside increases in metabolic disease. Yet, conventional psychiatric care does not typically include discussion of food or an assessment of metabolic dysfunction, obesity, or insulin resistance in the evaluation or treatment of mental health conditions.

On this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, I was happy to sit down and talk with Dr. Shebani Sethi Dalai about the relationship between mental health and metabolic disease, and how we are gradually coming to understand that inflammation, oxidative stress, and insulin resistance may represent important root causes of many chronic brain illnesses, including many psychiatric disorders. 

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. 

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The Pegan Shake features a combination of collagen, pumpkin, and pea protein with healthy fats from my two favorites: MCT oil which is great for fat burning and brain power as well as avocado oil. I’ve also included acacia fiber to help with gut motility and digestion. Check it out at getfarmacy.com/peganshake.

Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• How Dr. Sethi Dalai came to study and understand the need for metabolic psychiatry (7:02)

• The connection between mental health and inflammation, and how ultra-processed food affects the brain (11:44)

• Rising rates of binge eating, obesity, and addictive eating are coinciding with the rise of ultra-processed foods (15:29)

• How diet drives hormonal responses in the brain (22:21)

• Targeting inflammation to treat mental illness (31:02)

• Dr. Sethi Dalai’s experience treating eating disorders, infertility, schizoaffective disorder, and more with diet (35:15)

• Treating psychiatric issues using the ketogenic diet (47:59)

• Why American’s metabolic health is particularly problematic when it comes to COVID-19, and how to protect yourself (56:22)

• The influence of diet on attention deficit disorder (ADD) and autism (1:01:15)

• The prevalence of undiagnosed insulin resistance and how to test for it (1:07:34)

Learn more about Dr. Shebani Sethi Dalai, metabolic dysfunction and mental health, and the free online resource her group is creating at metabolicpsychiatry.com.

Follow Dr. Sethi Dalai on Twitter @ShebaniMD.

Join the Metabolic Psychiatry group on Facebook at  https://www.facebook.com/groups/MetabolicPsychiatry.

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Ask Mark Q&A #6: Natural vs. Artificial Sugars, Caffeine, Preparing For Pregnancy, And More | This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley and the Pegan Shake. 

In this new Q&A series, Dr. Mark Hyman takes live questions from his community. For a chance to speak with Dr. Hyman during a future Ask Mark Q&A, text your question to 413-225-8995 using the hashtag #askmark

Topics covered in this episode include:

• How our bodies process different types of sugars

• 5 Reasons High Fructose Corn Syrup Will Kill You

• Is caffeine good or bad for you?

• Preparing your body for pregnancy 

• Educating friends and family about healthy eating 

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Do Our Computers Know Us Better Than We Know Ourselves? | This episode is brought to you by Perfect Keto

Studies have shown humans only actually remember 0.05% of our memories, whereas databases can remember it all! It’s a scary realization, but computers can know us in a way we don’t even know ourselves. We like to think we aren’t easily persuaded, but when companies know our likes, wants, needs, and purchase history it all adds up to an easier sale. 

Earlier this year, Dr. Hyman sat down to discuss this topic with Andy Russell. Andy explains how big companies like Google and Facebook access and use our data. He also shares what we can do to maintain control over the content we see.

Andy Russell is a digital media, ad-tech, marketing-tech, and data science innovator and pioneer as well as a self-taught Behavioral Economist. He has invested in, incubated, or run over 50 technology companies, including Daily Candy, Thrillist, Tasting Table, Idealbite, PureWow, Zynga, Betaworks, Business Insider, Sailthru, RapLeaf and LiveRamp, SpongeCell, AdRoll, and Bounce Exchange. He is the Founder and Chairman of Trigger Media, InsideHook, and Fevo.

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Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Andy Russell, “How Your Free Will And Data Are Being Hacked By Micro-Targeting Of Your Personality,” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/AndyRussell

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How Regenerative Agriculture Can Fix Our Health, Our Food System, And Our Planet | This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and the Pegan Shake

It can be easy to forget where our food really comes from. The overflowing shelves in the supermarket may trick you into thinking food just appears. The reality is that strong healthy soils are the foundation for food production, and without them, we can’t survive. 

That’s why we need to shift our agricultural focus from growing commodity mono-crops like soy, corn, and wheat into a diversified system that encourages soil health, biodiversity, and sustainability for future generations. This is what regenerative agriculture is all about. 

On this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, I was so happy to sit down and talk with Gabe Brown, one of the pioneers of the current soil health movement which focuses on the regeneration of our resources. Gabe and his family own and operate Brown's Ranch, a diversified 5,000-acre farm and ranch near Bismarck, North Dakota. The ranch consists of several thousand acres of native perennial rangeland along with perennial pastureland and cropland. Their ranch focuses on farming and ranching in nature's image.

The Browns holistically integrate their grazing and no-till cropping systems, which include a wide variety of cash crops, multi-species cover crops, and grass-finished beef and lamb. They also raise pastured laying hens, broilers, and swine. This diversity and integration has regenerated the natural resources on the ranch without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides. Gabe and Brown's Ranch have received many forms of recognition for their work, including a Growing Green Award from the Natural Resource Defense Council, an Environmental Stewardship Award from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, and a Zero-Till Producer of the Year Award, to name a few. Gabe has also been named one of the twenty-five most influential agricultural leaders in the United States. Gabe recently authored the book Dirt to Soil, One Family’s Journey Into Regenerative Agriculture, and stars in the newly released Netflix movie, Kiss The Ground, which is about a revolutionary group of activists, scientists, farmers, and politicians who band together in a global movement of regenerative agriculture that could balance our climate, replenish our vast water supplies, and feed the world.

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The Pegan Shake features a combination of collagen, pumpkin, and pea protein with healthy fats from my two favorites: MCT oil which is great for fat burning and brain power as well as avocado oil. I’ve also included acacia fiber to help with gut motility and digestion. Check it out at getfarmacy.com/peganshake.

Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• Gabe’s entree to farming using the industrial model and how he came to see this model as problematic (8:08)

• The benefits of regenerative agriculture (20:33)

• Gabe’s definition and principles of regenerative agriculture (22:49)

• The difference between dirt and soil (28:54)

• How carbon sequestration works and how animals can play an instrumental role in capturing carbon in the soil (36:08)

• The decline of nutrient density in our food (44:01)

• How industrial farmers get stuck in the industrial model (53:53)

• Crop insurance’s influence on food pricing (1:00:03)

• Gabe’s work with General Mills (1:02:03)

• Can we feed the world through regenerative agriculture? (1:07:42)

Learn more about Gabe Brown and Brown’s Ranch at https://brownsranch.us/. And get his book, Dirt to Soil: One Family’s Journey into Regenerative Agriculture here.

Learn more about the Soil Health Academy at https://soilhealthacademy.org/. Follow the Soil Health Academy on Facebook @soilhealthacademy and on Twitter @academysoil.

Learn more about Understanding Ag at https://understandingag.com/. Follow Understanding Ag on Facebook @understandingag.

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Ask Mark Q&A #5: Celiac Disease, Mold Exposure, Gut Issues, And More | This episode is brought to you by the Pegan Shake

In this new Q&A series, Dr. Mark Hyman takes live questions from his community. For a chance to speak with Dr. Hyman during a future Ask Mark Q&A, text your question to 413-225-8995 using the hashtag #askmark

Topics covered in this episode include:

• Celiac disease

• Transitioning to a gluten-free diet

• Addressing mold exposure

• Testing for and treating physical mold toxicity 

• Healing in community

• Shared medical appointments

• Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)

This episode is brought to you by the Pegan Shake. The Pegan Shake features a combination of collagen, pumpkin, and pea protein with healthy fats from my two favorites: MCT oil which is great for fat burning and brain power as well as avocado oil. I’ve also included acacia fiber to help with gut motility and digestion. Check it out at getfarmacy.com/peganshake.

Mentioned in this episode:

Dr. Hyman’s 10-Day Reset

Dr. Hyman’s 10-Day Reset - Free Guide

Moldy by Dave Asprey

The Daniel Plan

Functioning for Life™

FOOD: The Irritable Bowel Solution

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How Does Your Body Make Energy? | This episode is brought to you by Perfect Keto

If you think back to your early years of biology class, chances are you might recall learning about mitochondria, which are often equated to little energy factories. Mitochondria are the microscopic powerhouses hiding within most cells and they have huge consequences for our health. Damaged mitochondria can lead to a host of insults, including metabolic disease. Healthy mitochondria, on the other hand, can result in optimal aging.

Dr. Hyman discussed the topic of mitochondria, and how we can best support them in recent conversations with Dave Asprey and Dr. Todd LePine. 

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. By employing the principles of biohacking (a term added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in September of 2018 with Dave’s influence) Dave has lost over 100 pounds, upgraded his brain, learned to sleep more efficiently in less time, and become a more effective entrepreneur, husband, father, and overall human being. In this episode, he shares his top tips and tricks for being superhuman and living to be 180 or beyond. 

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 my team at The UltraWellness Center, he worked as a physician at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA, for 10 years. Dr. LePine’s goal is to help patients achieve vitality through focusing on optimal aging, bio-detoxification, functional gastrointestinal health, systemic inflammation, autoimmune disorders, and the neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders.

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Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dave Asprey, “Can You Age Backwards?” here: https://drmarkhyman.lnk.to/DaveAsprey

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. Todd LePine, “Why Fixing The Gut Is The Key To Healing Chronic Disease,” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/DrToddLePine

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How Feeding Hungry People Is An Act Of Love | This episode is brought to you by Tushy, Thrive Market, and the Pegan Shake

Heroes run toward danger rather than away from it, and Chef José Andrés is no stranger to disaster zones. Over the past few years, he has responded to several major crises. After an earthquake devastated Haiti, Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, wildfires scorched Southern California, and a refugee crisis intensified on the Venezuelan border, José quickly mobilized volunteer chefs to prepare meals for thousands of people in need through his non-profit, World Central Kitchen. 

On this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, I was so happy to sit down and talk with José Andrés, an internationally-recognized culinary innovator, New York Times best-selling author, educator, humanitarian, chef, and owner of ThinkFoodGroup, the award-winning collective of nearly 30 restaurants throughout the country and beyond. A naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Spain, Andrés has been a tireless advocate for immigration reform and on July 4, 2014 was named by President Barack Obama as that year’s “Outstanding American by Choice.” José was twice named to Time’s “100 Most Influential People” list and recipient of the 2015 National Humanities Medal. 

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The Tushy bidet is a sleek attachment that clips onto your existing toilet and connects to the water supply behind your toilet to spray you with clean, fresh water. And it’s really affordable, starting at only $79. Right now Tushy is offering Doctor’s Farmacy listeners 10% off, too, so it’s a better time than ever to make the switch to a bidet. Just go to hellotushy.com/HYMAN. 

The Pegan Shake features a combination of collagen, pumpkin, and pea protein with healthy fats from my two favorites: MCT oil which is great for fat burning and brain power as well as avocado oil. I’ve also included acacia fiber to help with gut motility and digestion. Check it out at getfarmacy.com/peganshake.

Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• The people who inspired José in his childhood (7:08) 

• World Central Kitchen and José’s approach to serving food in an emergency (12:01)

• The paradox of hunger in America (16:53)

• Replicating the World Central Kitchen model (27:53)

• Ending food deserts (29:55)

• Why every school should have full functioning kitchen as part of an emergency preparedness plan (38:53)

• Developing school curriculums to teach history, science, and other subjects through food (42:40)

• The FEED Act and other legislative solutions that José has backed to feed the vulnerable in emergency situations (44:57)

• World Central Kitchen’s work feeding hospital workers, the elderly, homeless people, and others during the coronavirus pandemic (47:10)

• The value of breaking bread with people who exist outside of your comfort zone (57:10)

Learn more about José Andres at http://www.joseandres.com. Follow him on Twitter @chefjoseandres, on Instagram @chefjoseandres, and on Facebook @chefjoseandres.

Learn more about World Central Kitchen at https://wck.org. Follow World Central Kitchen on Facebook @worldcentralkitchen, on Instagram @WCKitchen, and on Twitter @WCKitchen.

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Ask Mark Q&A #4: MCT Oil, Reversing Diabetes, Pursuing A Career In Functional Medicine, And More | This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley and The Pegan Shake

In this new Q&A series, Dr. Mark Hyman takes live questions from his community. For a chance to speak with Dr. Hyman during a future Ask Mark Q&A, text your question to 413-225-8995 using the hashtag #askmark

Topics covered in this episode include:

• The benefits of MCT oil

• Improving our food system by becoming a regenetarian, reducing food waste, and more

• Reversing pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes, and measuring blood sugar

• Nutritional deficiencies in children and teens

• Pursuing a career in Functional Medicine

• How to control candida and yeast, or fungal, overgrowth

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Mentioned in this episode:

Brain Octane Oil from Bulletproof

Food Fix by Dr. Mark Hyman

FoodPolicyAction.org

Kiss The Ground

Food Fix Campaign

Food Fix Action Guide

Functional Medicine Coaching Academy

Integrative and Functional Nutrition Academy

Institute for Functional Medicine

Tulane University's Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine

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How To Break Through Loneliness | This episode is brought to you by Perfect Keto

Studies have shown that loneliness can be extremely detrimental to our health. Posing a higher health risk than smoking, loneliness can lead to inflammation and a host of other precursors to disease. And we know that loneliness does not only result from being alone; even those who live with others can feel lonely and isolated, meaning the quality of our relationships is extremely important to our health. While it might seem intimidating to branch out of loneliness, it can do wonders for your health, attitude, and mindset.

In Dr. Hyman’s recent conversation with Dr. Vivek Murthy, Dr. Murthy shares some of the common challenges that keep us stuck in a rut of loneliness, and he walks us through some really simple ways to become more connected. 

Dr. Vivek Murthy served as the 19th Surgeon General of the United States between 2014-2017. As the Vice Admiral of the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, he commanded a uniformed service of 6,600 public health officers globally. During his tenure, Dr. Murthy launched the TurnTheTide campaign, catalyzing a movement among health professionals to address the nation’s opioid crisis. He also issued the first Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health, calling for expanded access to prevention and treatment and for recognizing addiction as a chronic illness, not a character flaw. 

In 2017, Dr. Murthy focused his attention on chronic stress and loneliness as prevalent problems that have profound implications for health, productivity, and happiness. His book Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World was just published in April 2020.

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Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Vivek Murthy, “Why Loneliness Is A Public Health Issue,” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/VivekMurthy

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Finding Peace And Purpose By Thinking Like A Monk | This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and Four Sigmatic

Never before have so many people been so dissatisfied—or so preoccupied with chasing “happiness.” Our culture and media feed us images and concepts about who and what we should be, while holding up models of what accomplishment and success should look like. We seek more and more, in a circuit that leads to frustration, disillusion, dissatisfaction, unhappiness, and exhaustion.

On this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, I was excited to chat with Jay Shetty about how to uncover your true passion and purpose, stop living based on other people’s opinions, and start living a life that is true to you. Jay Shetty is a storyteller, podcaster, and former monk. Jay’s vision is to Make Wisdom Go Viral. He is on a mission to share the timeless wisdom of the world in an accessible, relevant, and practical way. Jay has created over 400 viral videos with over 7.5 billion views, and hosts the #1 Health and Wellness podcast in the world, On Purpose.

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Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• The event that inspired Jay to become a monk (7:02)

• Jay’s realization that he was ultimately not meant to be a monk, and his transition back to non-monastic life (17:07)

• Understanding your mind, and how it creates happiness or dissatisfaction (22:26)

• The difference between loneliness and solitude (28:07)

• Questions to ask yourself to start living a life true to yourself (31:32)

• Discovering and protecting your purpose (39:11)

• What Jay’s monk training taught him about facing rejection (42:17)

• Engaging pain help heal yourself and others (52:38)

• Finding calm in chaos (1:03:30)

• Applying monk qualities to our relationships with others (1:07:29)

Learn more about Jay at https://jayshetty.me/. Follow him on Facebook @JayShettyIW, on Instagram @jayshetty, and on Twitter @JayShettyIW.

Get Jay’s book, Think Like a Monk at https://thinklikeamonkbook.com/.

Listen to Jay’s podcast, On Purpose at https://jayshetty.me/podcast/.

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Ask Mark Q&A #3 | This episode is brought to you by Bioptimizers

In this new Q&A series, Dr. Mark Hyman takes live questions from his community. For a chance to speak with Dr. Hyman during a future Ask Mark Q&A, text your question to 413-225-8995 using the hashtag #askmark

Topics covered in this episode include:

• Should we eliminate food subsidies?

• The benefits of regenerative agriculture

• Getting adequate levels of calcium

• The benefits of, and best recipes for, eating sardines

• Cholesterol levels and saturated fat intake

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Mentioned in this episode:

Rodale Institute

Soil Health Academy

Milk and Health - New England Journal of Medicine

Time to Question Everything You Know About Milk

Vital Choice

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Do You Need To Take A Vitamin D Supplement? | This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp

Vitamin D has a huge impact on the health and function of your cells. Among its many functions, vitamin D reduces cellular growth (which promotes cancer) and improves cell differentiation (which puts cells into an anti-cancer state). But what’s even more fascinating is how vitamin D regulates and controls genes. When we don’t get enough it impacts every area of our biology, because it affects the way our cells and genes function.

Your body makes vitamin D when it’s exposed to sunlight. The problem is that most of us aren’t exposed to enough sunlight or eating enough of the few natural dietary sources of vitamin D. The good news is that supplementing with vitamin D3 can be an effective way to reverse a vitamin D deficiency. However, it is important to test your vitamin D levels to assess your personalized needs before starting any supplementation.

Dr. Hyman recently spoke to this topic in his conversations with Max Lugavere and Dr. Elizabeth Boham.

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 is excited to release his sophomore book, The Genius Life: Heal Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body, and Become Extraordinary, a lifestyle guide to living happily and healthily with proven, research-based lifestyle tactics, which we dig into more throughout this episode.

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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Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Max Lugavere, “How To Fix Your Brain And Live A Genius Life” here:  https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/MaxLugavere

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Boham, “Supplements: Useful or Useless?” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/Supplements

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Simple Hacks To Feel Better In Five Minutes | This episode is brought to you by Thrive Market and Joovv

The vast majority of today’s health problems are rooted in our busy, modern lifestyles. So many people say they don’t have time for the gym, to overhaul their diet, to spend the quality time they want to with their loved ones—our wellbeing often gets added to a to-do list.

Trying to implement healthy lifestyle changes can be overwhelming for many people, but my guest on today’s podcast says that all it takes is 5 minutes a day to make a real difference in your health. 

Dr. Rangan Chatterjee is regarded as one of the most influential medical doctors in the UK and hosts the most listened to health podcast in the UK and Europe, ‘Feel Better, Live More’. His first three books have all been #1 Sunday Times Bestsellers and his latest, Feel Better in 5, shows people how to transform their health in just 5 minutes. It has been a smash hit in the UK, selling almost 100,000 copies in just 7 months, and has just been published in the United States. Professor BJ Fogg, the world’s leading expert in human behavior, calls this book, one of the best habit change programs he has seen—deceptively simple but remarkably effective.” Dr. Chatterjee regularly appears on BBC News and Television and has been featured in numerous international publications including The New York Times, Forbes, The Guardian and Vogue, and his TED talk, How To Make Disease Disappear, has been viewed almost 3 million times.

All of us have made short-term changes before, but how do you get them to last? Dr. Chatterjee shares his plan, Feel Better in 5, which is based on three easy practices, which he calls, “health snacks.” Each one takes no more than 5 minutes to complete—short enough to be able to fit into your busy day, yet long enough to ensure you gain real benefits. 

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Our mitochondria get weaker and less abundant as we get older, plus lots of things in our lives like stress, bad food, and toxins damage them over time. But a modality called red light therapy helps me support healthier mitochondria and fight inflammation—I use Joovv red light therapy devices to do this at home. If you want to check out Joovv’s various red light therapy devices for yourself just head over to joovv.com/farmacy.

Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• Inspiration and knowledge doesn’t necessarily lead to application (8:40)

• BJ Fogg and the science of behavior change (11:52)

• How Dr. Chatterjee worked with a patient to establish a consistent exercise routine (16:50)

• The power of attaching a new, easy behavior to an existing habit (22:56)

• Why experiencing success is key to lasting behavior change (28:15)

• The relationship between eating behavior and stress (32:09)

• “Health snacks” for your mental health and emotional heart health (34:16)

• Why we should luxuriate in the feelings we get from our positive behaviors (53:01)

• Establishing habits for low motivation (58:23)

• Dr. Chatterjee’s personal daily “health snack” practices  (1:07:55)

• Why these practices can be especially impactful for caretakers (1:11:24)

Learn more about Dr. Chatterjee at https://drchatterjee.com/ and get his new book, Feel Better in 5, at https://drchatterjee.com/feel-better-in-5/.

Get Dr. Chatterjee’s Feel Better in 5 Success Chart at drchatterjee.com/chart

Follow Dr. Chatterjee on Facebook @DrChatterjee, on Instagram @DrChatterjee, and on Twitter @drchatterjeeuk

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Getting To The Root Causes Of Why We Are All Tired | This episode is brought to you by Essentia

Twenty to thirty percent of patients visit their primary care physician with the chief complaint of fatigue; they're tired all the time and want to feel better. Unfortunately, conventional medicine rarely allows for physicians to spend enough time with patients to explore the many reasons someone might be experiencing fatigue. Functional Medicine, on the other hand, uses an extensive personal history to look at a patient’s patterns over his or her entire lifetime and connect the dots.

In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Boham to discuss the common drivers of fatigue and the Functional Medicine approach to treating it.  

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 episode, Dr. Hyman and Dr. Boham discuss:

• The importance of getting a patient’s full-life timeline when treating fatigue

• How factors such as lifestyle, sleep, diet, exercise, stress, gut health, chronic infections, environmental toxins, hormones, and more can influence energy levels 

• Dr. Hyman’s personal experience with chronic fatigue syndrome due to mercury poisoning

• Common drivers of fatigue, including nutritional deficiencies, genetic variations, digestive issues, sleep apnea, and more

• Specific patient cases in which they have treated fatigue

• How acid blocking drugs (PPIs) can affect amino acid absorption and lead to energy loss

Learn more about The UltraWellness Center’s upcoming “Eliminate To Feel Great” program at https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2020/08/17/eliminate-to-feel-great/

Additional Resources:

A Simple Diet Experiment That May Solve Most Of Your Health Issues with Lisa Dreher

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/08/22/podcast-hc24/

Elimination Diets: Still the Gold Standard?

https://www.ultrawellnesscenter.com/2020/08/21/elimination-diets-still-the-gold-standard/

Supplements: Useful Or Useless? with Dr. Elizabeth Boham

https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/07/19/podcast-hc19/

Dr. Hyman’s 10-Day Reset

https://getfarmacy.com

Dr. Hyman’s 10-Day Reset - Free Guide

https://getfarmacy.com/free

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Are GMOs Safe To Eat? | This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp

Over twenty years ago, Europe banned genetically modified organisms (GMOs) while the United States went full steam ahead, especially with soybeans and corn. In fact, it’s estimated that about 75 percent of the food in our supermarkets contains genetically modified ingredients. The promise of GMO foods held lots of promise—they would produce high yields, solve our world hunger problems, and be insect resistant, thereby decreasing our dependence on toxic pesticides. But did GMOs live up to their promise? Dr. Hyman explored these topics in his interview with Ocean Robbins. 

Ocean Robbins is the author of 31-Day Food Revolution: Heal Your Body, Feel Great, & Transform Your World. He serves as CEO and cofounder of the Food Revolution Network—one of the largest communities of healthy eating advocates on the planet, with more than 500,000 members. Ocean comes from a long line of food-lovers, though they didn’t all necessarily fit the same bill. His grandfather and great-uncle founded Baskin Robbins and his father walked away from the family fortune to pursue a career that promoted a cleaner and more nourishing diet. Ocean continues the legacy his father started by encouraging people to vote with their fork and think of the impacts our food choices have on the environment, socioeconomics, and of course health. 

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Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Ocean Robbins, “From 31 Flavors of Ice Cream to a 31-Day Food Revolution,” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/OceanRobbins

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A Way Out Of Food Racism And Poverty | This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and Bioptimizers

Food is a way to empower people and create change. It’s time for us to use it as a tool for changing racial injustice and helping Black, Brown, and low-income communities achieve better health, economic opportunities, and even generational legacies in the form of land ownership.